Whatcha Craving?

[Finnsma]

I started out with veggies... lots and lots of veggies. But I'm too lazy now to prepare much... :LOL

Lately it's been non fat organic milk with chocolate nesquick. MMmmm! And add a wholewheat beagal with peanut butter... heaven! (Yes, beagal, my 2yo calls bagals beagals and it's stuck. :LOL)

I spotted a big bag of avacados at Costco and couldn't resist them... but I don't know how to prepare them! LOL Any tips?

What are y'all craving?

[OaklandMama]

Tomatoes and cucumbers! Tomato sandwiches, cucumber salad, whatever I can pull from the garden! Also bought a huge bag of mixed stone fruits at the farmers market! Yumm!
For avocadoes...you can make guacamole, avocado on your bagel or good sprouted wheat bread, in salads, etc. My 19 month old LOVES avos as he calls them!

[weebitty2]

:bag:

Fresh cukes, with parmesan peppercorn dressing .. and parmesan/garlic cheez-its ..

[Patchfire]

Meat!

I craved hamburgers with dd; this time I've been wanting a big steak, and lots and lots of chicken. I don't normally eat that much meat, so it's very odd.

I've also been craving Mrs. T's potato and cheddar mini pierogies. Yes, very specific! :D

I only wish I'd crave something like green veggies... I don't like ANY of them, and I know I need to eat them.

[simplehome]

Finnsmama:

Avocados! I've been just dicing them up and eating them with a spoon, or to make guacamole just do this:

Scoop the meat of the avocados into a bowl. Crush a bunch of garlic into it, squeeze a lime or a lemon into it, and mash it all up. Add salt and pepper to taste and eat it on things or with a spoon. :yum

For more variety, you can add some diced fresh tomatoes, a little cayenne, some cumin, coriander, some dices chilies....you've got me wanting to go make some right now!!

[simplehome]

I've been craving bread and butter pickles, which I haven't had for YEARS because my husband hates them. I can't really find any good ones in the stores, so I'm going to have to run out and get my mom's recipe and hope that I still want them by the time they're ready to eat!!

Patchfire: I've found a really great way to eat kale lately, which I normally hate. I know that a lot of good things are lost by cooking it, but eating it cooked must be better than not eating it at all! I sautee some sliced onions in a little olive oil until soft, add a bunch of crushed garlic, then throw in chopped up kale (a lot of it because it shrinks). Cook this until it is bright green, then throw in a lot of chopped fresh basil. Salt and pepper to taste, then throw it on some whole wheat pizza dough (no red sauce, maybe a little olive oil on the crust if you want), then I choose to top it with cooked hot italian sausage, but it is wonderful without, too. Then throw on a little bit of cheese (I use the mediterranean blend from Trader Joes, but mozzerella is good too). Bake, and it is SOOOOOO good!!

[pixiemama]

Tomatoes and cucumbers!

Me too! With vinegar and salt...mmmm. Also, soft baked french fries drenched in ketchup. :yum

[muse]

jalapenos! it's the wierdest thing. pregnant with DS in CA i craved english comfort food, now I'm in the UK i want a great big bowl of nachos! luckily you can find some mexican food in england these days, but what i'd give for a trip to La Familia in Berkeley for one of their super veggie burritos :yum .

i like eating avocados just cut in half with some vinagrette on them. or of course as guacomole inside a la familia super veggie burrito....AAARGH! :D

[TRIBE]

Not much of anything m/s is too bad.

When I am not all green I am craving water, gatorade and sushi (not all at the same time)

[cholderby]

I had been heavy into grapefruit for a time (both the fruit and juice) but now I'm all about cantalope! Not so much because I like the taste, but because of its, um, effects on my digestive system (WAY too much info, but I lost about 4 inches around my waist after discovering cantalope, I was that constapated).

What a great season to be PG! I went to the farmer's market on Saturday and bought so many fruits and veggies. Yum.

[TRIBE]

I spent $20 at the farmers market this weekend but forgot to get blueberries and I left my cucumbers :(

I will be back ther ein a few days and will probably drop another 420. But man you can;t get this good stuff any other time of year round here and most especially not in the supermarkets.

[Quindin]

When I am not nauseous I have been craving mexican food :bag: I probably would had horrible hurt burn if I had some, but I might end up having it anyways...
What I can't stand? Sweet or sugary foods of any kind. Blarghhhhh (I still like fruits though)

[muse]

yeah i'm done with sweet foods too, which is reaaaallly wierd for me. i also couldn't stomach my morning cup of tea today.

