And you only need four ingredients to make it.
And I was still toying with the idea of becoming a screenwriter when I started my internship atEatingWell.
I treated my internship atEatingWellas a buffet.
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I gained my own version of the freshman 15 duringChristmas cookietesting season.
But one unexpected recipe won my long-term affection.
I say “unexpected” because I have had a lifelong meat obsession.
Just Google me and you’ll find pictures of me holding a pig’s head.
I would never have imagined that a tofu recipe would become one of my go-tos.
The recipe was part of a story about packing bento box lunches.
But theSoy-Lime Roasted Tofuwas the starboth despite and because of its simplicity.
My Next Chapter
I left that internship for a job as a food writer and critic.
I was young and still relatively fit despite the cookie testing.
I gained 10 poundsa yearmy first five years on the job.
At just 5 feet tall, 50 pounds was more than half my starting weight.
Well-meaning friends said I looked voluptuous.
But I felt exhausted.
But that helped me realize that I couldn’t continue to live like that forever.
That’s when I began to focus my menu on lean protein.
A certain zippy tofu recipe.
Combining thosehealthier habitshelped me to lose 30 pounds in about a year.
That was when my shape began to change again.
Marrying my pizza-loving husband didn’t help either.
I gained 10 pounds again that year.
But by then, I knew how to add balance to my eating habits.
