{"id":16740,"date":"2019-02-24T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T16:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/?p=16740"},"modified":"2019-02-25T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T18:48:01","slug":"what-i-love-this-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andiemitchell.com\/what-i-love-this-week-7\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Love This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There was a moment, around Wednesday of this past week, when it seemed like we were on the up and up. James\u2019 fever had passed, I was only moderately<\/em> full of snot, and somehow Daniel had managed to avoid our colds altogether. So I disinfected every surface, washed all the bedding and blankets, and tried to air out the house a little bit. And ha! How naive I was! How young and foolish! I should have known that it always gets worse before it gets better. The three of us are now living in a thriving petri dish of our own germy germs, in a fort made of tissues, and just as you\u2019d imagine, it\u2019s bliss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an effort to make us feel better, I made a big pot of chicken soup\u2014or \u201chealing soup\u201d as we call it\u2014with loads of fresh ginger, garlic, broccoli, and kale. We make it every time one of us is sick, and it\u2019s lovely. I also ordered a breakfast delivery of lattes, bagels, muffins, and scones from our local coffee shop early yesterday morning and while it didn’t heal us per se (but who can say!), it went a long way to make us feel good. Unfortunately no one delivers cake around here so I baked one with James by my side (we\u2019re on a bender with Great British Baking Show, which I should note is actually pretty darn healing). We\u2019ll eat said cake while we watch the Oscars red carpet tonight. Hope you had a restful weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Latest Diet Trend Is Not Dieting<\/a>
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\u201cThe theory is that if you can have pizza whenever you want, it feels less essential to eat it until you\u2019re uncomfortable when the opportunity presents itself, or to seek out the opportunity at all. Telling yourself you can\u2019t have something, meanwhile, gives it undue power and allure. \u2018I didn\u2019t understand that the binges were created from the restriction,\u2019 Bahr says. \u2018I thought I was an animal.\u2019 In the past, research has indicated that American women internalize the importance of restricting food intake as young as age 5, making it almost impossible to test how people would act toward food if they weren\u2019t shackled by a culture of dieting. Tribole calls the unnatural urge to eat a particular food that arises because of anticipated restriction the \u2018last-supper effect.\u2019 \u2018It\u2019s the permission paradox,\u2019 she says. \u2018When you have permission to eat, the food still tastes good, but you remove the urgency.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

LISTEN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

S-Town<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t have any other way to describe S-Town than to say, it\u2019s stunning. Brilliant. One of the very, very best. How did it take me so long to listen to it? Surprisingly, despite it being two years old, I managed to avoid all spoilers (as you should, too, if you\u2019re planning to listen) so I went into chapter I with very little idea of what the show was even about\u2014and that\u2019s a funny thing now, because I still don\u2019t know how to encapsulate S-Town without giving anything away. If you’ve heard S-Town, Vox has a great article about the ethical problems with it: S-Town Is A Stunning Podcast. It Probably Shouldn’t Have Been Made.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About S-Town: John despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks a reporter to investigate the son of a wealthy family who\u2019s allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But then someone else ends up dead, sparking a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man\u2019s life.<\/em>
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WATCH<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Great British Baking Show<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It only took me 5 years to catch up with the rest of the world and watch The Great British Baking Show! It\u2019s the most heartwarming, joyful thing to watch, with the all-around loveliest group of hosts, judges, and contestants the world has ever seen. I get weepy at the end of every season. And I\u2019m desperately in love with Mary, Sue, and Mel.
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Most of the seasons are on Netflix, with the exception of seasons 1 and 2, surprisingly. \u201cSeason 1\u201d on Netflix\u2019s GBBS is actually season 5, and \u201cseason 1\u201d on GBBS The Beginnings is season 3. I\u2019ve been told you can find many of the episodes on YouTube though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIND<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

RunPee <\/a>–An app that tells you the best times to run & pee during a movie so you don\u2019t miss the best scenes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to pee at least every hour (how many times can I tell you how fun I am?), so Daniel, bless his sweet, caring heart, downloaded RunPee a couple of years ago so that I would be able to slip out of a movie to use the bathroom without missing anything big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAKE<\/h3>\n\n\n

Oven Fried Korean Popcorn Chicken<\/a>
Easy Baked Chicken with Basil Mayo and Breadcrumbs<\/a> 
Spicy Cauliflower Burgers<\/a>
Grilled Artichoke, Olive and Pesto Flatbread Recipe<\/a> 
Chunky Monkey Banana Cookies<\/a>
Healthy Chicken Broccoli Fettuccine Alfredo<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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