Let's Make a Deal!

I challenged Jasser to go one day without eating tortillas, cuajada, or beans and he accepted this challenge. However, he told me that I would have to accept his challenge. At first he was going to make me shake before telling me, but I said that wasn’t fair since he already knew his challenge. So, he said that he would complete this task as long as I made the food for him because he wouldn’t know how or what to make. I agreed.

Yesterday morning I made pancakes on the newly found griddle that is hidden on their stove—never been used! I made Jasser put peanut butter and syrup on the pancakes because that’s how I do it at home :) He really liked them, but said he was going to miss his cuajada for the day.

I tried to get him to work out with me because technically our goal was to be eating healthier and exercising, but he didn’t want to. I did anyway though because I knew I’d feel guilty after those pancakes…

For lunch I made BLTs with onions. They were delicious :) Usually Jasser eats really slow but he scarfed this down. I haven’t had a BLT in awhile and it always reminds me of summer because we would use fresh tomatoes from our garden. There are always good tomatoes here and I’m thankful for that!

I decided to make a veggie stir fry for dinner. Gosh, this was a lot of work washing and cutting up all the veggies—oh and going to the market first and purchasing them—then, cooking everything, making the sauce, etc. I have a lot more respect for my dad cooking all the time and for my mom always taking care of me and cleaning. I was so exhausted because I was in the kitchen for so long, cooking and washing dishes. I only left to go to the market… Anyway, the stir fry turned out really well and I was impressed, as was Jasser and his cousin who came to visit.

I cut up a banano and an apple to have a little fruit salad for dessert because I had to eat something healthy. Jasser wanted me to make fried rice again so I cooked some rice to save. He’ll have to make the fried rice this time.