Lunch: Two plates of salad: mixed greens, walnuts, celery, apples, and cooked beets. The first plate had a vegan horseradish dressing VegAnn brought home from cooking school, and the second plate was dressed simply with olive oil and balsamic vinegar (which I have rediscovered my love for after Mike's mother made a vegan pasta salad that was amazing on Sunday).
Yard Work: Basically nothing. Less than 30 minutes outside.
Book: Yes, I am reading "The Art of Eating In" again, and if you haven't read my previous post, skip down to that before coming up here again.
In Chapter One, she outlines what made her choose this experiment and the rules of the game. First of all, she couldn't eat anything 'out' (as previously defined) in the 5 boroughs of NYC. But, if she had a business trip out of state, etc, then she could eat out in other places. Secondly, she would 'respect' mandatory meals at the office, if her employer decided to host a holiday party or the like. If a group was headed to celebrate a birthday and one of her bosses was involved, she went. Next, if she was absolutely starving, like being stuck in a bus terminal for hours, then she would eat out (fortunately this was never the case).
Next, she wouldn't cure her own salami or do absolutely everything from scratch - it's kinda hard to make your own goat cheese, and she wasn't about to boil bagels every morning. But she wouldn't buy pre-prepared supermarket food or get bagels with cream cheese and lox. Finally, she would still let her friends eat out. If they wanted to go eat, she could come along and order drinks (drinking out is totally OK), or just not go. But she wouldn't order solid food.
I am really curious as to how the rest of this book is going to turn out, so that's all for now (unless I get the sudden urge to post about it again).
Oh yeah, and I think I'm going to get Red Cross First Aid and CPR/AED certified sometime soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Any criticism, comments, encouragement, etc is appreciated! If, for any reason, you place inappropriate content on this blog, I may delete your comment. Just a warning!