Being single, with no kids, I don't have to think about meals that please anyone but myself. The other night I had quite the feast. Out with a friend for a drink, we snacked on herbed fries and some sort of aioli, and I had a half pint of Red Tail Ale. That was really filling.
When I got home, I wasn't motivated to make dinner, and I didn't have much to work with that could have offset the carbo-grease of the first part of my meal, so I ate two Pop Tarts. In fact, my friend, A., called while I was working my way through the first one, and when I told her what I was doing she asked if I was OK. A. knows that Pop Tarts are my comfort food: a few weeks ago I sat on her couch, miserable, unable to eat anything but a box of Pop Tarts. Her favorite flavor is strawberry, so that's what I'd picked up then, and that's what I was eating the other night, albeit a fresh box.
Those Pop Tarts were really sweet. So I finished my meal with Annie's Cheddar Bunnies.
- Beer and fries
- Pop Tarts
- Cheddar Bunnies.
[Pause to digest....]
The next day, I stopped at Whole Foods on the way home and picked up an apple-butternut squash soup, and I assembled a huge salad. I know we are supposed to eat a certain number of fruits and vegetables per day. Do we have to do it on a per day basis? That salad was probably a several days' worth of vegetables. Huge. Awesome.
Tonight, after having two servings of salad for lunch, I stopped to get another one. I call them super-protein salads. In addition to the lettuce (I love lettuce), tomatoes, celery, cucumbers, I add egg, tuna, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, edamame, and cheese.
Seriously, in the past two days I probably have eaten the recommended daily amount of vegetables for a whole week. Does that count?
That's why I call it eating like a grown-up. We can eat whatever we want. We can follow our cravings. And it's awesome when our cravings lead us to these massive salads.
2 comments:
Strawberry is the only flavor they still make (I think) that is not drowned in (disgusting) frosting. I miss unfrosted variety.
Mmm ... frosting....
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