cheesecake!

guys, can we talk about something tragic? it's about cheesecake.

when i was pregnant, 2+ years ago, i had strange food cravings, and even stranger food aversions.

my major cravings,  like "have to have it now, give it to me now, i might die and the world will stop spinning if i don't have it now" cravings were:

-orange juice

-watermelon

-really salty mashed potatoes

-broccoli (for breakfast)

-and eggs, eggs, eggs. i ate so many eggs.

my strange aversions, like "i'm gonna throw up in your face if i put that in my mouth" aversions were:

-almonds

-chocolate

-ice cream

-CHEESECAKE (especially cheesecake)

ok...now i know these things aren't that strange...but if you know me, this is strange. i have never liked orange juice, not even as a kid. i never loved eggs. they were just kind of there. i never disliked broccoli...but i never craved it in the mornings!? at one point, i was standing over the stove steaming broccoli at 5:30 am  (and i made myself wait till then, because it would have been weird to get up before 5:00) just chomping at the bit to sink my teeth into hot, steamed broccoli and cauliflower. i would lay awake in bed at 4:45 am waiting for it to "appropriate broccoli steaming time" 

as for the aversions, i ate at least 3 servings of chocolate every day pre-pregnancy. i always had a chocolate stash in the house. i lovvvvved chocolate, and sweets and i really lovvvvved cheesecake!! hello....it's cheesecake!!

well...after baby came, after a few weeks, things went back to normal. i stopped eating broccoli for breakfast, i ate my baby weight in chocolate cadbury eggs, and i went back to disliking orange juice. (nasty beverage!! blah! and the pulp...what the hell!?) 

but, the one thing that never came back to me, is cheesecake. i HATE the stuff. the thought of taking a bite makes my throat tight and my stomach turn. i can't eat it for the life of me. all flavors, all kinds...YUK YUK YUK!!! 

isn't that sad??  who doesn't like cheesecake!? whaaaaa?

i know i should be glad...i have saved myself many-o-calorie by not partaking of cheesecake at parties, showers, weddings etc... but, i miss going to the cheesecake factory and spending 25 thousand hours staring at the cheesecake menu trying to choose which slice will be my heaven for the 5 seconds it would take me to inhale it. it's just not the same.

ok, ok...with that said... for those of you who to love a good cheesecake, and who would like to make some, my friend and co-contributor to the GYPSY THREADS BLOG  sheena, has a yummy (so i've been told) and simple recipe for a raspberry cheesecake! 

check it out HERE and enjoy a slice for my former, pre-mama self!!

photos taken from the GYPSY THREADS BLOG by Sheena, my lover. 

xoxo