Indian Food

Is incredibly good. Except that instead of losing weight, we're gaining it. The day that this picture was taken, we had eaten FIVE, yes, FIVE meals. And I'm not talking about those small portions that some nutritionists and doctors tell you are a healthy regimen to follow when they are small portions. We had eaten a good-sized, very filling breakfast of chapati (indian flatbread) and dal (bean/lentil soup), followed by a trip to a sweet shop where we indulged on every type of vegan sweet in the store. We discovered our new favorite sweet after peanut brittle and jalebi (fried dough soaked in very sugary sugar-water) called Kaju Burfi (cashew paste and sugar). A couple hours later, we had a 4pm lunch of noodles, followed by a 7pm "snack" (that we thought was dinner) of pakora (fried battered spinach balls), samosa, chow mein, and jalebi. At midnight, we were about to crash from all the greasy food we had eaten at snack time, when we were called to the table for dinner that consisted of more chapati, rice, and a vegetable dish, which sounds light but isn't (trust me). Today, I woke up and was glad to have eaten a light breakfast of cereal. Then Jamey went out and got us lunch. We're about to eat pakora, samosa, and chow mein. yum. Maybe I should start a stomach stapling fund to help me lose some of this indulgent food weight i'm putting on...