I am blessed with a wandering mind. Everyone says so. The doctors would call it ADHD. I call it fun.
I had the waffles for breakfast. Don't get excited. I didn't make them from scratch. Why would I do that when we got Eggo? Yeah. I had Eggo Waffles. I don't even own a waffle iron. A waffle iron is not even a kitchen appliance I would buy for myself. I wouldn't even own one just to watch it collect dust. If I'm going to own a kitchen appliance for show, I'm going to own a big, fat silvery shiny wok and hang it from a bronze hook on the ceiling or a blender that does 102 different things besides frappe. I'm going to own a set of knives I will never use to gut a fish or filet a mignon. Yeah, I'm going to own decorative kitchen appliances. I'm going to wander into the heads of Martha Stewart, Rachel Ray and Emeril without actually doing the work they do with those kind of appliances. I might invest in and actually use a Paula Deen spatula just so I have something fancy schmancy to lick the frosting off of after I bake my long awaited cake from a box. God Bless You, Betty Crocker. Pretty, pretty kitchen.
My idea of baking? Just add water. I like any sort of recipe that calls for water. Water is simple. Water is in the faucet. I just turn it on and it's mine for the taking. Read the side of the box and it says, "Just add water and stir." Love it. Yes I do. And unless you've paid attention to the JUST ADD WATER phenomenon, you have no idea how many things you can now buy in a box that just calls for water. Okay, well, maybe water and an egg. But I can crack an egg.
A short list: Pudding, pie filling, pancake mix, Easy Mac,cakes, dips...just add water.
Are you getting the feeling that I don't much care for cooking? Yeah? You'd be right to go with that feeling. I will never have my own show on the Food Network with this attitude. And I will more than likely never navigate my thighs toward the skinny jeans section if I don't change my ways.
Is it worth it? Well, sometimes. They make just add water products for people like me who want the balm of a comfort food NOW and that is the truth. We who love our comfort food and need our comfort food NOW do not want to have to stop and read a recipe book or blend a zillion ingredients together to make something tasty. We don't want to have to preheat the oven to 450 and wait. We don't want to wait, period. We want our comfort food NOW. No waiting. No blending, no beating, no mindless stirring, no wisping, no forking, no cutting, no chopping, no nothing. NOW. Just add water and shake a bit or stir it a bit. I want to be comforted now. So please, for the love of Mallo Mars and M&M's, just add water and be done with it.
I have great intentions when I go grocery shopping. I try to shop the perimeter like the experts say. That's where all the healthy stuff is, you know. You push your cart past rows and rows of cabbages and chives and tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers and apples and bananas you know you ain't gonna pick up one of them and read on the sticky label, "Just add water." Nope. You buy fruits and veggies you're going to work to enjoy them. Nobody ever bought a head of iceberg lettuce and took a bite out of it right there in the produce aisle. They bought it, took it home, rinsed it off, chopped it up, put it in a bowl, chilled it and then mixed it up with dressing and croutons. Whew. That's a lot of work.
One box of Easy Mac and I take that puppy home, tear it open and just add water. Never mind that I'm adding another blotch of cellulite to my right thigh. Easy Mac is called Easy Mac for a reason.
And products like Easy Mac are the reason I have weight issues.
See how I eventually came back around to that?
Brutal honesty is a must when it comes to weight issues. At least my weight issues. No point in denying it or giving myself the runaround. We're all friends here so what the heck.
So my challenge the next time I go grocery shopping is not to buy anything that says, "Just Add Water" on the box or the bottle. I don't think this is going to be as easy as it sounds. After all, I just took a few paragraphs to tell you how much I love cooking and baking this way. Water is my friend. But I should be drinking it straight. Not adding it to additives and powders and starches. I got it all wrong.
This is one of the many reasons I have weight issues. Just Add Water. Just Add Excuses. Just Add Five More Pounds.
Will I ever learn? Will I ever stop at one slice of pizza? Better yet, will I ever stop eating that slice of pizza in front of the TV? And better yet still, will I ever stop going to the kitchen to get the second or third slice of pizza during the commercials?
Just Add Water. Just Add Excuses.
Why can't I Just Do It?
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