I’ve been up for about an hour and I’ve yet to eat anything. I haven’t even had my usual morning tea. For some reason I’m feeling very - blah - today and I can’t tell if it’s because of the lack of food or if it’s just because of how tired I am this morning. I probably should have gone back to sleep this morning but I really just wanted to get out of  bed.

Last night Baby and I took a nice long walk with the dog. My ankle was bothering me a little bit, it’s very stiff, but I think that’s because I haven’t done much walking in the last week based on how sick I’ve been. I was lucky to be able to stand without falling over, let alone walk a few miles.

I’m probably going to cheat on my diet but this is strictly for experimental purposes. I’ve been craving Pizza for quite some time. Growing up in New York I had excellent pizza readily available to me whenever I wanted it. Living in Delaware, however, is a completely different story. There isn’t one person down here that knows anything about good pizza. Pizza that is considered “The Best” is Grotto’s and that’s on my WORST list right up there with Domino’s, Pizza Hut and Papa Johns. I don’t like any ‘chain’ because they take away from the quality of the food for mass production. This is why I’ve always enjoyed mom and pop shops.

So, right now Food Lion is having a sale on “Take & Bake” which is their own store brand of bread but it’s only half way cooked and you just have to throw it into the oven for about 12 minutes. It’s actually really good bread and it would make fairly decent pizza crust. So I’m going to throw together a low-fat Italian Red Sauce and then some low-fat cheese and bake the bread making my own mini-pizza.

The problem with being a chef is the fact that I’m very set in my ways. I grew up in a New York Italian household, I have recipes passed down to me from 4 and 5 generations of Italian women. Turning these recipes into health dishes just seems like blasphemy to every thing I’ve ever known about cooking. Most Italian cooking is high carbs, high calories and high fat. Hopefully I’ll be able to take the family sauce and turn it into something great that won’t tip the scales for me.