I love anything deep fried. So very unhealthy. Grease & breading. Plus when I deep fry it makes my house smell for days. The oil smell gets into all my fabric.

I just love appetizers.

The brussels sprouts aren't breaded. So at least that is a "good" thing. There is a finishing glaze on them that is so tasty. Has a balsamic vinegar base I think.

I get cravings. Problem is if I cave in and like it...it ends up being the only thing I will eatand I'm not a good eater to begin with.

A double quarter pounder with cheese from MacDonalds, plus fries. After a long hiatus I had the very same last night. Funny thing is, afterwards I always feel a little queasy and ask myself, "Why?".

Tater Tots

Schoolhouse LOL Amiee loves quarter pounders cheese only and could eat them frequently. The boys on the otherhand hate any thing from McDonald's.

The boys crave corn dogs more often than I will let them have them. My husband likes fried foods and the greasy'er (←not a word I know) the better. I do not fry in my kitchen. I will occasionally make homemade fries but I do it outdoors.

I crave dumb stuff like lumpy cream of wheat or laundry detergent. ..HAHA just joking. A few months ago I craved a strawberry pop tart. I hate pop tarts. I bought a box and hid them from the boys than felt bad so I gave each boy one and told them just this once but I'll buy another in one year. Lol. The boys told me frosted pop tarts are on the school breakfast menu DAILY.. Chip admitted to eating them often Tim doesn't like them at all.

The worst craving I ever had was Monster Fudge bars made by Budget Pops. OMG I ate them daily. Sooo good. But the company discontinued them many months ago. I have been in withdrawal since. imagine your favorate food suddenly disappearing forever. I wish I could get my hands on the ingredients I swear I'd set up a lab in my kitchen . Lol

Oddly since eating what I consider more healthy, I rarely have cravings. Once a year I treat myself to some really good french fries, just because.

Lucille, you should try the Fathead dough. I use it for pizza and it's nice. If you like lasagna, try this.

https://peaceloveandlowcarb.com/just-like-the-real-thing-lasagna/

I crave carbs all the time and I have a major sweet tooth but I'm picky about it. I like homemade sweets or premium ice cream but not much packaged stuff.

Probably off-thread but I just happened upon a article in Slate on . Hysterical Cravings .

My most craved foods are pasta with butter and salt, steamed white rice with butter and salt, potato chips, all things Mexican, good sour dough bread, cheese cake with graham cracker crust and caramel corn. Since I eat low carb, I rarely indulge in any of those things, but every now and then I will let myself have one of the above as a treat.

Eating low carb hasn't caused those cravings to intensify; I've always craved those things. If anything, I'd say I now crave them less, but when I want them, I really, really want them!

DawnInCal When you make your pasta with butter and salt add a little liquid coffee creamer and see what happens. :D My grandma used to get fun shaped noodles and add butter, salt and coffee creamer. It was so good. :)

Ooooo, that sounds good, Hareball. Like it's got a touch of Alfredo going on. Will definitely give it a try next time I cave to a pasta craving. Thanks for the tip!

Cheesecake. Pretzels.

Peter Pan Peanut Butter

Mamapinky, I had to laugh at your lumpy cream of wheat craving. I thought I was the only one! My Mom used to make hot cereal for us every morning before school and the other sibs would complain about the lumps but I loved them!

I crave carbs, since I am eating low carb. Almost to the point if I start I don't stop. A book I read really helped/helps me. It's call The Little Big Book of Change by Amy Johnson. It helps me to see that a craving is something I have complete control over. Or rather, I have complete control over my actions of indulging. It's all in your mind, you have the power.

When I was pregnant the first time (nearly 49 years ago!), I had a craving for Big Mac's. I've never liked them since. When I was pregnant with DD 2 years later, it was peanut butter, brown sugar and banana sandwiches, toasted in the toaster oven. I still adore them but do try to restrain myself and only give in about once a year.

When I'm on prednisone, I crave anything with sugar, fat or a carbohydrate. The craving is very intense and hard to resist. I always gain 5 pounds and those are very hard to lose.

My great grandmother's raisin rice pudding. I try to make it once a year, or less, because I will eat it. If I'm lucky it will take 2 days. :)

Deep fried foods, usually chicken strips, onion rings, french fries, mozzarella sticks, etc. We don't eat out often and we don't deep fry at home, so these things are rare treats that I love. Sometimes we buy this sort of thing frozen and bake them here at the house. It can be good, but not quite the same!

ETA: and peanut M&Ms, I am powerless to them.

Pizza, pizza, pizza! I love pizza and would eat it for every meal if only it weren't so full of carbs and fat.

