Friday 6/3
2 poppy seed mini bagels
bowl of Frosted Flakes (w/ milk)
3 slices of cheese pizza
fruit salad
1 small piece of vanilla cake w/ vanilla buttercream frosting
1 cup of apple juice
2 Vanilla Coke Zeros
6 Diet Cokes
Overall Thoughts About Friday's Food Choices
This was the day of my nephew's graduation party, where my brother and sister-in-law served pizza, cake, antipasto, fruit salad, and a sundae bar. I am usually not a big fan of vanilla cake, and I would have eaten something more substantial than cheese pizza if I wasn't afraid to try the Chinese food my brother bought for the adults at the party.
Saturday 6/4
bowl of Frosted Flakes (w/ milk)
chicken Caesar salad
2 pieces of French bread
2 florentine cookies
1 red velvet donut
1 cup of apple juice
6 Diet Cokes
1 Vanilla Coke Zero
1 bottle of water
Overall Thoughts About Saturday's Food Choices
For the most part, I ate healthy on Saturday until I gave into one of my weaknesses: the red velvet donuts from Bennison's Bakery in Evanston. I have never encountered red velvet donuts until I saw them at Bennison's, and it was love at first sight! I'm not even into red velvet that much, but these donuts are possibly the best donuts I've ever tasted in my life! Also, the florentine cookies were an experiment. Florentine cookies are paper thin wafers made from a layer of peanuts, a thin layer of chocolate, and a piece of candied cherry in the center. They are so light that you can eat about 6 of them and not even notice you ate so many. I wanted to see if these were better than the ones from Tag's Bakery (also in Evanston). I think it's a tie.
Sunday 6/5
3 pieces of French toast
4 pieces of bacon
1 red velvet donut
turkey sandwich on rye (w/ tomato and no condiments)
2 spoons of cole slaw
fruit salad
1 brownie
8 Diet Cokes
1 bottle of water
Overall Thoughts About Sunday's Food Choices
I went to my other brother's house for dinner to celebrate my other nephew's graduation. It was just a family gathering, and he served a cold cut tray with potato salad, cole slaw, olives, chopped liver, rolls, and bread. For dessert there was fruit salad, pistachio cake, and a tray of frosted brownies with graduation decorations. I sampled the chopped liver, but it was gross. It was made strictly from chicken livers, which made the taste too strong. I generally do not like cole slaw from most places since I hate the taste of mayonnaise, but it the cole slaw is the type that isn't creamy, I'll try it.
Monday 6/6
banana
bowl of chicken noodle soup
roast chicken
corn
sliced tomato
7 Diet Cokes
1 Fuze Diet Fruit Punch
1 bottle of water
Overall Thoughts About Monday's Food Choices
I'm not sure why, but on Monday I didn't eat any sweets. Also, I am one of the few people I know who can eat soup any time during the year. It seems that overall even though it's crazy to eat hot soup on a hot day, it was still something very light on the stomach. I especially like the Lipton Extra Noodle Soup. It seems that I don't eat as much during oppressively hot days.
Tuesday 6/7
bowl of Banana Nut Cheerios (sans milk)
1 Tky (the small turkey sandwich) w/ bacon from Potbelly
roast chicken
6 Diet Cokes
1 Vanilla Coke Zero
1 Fuze Diet Pomegranate Acai Berry
1 bottle of water
Overall Thoughts About Tuesday's Food Choices
This was another day for me without eating sweets, and I think I ate less on this day than on any other day in this inventory. I barely had any appetite at all on this day.
Wednesday 6/8
filet mignon
peas
wild rice
3 Parisienne macarons
1/2 pistachio eclair
7 Diet Cokes
1 Fuze Diet Blueberry Raspberry
1 bottle of water
Overall Thoughts About Wednesday's Food Choices
Wednesday isn't over yet, so I'm sure I'll have more to drink between now and when I finally go to sleep. Generally I'm not that interested in eating much red meat, and it especially doesn't appeal to me on such a hot day. But when I got home from work, that is what my mom made for dinner. She loves steak, and it's been a long time since she made any steak. Up until dinnertime, I had nothing in my system but beverages because I had no appetite whatsoever.
However, I did decide to take a trip to a bakery that is supposed to have some of the best Parisienne macarons in the city: Vanille Patisserie. I was intrigued w/ their website and wanted to see what else they sold. When I walked in, they had more flavors of these bite-sized filled meringue treats than I even anticipated, but ultimately the flavors I bought were orange chocolate, regular chocolate, nutella, raspberry, pistachio, and red velvet. The red velvet one sounded intriguing, and I had to try the pistachio since the ones I tried last month from Bennison's (who are supposed to be known for these particular items) were horrible. They tasted like they were filled with almond paste instead of pistachio flavored cream. While looking at their Parisienne macarons, another item intrigued me. It was a green eclair. I asked it if was pistachio, and I was correct. So I split it with my mom. I have never heard of a pistachio eclair before, and although it looked weird, it was delicious!
Why Certain Foods in this Inventory Are NOT Indicitive of What I Eat:
I do not generally eat much steak in the summer. I also don't usually eat plain vanilla cake, bad pizza, or fancy French pastries on an everyday basis. However, most of these foods were eaten due to the circumstances surrounding the food choices. I ate the food that was served at my nephew's party, and I also ate the steak because my mom worked hard to make a nice meal for me. I didn't want to disappoint her by turning it down, especially since filet is so expensive. Cole slaw is another food I don't usually eat. If it's the type of cole slaw that is drenched in disgusting mayonnaise, I'll steer clear of it. If the cole slaw is not very creamy, I'll at least try it.
I also love to eat Mexican food every chance I get, but there are is no good Mexican food in my neighborhood. Chipotle does NOT count because it is not authentic Mexican!! I eat dinner with my mom on most nights because I don't want her to eat alone, and I have a responsibility to make sure she eats (she is underweight). Ever since my dad passed, I make sure that I am there for my mom as much as possible. She is also not thrilled about deep dish, even though she was born and raised in Chicago. So I generally don't get to eat much Mexican or deep dish unless I go out with my friends. I also love vegetable stir fry, but my mom seems to have such a huge meat fetish. Otherwise I would cook vegetable stir fry every week, but it's no fun cooking for just one person. Also, the French pastries I bought today were purely something I wanted to sample. From time to time, I have my mind set on trying certain places (whether it's a new restaurant I'd like to try, a particular item at a bakery, etc.), and I don't wait very long to satisfy my curiosities.
Why Certain Foods in this Inventory ARE Indicitive of What I Eat:
My friends generally give me a hard time for drinking so much Diet Coke, but what can I say? It's good stuff, and it beats getting drunk. Plus, I am generally always thirsty in the summer. I think that for the most part I drink more than I eat. I also make sure that I drink one bottle of water a day since water is healthy. I don't really like water very much, so that's why I don't drink more of it. Chicken is also indicitive of what I eat because it is my favorite type of meat, and basically I would eat chicken every day of the week if I had my way. I also don't like most fast food places because of all the fried, greasy foods and the substandard meats, so when I need to grab a quick bite, I generally pick up a sandwich or a salad from Potbelly, soup and a Caesar side salad from Corner Bakery, a breakfast sandwich from either Corner Bakery or Subway, or a salad from Portillo's.
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