Lean Cuisine Queen

BF (before Fancy) I used to be a Smart Ones or Lean Cuisine Queen. Giant would always have one or the other on sale for $2 each or 6 for $10 so it made PERFECT sense to grab a few to keep lunches-a-flowing in the Kurpel house. It works mostly because when it comes to getting ready in the morning, both my husband and I are minimalists: we only do the bare necessities when it comes to grooming and getting out of the house so we can fully maximize our time spent sleeping.

If you recall, although I haven't had any real nausea or food aversions due to Fancy, I have had little cravings and noticed that somethings make me feel better than others when I eat them- for example sugary or fried items- no good. Home cooked meals such as stuffed shells or scrambled eggs? Awesome. In the quck category fell my frozen lunches. I can't say it's a bad thing- stuff that isn't good for me isn't tasting as good as it used to- so Fancy, thanks! Although it puts a few extra minutes in my morning routine, but for you, Little Baby, I'm in.

I was running out of things to bring for lunch this week (and just about tired of eaing PB&Js) so I decided that it was time for an egg salad sammy. I put the two little eggies in the pot, watched it come to a boil (those jerks are liars, by the way, watched pots DO boil) set the egg timer for twelve minutes and ran upstairs to finish getting ready for work.

While making the rest of breakfast (Fancy and I share a love affair with breakfast meats), I removed the pot from the heat and dumped a cup of ice in to start the cooling process. I notoriously crack open the eggs WAY too early and they're still a little soggy in the mid so I decided to put them in a tup container as is (with two pickles) and bring them to work with the mayo/mustard/salt/pepper mixture in another.

In the recipe I found on my cell the chick suggested putting both salt and vinegar in the water while boiling the eggs. I put the salt in the water which is supposed to fix any cracks while boiling (no problems there) and figured the two pickles in the egg container would have enough vinegar- it's supposed to help the shell slide of easier. It did.

So there it is. Egg salad by computer light. I wasn't as easy as taking the cardboard box out of the freezer and pushing 5 buttons on the microwave but it was easy enough, I suppose, and Fancy likes it WAY better.

Todd and I get to meet Fancy face to face tonight. Well, face to screen, at least with our first ultrasound. Hopefully we'll have our first Fancy pics tonight. Hella excited. I hope s/he's waving or giving the finger or has a mohawk or something.

Our kid's gonna be awesome.