bad blogger!

As excited as I was to start the new blog, I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted! A lot has been going on the home-front. My kids started preschool - both of them. I am a little wistful for the good ole days, but at the same time getting a ton of errands done in my 4 free hours a week. I started an 18-week house cleaning and organizing project at organizedchristmas.com. Thanks to my facebook friend who is leading it all, I am pretty much keeping on track with that. And finally, my gall bladder has turned against me! I started getting really sick right after Labor Day and ended up in the ER with chest pains I thought was a heart attack. The doc told me I had heartburn and sent me home, but I followed up with an Internal Medicine guy who ordered an ultrasound and found gallstones. I had a total of 5 attacks in a short 2-week period, so my gall bladder has to go! My surgery is scheduled for October 16.

What bewilders me about the whole gall bladder thing is that I have never had problems before, and now that I am vegan the stones show up?!? I am losing weight slowly, and not eating excessive amounts of oil, fried foods, or foods high in fat - all the classic causes. My theory is that my body - during it's adjustment period to becoming healthy - has sacrificed my gall bladder to get rid of the remaining bad stuff.

Despite all the crazy busy sickness, I have been cooking! Mainly recipes from my birthday present cookbook, Moosewood Simple Suppers. It's a great book with fantastic recipes! While I'm not going to reprint the recipes (buy the book, you won't be disappointed), I would like to review some of them here. Perhaps in my post-op, while I am hanging out on the couch, have other people caring for my children, and am hopped up on pain pills :)

Stay tuned... and in the meantime... happy, healthy eating!