Another last hurrah!

I’m pretty sure giving up cheese is going to be much more of a challenge than giving up alcohol. When you’re thirsty, you have about one gazillion options to quench your need. Alcohol is like a flavor enhancer, but it is not a necessary element of almost every recipe known to man. On the other hand, when you’re hungry you have only two choices: With cheese, and without. There’s no mocktail for cheese lovers. Is there? Oh, dear God in heaven, I pray that at least one of you knows of a cheese-free substitute …

Ahem. Anyway … In order to make sure we’re as successful as possible Stephanie (my Sister In Sacrifice) and I have decided to recruit our fellas for our Cheese-Free February Challenge.

And, so, this evening, we raise a bottle of beer (and a kilt or two) to our January feat and gorge on all things Cheesy. Because, tomorrow, we begin this ridiculous endeavor. And we plan to come out the other side with slicker innards and a defined sense of self (sacrifice).

Hold up: The entire point of this post was not to call attention to our monumental eschewment. It was, in fact, to call your attention to those individual-sized cheesecakes nestled in my basket beside the Pike’s and Cheetos. Have you tried these? Hands-down the easiest way to do portable cheesecakes. We’ve taken them up to Arbor Crest for picnics, we’ve carted them to dinner parties, we’ve kept them in the freezer and eaten in case of emergency … they’re amazing. And, at only $1.69 each ($1.75ish for fruit/nut/berry toppings) they’re a bargain to boot! I get mine at the local URM stores . If you know where else they can be had, chime in!

And now I say: Wish us luck … we’re going in.