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May 14, 2005
I'm Packing A Cooler Bag For A Place None of You Have Been
New Jersey, that is.
One of the keys to effective CR is planning ahead, so that you don't end up stuck somewhere starving with nothing healthy to eat. My mom recently gave me a little cooler lunch bag, and it's really improved my quality of life to be able to pack my high calcium dairy foods and carry them about. I'm on my way to get my hair cut in New Jersey... yes, I still drive to New Jersey to get my hair done. Say what you will about monogamy, once you find a hairstylist who is really good, you remain faithful until death do you part. So I drive about forty-five minutes to an hour, depending on traffic, to see Diana, the only woman in the world who can really cut my hair right.
For this excursion I am packing a delicious little kale and arugula salad with plain yogurt mixed with a new salsa I got at my grocery store called Dessert Pepper. Sounds like fun. I'll put a little olive oil on my salad, and I'm also packing a nonfat fruit yogurt for a later afternoon snack (this is a big field trip) with 10 g hazelnuts. No need to "live off the land" as Kenton would say... not when you have a cooler bag.
Tonight I might check the little produce store next door to my apartment for tall, skinny asparagus. They're amazing with flax oil, fresh lemon juice (do not use bottled!) and a little fresh ground pepper. Add that to my brewers yeast soup and maybe half a cup of eggwhites and I'll have a delicious healthy dinner. I don't really feel like going out tonight... last night was my wild and crazy girls' night out so today I feel the need to detox on perfect CR food. If I can't have a date with my beautiful, tall and skinny genius boy, I may as well have a date with a good book and some tall and skinny asparagi.
Posted by april at May 14, 2005 8:28 AM
Comments
Dear April! I've been away for a bit, but as I was catching up, I noted your "hello" on the post covering our children and their sugar addiction. Glad to report, just the other day we hosted my daughter's softball coach and her family for a cookout. After all was complete and I was putting things in the fridge, my son grabbed me, hugged me and begged me to make fresh fruit salad more often! This, from a 5'2'' ten year old! His isn't weird but just loving the fresh fruits of the season!
Again, when given the correct choices, kids will chow down on the great fruits you offer them! Little junk in the house leads to better opportunities for great nutrition!
Stay the course!
Danielle
Posted by: Danielle at May 15, 2005 5:35 AM