Saturday's lunch

Saturday was a quiet day. Everyone went to work or out for the day and I had much of the day to myself. It was nice and quiet. I decided to go to my local Whole Foods as I had a list of things I needed that only came from there. Vanilla soy yogurt. Low sugar cookies that actually taste like cookies. Organic ground turkey. So I drove myself there, grabbed a handful of reusable bags, and ventured in. It wasn't too crowded but there were a lot of middle-aged (my age or slightly younger!) women who were there looking desperately for a cure for being over 40. Vitamins. Minerals. Herbs. Organic Mac & Cheese in a box. Some had husbands in tow who seemed genuinely mystified about what their wife was looking for and what the heck the place was all about. I'm always fascinated watching what other people buy at Whole Foods. Some appear genuinely to have a specific nutritional issue that they are addressing but many seem to think that if they buy the food from Whole Foods as opposed to a regular supermarket the box of cookies or container of lemonade or even the box of mac and cheese mix is totally healthy and will not only reverse the aging process but keep them free from disease.

I got the things on my not very long list rather quickly and bought myself some "treats" from the salad bar to go on my salad. And then drove home. I brought my groceries in and was putting them away when himself got home so the photo for today's lunch has his lunch and mine. His is a roastbeef and provolone and lettuce whole wheat wrap and some chips and an orange (and a peanut butter chip granola bar!). Notice his arm next to his plate. Mine is the salad with the standard lettuce, mushrooms, tomatoes...and (from the salad bar...balsamic grilled tofu, a hard boiled egg (very hard!), garlic grilled green beans, marinated artichoke pieces, olives, and yellow tail tuna salad with dill). My morning was very nice. I love walking through a not too crowded supermarket looking at new and delicious things. Next time I'll probably skip the green beans (too garlicky) and the egg (too hard) and the tuna (just kind of odd...maybe it was the dill...but I like dill...who knows.) Short entry today.