I felt absolutely great this morning. I was worried about energy without animal protein but with beans and tofu, and ALL the spinach, collard greens, and kale I get to eat, energy is not a problem. I did wake up starving so I hurried through my morning routine so that I could get Sam ready and we could have breakfast.
I (we, that should just become and automatic exchange when I'm eating with Sam) had an Eat Your Greens Smoothie. I think what I loved most about it was that although it felt a little bit like a shake because of the banana and frozen blueberries, the spinach tamed the sweet factor down. I will be making this again!! Sam says "Sam loooves dis, all time!". I tried to get an adorable picture of his smoothie mustache, but as per usual, he would not slow down long enough to not be a blur across the screen!
Lunch was Black Bean Mango Salad and pineapple. I didn't actually have any black beans because Sam ate them all but I had red so I improvised. I also added 2 Tablespoons of oil free salsa. I specifically chose pineapple because breakfast was pretty sweet and there was mango in the salad. I wanted something with a little bite because I ate a lot of pickles before and I was missing the sour element. It was all delicious!
Before I tell you about dinner, let me tell you why I titled today's post mass exodus. If you are reading this you are smart enough to know what that means. Be prepared when your body responds to the huge amount of wonderful fruits and veggies, and beans you'll be enjoying. I was glad to be in my office without outside appointments today. Enough said. Just be prepared in case you respond similarly!
On to dinner. Dinner was a mixed green salad with Dijon Date Dressing and Dr. Fuhrman's Anti-Cancer Soup. If I said in either previous post that any meal was my favorite, I was wrong...this was my favorite! I LOVED the dressing and plan to always keep it in the fridge. The cashew butter led such a fantastic richness to the Dijon and the dates added a surprisingly welcome sweet note. The anti-cancer soup sounds very clinical, plain and bland I realize. They should name it veggie bomb or something because it was fantastic. I added about 1/8 teaspoon of Dr. Braggs liquid aminos just because I'm not sure I was ready to give up salt cold turkey. It gave it a little salty kick with low low low sodium
I heated up some chicken spaghetti for Sam but, big surprise, he wanted my food. We ate our soup in the dining room..........
and then retired to the patio to have our salad.
I'm happy that my guy is picking up some cleaner eating habits with me! I kind of makes me think I haven't really tasted food, just salt and preservatives and processing, in a long time because his taste buds haven't had all the years mine have had to get used to, and crave, things that are awful for me. I'm still waiting for that salt craving to wane............
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