Tuesday, June 29, 2010

A Shiny New Blog, And A Resolution

I have had several online journals in the past, and have had problems with posting anything but food. My Facebook account is riddled with pictures of dinner, of lunch, of tasty food I ate when I was insert name of place here.
I love food. If I was a little skinny girl, no one would care if I loved food, other than to say "Good for you!"
But I am not a little skinny girl. I am a big girl, with lots of jiggling when I get crazy enough to jump around in joy!
And you know what?
I love food!
So, I made a resolution at New Years this year, that I would eat more vegetables, more fresh things, and try to eat out less. So far, my success has been middle-of-the-road. Some days I am successful! And other days, I fail horribly.
So, I made another resolution. This time I made the resolution at the end of June, almost 6 months into my Eat More Vegetables resolution. This time, I am resolving to not eat fast food. At all. Until Thanksgiving.
So, here I am. Day 1.
Today has been a good day so far. I had some strawberry yogurt and a cup of coffee for breakfast, while making my lunch of cucumber and cream cheese on wheat roll sandwiches for lunch. I tossed in some extra cucumber slices, as I had cut too many, and a banana. I got the cucumbers yesterday at the produce packing house just down from work. They are interesting cucumbers - they actually look more like small melons than cucumbers, being more round than long and thin. They made great sandwiches.
I also picked up some other vegetables yesterday. I purchased three shiny purple medium-small eggplant, some regular cucumbers, some bell peppers, and a cantaloupe, which is not a vegetable, but is the only fruit they grow.
After wards, I stopped at Walmart and purchased my groceries for the next several days. I picked up Horizon Organic whole milk, which I purchase due to it's longer shelf life. I dring a half-gallon of milk in about 2 weeks or more, which is usually too long for standard milk to still be viable, while the Horizon milk is ultra-pasteurized and has a shelf life of a month or longer. I also picked up eggs, some sliced cheese, some cream cheese, some plain Greek-style yogurt, two types of whole wheat rolls, some bakery raisin bread, and some carrot juice as a treat. As a result, I had an Egg and Green Pepper sandwich for dinner, as I had the three necessary ingredients - namely eggs, green peppers, and bread. I learned this recipe from a YouTube series called "Depression Cooking" or similar - some interesting recipes and stories! :)

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