Nothing was bad. But nothing was great either.
I woke up late, so I had no breakfast. I had coffee at work. It had sugar and half and half. Two cups. Not great.
For lunch, I ate a leftover turkey patty and cabbage from last night's supper. Yum. And relatively healthy. Had a mint kombucha that Marion had made; took the rest back to work. The preacher sure was curious why I had a brown beer bottle on my desk! LOL
After work, I went to Kroger to get cabbage to make for Family Night Supper at church. I enjoyed the flavors I had at lunch, so I pretty much recreated that (sort of). I melted some butter in a large pot, then added a diced Vidalia onion and let it saute while I was slicing one and a half heads of cabbage. I added a little water then let it start doing it's thing (covered) while I let the chicken broth defrost in the microwave (that I had previously made and frozen). Added the broth, a little more water and some Bragg's Amino Acids. I like the flavor of the amino acids and know they are supposed to be a better choice than soy sauce, but I still kind of wig out at "amino acids" being an ingredient in anything. Takes me back to Dr. Lamb's 7th grade science class. Anyway, while that was cooking down, I cooked a pound of ground turkey with a little olive oil, some Pampered Chef Crushed Peppercorn and Garlic seasoning and a little Celtic sea salt. I don't know why I use Celtic sea salt except that Abby told me to. When the turkey was finished, I added it to the cabbage. I think it tasted pretty darn good. Nickey thought the chicken broth made it too rich. She doesn't like rich flavors like I do.
Family Night Supper at church... imagine a table FILLED with food... but not much of it was clean food. The fried chicken wasn't (none of the varieties offered; Popeye's, KFC, tenders, breasts, you name it--it was on the table); the ham was good, but not so clean. Casseroles and starches galore... and yes, I tried the mac and cheese, but should've passed on that to be honest; I had some potato casserole (two different kinds I believe, but I thought one was something else); I had some of my cabbage concoction. My new friend Heather had brought some vegan chocolate Bundt cake which I apparently had decided should be solely for me and because she said it was "vegan", I interpreted that to mean that it was a wise choice for me. A few minutes later, the headache kicked in, my cheeks flushed and I realized/admitted that just because it was vegan didn't mean it was sugar-free. Not much of a good choice for a diabetic, but oh it was good!
Brenda Holcombe, a woman who took control of her body and lifestyle after a cancer diagnosis, told me she had made one of MY recipes (from our church cookbook--which are for sale for $20) for the supper... my Peter Paul Mounds cake. Oh my gosh, that cake is so sinfully delicious! Brenda has been an inspiration to me; she has shown that through a medical crisis, you can choose to be healthy, simply by changing the way you think about food. Eat healthy, eat clean, be holistic. I'm a complete newbie to the whole holistic lifestyle but am so intrigued and want to learn more and start applying it more in my life.
No exercise tonight. Unless you count the repeated trips to the fridge to refill my wine glass and the trips up and down the stairs to clean out my daughter's closet. Hanna needs her fall and winter warm clothes. I took a picture of everything she has left. She only wants one cardigan and one coat. Which means I have two bags of clothes that need to find a new home.
It's funny... when I started typing this post, I gave today a "3"... then I realized it really wasn't quite so bad. But it still wasn't a 10 either.
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