my new favorite snackables

I have a new obsession that I’ve added to my snack rotation. It used to just be old white cheddar cheese, pickles (homemade and spicy) and some organic taco chips. A delicghtful mid-morning, afternoon, late evening or 2am snack – but no more! Well, ok, yes I will still eat this most everyday, however, I’ve got a new snackable delight!

Raosted garlic and with goat cheese!

Recently, I was re-introduced to the deliciousness which is roasted garlic. I’ve reserved this little oven delight in my mind for something I’d get served in a restaurant with my before meal bread or for dinner party appetizers. Never did I think it could be a little snackable for one – nor was it that much of a pull for me to prepare for myself. It seemed just a whole lot of garlic and not much else – tasty, yes, but a bit intense.  However, I was at a little soiree, watching the UFC fights (or mostly commenting on them) and she served it with goat cheese. Well, shit! It was the greatest thing I’ve ever tasted! and I’ve had it 3 times since! Thank god I’m not making out with anyone (just my moms dog).

Yes, roasted garlic, with goat cheese on a cracker, french bread or bagel crips is just a taste of utter heaven I can’t even describe or give proper justice to!

I got these ones pre-made but I think you just cut off the top, dizzle on some olive oil (maybe some balsamic?!), pop in the oven and volia! Snack of a lifetime!

Pissy Pants McGee

So I was a full on pissy pants McGee today. Well, ok, for about 20 minutes of today.

It just sort of came out of nowhere around mid afternoon. I wasn’t feeling particularly irritable, in fact, my mood was quite pleasant, but then I checked my phone messages and got one from a woman at Rogers telling me that my new iPhone I ungraded too (I used to have one of the first generation ones, and then I ran it over. Not on purpose. Let’s just say it was the first and last times I will ever have “special brownies”). The message said that my new telefrancais (anyone else forced to endure that show?) got delivered out to some place in Vaughan (I know, I had to google map it too to find out what that even was…) and NOT to my office.

So, long stupid story short, I got bent out of shape about this. Like my irritability level peaked at a 9er and I actually wanted to have a fight with the UPS guy, even though he was being totally to the script apologetic (be it totally useless in being able to resolve anything). I wasn’t that bad. I’m still quite rational in these moments, understanding that he’s just a guy that answers phones and had absolutely nothing to do with my iPhone getting marooned, but it didn’t stop me from wanting to be cranky.

It’s so wierd when that happens because to be honest, I didn’t really care that much. Like, I’m not even going to be available to pick up the phone yet anyway, as I’m still in Winnipeg, and so really it didn’t matter when the thing showed up, however, there was an unquenchable desire to be upset. It’s that irrational irritable feeling that can only come from a good bout of PMS (or from being on the birth control pill – of which I’m not, for that exact reason). I swear, there’s nothing else really like it. To want to pick a fight is just the dumbest thing ever, but that’s irritability for you!

What a freaky emotion, or state of mind I guess. What is that useful for anyway? Like you know in nature all responses are sort of useful – like fear is good for alerting you to bad situations, or jealousy can be used to pin point your desires, or anger helps to decipher if your needs aren’t being met or if your power is being given away/taken – but what does irritability do beside have people run away from you?! Not sure. Anyway, thank god irritability isn’t in my PMS rotation that often, mainly I just get to enjoy being a bit more rotund around the gunt region in my pre time, but today I sure got a little sampling of it. In fact, I just yelled at my mom to stop having fun and turn down her music. I’m a curmudgeon.

Well hopefully once I get my iPhone I’ll be able to have a little forwarning on these issues. I’ve already downloaded a “Period Tracker” App.  Yeah me.

FYI – the above is an iTunes screen grab of the application description – NOT from my personal App collection.