FoodFash

Adventure Begins in the Kitchen

The Opposite Of Deficient

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Whether or not I’m getting enough protein and calcium are the two most common questions people ask when my non-dairy, non-meat diet comes up. And it’s usually at that point I waffle.  I know I’m getting enough, I know that I eat more greens in one day than that person has eaten in a week and I want to counter their judgement with questioning their overall diet, but I don’t.  I simply respond by repeating random facts that I’ve read and responses that my mom has given to similar questions throughout the years.  All the while, I still wonder…

But last week I was able to gather some cold hard facts that made any ounce of doubt disappear.  And even though this past month has been a disciplinary challenge as I dabbled in dairy and meat here and there, I don’t think that I ate nearly enough to sway eight months of a predominantly vegetarian, dairy-free-ness.

So there ya have it kids!  Not only am I smack dab in the middle of normal levels of calcium and protein, my levels have even increased from last November.  Phew!

 

My triglycerides have gone wayyyyyy down.

My good cholesterol has gone wayyyyyy up.

And more important than all of these healthy green numbers, I feel much better than I did last November.  Hooray for turning myself into a science experiment!

Just Another Cafe Hey Day

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Let me just start with…  It POURED today in Tampa!  So much so that I buckled a golf umbrella, spent 45 minutes driving four miles, and considered writing someone of importance requesting that Tampa now be called Atlantis.  And when it came time for lunch, I wanted only two things: something close and something cozy.

I speed dialed my favorite neighbor, Cafe Hey, and placed an order for the VLT sandwich and kale salad.  I butchered the VLT even more than usual (sorry chef!) by adding avocado (duh!) and nixing tomatoes and vegenaise.  The next modification would happen in the privacy of my desk…

I mile high piled the kale salad on my sandwich and went to town – cuban toast crumbs were a flyin’!  I didn’t care though, the dressing on the kale salad and the crunch of the lettuce and sunflower seeds were so darn good!

Here’s to hoping for a dryer tomorrow!

Thankyounomoreplease

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Hellooooo last night of take-out!  I was just as excited to see this smiling Urban Thai bag as it was to see me.  I can’t wait to get out of this hotel room!

Ginger broth with mushroom dumplings?  Get in my belly now, please!

Next up was Yum Tofu, which was yum, as advertised.  At first glance, the dish looked super dry and I thought to myself “at least the soup was good”.  But after my first bite it was apparent the tofu was far from dry.  The dish, composed of fried tofu, cashews, red onions, green apples, and spicy lime dressing, was perfectly soaked with spicy lime goodness.  I see a Yum Tofu recreation attempt in my future, for sure.

And lastly, mango with sweet sticky rice, which was… the jam.

These 15 dollar minimums for delivery are killing me.  Somehow the combination of being in a hotel room and leftover takeout staring me straight in the face is pure gluttonous danger.

See you tomorrow Tampa!!!

District Delivery

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I think that some people – scratch that – most people look forward to expensed meals on business trips.  I don’t.  Don’t get me wrong, I heart the free-ness, but after an already extended day with co-workers…  I wanted to eat my last meal of the day in a business-free zone.
And maybe I also wanted to eat an entire pizza with a side of hummus, plopped smack dab in the middle of a king sized hotel bed, in a judgement-free zone.  Is that so wrong??