Ice Ice Baby...

I hope I didn’t burst too many people’s bubbles when I first announced (in my last blog) that I am not perfect…haha!  And precisely for this reason, it is important to treat yourself every now and then.  But what do you do when your weekly treat snowballs into almost daily and when sugar is your (okay, my) heroin?  You cut out all simple carbohydrates COLD TURKEY for a few weeks (or longer), and then sloowwwly cycle them back in. So, this means…eat small meals often (2-4 hours depending on your activity level), always with a little protein.  This ensures that you’re satiated and that your blood sugar levels remain steady throughout the day, so you’re not tempted to eat something sweet because you’ve allowed yourself to become famished! This takes some planning, but it’s totally do-able and your body will thank you for it.  Nuts are a great on-the-go snack that you can pack in small Ziploc bags to munch on.  Just remember not to overdo the nuts.  A small handful should do the trick.   Small doses of nuts are high in good fats, but good fats are still fattening…so easy does it!   Also, include in your diet plenty of fresh, rainbow-colored vegetables of the non-starchy variety.  This way, you are getting all your nutrients in without the accompanying sugar rush that you get with starchy veggies and fruits!   Also, ladies who enjoy fragrances with a vanilla base can probably stand to lose the scents that smell like dessert for a little while.  I am one of those ladies.  Every time I spray on Comptoir Sud Pacifique’s Extreme Vanilla, I start having visions of cake and ice cream.  Just a thought, do with it what you will…hehe!

Having said this, I promised my readership a June blog about sorbetto and espresso and well, a promise is a promise!  :-D    I’m no quitter!   So, sit back and enjoy my tips on the best places to catch some relief from the scorching summer days that are upon us!

I did, in fact, go off the deep end and have a scoop of the chocolate orange sorbetto at Pazzo…. before the week was up.  OOoohhh, it was GOOODDDD.  It was so lush and creamy!   Anyone who considers themselves the “gelato type”, in favor of a richer, more sinful dessert…should try this sorbetto.  You will forget that there is no cream/ egg/ milk to speak of in the ingredients list.  It is INCREDIBLE.  Incredibly edible. Sophisticated flavors of dark chocolate with a substantial orange flavor throughout.  It tastes very much like those chocolate candy sticks (orange candy dipped in dark chocolate) you might’ve turned your nose up at as a child, unless you were a child with a refined palate- I, for one, was not!   The only chocolate in my childhood vocabulary consisted of Hershey’s chocolate kisses and Cadbury eggs every Easter! 

Up next on the gelaterias-to-visit roster:  Scoops and Bulgarini.   Keep your eyes glued!

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