Almost Craving

I keep thinking I haven’t had a whole lot in the way of cravings, but I’m not sure that’s true. Early on I really wanted fried foods, like jalapeño poppers and mozzarella sticks. Instead of going out to get them I just bought them at the grocery store and made them at home. I think my most pregnant-seeming meal combo was the night I had a blueberry bagel with swiss cheese and jalapeño poppers (and let me just say that even now, that combination sounds good to me).

I think the fried food craving was my body’s way of upping my caloric intake — I remember having hunger pangs that were actually painful. As soon as I started eating more, regularly, that craving went away. Since then I’ve been good at satisfying myself with what’s around, for the most part. (It helps that I want sharp cheese and we usually have that around — still a shame that I can’t have feta. Boo.) Also I’ve noticed that hummus seems to work well as a general craving solver when I’m not sure what I want.

I have had a few very specific cravings that were one-time fixes (at least so far). One night I really wanted a candy bar, but I couldn’t decide which kind. So I bought a bag of mini-bars and had a few different ones. And I’ve had days when I really wanted a burger, or really wanted avocado, or really wanted broccoli, or tomatoes, or spaghetti — but no regular cravings.

The closest thing I’ve had recently to a consistent craving is that I’ve wanted Flat Earth Peach Mango chips. I think it’s the peculiar combination of sweet and mildly tangy I wanted, and since we didn’t have it in the house at the time I couldn’t satisfy it and kept wanting it. So today when I went to Target I picked up a bag.

I think I ate about half the bag in one sitting. It was lovely.

Published: 06.24.08 / 5pm | Filed Under: food and drink, pregnant

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