Chocolate.

That's what was taste-tested at my weight loss support group this past weekend.

Yep.

That's what she said.

Chocolate.

But don't worry.

There was none of that good ol' fashioned, full of sugar, Hershey's chocolate in sight.  

Bummer.

The kind of chocolate that we tasted was the hippy-dippy, 8,427% cacoa, fancy shmancy stuff.

Damn:

The chocolate taste-testing was part of a presentation from a local sous chef, who we shall call Hawaiian Shirt (HS), who also happens to be 6+ years post-op with his gastric bypass surgery.  He's maintained his goal weight for almost five years now. That's HS standing up there at the front of the room. 

We also tasted different types of salt.

HS told us all about how different salt flavors can enhance our food choices and add minerals to our diets.

Ummm. 

Sure.

Whatevs.

We tried Pink Himalayan salt.

We tasted a black salt with a name that I couldn't pronounce.

Ya know: That spendy salt that you don't find at Wal-Mart.

Check out all that
colorful salt!

Onwards to my favorite part of HS's presentation:

We got to make our own rub for grilling meats.

We went around the table and smelled different spices and added them to our cup.

We wrote down each spice that we added so we could recreate the recipe at home one day.

So many spicy choices!

 I ended up with a curry sweet n' spicy rub:

Lastly, I got to catch up with friend and fellow blogger, Stacey.

Stacey has a VSG (Sleeve) and blogs over at: Time to Get Real.  Stacey is looking for encouragement to get back into blogging on a regular basis.  Please stop by her blog and say "hello." She's waiting for your comments.

Me and Stacey.