Maybe it's because I'm 6 months pregnant, but despite my lack of appetite I'm obsessed with food! I know - that makes no sense. Blame the hormones!
Here are a few things that I've been losing sleep over!
Dude, if you aren't familiar with the Panera Breakfast Sandwich, you need to hustle your butt over to the local patisserie and grab one tomorrow. While technically not a lunch, it leads my story here because it's just that scrumptious. I've had this twice in the last two weeks, and I must forcibly restrain myself from going daily!
These sammiches have freshly cracked eggs (not those frozen slabs in other breakfast sandwiches) gently placed between two slices of freshly baked, toasted Ciabatta. And lemme tell ya the thing that makes the recipe: a thick slice of Vermont white cheddar is melted onto the bread during the toasting process. I like mine with Applewood-smoked bacon, naturally.
You know this is good, because I ignore the Cinnamon Crunch bagels (with Honey Walnut cream cheese) in favor of this.
And next up:
I know you're going to either make fun of me or gag, but I'm truly obsessed with icing on crackers!
My mom (and her mom before her) used to take extra homemade icing, left after dressing a cake, and put it on crackers. A few weeks ago, I started craving these and rather than compound the problem by making cakes, I just purchased some ready-made icing and slapped it on Ritz Crackers. And now I can't stop eating them. I carefully eat a healthy dinner, often involving a salad, then treat myself to some of these for dessert!
(To my dear friend from HS who will probably read this -you know who you are!- please do not mock this snack. It's no M&Ms and salt, but it's still a good salty+sweet sensation!)
For the record, I prefer chocolate or dark chocolate frosting.
And lastly:
Pad Thai. Oh yeah! I love this lovely mix of rice noodles, eggs, fish sauce, bean sprouts, peanuts and lovely seasonings. While I love it with chicken or shrimp, too, plain pad thai (no tofu, thanks) is my favorite.
Granted, Americans make this a bit heavier (read: greasier) than the traditional - but that's probably why I like it! And the veggies make me feel slightly more virtuous.
So... what are your favorite snacks?