¡Feliz Friday, foodies!
I almost opted out of posting today porque I have to finish up several writing projects and some tarea before the weekend commences.
However, Google Analytics (my procrastination method of choice) just changed my mind.
Yesterday, 13 people Googled the term “carbzilla” and landed on my blog. Thirteen people. Seriosamente.
This, in itself, was too hilarious not to share. But, upon perusing yesterday eats, I realized that I really am a carbzilla.
I’ve always realized that I have a very carb-centric diet. (I blame this on my stint with the South Beach Diet in tenth grade. I’m pretty sure my body consistently demands carbs to compensate for that period of deprivation. Lo siento about that, cuerpo.) But yesterday was a full-blown carbzilla día.
Allow me to illustrate.
For desayuno, I really wanted to try out one of the many mouth-watering cottage cheese concoctions you all recommended.
Unfortunately, in addition to being a carbzilla, I’m apparently also a cottage cheezilla. On my first day of cottage cheese consumption, I polished off almost an entire container. All that remained was—maybe—a half-cup serving.
Obviamente not enough for a breakfast base.
And so I turned to carb numero uno del día: Oat bran.
This was, hands down, the most delicious and ridiculously filling bowl of oat bran I’ve ever had.
En el bol: 1/2 cup Hodgson Mill’s oat bran cooked in 1.5 cups water with one egg white, 1/4 banana, 1/3 cup pumpkin and 1 tbsp. cocoa powder. Topped with 1/2 cup cottage cheese and cinnamon.
I just started using Hodgson Mill’s oat bran, and it is inexplicably way more filling and voluminous than Quaker’s oat bran. The grains are also bigger and chewier—buenisimo!
This fantastic creation held me over perfectly ‘til almuerzo.
At which point, all I really wanted was más carbage.
To quote the notorious Regina George, “I can’t go to Taco Bell! I’m on an all–carb diet!”
I had a feeling it was going to be a día of veggie scarcity so I started with an ensalada before catering to my carby cravings.
En la mezcla: fresh spinach, cauliflower, butternut squash and grilled cebolla con seasoned salt and Newman’s Asian Sesame dressing.
Veggies? Check. Now bring on los carbs.
I realize this below bol is rather aesthetically underwhelming, but I promise you it was one of the most delicious savory oat concoctions that’s ever graced mi boca.
And you know I’ve been around the block on the savory oats front.
Cheesy Butternut Oats
La receta: 1/2 cup oats cooked in 1 cup water. Laughing Cow wedge and 1/2 cup mashed butternut squash stirred in during the last minute of cooking.
Bonita? No.
Deliciosa? Sí.
In my carbzilla defense, I did consume some fruta in the form of an undocumented apple and orange. They were eaten whole, in an entirely unphotogenic manner—which, if you’re a food blogger, you know grants you a get out of photographing free card.
I know that apples and oranges, too, are carbs. But these, mis foodies, are not the sort of carbs that earn you a reputation as carbzilla.
These are.
Meet my carby cena: copious carby couscous and carby cinnamony starchy sweet potato.
I thought about veggifying the couscous—but all I really wanted was a big bowl of grainy goodness.
With a simple side of sweetness.
A few bites in, some of the starchy sweetness joined forces with the gloriously golden couscous.
And then some glorious golden additions made their way onto the sweetness.
I will not apologize for my copious carbage porque it’s simply what my cuerpo craved.
Oh, and I had plans to drink dance the night away at an amazing Mayer Hawthorne concert. So I needed the carby fuel :).
Post-concert, carbage continued. I may or may not have decided to bake a cookie pie at 2 a.m.
(FYI: Cookie pie is the term I use to denote any cookie recipe baked in a brownie pan.)
I found this incriminating evidence this mañana.
Worry not, there were leftovers.
This cookie pie happened to be of the oatmeal raisin chocolate chip variety.
I did manage a little healthification by using whole wheat flour, agave, golden raisins and dark chocolate chips :).
On that carb note, I have to get back to mi trabajo/the rest of the cookie pie!
Are you a carbzilla? Have you ever ventured into the land of carb-restrictive diets? I’ll wear my carbzilla badge with pride because not only does my body crave carbs, it functions best when it’s carb content. I was miserable when I attempted the South Beach/Atkins way of life—and I ended up gaining weight. So, para mi, carbs do the cuerpo good.
Amor,
Sarah
THE FOODIE DIARIES 
I love ALL carbs. I am a carb-o-holic. And proud of it!
nothing wrong with loving the carbssss 😉 i eat so many of them yomyomyom xx
I’m with you, carbs all the way! I’m still a little frightened of savory oats though 😉 Maybe one of these days….
I tried Akins for like 2 days and had a temper tantrum over lack of carbage and was begged by my mother to resume eating normally. Carbs are my best friend.
I need to try oatbran! Espesh if it pairs well with cottage cheese.
That cookie pie looks insanely good.
