blue artichoke: 29 Days: Week 1

After a week of regular exercise, I am hobbling around with sore muscles at exactly one pound lighter. Muscle weighs more than fat, but also burns more calories, so I'm hoping that muscle gain will accelerate weight loss in the next 3 weeks. To celebrate surviving my first week as a health nut, I got my hair cut (finally cutting out all of the remaining underlying green hue that took almost 2 years to grow out). And then I got sick. I started feeling not-so-hot last night, and woke up this morning feeling worse. So, instead of a light workout on the gazelle and some sit-ups, I've spent the day sitting on the couch wishing I felt well enough to do things like cook, get dressed or work out. GC is taking good care of me, maybe too good care. He went out to the store for drugs and Kleenex, and came home with a chocolate meringue pie. Oh, cruel treat, tempting me when my defenses are low. For a store-bought pie, it is surprisingly good. But, still, I feel the need to make my own, for comparison. Perhaps when I feel better, and am no longer a health nut.

Getting to Know All About You: What's your favorite kind of pie?

Comments

The strawberry rhubarb pie from the May 2005 Southern Living is wonderful. The Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk recipe for key lime pie is also good.

Posted by: black cake | February 24, 2007 08:02 PM

Brown sugar pie. Mmmmm.

Posted by: Chartreuse BLT | February 24, 2007 09:02 PM

Apple pie... I'm a traditionalist. Also like cherry pie.

This strawberry rhubarb pie of Black Cake sounds tasty, though!

Posted by: Red Momo | February 24, 2007 10:07 PM

My grandma makes a MEAN chocolate pie-- which is probably my fav... I make a kick ass pecan pie that I also enjoy... :)

Posted by: Blue Grilled Cheese | February 25, 2007 09:49 AM

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I once again submit chess pie as superior to all others.

Also, in my defense regarding the chocolate meringue pie, the Artichoke uttered the sentence, "I wish I had a piece of chocolate meringue pie" earlier in the day.

Posted by: Green Mango Custard | February 26, 2007 11:55 AM

It's true. I did wish for a piece of chocolate meringue pie. GC is a wish-granter. In my weakened state, I had lots of cravings, first for peanut butter toast (fulfilled), chocolate meringue pie (fulfilled), potato chips (fulfilled) and barbecued ribs (unfulfilled). All of these cravings surprise me because, except for peanut butter toast, these aren't things I eat often. I can probably count the number of ribs I've ever eaten on, well, my own ribs, with some to spare!

Posted by: Blue Artichoke | February 26, 2007 01:49 PM