Home, Sweet Hazard To My Health

Posted Nov 23, 2009 by Patty Kim

Updated Nov 23, 2009 at 03:19 PM

I’m taking Thanksgiving week off to spend time with the fam, including my bro who’s down from Hotlanta.

I love coming home and I dread coming home.

Case in point (here is what I had to eat yesterday):

Breakfast:
Banana
Handful of homemade candied nuts (mmm!)
Korean chicken wings left over from dinner the night before (Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.)

Snack:
Pineapple

Lunch:
Five Guys grilled cheese and fries
(This was clearly my idea and not my brother’s. He had a small burger.)

Snack:
Panera hazelnut coffee with soy and Splenda

Dinner:
(Appetizer) Tempura-fried jumbo shrimp, potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, apples and bananas
Mom’s lasagna
More candied nuts

As you can see, you take your life into your own hands when you go home to my household for the holidays. I think my mom deep fried my sheets before making my bed, too.

My mom hands down is the best cook in town. She owned a deli for several years, as well as a steakhouse and sports bar for more than 12 years. She could hold her own on Iron Chef any day.

But man, I definitely need to be in marathon training mode to survive a week with all those goodies!

Guess I better start on Boston.