Boredom boredom, random random

So it turns out that this week has not been the adventure in cooking I had hoped. Surprise surprise. I've been home late every evening for one reason or another, so I end up coming home and just kind of snacking my way through dinner. And dessert (of course). Similarly, this blog entry is more of a collection of snack-sized bits rather than a coherent meal.

But then, you know. What's wrong with snacks (or random blog entries) so long as they're healthy?  Nothing, really, but guess what? I'm eating mostly the same, boring snacks, too! I guess that's what happens at midterm. I get bogged down in routine, in chaos (which is my routine), and in being too tired to put in the effort. Being too tired to want to stop at the grocery to get whatever it is I need to make something better.

The only real risk...really...is that I could probably end up snacking myself back into being unhealthy. I'm so far keeping it all tracked...keeping it mostly tracked...but. But. But. The risk is there that I could slip, particularly given the high percentage of sweets I've consumed. The holidays will be a danger zone!  I definitely find myself hungrier these days along with a higher point count too early in the day. So, yeah. The snacky patterns have to change, even though my schedule won't!

What am I?

I did buy a new kind of squash the other day, so at least I'm following my "new food of the week" rule. I actually have no idea what kind it is. I'm attaching a pic, in the hopes that someone can help me. That way I'll know what to do with it. I suppose regardless of type, there's the old, boring, predictable "bake it with butter and brown sugar" gambit. Given the theme of the thread, perhaps that is its fate anyway!

I also got a blog idea I wanted to point out. On the Blogs list to the right there, you'll see Debi and Terri's Recipes, which is a blog recommended to me by a friend who's in WW. The blog is written by two WW leaders, and the recipes look amazing. Pretty natural, too. Not too filled with artificial junk.

A friend very kindly gave me a tin of cookies that you must try! Pepperidge Farm makes petite Pirouettes, which we called "cigarettes" when I ate them in Lyon, France in 1998. The link you see there takes you to the regular size because I can't find an official bit of info about the petite ones, but if you buy the little ones you can have two of them for 60 calories (1pt)! Very satisfying. I have the chocolate hazelnut kind. 

I do have a few more simple recipes I've come across in the past few days. I plan to make a series of recipe entries in the coming days that will help me as much as anyone else. If you have some to share, let me know.