Fast Food My Way!

I have blood sugar issues.  I think it may be from years of working too many jobs at weird hours.  There have been times where I forgot to eat and didn't realize it until I was at a red light and was absolutely convinced that my car was going in reverse.  Yeah, my car was definitely not moving.  It was my blood sugar going into a code red.

When Kyle and I started dating, okay literally, the day we went on our first date, I gave him fair warning that I eat every three hours.  If I don't, there are different degrees of of my grumpiness.  Since then, he's actively tried to avoid the hungry, red eyed version of Cara that I become when I go too long without so much as a peanut.

I think the worst part is that my cravings are so acute that I won't just settle for whatever is being offered to me to eat, unless I'm on the verge of passing out.  Then, I'll happily scarf down your stale bag of smoked almonds that you found in the bottom of your gym bag.  Yum.  Sweaty tasting salty almonds.  Delish.

So why is this chic informing us of her blood sugar issues, you might ask?  Well, I encountered them big-time the day while I was stocking up on "supplies" to get us through the weekend.

Colleen, who has not known me a super long time (I think we're going on a month or so now?), gave me the look at the grocery store that indicated that I was slurring and not making any sense.  I said "what?" to which she replied, maybe we should get you a candy bar?

I grumpily trudged through the rest of our shopping, got us home safely, and started searching the pantry for something to eat.  We were about to order food when I went from amber (about to lose my mind with hunger) to straight up code red.

I decided that the delivery man would take too damn long, so I whipped up mussels cooked in my super easy pasta sauce with a cup of white wine, a tablespoon or two of butter, and a clove of garlic, finely sliced.

Hungry?  Want fast food?  Doesn't get much faster than this baby.

Super Speedy Mussels for the Ridiculously Hungry:

You'll need:

• 1 lb mussels
• 1 garlic clove
• Pasta sauce
• 2 Tb butter
• Pasta
• 1 cup white wine (any that's on hand will do)

Instructions:

• Put a pot of water, well salted, to boil.
• Add pasta.
• Cook to a little less than done.
• Cover the bottom of a large pan with water.  Bring to a boil.
• Add mussels to the pan.
• Lower your heat to medium heat.
• Add the garlic and white wine to the pan.
• Put on the lid.
• Check in 1-2 minutes.
• The mussels should open after less than five minutes.
• When the mussels are all open (if there are a few that don't open, just toss them), take the mussels out of the pan. 
• Set aside.
• Use all of the liquids used to cook the mussels to cook and add the butter and pasta sauce.
• Stir all of the ingredients together.
• Allow the sauce to reduce (get thicker) for a few minutes while stirring.
• Add the pasta and mussels to the pan.  Let the pasta soak up all of that delicious sauce.

Enjoy!

This took less than ten minutes.  Seriously.  Think about how long a delivery guy takes to get to your house, or how long it would take you to run out and get something that would make you feel like you'd been hit by a truck.

Let's redefine fast food.  Eat well.  Feel well.  Try it!