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 🙂
Is that true about the iron? I crave beans every day. I love beans. Almost too much.
Your mom is hot!
looks like you’re doing well with intuitive eating!
Dinner looks fantastic!
I’m not a hard to please eater. That looks yummy! I will try that recipe soon.
-Denise
hey- congrats on winning a prize in the eggland’s recipe challenge. yay monica!!!! apparently, your recipes are legit.
Of course, I also REALLY LIKE black beans.
almost every time I crave black beans or red meat it’s because I need the iron 🙂
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.
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!
I love the first couple sentences on this post.
Your mom is so glamorous! You two look alike!
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
what?! i can’t even think about bathing suits with it being so cold out!
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!
I don’t do bathing suits….. thinking about summer gives me anxiety.
I tried that chicken apple sausage recently, but I didn’t think much of it. I expected more flavor.
YUMMM paula recipie!! totally comforting!! i want to be your bff..you crack me UP girl