That is a true statement. Every time I go to my parents home, or to my in-laws, I can be sure of one thing. I will be VERY WELL FED and my jeans will fit just a little bit tighter. I discussed this with Ethan as we drove home tonight from his parents house after eating...
~ Pork Chops
~ Potatoes
~ Corn
~ Steamed veggies
~ Salad
~ Ice cream
~ Peanut Butter Cake
~ Chocolate Chip Cookies
and then not even 3 hours later, sat down for dinner where we had...
~ Hamburgers
~ Chips
~ Baked Beans
~ Cookies
That's WAY more food than I ever usually eat or that I need.
"It's worse at your parents" he says, "because we are stuck there, two and a half hours away from home and can't escape the food."
Not that we'd really want to...as I said. The food is great!
Some of our all-time family greats are...
~ Lasagna and cheesy bread (Ethan's mom)
~ Enchiladas (My mom)
~ Grilled German Sausage (Ethan's mom)
~ Biscuits and gravy (My dad)
~ Death by Chocolate (E's mom)
~ Small-town Pizza Joint that we can't help going to in LeRoy or Halstead. We're suckers for good pizza!
~ Chili and/or Chicken Noodles on Christmas Eve at E's mom's
~ Prime Rib for Christmas dinner at my mom's
~ Cinnamon Rolls...recipe from E's mom.
I will mention that we have been successful at making all of these recipes ourselves (except the prime rib...), but seem to have much better control over the amount we eat when we are at home and not at our parents. I am very lucky to have married a man who comes from a family of "eaters" just like me. Although in order to have a waistline that I can live with, we are either going to have to start watching our portions OR going home less...
Tough decisions... :o)
