Challenge Six: Menu Planning
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What I learned by not eating fast food
It’s hard to believe my last challenge is over. I went 40 days without fast food. Okay, I have to be honest. I went 24 days without fast food and then I had to start over. I then went 9 days without fast food and then I had to start over. Chinese food was the… Continue reading
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Challenge Update: No Fast Food
Yesterday, I had Chinese food for lunch. My stomach said Chinese food and so my car drove me there. It tasted great. It smelled good. I loved every bite. I loved it so much that I even wrote myself a happy note to read while I was eating the food. This morning I remembered that… Continue reading
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What I’ve learned from menu planning
I’m coming to the end of challenge number six. It has been a good experience to be more conscientious about planning meals. Here is what I’ve learned. 1. Simple is better. When the Accountant and I got married, we received 10 cookbooks as gifts. My Grandma gave us a red cookbook with a note that… Continue reading
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Memory Lane
When I was eleven years old, I saw a PBS special on small pox and became fascinated with diseases. I wanted to learn how everything in the human body worked so I could avoid diseases like small pox. The library had anticipated my interest, because the next time I went they had put up a… Continue reading
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Ice cream is now a vegetable
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” —George Elliot Ice cream is now a vegetable. Did I get your attention? I didn’t eat a fruit and vegetable at every meal yesterday. I did great for breakfast and lunch, but then I had a bowl of ice cream for dinner. It felt… Continue reading
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My 6th Challenge: Menu Planning
Life can be busy. Very busy. At the end of the day, frozen pizza can look really good if you don’t have a plan about what is for dinner. My 6th challenge is to plan my meals so that every meal has a serving of fruit and a serving of vegetable. The Practical Reason I read… Continue reading