I don’t know how anyone can do the low-carb thing. I need some kind of grainy goodness at every meal- sweet potatoes and squash count. Fruits/veggies don’t IMO. REAL CARBS for real carbzilla’s, si?!
I wrote this on someone else’s blog but I really wanted to make mac and cheese baked in kabocha today. No I wish I had. Though my pasta salad was might delish.
I want that sweet potato/couscous/raisin meal.
As you saw, I am in full support of carbs :). It is all about balance but there is no such thing as a day without carbs in my world!!
– Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com
carbs make the world a better place. end of story.
LOAF you! (get it, loaf, like.. a loaf of carby bread. oh I entertain myself)
i ADORE carbs!
okay i TRIED increasing protein-instead of a wrap i would do like eggs or something and I FELT TERRIBLE. carbs make the world go round. never doing the high protein/low carb thang AGAIN
Carbzilla for life!! When I was younger my stepdad was on Atkins – everything he could eat was the opposite of everything I would eat.
Love love love sweet taters with rasins. So good. Had that last night. And cheesy butternut squash oats? Sign me up.
Me encantan los carbs anaranjados 🙂
Loving your combos today, they look so deliciosos!
me want those cookies.
Low carb/keto diets are generally hard at the start, but in my experience, once your body adapts, the problems go away.
I seriously have to stop looking at your posts when i’ve already finished dinner. Now i will have dreams of sweet potatoes and couscous, thanks a lot by the way! 🙂
Haha! Your style of writing is hilarious! I love reading your posts… and my old high school spanish is coming back a little each time I read 😉
I, too, am a carb lover! Your carbs look way prettier (and perhaps tastier!) than mine!
all hail carbs mama. whoever hates on those grains of goodness can suck it (pardon mi lengua!). whenever i come to your blog, i get an inexplicable craving for grilled cebollas. and i just happen to have one in mi refrigerador. muy interesante, no?
y…necesito that recipe for those cookie bars. gah, yo muerto.
pasa un buen fin de semana mi amiga bella!
yES i love carbs!! omg i could not live without them 🙂 deliciosooo i must say!
xoxoxo
shelley
http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com
I crave meats, cheese, and protein a lot. I wish I craved more carbs. I am a huge fan of cheesy oats though! They rock. Best of both worlds. I’ll have to try it with butternut squash for sure!!
LC
Mmm I love my carbs as much as I loved your Mean Girls reference. I also restricted my carbs for way too long – and I was skinnier, but so miserable and grumpy. Carbs = smiles. 🙂
thanks for the oat bran tip! i am looking for a new brand….
Mmm, really no need to apologize for all of that carb-y goodness. My grandparents (who bake 40 loaves of baguettes at a time in their kitchen) were once yelled at by a waiter in Paris after asking, for the umpteenth time for their bread basket to me refilled, “This is not a bakery!”
Carbs usually make up my favorite part of the meal! I have half of a butternut squash and you just reminded me I need to finish it! Those oats sound delightful!
Mmm I loooove carbs. My favorite things by far. Love your day of eats!!
Helll yeaaaahh i’m a carbzilla. The one time i ventured into freakin’ atkins land I ended up gaining 10 pounds. hahaah Clearly, that “diet” sucks. Now i’m back on carbs, happier, healthier, lighter…and need i go on? I would have to say your carb day is awesome…the only addition i’d make is cereal!! hahah 🙂
iadoreyouthatsallkbye.
-kt
stop this post now. like for real! oats and creamy laughing cow with butternut squash! should that even be legal?
hahaha i think if someone were to google “odd and sick obsessions with cottage cheese” they would come across me. i love it too much for words and bought 5 yes you heard right 5 containers this weekend bc they were on sale so good
CARBS bring them on…there is no point in low carb diets, they are not heatlhy and they also make you into one biaatch 🙂 haha…love your savory oats you are the QUEEN of them! you need a whole page dedicated to your recipes for savory style oats!
can I have an oatmeal bar…now please ?! 😉
Never, ever could I do a low-carb diet! Our BRAINS need that deliciousness, ya mean!?
Dieing over that gorgy salad, the oatbran, the cous cous, sweet p and DRUNKEN-MADE COOKIES! You’re adorable. I love u!
And i’m 100% fo real when I see our brains need ’em! I’m taking a nutrition class as a gen ed science requirement and w/o adequate carbs our breath goes harsh, our mind goes numb and we go into mayjuhh sickness!!!!!!!!! I’m sure you’ll learn all about it vurrry soon! 🙂
First time posting and I have to say….I LOVE YOUR BLOG! I can totally see why you love to write. You make me laugh out loud when I read your posts. You are so clever with your writing. I really enjoy it!!!!
Thanks also for breaking the carbs wall! I do think that it is a misconception in the US that CARBS=EVIL!! So thank you!
Will read again and will visit again!
AMEN! I am miserable eating no carbilicious food. My body feels awful and empty. I end up eating more to compensate. Thank you for this post!