update and recipes without pictures

Have been to the dentist this morning, as well as yesterday morning, which led me to have a garlic soup from an old Atkins recipe book. Some stuff from that book was really nice, this one was so-so, didn't look very appetizing due to the egg yolks but at least I could just drink it with a straw. Anyway, there's something to say about recipe books that don't have those flashy, mouth-watering pictures every two or three pages. The imagination does not gete as lively (thus, bodily reactions stay moderate as well) and a lot is left to my imagination, if I want to use it. If I don't want to think about how this stuff will look on my plate I just go through the ingredients list and check if I like it, and then read the instructions to see if it's something easy and relatively quick (which is usually the case). Anyway, I feel that it's a lot easier to prepare meals this way... especially when thinking about how food, well, "food" has been prepared to look nice on pictures. No wonder that many times my results just don't look like the stuff from the books, but that's not a reason to worry (took me a long time to figure this out, but it's never too late!).
So, if the girls don't forget to bring some eggs on the way back from the pool, tonight I'll probably fix something easy to swallow... scrambled eggs or something else soft and light feels great.

Last night I talked with Friederike who came along wailing that her thighs were too fat, that she herself was too fat, whatever. Told her about the very simple formula of height in centimeters minus hundred - does it give your weight? Until there, nothing's wrong with your weight so please stop wailing. We turnde this into a calculation exercise by fantasizing about the weight of a leg, the approximative fat content, and then calculating this and also how many calories this means. It was pretty absurd but it made her use her maths a bit (school's starting next week) and also come to the conclusion that, well, she might walk a bit more often. maybe even to school, with her friend from the village, who also walks, instead of with her big sis who always wants to take a detour to meet with a friend of hers. Oh, girls! Anyway, I'd be glad if I had one drive less in the morning, especially sicne I keep telling them that incorporating a bit of natural exercise solves many problems...