It was pretty fun, I have to admit. They had a raw vegan bar and I decided I was allowed a treat. It was a chocolate pudding with a nut crust, and it was a nice small serving. All the ingredients were "allowed" (no oil, salt, okay some agave nectar but it was a treat). Then I was going to get a juice at the juice bar but the juicer was broken. Travel-mate got a smoothie and I was asking the smoothie-maker what's a good one and she didn't have an opinion, so I decided oh well, I don't need one since I have my pudding. Sensing the loss of a sale she suggested one that a lot of people get that's not on the menu. I don't recall what it was. It has acai (?) berries in it which are supposed to be one of those wonder-foods. I said, okay, I'll get it. And it was excellent. I'm glad I got it. So that was my brekky: the pudding and the smoothie. more than enough but enjoyable. The only problem was that the chocolate affected me. I don't enjoy caffeine buzzes anymore. I buzzed for 7 hours, then was tired. So I guess chocolate will have to go off my list of allowed foods. It's a bit sad but not heartbreaking. Really, the smoothie was as good or better. So I think I can survive with other treats besides chocolate.
For lunch we had food from the Whole Foods salad bars. Mine was salad greens, fruit, peas and edamame:
Travel-mate had roasted potatoes (super salty!), some rice dishes, peas and corn:
For dinner, I finally started eating my now-thawed split pea and carrot soup (from the fuhrman forums, was in my freezer for a few weeks), over spinach. yummy. I'll have the rest of that for brekky tomorrow. and I had some carrots and celery and an apple and a mango (okay, should have held off on the mango).
Tomorrow we start camping for 4 nights, so no blogging. I got tons of good food from Whole foods. I'm planning to make "Gorgeous garlic greens soup" from Compassionate Cooks (you have to pay $5 to get the recipe packet). and a corn chowder if that runs out (with kale, potatoes, onions, corn, soy milk). I forgot that recipe so will just make it up. I will have salads and fruit for brekky until they run out. then I'll figure something out. we have lots of canned beans and veggies and potatoes and onions, etc. I forgot to get oranges but have apples and banana.
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I don't have a Whole Foods anywhere near me so was thrilled when we flew into Las Vegas on our way to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and there were two to choose from. We packed two coolers full of healthy food and ate like nutritarian kings out in the middle of nowhere at the North Rim. Such a great treat! Hope you're having an incredible time.
That's great to know for next time I go to the North Rim! You probably ate better than anyone within a 200 mile radius (unless that includes Las Vegas Whole Foods). Last time I was at the south rim, the pickings were slim.
-barb
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