I Feel Great Today

Today I am feeling great, so I take it that it takes around 48 hours to get rid of the offending foods out of my system. I shall remember that the next time I am tempted by high fat, salty, low nutrient foods. Somehow two days of misery is not worth the five minutes of pleasure*.
Yesterday I stopped the nonsense and cooked a pot of Lark's pumpkin and lentil soup. I posted the recipe on my other blog, Serious Sixty Somethings. I have yet to post a picture of the finished product. I took half a thermos with me to the show and I ate the whole lot. I also took a salad that had fruit and half an avocado that I had rubbed with lemon juice prior to packing. It kept well and tasted great. I did eat far too many of my sisters salty chips though, so I am expecting a blow out on the scales this week. It's amazing how quick the soup was to cook. All-in-all it took just 30 minutes to prepare and cook in my pressure cooker. So why don't I make this type of food more often?
I also tried Nicole's system of preparing the ingredient of smoothies and freezing them in individual containers. You can see it at the link below. Anyway it saved me heaps of time and better yet, I have them ready whenever I need some frozen fruit. Nicole you are a genious

http://fullofrecipes.blogspot.com/2007/04/smoothie-kits.html


* It is strange how many of us equate food with pleasure. I know that I should be eating good foods and that taste has little to do with quality of nutrients. In fact the reverse is true. Good tasting foods are packed with salt, sugar and fat and the higher nutrient ones often don't taste great. I know which ones my body prefers though. Ahh, such is life!