I crave potato chips so I don't buy them very often. I love salsa. I get beef cravings sometimes. I love especially beef fajitas with all of the fixins.

It's funny about the cheeseburger stuff. When I was younger, I ate them a lot. Now just the smell of fast food is enough to make me gag. I only go into mcd's or burger king now to use the bathroom when we're traveling and maybe spring for a cup of joe.

Like Marilyn I have no blood pressure, diabetes or other health issues and don't deprive myself of foods I want. Yesterday I craved a BLT. I was too hungry for just a BLT alone and wanted more protein. So I stopped at a drive in and asked them to make me a turkey melt with added bacon. No fries, just the sandwich. Filled me up, kept me from snacking the rest of the night and I am a pound lighter this morning.

I never got the "unhealthy" cheeseburger thing. Sure most fast food places go over the top with calories and unnecessary added fats. But a 1/4 or 1/3 pound burger made at home or in a decent restaurant.with a slice of cheese and the trimmings includes all food groups. Red meat, cheese, a roll and some vegetables, Pretty balanced actually. Same with pizza unless you eat a whole pie at one sitting loaded with a half dozen different greasy meats.

Now I’m hungry for a blooming onion. Haven’t had one in 20 years or so.

Still want mushrooms too.

A typical craving for me is swiss chard. Not very exciting, but doable.

Annie, I know what you mean. Even if I'm craving Mickey D's, whenever I pull into the parking lot and start to smell that "smell", I think yuck.

I have been craving salads, tomatoes and avacados lately. With kidney and potassium issues, I'm not supposed to have tomatoes or avacados. So, of course, that's what I want! Had a big bite of romaine in my mouth the day the recall was announced.

Every so often I get a craving for just a salad....lettuce, croutons, grated cheddar cheese and Ranch dressing. Sent hubby to the store for the ingredients and that is what I made for our supper tonight....a huge bowl of salad. Every night I have to have the dark chocolate muffins from Kroger as my bedtime snack. Got to have my daily chocolate.

Bread Pudding at Liberty Tavern.

Boston Bread Pudding For Two

bourbon and caramel bread pudding served moist and delicious. topped with whipped cream.

Lasagna, dirty rice, combo Chinese fried rice, vanilla ice cream

I'll spring for a double order of deep fried mushrooms to share JeCrigler, I crave them often but have them rarely. Why? Life is short, and deep fried mushrooms are so darned good, I must make some soon.

I don't eat fast food practically ever but this past year when my hub was in the hospital and then rehabilitation/surgeries after a stroke I did't have a lot of choices for sustenance, I most often went to McD for a sausage biscuit and coffee, I really like their coffee, Burger King's tasted like it was poured through a used sock, just horrible but McD's is like Starbucks without the burnt flavor (or higher cost).

When I crave bacon I make nachos, or my version of them, more like a big salad with tortilla chips on the bottom, lettuce, tomato, avocado, home made salsa, cheddar cheese and a little sour cream with lime zest and juice stirred in so it's like a dressing, then sprinkle crisp bacon pieces on top, oh lordy, so good. And not that bad for you. heh

watchmelol, almost anything you make at home can be healthier than fast food or restaurant food in general. Still it might not be that healthy, but you can make it better: control portion size, use lean organic beef or bison, grill the meat rather than fry it, use a lower fat cheese like skim milk mozzarella, use half a whole wheat roll rather than a whole roll of white bread, add more vegetables, skip the mayo/dressing....

The only thing that makes fast food burgers relatively healthy is how outrageous they are making other foods these days. My Nutrition Action Letter each month has a "food porn" item. This month's from Uno Pizzeria & Grill Chicago Meat Market Deep Dish:

"Layers of garlic sausage, Chicago Italian beef, meatballs, pepperoni, hand-shredded mozarella and vine-ripened tomato sauce"

That's one serving and 2,000 calories in a 7" crust...full day's calories, two days of saturated fat and sodium...worse than eating a California Pizza Kitchen pepperoni pizza topped with 3 mcdonald's hamburgers.

Unless they have made a change recently McDonald's uses processed cheese on their sandwiches so for that reason alone they should never be eaten.

Ever.

Also commercially produced baked goods often contain a hydrogenated oils payload as well. So their buns might be poisonous in addition to the processed cheese.

And there might be hydrogenated soybean oil in one or more of the meat products they use...

We don’t eat pizza very often at all but the thread about pizza makes me want one. Haven’t given in yet. I am watching carb intake and have lost 5 lbs. Fortunately I love salads and always keep greens in the house.

