Doubly Fat

How is it possible to put weight on when you don't eat like the rest of the world, you eat pretty sensibly most of the time, and in fact your body is a temple, you know the one - The Taj Mahal......I will tell you how, having recently spent about 8.5 hours at the local hospital and been given numerous medications for one thing or another, and luckily having read the labels carefully (or so I thought) I realised which ones could be mixed with each other and which ones definitely could not, I should then have continued reading the small print as it turns out that two of the very important and daily medications necessary for a good quality of life have some very irritating side effects, BOTH CAN LEAD TO RAPID WEIGHT GAIN @@@@@@! Does this mean I will be doubly fat or normal fat, or just plain old fat, if I continue with them both will my arms 
continue to move away from my body as the chest explodes in all directions, or will I have to tie my wrists to my waist in the vane hope of not looking like a muscle bound body builder......

So now I have some serious choices to make, one do I stop one or both medications, will I become skinny again, or maybe just less rotund if I drop only one, but which one will I drop. You can see my dilemma, now neither are life savers but one definitely is a marriage saver, mainly because it's anti-pain-over-night properties allowed me to sleep, which is something that has eluded me for quite a number of years now, and you have to understand that if I'm awake so is my beloved.......not only because I roll around the bed so much it makes him sea sick, but also because I have a habit of just starting a conversation in the middle of the night which god love him he feels duty bound to answer, all be it sleepily.

Noodle Doodle

Carrots and Courgettes make the best noodles, now if you don't have a spiralizer which is the best thing since sliced bread (especially as I don't eat bread), you can use a julienne peeler (lakeland sell them), but please, please, heed my warning about the dangers of this implement, I have trashed and sliced fingers and nails whilst trying to tease the damned thing down a carrot, courgettes not so bad as they are softer but that carrot resists the razor sharp edges leading to slippage and bloodshed.  On the other hand the fact that you have to place your feet against the wall to wedge yourself up hard against the spiralizer when turning the handle and pushing the carrot through the blades does tend to make you look a little like a demented acrobat, but a demented acrobat with cool noodles!!!!

Now once your beautiful vegetables have been turned into noodles and they can be fat, thin or ribbons you have a choice on how to cook them.  They can be microwaved to al dente, they can be dropped in boiling water and blanched, with a little salt for taste, or they can be shallow fried or even oven baked after coating with coconut oil, all are great tasting and I love them all.  But one thing to remember is that if you think you have enough, you definitely do not, shrinkage is what I'm talking about, so when you think ok thats plenty do another couple of carrots or courgettes just for good measure and to stop your belly rumbling because it didn't get enough cos you were being grippy with your splicing.

Another way to cook them is in a very small amount of liquid (just enough to coat), one of my favourites is a little chicken stock with coconut milk, throw in some seven spice and some chilli flakes and you have a delicious dish nippy on the tongue and tasty on the tonsils, throw in some pre-cooked chicken and voila meat and two veg, simples........