Top 5 “I’m Totally Freaking Out Right Now” Recipes
I do this thing when I’m filled to the brim with tasks and opportunities and responsibilities and stresses…. I add more. I really just pile it on. I somehow think that adding new responsibilities and stresses will erase the ones I’ve already loaded on my shoulders.
It’s illogical. It’s a terrible idea. It’s downright crazytown.
I’m in Crazytown and I’m about to move into Lost My Marblesville. Someone please send a straight jacket.
In related news, I’ve decided to move into a loft in downtown Los Angeles. I’m driving to Seattle in a Uhaul next week with my little sister… pray for us. Aaaand I’m teaching my first cooking class in Sonoma this weekend!
More on all of these things soon. For now… here’s what I’m stress eating.. no joke.
Mini Chocolate Dipped Bananas rolled in crushed honey roasted peanuts. If you really commit to your stress… I mean, really just get in there and wallow in it… I’m sure you can down a cool seven bananas in no time. Just. Like. Me.
Half spongy souffle cake, half warm pudding, all lemony goodness. Lemon Souffle Cake. Maybe I ate this whole souffle right out of the pie pan. Maybe. Maybe not. But… yea, definitely. That totally happened.
I have bathed in this Buttermilk Ranch Dressing.
I like to eat brownies right out of the freezer. Dense, cold chocolate cake with melty frozen marshmallows? Yea… I never said I was normal. S’mores Brownies. Friends for life.
Giant Vanilla Sugar Cookies. There’s nothing like a cup of tea and a cookie the size of your face to wash your troubles away. Dreamy.
Note: Am I encouraging emotional overeating with this post? No. Yes… No. Well… maybe a little. I’m half kidding, half overcommitted and definitely stuffing cookies in my face at every opportunity. That’s just the honest truth. I hope you can handle it.
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Oh! Moving! STRESS! As least you didn’t buy that couch! Yet. I am also a pile-er on of more stress and distractions when I am freaking out. We should start a club. Shauna (32) and Gretch (40) should be club members. We could call it the Crazy Train to Marblesville. I am off to bake those S’Mores Brownies and maybe even the Lemon Souffle Cake! *Love*
i’m stress eating over here too. so bad…and soooo good! :)
I lived in Bunker Hill Towers in the mid 90′s. We used to ride up and down the glass elevators in the Bonaventure Hotel for fun. (Poor grad students.)
I couldn’t do it now because I’d miss having a garden.
How exciting to have a new place! Good luck on the drive up to Seattle, I can’t imagine doing it in a u-haul!
I like my brownies out of the freezer too!
Where have you and your snacking skills been all my life?!?
Big changes are afoot! If I were young and single and fancy free I would totally live in a loft downtown (one of my girlfriends actually lives in the Brewery Art Colony). As it is, at least I can walk to get bagels in our neighborhood. And walk to Cube, of course.
Feel the same way this week, too many balls in the air and the only way i can feel i can keep them moving is with lots of treats :) So sad, but true. Good luck with all your activities coming up!
downtown? you are a brave soul. i live in hollywood and i thought that was nuts enough. i am for sure going to try this lemony souffle. good luck with it all. wish i could be taking your class this weekend!
yummm…like to be in your kitchen with you now.
good things coming your way!
have fun @ the sonoma class…
can you PLEASE teach in NYC…PLEASE…
your east coasters would LOVE YOU TO COME TO NYC!
relax…go with the flow & just downright enjoy~
I’ll take everything!
Good luck with you insane week!!! Now i just want to dive into one of those s’mores brownies!!!
hehe, I recently got back from a last minute 5 week trip to New Zealand and am now broke and trying to fix that. ($500 phone bill’s not helping.) You have a friend in Crazytown!
So yeah…I seriously made those brownies last night (no joke!) and had one before bed, after I woke up this morning, and then just a little while ago as a snack. HALP.
Good luck with everything! You got this.
Mmmmmmmmm I want everything!! Ok so I’m not stressed out right now, I actually have 2 weeks off, but I’m bored. This boredom resulted in me making cookies and eating a couple too many….. this will also result in me snacking the day away. I’ve just accepted it. Stress and boredom are like sisters when it comes to emotional eating!
love it, just whipped up a batch of those brownies with some added conconut and they just came out of the oven and smell divine! Thanks for the stress relief, no skinny jeans for me, my fat pants need to get bigger now!
You are too funny. I love your blog and your food, keep on!
I totally do that piling on more tasks when i’m already too busy thing myself! I think it does actually work because the more I have to do the more productive I become. I hope thats what happens for you too!
Crazytown! Love it. A ginormous cocktail usually helps a case of Crazytown!
mini chocolate bananas– those look amazing. seriously, seriously good:)
I’m so relieved that I am not the only one who thinks this way. If crazy is doing things the same way, but expecting different results, then I must be the Mayor of Crazytown! I can never figure out why piling on new projects doesn’t make the old ones go away…
Best of luck with the move. I’m sure you’ll knock it out of the ballpark, as always!
Ugh. Moving. Ugh. You’re gonna need more of those bananas I think, and probably another batch of s’mores brownies. As for the crazytown part, I don’t know what you’re talking about. And NO, I’m not currently sitting here reading this post while holding a quart of mint chocolate chip ice cream and a spoon. Why would you ask that???
