Cooking with Kelly

I know I know, this is Cooking with ED, but he was on vacation, and what a relief! Instead, this post will feature a much more likable cooking partner. Meet Kelly. An all around awesome chic that happens to be my best friend and recovery buddy. Kelly and I met in treatment at the Renfrew Center. She and I are both diagnosed as ED-NOS (Eating Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified), however, we have very different eating disorders. Kelly purges like a bulimic, while restricting like an anorexic. I binge like a binge eater while restricting like an anorexic. She's blanorexic and I'm bingorexic. Long story short, we both have eating disorders. Kelly is more than 6 months "sober". This means she hasn't purged her food in more than 6 months. (I told you she is amazing right?)

Now on to the cooking!

I went up to visit Kelly in Denton on Monday and we decided to cook ourselves din din. She had prepared chicken breasts and had them marinating in a barbecue mixture when I got there. My job was veggies, so we stopped at the store for broccoli and drinks. While we were at the store, they were doing a giveaway of the worlds smallest juicer. I have to admit this thing is pretty cool, and it works well! Above is a pic of tangerine juice Kelly made with this handy tool!

For dinner we had grilled barbecue chicken, crispy broccoli and a side of orzo. (See pic above)

This broccoli recipe is seriously my favorite. Here's how to make it:

• Cut up broccoli into bite side pieces
• Put in giant zip lock bag
• Add a couple swigs of olive oil and a couple swigs of balsamic vinaigrette
• Add however much salt and pepper your heart desires
• Shake the bag uncontrollably while dancing around your kitchen
• Empty the contents of the bag onto a baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes

Eating with someone who understands what you are going through makes recovery possible. I honestly couldn't be so successful without my treatment friends, especially Kelly.

Speaking of Kelly, she's on her way here now to go swimming! Recovery is great!