Asia - thank you!
I'm not a photographer of any sort, unless you count taking a lot of pictures of my kids and sharing them on Facebook.
I had an experience yesterday that reinforced, to me, the wisdom in the proverb
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. I attended a wedding that included dinner - standard wedding protocol. The server came to our table and went through her list to confirm the dietary restrictions and requests for everyone sitting there. At my table there were 5 vegans...pretty cool. After she finished with everyone, I spoke with her and asked her if it would be possible to get get an oil-free meal. She said she would check with the kitchen but did not look hopeful. I made sure to add that I'd be happy with any undressed vegan food like plain fruit or vegetables. She came back, after checking, and advised me that the kitchen would not be able to accomodate me.
Since I knew this was the most probable scenario I had brought a meal to the wedding and stashed it in the car, just in case. I thanked her for checking and said I was so sorry for causing the extra work, and then gave her a two-line version of how I used to weigh 100 pounds more and just didn't want to chance throwing myself off track and could she just bring me an empty plate when they served the meal so I could put my own meal on it. She said she could do that and went about her other duties until the meal was to be served. After serving everyone at my table she came to me, not with an empty plate, but with a bowl of plain salad and a plate with some steamed potatoes and vegetables. She smiled and said she just didn't feel right not serving me anything.
How cool was that! Keep expectations modest and you will always be pleasantly surprised.
Saturday's food:
Pictured here:
1) 1/2 small pineapple, oatmeal, cinnamon, brown sugar
2) Brown rice, instant pot lentils and leeks, salad greens, broccoli sprouts, green grapes and a banana
3) Steamed potatoes and vegetables and plain salad
4) fresh fruit sorbet and mixed berries
5) A banana
6) Twice baked potato (1/2 large russet), cherry tomatoes, carrots and sugar snap peas (that meal I brought to the wedding became my midnight snack)
7) Vodka and soda
8 ) Vodka and soda
Not pictured:
1 pot of green tea
Numerous glasses of sparkling water
Sunday's Food:
Today was the monthly meeting of the Toronto Starch Solution, a local potluck group who eat and educate McDougall style.
Pictured here:
1) Split pea soup, 3 different types of lentil stew or Chili, brown rice, avocado salsa on Wasser crisp bread, mango bean salsa and a bowl of fruit.
2) Veggie tofu rice noodle soup, a large Apple and a cup full of grapes (still on the vine)
3) Oatmeal, cinnamon, brown sugar and green tea
Not pictured:
2 pots of green tea
Now back to the Steelers game... Good night all!