UnRecipe: New Carb City

Getting old(er) sucks. Getting a new scale REALLY sucks. I can deal with the gray hairs (only my hairdresser will ever know!) and given the lack of tropical weather in the Northwest, I can hide under enough scarves and clothing to never show more than a few inches of rapidly crepe-ifying skin at a time. What I can't fight is the rapid decline of metabolism, which has zero effect on my desire to eat copious amounts of food. Pesky Human Body! So I'm always trying to think of food swaps or modifications that let me enjoy what I'm craving and leave out any extra stuff that will just add bulk, especially since we got the new digital scale, which has made things abundantly clear that numbers don't lie, so put that chocolate bar down!

Swapping rice with cabbage for mapo tofu - so-so results - Photo by Wasabi Prime

OMG a Recipe: Who's Joe Mama?

A friend told me this story about how he was sitting in on the first day of a college class and the professor jokingly introduced himself by writing his name on the board as "Joe Mama." And then some girl asked in a dead-serious/dead-stupid tone, "Who's Joe Mah-mah?" And with that note of ridiculousness, I dedicate this special Mother's Day post to My Mama and all the Joe Mamas (or Mah-mah's) out there.

This ain't Joe Mama's stuffed cabbage - Photo by Wasabi Prime