[JennInSeattle]

Just wanted to mention that I'm making Chicken and Garlic Rice-A-Roni at 8:30 in the morning! :LOL

[TRIBE]

I thought I was bad with the ham n cheese hot pockets at 9am yesterday, and this was after eating 1.5 cups of pistachios!

[SagMom]

yeah i'm done with sweet foods too, which is reaaaallly wierd for me.

ME TOO! I'd never heard of this before, and it's never happened to ME before--I've got a huge sweet tooth usually. But this weekend I turned down Hershey's Kisses and chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. Very, very weird. (Maybe I won't gain so much this time around?)

[simplehome]

Sweets (other than fruit) are also out for me. I normally LOOOOOOVE anything with sugar in it, but now I look at things in the grocery store, and just can't stomach the thought....I'm hoping that this lasts, because other than my sugar cravings, I normally have a really healthy diet! I'm THRILLED to have a sugar aversion! :thumb

[fiercelove]

I'm jealous of everyone's healthy cravings!! all I can stand to eat is crappy white flour breads and junk food. :bag:

[ladyelmo1]

I'm like all of you... no sugery foods at all! The irony is one of my hobbies/side projects is cake baking and decorating!!! I'm hoping that the next cake order I fill doesn't send me over the edge! Even the smell is getting to me. A friend (male) recently offered to buy me a whoopie pie from this bakery where we grew up. Made me green just THINKING about it.

Other than that, no real specific cravings. Just FOOD! I'm hungry all the time. And WATER! I can't remember being this thirsty since I was nursing.

-Melissa

[JennInSeattle]

I'm definitely thirsty too! I'm not totally against sugar but I'm not craving it either which is weird because I was craving it a ton before I got pg.

Someone here suggested Hot Pockets so I went to the store and bought 3 boxes (I had been hungry for 30 minutes which made me feel sick) and as soon as I got home I heated them up and ate them which still has me feeling sick! Darned if you do, darned if you don't! :LOL

The hot pockets weren't that great either, I have got to figure out something I like! Everything tastes weird or not as good. :crying

[TRIBE]

Jenn nothing tastes right to me either right now. I usually gag at hotpockets but I was so hungry I had to eat something. I felt sick afterwards too :(

Last night I had to have a subway sub loaded with veggies. My poor DH is going to go broke trying to feed my appetite LOL

[SagMom]

With my other pregnancies, I ate everything in sight. This time is very different. For instance, I had some toast about 5:30 yesterday morning. Could not find a THING that I felt like eating the rest of the day. I ended up walking around a market in the afternoon and finally made lunch out of a cantalope. I don't have morning sickness--it's just that nothing appeals to me.

[JennInSeattle]

Well at least I'm in good company! I wanted a Subway sandwich last night so maybe I'll get one today (chicken instead of deli meat). :)

Any other suggestions of something you've had recently that was decent?? :love

[Gale Force]

I believe I am an hour away from the nearest Subway, perhaps only 45 minutes. I am definitely 45 minutes away from Hot Pockets, so in general, I am left to satisfy my cravings with what's in the fridge and pantry. And it's so bloomin' hot here, I can't imagine a trip out. But on to the question -- my biggest craving so far has been butter. I even ate it off a spoon. It's hard to imagine that right now.

[TRIBE]

Hmmmm I had these really yummy california rolls the other night half of them were spicy and oh so good! I need more!

I have also been craving fruit/berry pies and cobblers. Today I am going to pick some fresh raspberries and make a peach raspberry cobbler yummy.

Gale Force--ewwwww butter off the spoon? Its freaking hot here too and we have no a/c! I don't think I have ever drank so much water lemonade and gatorade in my life.

[simplehome]

I've been drinking a ton of water, too, but it isn't hot here, and I'm not really thirsty. I just WANT it! I guess that's a good thing to crave. Sometimes I feel like I'm floating, though.... :sick

[JennInSeattle]

Well I tried subway and the salad was wonderful (even the fat free Ranch which I never like) but the sandwich was only ok. HOWEVER, I bought a jar (not a can) of peaches and Oh heaven! The funny thing is I love the juice and not so much the peaches! :LOL That's definitely hitting the spot!

