NO CHEESECAKE FOR ME?
“Stressed is desserts spelled backwards.” By unknown dessert lover, of course!
My nephew Ashton is 32 years old today, July 12, 2022!
“Happy Happy Birthday #32 nephew, Ashton!”
So, he tells me earlier that “his sister is taking him to lunch and his mom is taking him to dinner.”
“Aunt Crystal, you can go if you want.”
(We all know I am on this mandatory/self-mandatory healthier lifestyle, meal plan…right!)
“Ok, where are you going?”
“Well, I go to get my haircut and run a few errands and call & tell my sister where we meet for lunch.”
I saw him a couple hours later and say, “lunch was over soon?”
His sister said she had to run errands and would see him later tonight.
So, mom and sis will take him to dinner now.
Ok, ok, I will get to my points, thought you need to know the flow.
A few hours later I get a pic of a beautiful cake and three smiling faces.
All the slender healthy people sitting at the restaurant with wonderful cake!
I send a text, “Awesome, looks good, ya’ll having fun, WONDERFUL!”
That cake looks so familiar to me from my past life!
A few hours later nephew stops over and has a MAggiano’s bag and a Cheesecake Factory bag in hand.
WOW! Something good for me too! I wish…
“So, what’s in the bags nephew as I am opening the bags myself to look inside each one. “
Maggiano’s bag has his take home meal of Mom’s Lasagna.
Cheesecake Factory bag has the entire box with the Ultimate Red Velvet cake in it! I opened it to see about 4 or 5 slices in the box as I lingered, lingered, eyes glossy and then hear my nephew say, “Aunt Crystal, now you know you cannot eat the cake!”
(Remember, I opened the bags without permission…lol)
“RATS…RATS…RATS! I think loudly to myself but say in a regular voice, “yeah, you right.”
“If I eat that rich, creamy, luscious, beautiful cake…”
(Layers of red velvet cake and cheesecake covered in cream cheese frosting, finished with white chocolate, OH MY!)
“I will pass out from the sugar rush and end up in the hospital.”
Yeah, I do not need you calling your dad (my brother/ the food patrol) to tell him aunt Crystal passed out from eating red velvet cake and is in the hospital and him calling the other food patroller/my sister and then being reminded these are a No-GO food item. Well, they may not do this, but I do not want to hear it from my mostly (85% — 88%) healthier siblings.
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As I am still drooling on the inside wanting to eat the cake, I did like any heart ached, deprived, carboholic/sugarholic would do as follows:
- Opened the frig and got a cup of 2G strawberry yogurt.
- Added a few walnuts sprinkled.
- Sprinkled some cinnamon on top.
- Let out a sigh under my breathe.
- Ate the healthier version of my red velvet cheesecake…Not!
I continued conversation with nephew Ashton and asked, “So, what did ya’ll have at Maggiano’s?
We all know this is a loaded question, right?
STUFFED MUSHROOMS (Spinach, Garlic, Seasoned Breadcrumbs)
CRISPY ZUCCHINI FRITTÉ (Lemon Aioli)
SALMON WITH CRISPY CALABRIAN SHRIMP (Four-Pepper Relish, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Sautéed Spinach)
Ok, Ok, STOP, I cannot take it anymore! I got the whole picture meal in my brain!”
“Now, aunt Crystal the only thing you could have eaten there was the SALAD and bread.”
I say, “no, not the bread either.”
Nephew says, “SALAD and water! “
Hence, the reason I did not go out to eat for Birthday #32!
“Happiness is knowing there is dessert in the fridge.” By unknown dessert lover, of course!
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
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