So in general I am just not an emotional eater. I am more of the "hunger strike" variety when it comes to eating habits during challenging times. However, last night I decided to embrace the emotional eater inside all of us and boy was it fun. My best friend made me spaghetti with marinara sauce and it had the best spicy Italian sausage in it...don't think I had carb loaded like that since....hmmm oh yeah never. While eating a giant mound of spaghetti we also split a bottle of Campus Oaks wine...also heaven. And to top it off I went rummaging through her cupboards for chocolate and pretty much felt complete only after eating a big bowl of cookies n cream ice cream with chocolate sauce. Ok sure I was asleep by 2100 (aka 9pm) and yeah it could have been a food coma but I still enjoyed every minute of my food binge.

I was trying to think about my childhood and whether or not I was an emotional eater growing up and I just don't think I was. I don't have childhood memories of my Mom feeding me cookies to make me feel better or eating when sad or anything of that nature. But seriously who wants to emotionally eat as a kid since you can't easily add wine to the meal. So E thanks for the cool experience...it was truly just what I needed!!

This morning it was a great rare occurrence to wake up to the sound of rain on the roof. And unlike eating that sound definitely reminded me of my childhood since I grew up in the rainy Pacific Northwest. There is something very soothing about hearing the rain and feeling cozy and warm wrapped up in a comfy bed. And then I realized it was 0430 (4:30am) and I was getting up for work....ahhh rude awakening #1 for the day. Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!



Since we are talking about emotional eating let me tell you what my favorite Italian comfort food is and I made it last week....Baked Rigatoni. Its one of the few things that I make without a recipe. I combine a container of ricotta cheese with approximately a 1/2 cup Parmesan and 2 cups Mozzarella cheese.  This time I added 3 links of spicy Italian sausage. Cook the rigatoni according to the package directions. Then combine the cheese mixture with the pasta and put in the oven for approximately 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
For the last 10 minutes add additional mozzarella and Parmesan on top and let it melt. Seriously nothing makes life better than this meal!!! Ciao!