Oh and I tried chocolate milk (organic) and it didn't taste so great.. *sniff*

[TRIBE]

I am having a hard time drinking milk, the only kind I seem to be able to slightly stomach is chocolate milk :/

I made peach cobbler yesterday lol must have been a peachy craving day

[simplehome]

Jennie-I think you're right about the peaches! Last night I had my normal seltzer water, but added peach juice to it. Yum!

[TRIBE]

I have a feeling I will be getting a lot of peaches and freezing what i can't eat lol

Which now makes me crave frozen blueberries...

[JennInSeattle]

Oh don't say blueberries, I just spent $50 at the grocery store last night! Don't make me go back! lol

Last night (4am) I was up and hungry so I poured myself some frosted shredded wheat.. I couldn't make it through the bowl it made me feel so sick! So this morning I'm eating Low Fat Kettle Chips that are lightly salted and oven baked dipped in Hidden Valley Ranch dip that I made with fat free sour cream. It's actually really good!

[TOmomma]

mmmmm....... chips........

[simplehome]

Jenn-I can't remember if you've moved yet, but if you feel like making a trip to the Eastside, there's a blueberry farm right by my house in Bellevue, where you can u-pick blueberries for $1 per pound! And they're organic. It is on 148th Ave., just south of Main St. I walk there all the time and GORGE myself on blueberries!!! :yum

[TRIBE]

jenn-- we have a blueberry farm just up the road. i think I need to go pick myself a few lbs. Freeze some and make a blueberry crumb cake for desert. This pg seems to have made me ver domesticated.

[JennInSeattle]

I'll talk to Dan tonight when he gets home and see if we can go! We move in 10 days but Blueberries now sound great!!

[TOmomma]

Get the blueberries while you can, Jenn. I don't know how many there are in Hawaii!

[TRIBE]

Are you moving to HI? lucky lucky you!!

I go pick blueberries tommorow, they were closed today :(

[JennInSeattle]

Get the blueberries while you can, Jenn. I don't know how many there are in Hawaii!

:LOL I'm sure you're right! I'll try and make it up that way!

And yes, I move to Hawaii in 10 days.. this house isn't even close to ready!

[TRIBE]

I am so jealous! We moved from HI last year and I really miss it. What part are you headed to?

[JennInSeattle]

I am so jealous! We moved from HI last year and I really miss it. What part are you headed to?

Island: Oahu
City: Hololulu
Neighborhood: Ala Moana

:D I've never been! :D

[woobysma]

Jenn-I can't remember if you've moved yet, but if you feel like making a trip to the Eastside, there's a blueberry farm right by my house in Bellevue, where you can u-pick blueberries for $1 per pound! And they're organic. It is on 148th Ave., just south of Main St. I walk there all the time and GORGE myself on blueberries!!! :yum

Yep, right next to my office, and there's a raspberry farm on 124th in the valley - going there this Sat. mmmmmmmmmmm

I've been eating tons of hard peaches and cottage cheese - can't get enough of it.


edited to add - this totally is not my due date club but I saw the topic of food and couldn't stay away :D

[TRIBE]

OMG are you guys Navy? We lived very close to Ala Moana!

You will love it there.

[JennInSeattle]

edited to add - this totally is not my due date club but I saw the topic of food and couldn't stay away :D

:laugh: That's hilarious! Join on in!

Nope, we're not Navy.. just moving to be with family. :love

[TRIBE]

Wow thats pretty cool! When we go back in a few years maybe we will get to meet.

[JennInSeattle]

I'd love that Jennie!

Let's see, so yesterday I stopped at Emerald City Smoothies (I found it without knowing it was there and I was going to have a BlueBerry shake at Dairy Queen if I didn't find a smoothie shop.. thank you God!) and had a Berry mix smoothie with BlueBerry in it! It was huge and fabulous.. I only drank half but it was wonderful!

Lean Cuisine Pepperoni pizzas (on french bread) did it for me yesterday with colby/jack cheese melted on top. But now the house is empty again and I'm back to chips and dip so I'll be going to the grocery store later today! :LOL

Anything you'd like to share that you're digging for my trip to the store? There's a japanese sushi place about 2 blocks from here so I'm thinking of walking over there for lunch! California rolls here I come! :love

[Quindin]

Mexican today - and DH went to get it for me !!! :yum

[TRIBE]

Oh Jenn you are cruel! A berry smoothir and spicy california rolls would be SO good right now.

I will just make my own berry smoothie after I go berry pickin tonight :P