Dinner time!!! On Facebook

The above is a picture of a beautiful homemade stuffed lobster my husband made for me on my birthday this year. The recipe comes from my mom-in-law, who is an amazing cook. The stuffing is full of delicious goodness like real shrimp and scallops,as well as other wonderfully fattening things.

Butter, Sherry....oh the yums....obviously we do not have this meal often as it is expensive to make and only for special occasions. We do not bother to ever eat baked stuffed lobster in any restaurant, compared to this; they all suck.

See, I love food, I love to cook and for the past year I have taken to finding recipes my friends post over their Facebook timelines and actually making them. I have had some really great successes, such as these;

Apple Dumplings....they were so awesome, I made them twice.....

This was a chicken, white bean chili that also came out pretty awesome....

Let's not forget St. Patricks day........

You get the picture, I am one of those people who takes pics of my dinner and posts them on my timeline. (sorry, not sorry)-I also enjoy others food porn. No, seriously..I like those posts my friends make showing me their culinary creation for the evening. I truly do.

Until now.

All food porn must stop. Please.

With this new blood disorder that is taking over my life, I have developed multiple chemical sensitivities..AKA; allergies. But they are not really allergies.....not in the traditional sense anyways.
Here is a link to an explanation as to what Mast Cell issues are;

Why Food Hates Me (Lisa is an amazing woman)

Yesterday, everything I put NEAR my mouth caused my mast cells to abuse me. Everything but;
Cucumbers
Green and black olives
Romaine Lettuce


I ate three salads yesterday and a cucumber. I was reacting so bad by the end of the day, my last salad was just a plate of romaine lettuce. No dressing, no crunchies, no lettuce enhancements.

 This would not be food porn I would share with my friends.......

A few weeks ago, in order to identify my "allergies-not-allergies", I did a two week raw elimination diet. I figured out that tomatoes and potatoes are things to avoid like Ebola.

At the end of the two weeks I had lost 10 pounds, great huh?

Yeah...no.

I craved pizza SOOOO bad, I could not help myself. I called my local pizza shop (drug dealer) and ordered up the pizza of all pizza. I was feeling awesome and felt that my histamine levels were low enough that if I took my medications before I ate, I would be ok.

I ate the entire thing. Every single piece. It was DIVINE!! Omg, it was heaven.

One ER trip later.......

I will spare you the details......

So, last night as I was "enjoying" (aka; crying while eating, AKA; feeling sorry for myself while eating) my plate of plain lettuce, I get on facebook and see all the wonderful creations my friends had for dinner. I then decided that I have to avoid FB at dinner time until I fully accept the drastic life changes I need to make. After all, I can not expect the world to change for me.

I am thinking that it is something like keeping a heroin addict away from heroin.....

And yes, I am allergic to Tofu...Tofu is nasty nasty nasty. No Tofu....


Oh, and I also have to hand in my irish card. I am highly allergic to alcohol. While I am not much of a drinker, every couple of months I did enjoy a Guinness or a margarita when eating out.

                                             GUINNESS: 1991-2014 RIP
                                 We had a good run........