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Tired of stacks and stacks of cookbooks cluttering up your kitchen? Might be time to invest in a Kindle Wireless Reading Device
The Cook’s Illustrated How-to-Cook Library: An illustrated step-by-step guide to Foolproof Cooking
Kindle in the Kitchen!
July 22nd, 2010 
amy 
Kitchen Scale on Sale!
July 22nd, 2010 amy 
A kitchen scale is the one product I didn’t realize I needed until I had one. Back in the day, the EatSmart people sent me a scale to review and I found it to be super handy. It also helped train me in what a proper portion size was.
The EatSmart Precision Pro – Multifunction Digital Kitchen Scale w/ Extra Large LCD and 11 Lb. Capacity
One of My Weaknesses: Fast Food Salads
July 21st, 2010 amy 
So, one of the side effects of being a food lover is that you sometimes gotta stop nomming the bad stuff for awhile. I just got back from two vacays in NYC, where I ate my way across Soho and Chelsea so I’m currently in good stuff nomming mode, which leads me to fast food salads. An oxymoron you say? No! I mean, yes, some do suck, but there are good ones out there. So here are my top 3 fast food salads (I’m including 2 which are really more “fast casual” than fast food but they’re still unexpectedly good!).
#1 Chipotle Chicken Salad with Medium Salsa and Cheese
From the land of burritos bigger than my shoe, I bring you my all-time favorite fast food salad (and actually fave meal in general). I ate this particular salad every Friday when I was on a massive diet where I lost 50 lbs in 5 months. Eaten as listed above, it’s under 400 cals, fills you up, and tastes good. When I’m not watching what I eat, I add the corn salsa and some guac too. I could eat this every day!
#2 Wendy’s Cobb Salad
Wendy’s has really stepped up their salad selection. This Cobb salad is pretty standard – blue cheese, egg, tomato, bacon, grilled chicken, cheese with an avocado ranch dressing, but again, it’s surprisingly tasty and fills me up. I tend to watch the carbs when I diet so this salad is perfect. The best part is that the bacon is real tasty bacon versus lame bacon bits.
#3 Baja Fresh Side-by-Side
Do you see a theme here? I’m a sucker for some Mexican food! This is technically probably not a salad, but it’s got all the components of a salad (chicken, cheese, lettuce, pico de gall0, avocado) in little compartments side-by-side. You can eat them separately or mix it all together. It’s mucho delicioso! It doesn’t fill me up as much as the other salads but I wouldn’t turn it down if someone tossed one in my lap.
Sucky Salad
So, who’s salads need more work? I’d have to say McDonalds. I’ll eat one if I have to, but I’ve found them to be sort of wilty and lame. McDonalds has not yet mastered how to make a really good prepackaged salad – even Burger King does it better.
Have you ever wanted a Pop Tart Necklace?
July 20th, 2010 amy 
Yeah, me neither until now! Look at this! How cute is that! A little tiny strawberry frosted (my personal fave) Pop Tart from kawaiidesune on Etsy. Get it here!
Snow Cones!
July 20th, 2010 amy 
So maybe because this summer seems way hotter than last year, but I’m craving a snowcone! I’m partial to the cherry flavor but I’m sure I could be persuaded to try something else.
There’s a bunch of snowcone makers on Amazon, but who knew snowcone makers could cause so much drama. The Victorio Electric Ice Shaver / Snow Cone Maker
Don’t forget the syrup!
So what is Eating with Amy?
July 18th, 2010 amy 
If you’ve stumbled across this site, you may be wondering…what is Eating with Amy? Is it a cooking show? A recipe site? A food blog? It’s all those things and more! I’m not a professional chef. I’m just a girl who likes to nom! I love food. I love kitchen gadgets. I like stuff shaped like food, especially t-shirts and jewelry with food on them. So yeah, it’s all that!
I’ll be featuring the latest new food products that catch my eye, kitchen tools that tickle my fancy, and kitchen chic fashion. I’ll also be sharing some of my favorite recipes, new and old. I love vintage kitchen stuff so that will be popping up here too – vintage kitchen stuff as well as vintage recipes that your mom used to make!
So, if you love food like I do, pull up a vinyl kitchen chair and stay awhile!