Oh my!! Been there, done that!Many, many times over!
I moved ten years ago and sometimes I still find some boxes full of stuff somewhere in the house and I decide every time not to open them, after all, if I did not miss the contents, what’s the point anyway?
Relaxd, it will pass, in the meantime enjoy your comfort food, mine is porridge with cranberry jam…
I moved from South Texas to NorthWestern Ohio with a uhaul and my mother. :) I can be done, and we really did have a good time. Good luck! Make sure you’ve got lots of tunes and goodies. The goodies I’m sure you’ll have no trouble with.
Can I just tell you how glad I am to know I’m not the only person who responds to stress by shoving multiple cookies in my face? Thank you. I feel more normal now. Why can’t I be addicted to excercise when I’m stressed? That would make much more sense.
Excuse me, I’m going to check if I have the ingredients to make your sugar cookies. Love you, Joy. Good luck with everything!
MmMmM I remember those Giant Vanilla Sugar Cookies! So Good!!!!
WoW! WoW!WoW! I am so excited right now, I just discovered your blog! It’s wonderful…and has given me a huge kick of inspiration, starting up the mixer right now. Thank you Joy :)
Definitely stress ate this week too. I’ve had more chocolate and pasta this week than I’d care to admit to. Oh, men…
When I see the gorgeous food you create I think I wouldn’t need stress to over-eat. I could do that any day ;-) Hope the moving will go well!
Yay for chocolate dipped bananas and the pretty plate they’re on!
Yay also for the class you will be teaching . Joy cooking live = happiness for whoever will be attending. I’ve taught chocolate making classes before and I tell ya, grown people do revert to behaving like children when there’s a tank full of melted chocolate around! Just smile your lovely smile and be as witty and charming as you are here on your website and all will be fine. :)
I see no problem with emotional over eating. I think its the only thing keeping me sane sometimes. And definitley cheaper and easier than resorting to drugs right? anyway I turned 28 yesterday there was a lot – a LOOOOOT – of emotional over eating related to that…. but I think I have made peace with ageing now… at least til next year :(
But….. not 4 posts back you said that you wouldn’t be moving into something you couldn’t afford…. easy come… easy go…. good luck with everything! At least the banana’s were the mini sort! LoL…
totally feels you on the whole stressing issue. about to take my second section of my accounting license test on wednesday, along with my masters class test on monday. why i chose this career path i’ll never know..
Oooof, I drove from Seattle to Denver in a 24 foot U-Haul with my senile grandma and my 7 month old son…. “CRAZYTOWN”… a LOT of stress, roadtrip eating done on that trip! LOVE the Lemon Souffle!
Joy the Baker! What kind of mixer do you use? I am looking to buy a KitchenAid, and want to know the best Wattage, power output, etc.
Feel free to email me.
Thanks,
Lisa
Funny….I just posted about feeling like Dorothy – from The Wizard of Oz, swirling around in her house, in that tornado…you get the picture – so I relate.
Not fair….I just finished cleaning my kitchen, and now after reading those recipes I’m heading back in.
Breathe….breathe
Moving is terrible – but comfort foods are wonderful! I love that you put buttermilk ranch on there! Sometimes I think it’s silly that my favorite comfort food is salad. But drenched in great, homemade ranch and topped with bacon crumbles, it is just the best!
I did a post about my favorite food bloggers this morning and borrowed a few of your photos for your part. I hope you don’t mind. I also mentioned your On the Lamb project and wish that I lived in southern cali so that I could join you!
Have a fabulous Sunday~
xx
i love you haha
good luck with the moving and your first class! if i lived in CA i would definitely take your class!
At least you picked amazingly good things to snack on all of this stuff looks amazing!!
On behalf of the residents of Lost My Marblesville, we welcome you and your yummy stress inspired treats! :) Made the ranch dressing and chocolate dipped bananas tonight, they were a big hit. Thanks Joy and good luck with the crazy days ahead!
This post really made me laugh! I felt like you were writing about my life!
Hang in there, Joy! You reminded me how much I’ve wanted to make those choc dipped bananas. MY boyfriend votes for me to make the smore brownies however.
I totally had a week of over eating last week. Literally anything that consisted of chocolate or sugar was gobbled up by me. I completely felt like cookie monster.
This week Im hoping to redeem myself and not touch anything that begins with C-H-O-C.
Good luck with the move and the class :-)
Perfect – I’m catering a wedding for 150 people at my house in April, how many chocolate covered bananas does that earn me?
Rocky Mountain Woman
Love it! Sometimes you just need a comfort food to savor, enjoy, and let your mind come to peace. The brownies looks like they would be my cup of tea :)
Remember when the side of the U-Hauls used to say “Adventures in Moving”?? Drive safe and enjoy the journey with your sister. You will talk about these memories for the rest of your lives.
good luck with all the craziness :D
YUM I made these cookies on the weekend and they were a big hit…. thanx :)
oh man, I made that ranch dressing earlier this week and it rocks! never thought of eating frozen brownies! :)
Yipes, I hope you’ve found your marbles by now. In the meantime, I’m certain you have some yummies to nosh.
PS: The downtown LA public library *rocks my socks.* Lucky you!