Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Garlic-lover No More?

I'm afraid I've developed a sensitivity to garlic. There, I've said it. I haven't wanted to admit to myself because I really don't want to have to eliminate anything else from my diet, but every time I eat food that has garlic in it, I get a terrible stomachache. And the belly pain comes from things with only small amounts of garlic; I shudder to think of what would happen if I ate it in any larger quantity. It's a shame, really, because roasted garlic is so yummy and I love to use it when I'm cooking. Worse, though, is that prepared foodstuffs that I love and that have become staples for me, like hummus and Amy's Tamale Pie, now may be off-limits because they contain garlic. I don't know that I've given up on it completely. I may try to introduce it again, but right now, the prospects don't look good.

On a positive note, from the calorie-counting, so far I've lost about four pounds. And I've created a couple more recipes in the process, so good things are happening, too, despite the garlic issues.

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