Paula is my mom: 
She actually doesn’t have recipes for anything. She’s like me in that she just kinda throws stuff together and hopes it will be good 
(Sorry Mom, it’s true.) So, I kinda followed her “recipe” for dinner tonight by doing the same thing.
She used to make a dish with polish sausage, potatoes and tomato sauce. I used chicken sausage this because I’ve been craving them and want to get it out of my system before Jan 1 (more on that later).
Paula Inspired Recipe: Throw some potatoes, onions, garlic, chopped chicken sausage, tomato paste and spices in a pan. Cook it up. Eat! 
Served on a bed of spinach. It was good, but didn’t change my life. I would have been happy with beans instead of sausage. I have the weirdest craving for beans all the time lately – I think my body may need the iron! Or I’m dying. Whatever. If I don’t post tomorrow assume I’m dead. 
Before dinner (but after Costco samples) I had a small bowl of cereal in the afternoon and some grapes that eluded the camera. 
Glamorous plans for the evening:
- Drink sf hot chocolate
- Watch the Biggest Loser
- Figure out the meaning of my life (totally not kidding)
P.S. – Bathing Suit Season is only 6 months away!!! Here is a Holiday Survival Work-Out to get it in gear
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YUMMM paula recipie!! totally comforting!! i want to be your bff..you crack me UP girl
I tried that chicken apple sausage recently, but I didn’t think much of it. I expected more flavor.
I don’t do bathing suits….. thinking about summer gives me anxiety.
Good luck on number 3, wouldn’t everyone love that?
Sausages have become a new obsession of mine. I love the ridiculous flavors they will pump in to them.
I’ll let you know if I figure it out!
what?! i can’t even think about bathing suits with it being so cold out!
haha, looks good girl. I come up with my own recipes like that. just throw it together. I’m not good with following recipes sometimes. lol
Your mom is so glamorous! You two look alike!
I love the first couple sentences on this post.
Don’t tell me what happens on BL! I won’t be able to watch until tomorrow
gasp!!!!
mmmmmm sf hot chocolate- totally adding that to my grocery list
why oh why did you have to remind me that bathing suit season is 6months away :-p my workouts are kicked into high gear – for some INSANE reason my friend and i are both dieting during this season. I’m OK with it because it teaches me portion control and to eat intuitively and not devour the batches of cookies I been baking
sweeeet!
That’s how I cook too….make it up as I go along. I need to be doing more cooking right now. I haven’t been eating really well in the midst of all the business of the season and have been feeling the frustration you’ve been writing about as well.
almost every time I crave black beans or red meat it’s because I need the iron
Of course, I also REALLY LIKE black beans.
hey- congrats on winning a prize in the eggland’s recipe challenge. yay monica!!!! apparently, your recipes are legit.
I’m not a hard to please eater. That looks yummy! I will try that recipe soon.
-Denise
Dinner looks fantastic!
looks like you’re doing well with intuitive eating!
Is that true about the iron? I crave beans every day. I love beans. Almost too much.
Your mom is hot!