this morning at the farmer’s market i asked a vendor about his box of buckwheat sprouts–what do they taste like? how do you use them? he described them as “citrus-y” and said they’d be good on a sandwich, like lettuce and i instantly wished i had a sandwich. the big fresh-tasting kind, loaded with sprouts and lettuce and shredded carrot and maybe hummus or turkey and cheese and a variety of textures….. maybe i need to more closely examine the “gluten-free” bread options at the co-op next time i’m there.
then, later this afternoon, we went out for our second goldilocks expedition (this chair is too soft, this one is too short, this one is too expensive). when we arrived at our destination, we discovered they were having a “v.i.p.” sales event (actually, we had been called and told about this sale since we’d made a furniture purchase from them in december, ergo, we are v.i.p.’s!) which earned us some extra discounts on anything we wanted to buy, as well as two free crystal goblets (oooh!) and access to a table full of cookies, cider and coffee. the cookie table was in the back corner of the store, right next to the recliners* and so was well-placed for temptation purposes. the happy toddler (who had chosen to skip his nap today and was therefore a bit of a ticking timebomb) helped himself to a cookie (or three) which he would then only eat if we broke off individual bites and handed them to him. poor mr. happy stuff, who was the cookie distributor, confided to me later that resisting those cookies was a bit of a struggle. i chose to think of them as “those not-really-all-that-awesome grocery store bakery cookies” and i put them in the “not even an option” category of my brain and was able to, more or less ignore them, but i agreed that i really would have enjoyed eating a cookie. instead, we bought two recliners (we’d only walked in planning to buy one. compensate much?).
i started the morning with another peach/cardamom/almond butter smoothie for myself and a mango/coconut/pineapple smoothie for mr. happy stuff. (since they’ve both been photographed before, i’ll skip that for now) i took the recipes directly from the book to remind myself of the original portions and liquid vs. solid ratios, etc. i fear our smoothies lately may have been getting a bit large and a bit thicker than recommended, but mr. happy stuff has been dealing with some hunger issues and since the point of this is not to starve yourself, i’m not too worried about “indulgent” shakes.
lunch was chicken and veggie curry over brown rice:
i was excited recently to discover that all of the ingredients on our curry paste are clean! so i mixed it up with some canned coconut milk (i know this is on the “no” list, but i looked for and found two brands with either no additives, or only the very smallest trace amount, and since i’m not planning to make this more than once, i don’t think it will ruin anything for us) and a bunch of veggies and my cooked chicken. for the brown rice, we tried alton brown’s method (thanks, terika!) and it finally came out perfect–no crunch! the whole meal was delicious, but i couldn’t finish this my plate full of food. unlike mr. happy stuff, i’m actually realizing that i feel full (or at least satiated) most of the time. i get a bit peckish around 10 a.m., but a few nuts and some fruit usually take care of that. yesterday, i had an afternoon snack as well, but i am perfectly willing to admit that i was snacking less from hunger and more from being completely frustrated about mr. no-nap boy (which, yes, is not a good reason to snack, but at least i was aware of why i was snacking!). even then, my snack was a few handfuls of nuts and some dried plums, so it was still clean.
supper was another purple smoothie. i know it had acai powder in it, but i can’t remember any other details.
oh, i almost forgot! i don’t think i’ve mentioned here yet that i set up a little incentive program for myself for these three weeks, with rewards at the end of each week. to celebrate the successful completion of week 1, i went for a massage this morning. it felt great and is also (conveniently) recommended as part of the cleanse. win-win.  perhaps we can count the new recliner as mr. happy stuff’s week-1 reward…
*i don’t know if you’ve shopped for a recliner lately, but i found myself being amused that while the other furniture seems to hang out in meticulously arranged sets, the recliners are all lined up in rows, usually in a back corner of the store, and i always found myself thinking, “reclinerville. where chairs go to retire!”