I seldom crave anything sweet. It’s always the salty stuff that will get me. Don’t set a bowl of cashews, peanuts, or pecans in front of me.

When I was pregnant I craved shrimp. I still like shrimp but it doesn't seem as good now!

I will crave peanut butter filled pretzels, or just plain peanut butter (I try to not buy either), a Big Boy (hamburger, for those who don't know the franchise), pizza. When I am trying to reduce my carb intake (like now) I will intermittent strong craving for carbs -- any carb, even rice, which I normally wouldn't ever particularly want (good thing it is gluten free). This past weekend I fell off the low carb wagon hard -- cake, ice cream, and pizza! Weight back up 2 pounds!

Lindaohnoga I will get a craving for a good green salad too!

I rarely crave salad as I have a big one for lunch every day.

I always say you should obey a craving. Your body is telling you it needs vitamins, or fibre, or watever you are craving. I took my 28 year old daughter for lunch the other day. She wanted french onion soup and chiolocate ice cream for dessert. They only had chicken noodle soup and vannila ice cream.

Dont know if same as craving but from time to time I get into an egg thing. Will have eggs for the three meals for 3-4 days. DH has noticed this peculiarity w/o me saying anything. No other food makes me go on this kick.

Bone in skin on chicken legs. Just about any preparation, if the skin is crispy. (They can even be battered, but not essential.) A real crave. I'll accept skin-less tandoori chicken legs in my craving moments...

Mushrooms, pan fried or sautéed. Not battered, there's nothing battered that would be a favorite preparation.

Sushi. Yes, quality raw fish, in the form of sashimi. The rice isn't necessary... tamari and wasabi, yes.

Potato chips, the very unhealthy sort - the baked ones I dislike intensely.

Okay, eggs. They are just such a staple in my life I forgot to mention them! Most breakfasts, it's some form of eggs or another. Like bossy, I don't know if this qualifies as a crave, because I am find eating dinner leftovers for breakfast, and don't miss the eggs. Eggs are just a good way for me to avoid the high carb standard American breakfast of cereal, pastries and toast.

Which vitamins am I lacking for a donut craving? Haha

But I do think there's some truth to some cravings and vitamin deficiency. Outside of junk food, I often get cravings for tomato sauce, orange juice and some vegetables. I listen to those ones.

I think it's Vitamin D for "D"onut deficiency/cravings, right?

Bossyvossy, you craving eggs and eating them for three days in a row, is how I eat fried oysters. I get a quart of oysters and I eat them every meal until they are gone. Wait about a week and get another quart. Repeat. My two all time favorite foods are avocados....eat them almost every day and fried oysters...when they are in season. In warm weather, they get a "fishy" taste.

I also believe that when we are craving certain things, our bodies are trying to tell us something.

When I was a kid (around five years old) I craved canned spinach and dirt. My mother took me to the doctor because she noticed I was eating dirt every time I went outside to play. He ordered some blood work and when it came back it turned out that I was anemic. After the doctor put me on iron supplements, the craving for spinach and the dirt eating disappeared.

Cravings: Chocolate. Blue Berries. Black berries, grapes

I also eat low carb and often crave GOOD bread with butter,gravy fries,and pizza. I do allow myself one "whatever" meal a week, but even then i sometimes feel too guilty to actually eat it.

I am going to eat chocolate, low carb or not. I eat a square of Lindt 70% chocolate every day with breakfast. I get that from my mom, who still eats a handful of chocolate chips outta the freezer with a cup of hot tea every morning.

I eat shrimp the same way bossy eats eggs. I will have shrimp and eggs for breakfast a shrimp sandwich at lunch and then some shrimp at dinner. Then I won't touch the stuff for a month. I definitely get it out of my system that way. :-)

Amylou, have you heard of Lily's chocolate? To me, it tastes almost exactly like regular, sugar-sweetened chocolate. You can eat half a large bar for 3 or 4 net carbs. It was a godsend on keto.

http://lilyssweets.com/70-extra-dark-chocolate-bars/

Amylou, one of the things that I loved about the hotel breakfasts in the Netherlands (I was there on a bicycling tour) was the chocolate sprinkles served every morning along with the cereal, ham, eggs etc.

You're supposed to eat those sprinkles on a slice of bread. I almost like the sugary fruit ones better.

i am also a low-carb eater.. always have to have something sweet after dinner, usually some form of chocolate. Lily"s is good, has to be 85% or higher. TJ's carries "Montezuma" bars, really good!!

other big craving is Tortilla chips., again TJ's blue corn chips. and pretzels, i eat Unique Sprouted pretzels, so good!!

also love a big salad with seafood!! one of my favs!!