Friday, January 17, 2025

the friday feed: carrots

In Roman mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings, endings, transitions, and doorways. He's often depicted with two faces, one looking forward and one looking back. During the month of January people look back at the past year and think about what they'd like to change for the new year. Cleaning up eating habits is a big one for many. Overall, my eating habits are very healthy but after coming off all the food from Thanksgiving through the Christmas holiday, I'm adding more vegetables to my diet and being more aware of snacking. I just love crackers and cheese dips. Such an easy, tasty nibble. I'm being mindful about keeping a bag of cut up veggies in the vegetable bin: carrots, celery, cucumbers, peppers, cauliflower to stay on the healthy side of snacking. Yes, every so often a few of those vegetables will find their way to the cheese dip or...

Crunch crunch crunch. Sometimes
I like them with ranch dressing.
(Don't tell anyone)



 

4 comments:

  1. I had to look up ranch dressing.
    Not the healthy option then! 😀

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    1. Yes, ranch dressing is definitely an American "delicacy" and not a healthy option 😀

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  2. I did a veggie tray for our first friday gathering, cucumbers, celery, sweet peppers, carrots, tiny tomatoes, and I was surprised how popular it was.

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  3. Oh yum, I'd go for the ranch dressing. Of course celery with some pimento cheese spread is nice too!

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