Health Food Doesn't Suck Too Bad

I woke up today ready to start cooking and prepare at least half a week of meals. It started with a shake made of protein powder, coconut milk (which I found near the peanutbutter!) and mixed frozen fruit. I was surprized at how palatable it was. It wasn't sweet, which I would have preferred, but it seemed wholesome. The only drawback was the awful aftertaste the whey protein left in my mouth that wouldn't leave on its own. This isn't my first encounter with whey protein, so I was expecting the wretched sensation of flour and pennies at the back of my throat when I was done. But it went away with a glass of water.

Then I dove right in to the chicken wraps. Y'know, grilling chicken really isn't all that difficult, and they have some whole grain wraps nowadays that are  pretty good. I put 2 strips of chopped grilled chicken on a wrap and heaped on a mountain of leafy greens (I seariously added way too much but refused to put any back because I wasn't about to be bested by a chicken wrap) and added a homemade vinaigrette. And it was good. It was so big and full of leafy greens that I actually couldn't finish it, but it was pretty alright as far as a meal goes. The only problem with eating vegetables like these is it leaves a meat eater like me feeling as though they've been stuffed with hay.

I was annoyed yesterday that I could only buy 1 quart of organic yogurt rather than individual cups because WalMart simply doesn't sell it any other way. But I've come to terms with it. One reason being that most yogurt cups are 6 oz (just under a cup), and if you read the label on yogurt sold in quarts, the serving size is generally a full cup. And I'm okay with eating more yogurt. So I spooned it out into smaller tupperware containers and added raspberries and slivered almonds. I really don't feel cheated about that.

Oh, and I'm down another pound!