August 26, 2015 6:00 am
Mr. Ken spent last week visiting his mother in South Carolina. Can we say grits anyone? Grits on their own wouldn’t be so bad; they’d probably be bland. But southern style grits call for the butter!
He would call me every night to tell me about his day.
Here’s an excerpt from one of our conversations:
Mr. Ken: “I had a good dinner tonight. It was pot roast and mashed potatoes.”
Me: “That sounds pretty good.”
Mr. Ken: “Well, you know Southern cooking is rather rich.”
Me: “Exactly what do you mean?
Mr. Ken: “Well, the pot roast tasted like bacon. I think it was deep fried in bacon grease or something. And the mashed potatoes had lots of cheese in them.”
Me: “Oh, that’s nice.”
Meanwhile, I’m thinking to myself, “It’s time I started making some healthy recipes so Mr. Ken can get back on track.”
So, I set out to make an Avocado Chickpea salad. I figured I would just feed it to Mr. Ken and not tell him what was in it. Maybe he would be fooled and think it was potato salad.
Here’s the result of my little experiment:
Needless to say, the experiment was not a success. Mr. Ken is much happier eating a donut:
You would think after the first healthy eating adventure, Mr. Ken would have learned his lesson. I guess not.
Do you have any healthy eating adventures to share?
A big thank you to dear Mr. Ken for being such a good sport about everything. Although, I think now he rather enjoys his “15 minutes of fame.” I used to be able to threaten him with, “Be carefeul what you do, you may just end up as the subject of my next blog post!” Now, he is asking me when he will be featured again. 🙂
Picture of grits is from The Daily Currant.
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Mr. Ken is slowly becoming a WP icon! Yes, cheese in mashed potato’s seems to be a standard here.. Cheese on grits. That had to be a bit of a culture shock then for Mr. Ken to go from a fat based cuisine to healthy, bird feed cuisine. And Nancy, there is no substitute for a donut! No cheese necessary! Maybe try breaking one up and putting it over a bed of romaine?
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By Our Life In 3D on August 26, 2015 at 7:47 am
Hi Andy,
Good idea about the donuts on top of lettuce. Except I think Mr. Ken would very carefully pick around the lettuce and eat all the donut!
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on August 26, 2015 at 11:42 am
So do our kids 😦
And then ask if they can have a dessert…
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By Our Life In 3D on August 26, 2015 at 12:18 pm
Hi Andy,
Well, Mr. Ken doesn’t ask about dessert, he just goes ahead and eats some. 🙂
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on August 26, 2015 at 4:46 pm
*laughs* He does look more at home with the donut. I think I would be too. Now, that meal does sound good.
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By Professor VJ Duke on August 26, 2015 at 8:50 am
Hi Professor,
I am not surprised that you also like donuts. I think most men like donuts more so than chickpeas and avocado. 🙂
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on August 26, 2015 at 11:45 am
Oh you like them better too, I know you do!!
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By Professor VJ Duke on August 26, 2015 at 4:29 pm
Well Professor,
You caught me! But as a self-processed fitness and health nut, this just won’t do. So this will have to be our little secret, okay. 🙂
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By Nancy Loderick on August 26, 2015 at 4:45 pm
Thanks so much for visiting ! 🙂
Regards,
Aliosa.
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By Aliosa on August 26, 2015 at 10:35 am
Hi Aliosa,
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on August 26, 2015 at 11:46 am
Hi dear friend,
I’m with Mr Ken on this. Healthy eating donut style. A video about this could make you a fortune and it would definitely be worth getting up at 04:30am for 😀 lol
I have no idea what grits are. I thought the council threw them on icy roads. Live and learn.
Take care Nancy,
Ralph 😀 ❤
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By Ralph on August 26, 2015 at 11:28 am
Dear friend Ralph,
Actually, I think grits would work quite well on icy roads. Anyway, grits are kind of like oat bran. I can see why folks wouldn’t want to eat them plain, since they don’t have much taste.
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on August 26, 2015 at 11:44 am
For the record my southern pot roast meal was pretty good overall and not much was left on the plate. I did find this pot roast version extremely rich though. Living with a “health nut”, I was aware that even though each forkful tasted good I was not doing my body any good. I’m glad I didn’t have a cholesterol test scheduled for this week! From now on I guess I will have to go on a lettuce diet the week before I go south in order to balance things out! 🙂
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By Ken Loderick on August 26, 2015 at 5:07 pm
Well Mr. Ken,
Another solution would be to eat healthy when you’re in SC. The next time you visit your Mom, I think I will order some Jennie Craig meals to be delivered to her place. 🙂
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on August 27, 2015 at 5:32 pm
Mr Ken should be the face of WP – are you any good at icing donuts?
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By socialbridge on August 27, 2015 at 3:05 am
Hi Jean,
Hah – good question. I would have to say that I probably am not very good at icing donuts. A few years ago, I baked a birthday cake for a friend. I used one of those little icing tubes to decorate the cake. Let’s just say the icing decorations were quite interesting and leave it at that.
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on August 27, 2015 at 5:30 pm
I know exactly what you’re talking about!!
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By socialbridge on August 28, 2015 at 5:46 am
I think the chickpea avocado salad sounds delicious. But I also love grits. With lots of butter AND cheese. I’m not a huge fan of bacon fat, but some kind of pork finds its way into every Southern dish. I think it’s the law.
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By lmctaggart2013 on August 28, 2015 at 8:26 am
Hi Laura,
I must admit, the grits with butter doesn’t sound too bad. After all, I have to put lots of sugar in my oatmeal to disguise the flavor. As for the pork and fat, it must be some kind of Southern law, like you said. 🙂
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on August 28, 2015 at 3:19 pm
Donuts and grits for breakfast.. Love it!
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By tonyasmithauthor on August 31, 2015 at 6:13 pm
Hi Tony,
Yes – that’s what Mr. Ken would say too! As for me, I’m more of an oat bran and egg whites person. 🙂
Nancy
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By Nancy Loderick on September 1, 2015 at 4:27 pm