How the heck do you.....

Keep yourselves from picking at food while you're cooking????

Oh my goodness...   I was baking on saturday...  I made spiced nuts, and I also made bananna-walnut bread...   the entire time I was prepping, and cooking.. I was picking at the food!   An almond here..  hand full of walnuts there...   same while I was making the bread.  And also while making dinner last night...     Last night I looked back, and was disgusted with myself.  I feel like I got home Friday night, and didn't stop eating until midnight last night!    I feel as if I gained 50 lbs this weekend (which I didn't...  but might as well have!)

How do you all control it?   What are some tips to keep my fingers away??

Mary I have no idea. I was baking and cooking yesterday. I grazed on everything so much while cooking, I was too full to eat dinner. But I had a few bites anyways. Why? Because I spent all day cooking, I wanted to taste the final result.

Pathetic? yeah. And I don't know about you, but I honestly didn't realize I was doing it until after the fact. It was some sort of instinct to bite this and taste that.

I don't have an answer. But apparently you have a partner in crime and are not alone in this one.

i know we are not supposed to chew gum. but i do anyway i dont like the taste of food on top of mint

When you find out, please share the information with us.

See....THIS is why I do NOT cook!  That of course does not help when you want a snack and the only thing in the house is Cheese its crackers....hmmmm....I guess this wasn't really helpful huh? :)

low fat cheese is fine :-)

I was gonna suggest the same thing as Nicole.  I chew gum while cooking to prevent grazing.  Granted - I still do it at times, and sometimes WAAAAY to much.

Also, try cooking direclty after eating, when you are pretty full.  That seems to stop it for me.

It is a pretty tough impulse to break, isn't it?  

I like the gum idea.  What I tried last week that seemed ok was to schedule one of my snacks in the middle of my cooking session - and to use one of the ingredients (cashews, in this case) as my snack.  I portioned out what I was going to eat as my snack in a separate bowl, then when I had the urge to pick, I picked out of that bowl, until they were gone.  Didn't break the behavior, obviously, but limited the damages.

Karen

Interesting idea, Karen.  Thanks!

this post won't help either... Oh Uhm  your not suppose to taste while your cooking? 

How do you know how much salt, splenda, spices to add etc if you don't?