Had I given it some thought....

I'm a big fan of orange juice. Wasn't always that way - it used to be that I could take it or leave it, kinda like lobster. But when I was pregnant with Matthew, it was one of the few cravings I had. I couldn't get enough of it. I'd have it every morning, but would also buy a small bottle any chance I had - at work, the convenience store, the gas station, while grocery shopping. I even filled my big Nalgene with it one time. Now that's a lot of juice! My affinity continued, even after I had Matthew, but in an effort to cut back on calories, I stopped drinking it so frequently. I'd rather be consuming those calories in other ways.

So, imagine my delight when I got a coupon a few weeks back for this.....


HOLY CRAP! O.J. with 50% less sugar and calories? Are you kidding me? Who's the friggin genius behind this?! I was beyond excited. I've been looking and looking for it, and I finally found some this week at Big Y, and could not wait to try it. Naturally, I didn't have my coupon with me, but that's another story. It's a bit more expensive, but I figured - hell, it's worth it.

Well, I tried it yesterday, and the taste was O.K. at best. I started to read the package to figure out how they made it with 50% less sugar and calories. I was thinking maybe it was something like making decaf coffee, where the beans are roasted longer which pulls out the caffeine. I don't know, maybe some special squeezing process, with some special kind of filtering or something? What the heck do I know?

Well, mystery solved....here's how they do it.


Ummm....yeah.....it's only 42% juice. The main ingredient? You guessed it - good old fashioned H20. Well, damn, I could have done that myself. And for a whole lot less to boot! Seriously. Not only do I not have to pay extra for this "special" juice, but my big old 89 (used to be 96) oz. jug will go twice as far. If I want to drink watered down OJ, that is...

Soooo disappointed....
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Take Me Back Tuesday

Date Taken: Sometime between November 1974 and February 1975

Place Taken: Saint Francis Hospital

I came across this picture, and thought it would make a timely TMBT, seeing as how my sister was just out for a visit (with her family, of course). I was in the hospital, recovering from a dog bite accident, and my sister was keeping me entertained with a game of Scrabble. I'm sure our words weren't too advanced back then (being only 5 and 9 years old), but we were clearly having lots of fun!

Easter Tidings

Wishing you all a Happy and Blessed Easter.

Looking for a new recipe?

I tried a new recipe tonight for Eggplant Rollatini. Don't these look yummy??


Yeah....too bad they S.U.C.K.E.D.! What a friggin waste of perfectly good eggplant, ricotta, fontina and parmesan. Ab-so-lutely terrible. The recipe didn't call for salting (or pressing) the eggplant, so I should have known I was going to hate it. It was so tough and fibrous, we could barely cut it with a knife. Nevermind have Matthew try to chew it.

Right down the disposal. Buh-bye.
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March for Babies

We'll be participating again this year in the March of Dimes March for Babies. I've posted a widget on my Facebook page, but wanted to post one for Dennis here on my blog.

I hope you'll please consider making a donation.

No amount is too small.

Let's help babies be born healthy.

Thanks.