Cravings (yummy!)

I've always heard of how pregnant women have these cravings that last their entire pregnancy, so I was thrown off when mine changed every 2 weeks to a month.

Last week started a new one: homemade vegetable soup. In less than a week, I've made 2 big pots full and I eat at least one bowl of it everyday. Hey, at least I'm getting fiber! This got me thinking.

I honestly don't remember my very first craving with this pregnancy. I just remember eating goldfish crackers and drinking V8 -- my anti-nausea fix. Weird, I know.

Then came macaroni and cheese. Didn't matter if it was homemade, Kraft, Velveeta, or from a restaurant.

I think it was weeks 9-13 that I wanted fettuccine and virgin peach daiquiris. Every weekly doctors appt was followed by lunch at Olive Garden, where they have THE BEST virgin peach daiquiris. Pre-pregnancy, I didn't drink peach daiquiris and rarely ate at Olive Garden. This was the most expensive craving.

The next craving (perhaps the most famous one) was Wendy's baked potato with shredded cheddar cheese, a small chili -- most of which ended up on the potato -- and a small chocolate frosty. YUMMY! This craving was about 3 weeks long. The people at Wendy's knew who was ordering as soon as they heard my hubby on the drive-thru speaker. He went 18 out of 21 days -- about weeks 16-18. Funny thing, I never wanted Wendy's before this pregnancy. In fact, whenever my hubby wanted something from Wendy's, I'd try to talk him out of it.

Well, minus the sour cream and burger

Up next? Key lime pie. This one actually started in the middle of the Wendy's kick, but it didn't get satisfied until a trip to the beach where I finally got a piece of Piccata's key lime pie. It was all over after that. Thank God for Edward's Key Lime Pie from the grocery store's frozen section. AND it was on special the first week -- BOGO!

Another craving was my father-in-law's home-boiled green peanuts. This, I know, is a Southern thing, and it was oh so good. Loaded in salt and (thankfully) protein.

The next craving was simple and completely unhealthy. French fries with LOTS of ketchup and some Dr. Pepper (diet or regular; caffeine free or not). Thankfully, the FF only lasted a little over a week.

I have "off weeks" where I honestly crave nothing. During those times, I go back to my regulars: fettuccine alfredo with broccoli (Smart Ones), salads from a salad bar, and pizza. Oh, and I've had an aversion to meat pretty much this entire pregnancy. No steaks, chicken, pork, hamburgers, etc unless they were masked by other stuff I wanted. Good thing protein comes in non-meat items!

I wonder what the next craving will be?