
Again, this was an odd day, but one with a few advantages.
First of all, I went to church yesterday, and so, didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn to get there. That was pretty cool. We stayed around the house for a while,as the weather was not the best; rainy and cold. I got a chance to sleep in until about 8am.
Breakfast was eggs and veggies; a nice series of gluten free calories. Oh, and coffee.
Lunch was an omlette with water
Dinner was steak, yams and a salad.
All really tasty food; nutrient dense and good for me. I'm impressed, aren't you?
The day worked like this:
I like to read the paper on the weekend and it was waiting for me as I went out for my coffee walk. My kids came with me, which made it kind of fun. We were telling jokes and listening to the iPod's new playlist and being, well, kinda silly. Good for the mental health.
After breakfast we kind of did not very much. I went for a drive with everyone to the Organic Garage in Oakville. I wanted my wife and kids to see the place. No one was terribly impressed, but my rabid monkeys did in fact nearly get us kicked out of the store.... no, not really, I'm just seeing who is reading this.
The next place was the Whole Foods place. When my wife saw the insides of this place for the first time, I knew she was impressed. I was worried that I was going to run into a bunch of my students (the other species of rabid monkey in my life ... he he he he just kidding, I'm trying to see if anyone is reading this far ...) but that didn't happen. We looked around for gluten free stuff. I actuallt saw Teff flour - something I'd read on the internet and told the lady with whom I work about. It's a grass from the Horn of Africa that is gluten free, which is capable of being made into flour for cooking.
We bought a few items: gluten free pasta (aka "rice pasta") rice cakes, wafer cookies and chocolate chip cookies. The first one I am going to leave alone for a bit, the last ones were consumed in the van. I had to try at least one; it IS research, after all. They were good cookies, just skinny and somewhat merely OK.
We went out for lunch, and I issued a challenge to my wife: that we eat a gluten free lunch and share. I had an omelette with ham and water to drink. I was offered rye bread, but since I know it has rye in it (duh - the name kinda gave that away) I asked that it not be included. My wife had the steak and eggs (I was so proud). We did ask about the home fries, but since they were prepared in vegetable oil, we thought they'd be ok. It was very yummy - and gluten free.
For dinner, we readied our usual fare of steak and yams; both were really good. I'm thinking the eggs/steak/protein thing is fast becoming my favourite meal, ever.
Oh, after the kids went to bed, I went to do the weekly shopping. Yes, I get to control what goes in the house, which will be to my advantage when it comes time to write up the final report for this exercise. I got a list from my wife and got the veggies, the organic soap and the meat for the week - (ham, tilapia and quick fry steak) Tonnes of veggies - yams, onions, peppers and asparagus. That's going to be really good off of the BBQ.
Finally, I went to the organic section of the store - something I usually associate with socks and sandal wearing hippies. Meh, whatever. I found the pasta made from rice there - for half the price of Whole Foods. At WF, it was 6 bucks for a 500g of pasta. At Metro, it was 2.50.
I wish I made that up.
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