I bought a blender yesterday and as soon as I came home I made a strawberry milkshake. Today after lunch I made a banana strawberry one. Now I'm getting hungry and am thinking about making another. And since it's billion degrees outside with a trillion % air humidity index, I just might have to stay on this milkshake diet until this heatwave is over.
Last summer when we were on a strict budget and had to cut back on some things, we ALWAYS found a way to include strawberries and ice cream in our shopping list. I'm not gonna lie, I chased after ice cream sales! I had to have my milkshakes! I would kill for Wendy's strawberry frosty shake right now...milkshake, whipped cream and a cherry on top! Yum! If Wendy's and DD could surface in Finland, I'd be in heaven!
I am implementing a new fashionable diet. I think I'm gonna call it Suvi diet (summer diet), because this is pretty much how I've lived this summer and I wouldn't necessarily do this during the long cold winter months. The main food groups are:
1) Smoked salmon on a rye bread. You get your fish and your fiber from this group.
2) Salads. Made a fabulous pasta salad few days ago and ate it in 2 days. The key is CHEESE! Feta, or if you are in the European Union, " Greek styled cheese" as Feta has been reserved for cheese made in Greece... or Mozzarella...lots and lots of cheese. You get your greens and your calcium. And carbs if you use pasta.
3). Milkshakes with fruit. Go crazy with your favorite fruits and just have as many as your stomach can handle! You get your daily dose of calcium and fruits. And it's delicious! And it also keeps you cool internally for like a second...
4) Elviira's Blueberry Pie. It's a shame if you do not know Elviira or if you don't live in/near Forssa but it's to die for. That's what I'm doing right now...dying waiting... But it gives you your berries. Important! It is not necessary to have this pie every day... in fact, if you did, you might not appreciate it as much as you otherwise are, so once or twice a summer is plenty. With a doggy bag to take home to. But now I'm just rambling...
5) Beer/cider at a terrace. Hydration is the key to any heatwave! Little ice water every once in a blue moon is also recommended. Just don't drink alone. That's not part of the diet.
6) Ice Cream. If Elviira's Blueberry Pie is not an option, you should eat as much ice cream as possible. I consider mango melon ice cream to count towards my daily dose of fruits so go out there and have all the fruit ice cream you can.
7) Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Don't care how you drink it, just do! It gives you...caffeine!
As you can see, this diet does not count calories, carbs, fats, salts, sugar or any of the other things people stare at. If this results with excess jello around your waist...just remember, bears eat during the summer too so that they have fatty layer to keep them warm during the long months of hibernation! You'll thank me in the winter when you are warm!
Now I'm hungry. Gotta check if my rye bread has de-frosted. Cannot have group #1 if I have no bread!
Toodles!
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