Well, I bought a cook book from my surgeons office. Eatting Well After Weight Loss Surgery. I picked three reciepies outta the book and shopped for all the IN-GRED-I-ENTS today. Sooo I am gonna roll up my sleves and take a poke at this cookin thing. You should have seen me in the food store! I was sooo confused! Do you know how many spices are in the spice isle??? FRESH cauliflower, you mean it all doesn't come in a bag in the frozen food isle? Balsamic Vinegar? Does that come from from country of Balsam? I acutally got fish outta the fish market! It didn't come in a box nor was it breaded or shaped like a stick!!! Soooo far Im impressing myself! We will see when it comes Monday dinner time. We usually get take out on the weekends so all of the IN-GRED-I-ENTS are in the kitchen looking at me, looking at them! hehehehehehe I will letcha know how it goes. I am going to try and cook pork loin and a cheese cake on Monday...

WISH ME LUCK!

You're cracking me up! Be careful tho -- the cooking bug is hard to get rid of once you've realized how fun it is.

Tee hee - you make me feel blessed that we have so much wonderful fresh food that is cheap and easily available in this country.

I usually buy organic fruit and veges, have them home delivered. You wouldnt believe how good those taste.

I think learning how to cook properly and how to really nourish yourself are probably two very big hurdles.

goodluck.....hope it alll goes well!!!!

take care....fee

Another great book is called before and after , she had GBP but there are some really wonderful meals that are high protien and low fat/sugar in it. Here is the amazon link [ame=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060567228/103-2422029-9776602?v=glance]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060567228/103-2422029-9776602?v=glance[/ame] I got mine at a discount book store for $8 and I love it, I have made several of the protien shakes and my mom just make the sugar free cheesecake and it was really good. ~Mandy

Jachut ~ HOME DELIVERED??? You can get fresh food home delivered? Where do you live? The only thing that you get delivered in New York tends to be loaded with fat and half of the meal is stuck to the lid of the container it came in....The food tastes great!! But....nothing that is good for you could possibly be delivered!!! Then again, maybe I haven't looked hard enough....ehehehhe thats always a possiblity.

Oh my goodness Jack ...I never thought that this could be a habit. Now Im scared.

MollyMolly ~ Cooking bugs? What the heck goes on in YOUR kitchen?? heheh sorry couldn't resist. I am in a WEIRD mood tonight!

Fee ~ Thanks for the support!!

Piercedqt ~ Thank you for the link. I will keep it handy so I can order the cookbook you mentioned...after I set the one I have on fire.

Monday is quickly approaching. I still have time to back out I wont. I gotta learn how to do this.

I got out and walked walked walked tonight and ran into a friend from high school...The world must have tilted off its axis or something....buying a cook book, getting the stuff to cook AND exercise...what the??? QUICK someone look outside for flying pigs! ehehehe Okay, Im babbling. I will talk to you all later!!!

GOOD NIGHT

Sorry Porclndoll, I'm in Melbourne, Australia. Its easy to get beautiful fresh organic produce home delivered here, relatively pricey though!

Can't wait to hear how it goes...I have this book but haven't even ventured to get anything...maybe you will be the one that pushes me to do so...

Thats a great book and the recipes are pretty yummy. Good luck on your cooking journey.

Welp, I made it out alive...Didn't cause any botchilism, no salminella poisoning....The dish I made was pretty good. Had a lot of different flavors going on. It was salmon with a dill sauce. I will more than likely make that dish again.

Tonight is going to be...or hopefully going to be I should say...pork loin with plum sauce

I will talk to you all later!

GOOD DAY