Ooh, ham and butter is a good one. And buttered toast with a fried egg. And cheese grits. But buttered noodles take the cake, for me. Lately, I like them with Parmesan and truffle salt.

Tonight it was oatmeal bread toasted with homemade pear butter spread all the way to the edges.

You've got one of those families too, huh?

Bread and butter is always good, mine is sometimes toasted. Gravy is good too, and smushy stuff that I usually avoid, like cupcakes or white bread. Grilled cheese sometimes.

Don't let 'em get to you. Yeah, I know, easy to say, harder to actually accomplish. (sigh)

Annie

Ya'll are way more gourmet that I. A glass of wine, a ciabatta roll with seeds and a piece of aged cheddar.

Now I'm jonesing for buttered noodles with Parmesan and truffle salt.

Eileen

Scotch.....ice....blue cheese and triscuits.

When I'm stressed I eat whatever processed, unhealthy foods I normally avoid. If there's a box of Cheez-It's around, then it's all over. Hope you feel better.

Champagne and chocolate!

Cheap Red. Lot's of it.
Kettle Baked BBQ potato chips. The whole bag!

Deanna

I just need a good cup of fresh coffee and a little something sweet....

Anything you can buy in a bakery. Bread and butter is the nectar of the gods.

When stressed out I turn to chocolate or a creamy dessert like ice cream or pudding or custard.
Clare

Camembert or triple cream Brie with a sourdough baguette sliced very thinly. If it's a day old, I'll toast the slices lightly or make Melba Toast. Maybe some peppered Italian dry salami, but Polish ham sounds good too, and a bottle of Chianti, but you already have the red.

Lars

Ice Cream!!! Any flavor...even right out of the box!
Joann

Well, later on that same evening I smothered nacho chips with cheddar cheese, zapped them about 30 seconds and polished them off with salsa and sour cream....talk about nervous eating. I'd be better off with a valium - less fat, fewer calories lol.

seagrass

"I just need a good cup of fresh coffee and a little something sweet...."

Me too. Usually cinnamon toast and decaf if it's in the evening.

Now the nacho chips with cheddar cheese and a margarita sound really good to me. However, I rarely have the chips or the margaritas in the house so I'd go to the freezer and see if I had a milky way hiding someplace in there in case of an emergency.

The ususal destressors, (wine, chocolate, coffee) I can't eat due to health reasons. I have bladder problems if I do. So yesterday it was a ton of almonds and dark chocolate m&ms. I guess the anti-inflammatory compounds in the almonds negated the chocolate, or maybe it was the anti-oxidants in the chocolate? Polished that off with TWO cans of root beer, which is the ONE soda I can drink. The other destressors include cheese and crackers, peanut butter and jelly, and yes, nachos of one sort or another. If I had more sweets around I would go to them, but since I don't, I have to make do with what I have, which is carbs! Tonight it may be two chocolate donuts on the way to class.

I am so danged stressed! First it ruins my appetite, then I get ravenous for bad foods. I know I should fight it, but frankly I don't know if that's possible. Healthy foods usually appeal to me a lot, but not when I'm stressed.

Ah, the comfort of carbs. Really crunchy carbs are even better. My homemade not-very-sweet shortening-free, whole-wheat almond biscotti fits that bill. And it's not as unhealthy as some other choices. Unless I eat the whole batch.

The problem with assuaging stress with soothing carbs and fat is that it creates new stress about the unhealthy calories.

Eileen

LOL Eileen...that's where I've been all day. Nowhere to run, baby, nowhere to hide...

I was almost certain I was preaching to the choir. :)

Popcorn! Spring has started early, and springtime is my Christmas time. Demanding, indecisive customers, difficult coworkers, the works. I have a few pieces of popcorn left of a large bowl I popped. If my DIL and grandson weren't here, I'd've eaten the whole batch by myself. The only problem is it makes the keyboard greasy. lol

Sally

red wine, crispy baked potato and butter - if I lack time and I have it, red wine and potato chips and sour cream

Potato chips with French's mustard. I have to make due with Ruffles since my favorite brand, State Line potato chips are no longer. NancyLouise

I like triscuits with neufchatel or super dark pretzels with neuf. Last night I made popcorn. Most winter I was hooked on clementines, so I'd eat two of them.

Only two clementines???? I eat four to six... at the time.

Moni

Don't laugh!

A good swiss cheese, hard salami, good black olives on ready? a Chikin Bizkit cracker. No other cracker will do. Has to be a cheap ol salty Chikin Bizkit cracker.