Happy Food

I'm having one of those days where everything you eat... just makes you happy. I don't know about you all, but that doesn't happen very often for me. Too frequently, I go foraging in the fridge for a satisfying meal and come up with a random, eclectic mixture of what I have on hand just to fill myself up. Peanut butter and jelly tortillas, anyone? How about low-fat cheese spread on sourdough pretzels? Or a good old-fashioned lean cuisine?

But not today. This morning, after church, I cruised over to the grocery store. And instead of doing my typical cruise-the-aisles-to-get-just-the-staples, I decided to actually plan out some meals and purposefully buy some food. I actually had an urge to (gasp!) cook.

So when I got home, I sat down to a delightful brunch of eggs and bacon (I don't ever, EVER make bacon, so it was a special treat. I also bought a donut to fill the "sweet" portion of brunch, but we won't talk about that since I didn't actually prepare it.) For an afternoon snack, I had a mug of hot cocoa. And then for dinner, I mixed up my own version of Cosi's Signature Salad--mixed greens, pears, red grapes, dried cranberries, pistachios, gorgonzola and some cooked chicken with an olive oil vinaigrette dressing. YUM. Really.

Now, if only I can carry this motivation to cook into the week, we can make it more than one happy food day in a row...