Frozen Dinners and Me

Hello my darling fans. Forgive me, I've taken a few days off to recuperate from my wild weekend of eating.

You may not believe this, but I have happened upon a new taste sensation and I think everyone out there should try it:

Peanut butter (with flaxseeds in it, you know the kind from Trader Joe's?) on seven grain sprouted bread with cucumbers. It's delicious. I don't care what you say. The only thing that could improve this sandwich is mayonnaise..and since I'm too lazy to make it anymore, I'm off the stuff.

Yes, my darlings, I used to battle this tiny closet I lived in-and I would cook. I would make homemade everything. But the truth is, there was no one but me to appreciate-and even though I did, I couldn't keep doing it. I was exhausted. So now, I confess, I eat a lot of frozen dinners. I suppose I could write an entire article on the best frozen dinners. And by best, I don't mean by brand. I mean by individual dinners. As in, Vons has this wonderful lemongrass chicken with brown rice in the sauciest little sauce. It's to die for. Really. But in the same line is the chicken enchilada, which could only pass for Mexican food in England (where they boil EVERYTHING - AND you must remember, the only reason the English conquered the world was to get a decent meal! But I can say this because I AM black- I mean, English. Yeah. I am. On my dad's side (so there!)) The meatloaf is also quite good in the Von's line (just don't make the same mistake I did and have a fish patty with it to up the protein).

The problem with most frozen dinners is that they are mostly cheap carbohydrate, white rice, usually, which, incidentally has a higher glycemic index than white SUGAR..OMG, the last time I had one of those meals, I came down with this awful headache and then overate the rest of the day. Ixnay on the whitericeay!

SO if there is anyone out there is food land who would like to manufacture frozen dinners with me, by all means, give us an E or something. Because I know what a frozen dinner SHOULD be. And it should not be mostly carbohydrate. I mean even the vegetarian tofu dinners are mostly white rice. I mean really? Tofu? En serio? The cheap meat substitute that was going to save the world, even the tofu is skimped on! And don't even let me start on the chicken. The five pieces of orange chicken on the cover? That is all you gon' get in there. Yup. And the rest is white rice. I want a decent meat portion with my rice. NOT MOSTLY RICE. And the veggies! Oh. These tiny cut up little bits, as if veggies are OFFENSIVE or something. Really? How about some big succulent stalks of broccoli? Courage, people, courage!

The truly good frozen dinner would be VERY light on the carbs. If any. I mean a nice fish in a creamy sauce served with a whopping portion of broccoli or spinach. Perhaps a small bit of sweet potato, or BROWN rice. Of course, I can just go buy a steak and the broccoli and just cook it. But I like the idea and the convenience of the frozen dinner. *sigh*

I remain,

devotedly yours,

Hilda Stinson

PS. Brian will NOT go away. It's insane. I mean he's GAY!