Humina Hummus & Drop Dead Diva
Hey guys! Happy Saturday! There are two things I want to share and, in the spirit of balance, one of them is brain food and the other is food food 
. Heads or tails, shall we start with the brain food or tummy food? *Waits for Whitey the cat to decide but all she gets is purrs* Alright, food food it is!
Humina Humina *Drool* Hummus Quesadilla
In the eloquent words of Joey from Friends, “we may not be great thinkers or world leaders, we don’t read a lot or run very fast, but dammit! We can eat!” <– that’s me, alright! And in the spirit of not being the brightest bulb, but certainly having an affinity for food, I am rather proud to impart the following rather simple mathematical equation upon you:
2 Trader Joes’ Blue Corn Tortillas + 1 Hummus Classic Snacker Pack = HEAVEN
Spray a pan with Pam Cooking Spray, place one tortilla on bottom, top with the other tortilla that has been layered with one snacker pack tub’s worth of Hummus, hummus side down, grill over medium heat until somewhat crispy, flip and grill for the same amount of time. Remove. Cool. Devour and float on cloud 9.
Not the prettiest picture, but who gives? I dare you — yes DARE you — to try this and not tell me it doesn’t taste like a real quesadilla. The boyf, who usually scoffs at anything that’s not in its full-fledged fatty version, thought the hummus tasted “sharp” like cheddar and truly enjoyed his nibble. Yes, a nibble is all he got. I will not share this with you no matter how much I love you. Most girls say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, I say my hummus can take your diamonds any day.
Nutritional stats on the entire “quesadilla”: 220 calories, 4.5 g fat, 6 g fiber, 8 g protein, 0 g sugar
Vegetarian & vegan & fool-proof.
A Drive-By Rant (’cuz it’s brief, folks!)
I have not watched a full episode of Drop Dead Diva. I’ve seen a part of it and thought the main character was adorable, but I could just tell I would be annoyed with a lot of the dialogue and plot lines. That said, I have devoured a lot of commentary on the show, including Kate Harding’s review here.
Source
So…all I have to express is really not related to the show as much to the network or whomever is in charge of the “brought to you by” messages. Am I the only one who is APPALLED that the show is “brought to you by” the O-BAND — bariatric surgery?!?! Are you f’n kidding me?! That’s exactly the type of mixed-message, talking out of both sides of your mouth, kind of crap that affects our impressionable youth! Seriously! That’s like promoting a show for its “cultural diversity” and then having a “brought to you by WASPS of America” message. That’s like promoting a show for representing empowered women and then having a “brought to you by Men for the Glass Ceiling” message. It’s total b-s. I mentioned a similar problem here when I wrote about an article depicting the “Phantom Fat” phenomena and noted that embedded in the article were ads for weight loss surgery. How do we wonder why girls starve themselves, barf up their food and aim to look like Gumby or 12-year-old boys when we keep pulling this double-talk? We praise Glamour for showing a plus-sized chick – but she was in the back of the magazine, guys – kind of an accidental phenomena. Lora Stone, a U.S. size 4 model, thinks she’s fat. I don’t know what I want — double talk is inevitable in society at large and inevitable especially when there are dollars to be had and industries tied to a bottom line. Perhaps I want to be happy for our “baby steps” — but our “baby steps” don’t seem like steps at all. They seem like the same message we’ve always gotten, just more manipulated and veiled: fat is not desirable. Fat is other. Fat is only acceptable in so much as it is raking in the dough.
And on that bright, cheery note…
In the News
- Science Daily’s, “Social Background Weighs Heavily On Teenage Diet” (9/26/09) here
So there you have it — a post on a hummus quesadilla and Drop Dead Diva. Both made me want to drop dead, but for different reasons!
xoxo
- The Cranky One
Tags: blue corn tortillas, Drop Dead Diva, Glamour Magazine, Kate Harding, Lora Stone, nutritional information, Oband, Phantom Fat, simple recipes, trader joes, Tribe Hummus
13 People have left comments on this post
I agree with you. This is also why I don’t have adsense ads on my blog… You have no control over what they put there, so I might be waxing lyrical about eating wholesome foods for a slow and steady weight loss and then they have an ad about losing 10 pounds in 10 days. Not cool!
Whoa, that hummus quesidilla looks AWESOME. Will try ASAP!
So yeah, I watch Drop Dead Diva. At first, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but then some of the storylines, while not 100% size positive, were better than what I was seeing on TV. But THAT? That is just ridiculous, and it really pisses me off. I’m so over TV/movies/magazines/etc trying to empower people in one way and then turning to ads that promote the exact opposite. I made the decision to not re-subscribe to some fitness magazines that I read because one page is all “yay! love the body you’re in! eat real food!” and the next is an ad for Nutrifast or Medislim or one of those things. I’m not anti-weight loss (obviously) BUT I am anti-mixed message, and that is one of them. So thanks for pointing this out! (And sorry for the disorganized comment.)
Oh Annabel, how I love thee.
I heart hummus!
ummmmmmm yeah, wtf?! leave it to the media to take such a great concept as DDD and ruin it my blogging weight loss ads. why, oh why?
haha I meant *by plugging weight loss ads* this chick as obv. got blogging on her mind
That’s ridiculous!!! I can’t stand the media sometimes.
That quesadilla looks so awesome! I wish I had a Trader Joe’s around here.
holy hummus! YUM!
ya know, I still haven’t seen this show, I’ve thought about DVRing it, just to see what it’s all about.
yeah, i understand the disconnect between the two – there is such a fine line between advertising and advertising in a way that aligns with your beliefs. unfortunately, most advertising does not follow the latter.
loving those blue corn tortillas!
I don’t know why, but I was reminded of this weekend when I was shopping, I passed a weight loss center in a strip mall which was surrounded by a fried chicken joint, a desert place advertising cake on a stick, a chipotle, and a burger shop. My two thoughts – one, no wonder why they need that center and two, how tempting is it to go off the wagon when there are about 10 places to get a 2000 calorie meal within spitting distance.
Anyhooo, off my tangent, I think it’s pretty lame. I think your analogies are spot on, but marketing pretty much sells out to the highest bidder as long as it’s to the target market. Olympics being sponsored by Coca Cola and Budweiser? Yeah…
That quesa-dilla (said like Napolean Dynamite) looks yumtastic. I’ll have to try that. I have some sitting around waiting to find my mouth soon…
Gee, I never paid much attention to the ads on Drop Dead Diva. The storylines do annoy me sometimes, like why does it all have to boil down to her size? And if Deb the beautiful, skinny model inside of Jane can’t remember Jane’s own mom then why is it that she does remember to make a sandwich the size of Rhode Island which she cuts in half and shares with the handsome lawyer and then leaves on the counter? No, fat girl would leave half of a perfectly good sandwich.
And why do I long for her to go on the same weight loss journey that I’m on? and how would that totally change the show. I do love her new love interest! He is a hottie!
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