As I told you earlier, I have switched to healthy cooking and eating. The reasons are a combination of weight control, and health, not necessarily in that order.

I am going to make a special dish for my son’s girlfriend, who happens to be a vegetarian. I call it Shepherds Pie sans meat. I’ve never tried this before, but I think I’ve got a great idea for something new ,tasty, and very healthy. Meatless Shepherds pie, that tastes like its made with meat.

I’ll outline the recipe later, and after the game, possible Monday, I will give you a taste of something new , and in honor of a Giants victory, hopefully Blue.

Right,  good question..Billions around the world will be partying, drinking , eating, and oh yes…Watching…What is it?  Oh yes, I think it’s a game…a football game… The Super Bowl!!! People World Wide, most of whom think of Football as something played with a round ball and  touched primarily with your feet, will use this event, as a mid winter excuse to PARTAY!!!(soccer , for you Ugly Americans, who think we invented the entire world, the rest of the World calls soccer, football…what do they know, soccer is soccer,  football is football)

However,If you live in the North East, especially in the Greater New York and New Jersey area, For the first time in a long time we actually have a rooting interest, in addition to a betting and eating motivation.

This is big,BIG!!

Not my team in the Super Bowl,BIG, that is the ultimate for a football fan. My Team in the Super Bowl!

BUT!!! New York, New Jersey hosting the Super Bowl. That’s Big!! A Super Bowl in sub zero weather.

That’s BIG,also very COLD.

Great for bar business.

Not so desirable to be in the Meadow lands live, no matter how cool to be  visible attending the game it might be the tickets are not scalping for as much money as in past years.

Oh Well

There’s something to be said for being a couch potato

BigBlue, My Giants are in the SUPER BOWL…Let the dancing begin.

O.K, so we have an excuse to drink and eat…

Several years ago, I made a conscious decision to change my life style. I’m not old, but I am getting older, and the old “Burning the Candle on  both ends”, scenario, is a  down hill path to early departure from this world.

I still like living, it feels nice to breath and stuff, so I made some changes.

#1, I quit smoking. I used to smoke 2-3 packs  a day, for 30+ years, but  4 years ago, in December of 03, my 3 sons got together  and requested that my X-Mas/ Chanukah present to them for that season was I would quit smoking.

I thought about it for a day or two, then agreed. I spent the next 27 days preparing myself mentally and physically for the trauma of giving up the insidious habit.

On December 31, 2003 at 11: 59 P M , I lit up the last cigarette I would ever smoke. As the ball dropped on Times Square I puffed with gusto, which I then turned into disgust. I put out the nasty Cancer stick, put the remaining 1/2 pack of Kool Milds, in my desk drawer( I think they are still there) ,and that was my last cigarette…

I didn’t hurt, my withdrawal was easy, I didn’t care, and soon my chronic cough faded into oblivion.

Ask me another time how I did it. I might tell you, or maybe , as my accountant keeps pushing me, maybe, I’ll write a book about HOW I QUIT SMOKING..COLD TURKEY.. And prolonged my life. We’ll see.

#2. Food. I changed my eating habits. I now eat healthy, but very creative and very tasty. This was a necessary change,(see my age and health comments above) The one negative from the cessation of cigarettes, was that I put on maybe 15-20 pounds.

Being the vain, silly human, that I am, getting heavy was not an option.  So I consulted with my baby sister, a licensed nutritionist, and after getting her input, I evolved my diet, and subsequently lost those 17-18 pounds. I’ll let you in on some of those secrets in time, but today we are talking about Super Bowl Sunday.