FOOD DIARY ! 9//10 - 9//10

9/28 : 4 PM After school snack

cheese quesadilla (I made it)

cashews and an apple

9/28 Dinner

Parmesan 

spagetti with tomato sauce  ( I made it)

I have never enjoyed a plate of pasta so much in my life! I really at it slooooooowly and savored every bite and felt all the textures with my tongue and it was so good. The sweet yet salty taste of the tomato sauce with the perfectly cooked pasta and the rich creamy taste of the Parmesan was HEVEAN! I realized eating this meal that, I usually eat healthy and better than most Americans, BUT I am a rushed New Yorker. I throw my food down my throat and not only is not good for your health but you cannot savor the food with the respect and time it deserves. I AM A TRUE FRENCHIE !! I LOVE PASTA, I could eat it anyway and that is the beauty of it there is a million gazillion trillion ways to eat it.

salad (I made the dressing)

9/29

7:30 am egg & cheese sandwich (forgot to photograph, these were the eggs used)

with coffee

12:50 lunch time @ sof.. dollar pizza and then another one at 5pm

This dollar Pizza place is the bomb in the sense that it only cost a dollar and tast pretty damn good as far as pizza goes, but my question is what kind of crap ingredients they use in order to satisfy their profit goal. Its sad because I wish I didn't eat this crap but when not home I have no choice ! What scares me more is the place on the corner its hot dogs and fries for real cheap. The reason this guy opens this is because he knows that this is going to be a hit with all the schools and offices around. The scary part is that is what is in demand fries, hot dogs and pizza, for cheap ! You cant get a soup,pasta, or SALAD for cheap ! SALADS COST $9 ! 

8PM

Lentil salad with balsamic and onions

Skirt steak

Olives

Salad 

Yogurt

With honey

I REALLLY ENJOYED this dessert it was so simple but delicious the bitterness of the yogurt contrasting against the ultra sweet honey is so good and the yogurt is so smooth it feels like silk slipping down your throat.

Then mom came home from upstate with fresh organic natural apple cider & apple donuts !!!!

9/30

7:30 am coffee

10:30 am apple

11:45am cheese slices

1:45pm tuna salad & left over lentil salad

Tuna on toast, open face

 Then went to an open house where I had a trail mix bar & slice of gross pizza from papa johns and a cup of coke, wanted water but there was no more, i felt guilty for drinking the coke I dont drink soda anymore. 

9PM I got home late and was home alone so did tomato sauce pasta again but spicy, and pan simmered swiss chard with garlic. 

I am a little disappointed in my food diary I wanted my mom to whip out her crazy delicious mind blowing meals, I enjoy showing off her talent :D but We had a very hectic week and my mom went out of town so their was not time for such beauty. Since I did have my food diary in mind most of the time I was thinking about it on the train and I saw an ad for a place called Grub Hub.. and the slogan was eating made easy. WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT SOCIETY? Food is no longer about nourishment it’s about throwing food down your throat and not caring. Grub is just like any kind of food and its food made easy, there is nothing difficult about food it just takes time, but I guess there is not much time in our society anymore. 

Most of the food I ate this week was eaten because of convince, what ever I ate was simple and quick to make BUT everything that came from my home was all organic, fresh, healthy and so on. I really wish it was everywhere but its not. 

One thing I love and is frowned upon especially in my own home, is eating with my hands ! I hate silverware, I feel I experience my food more with my fingers. I think silverware is helpful with some items such as soup but or else I prefer my hands, I cant wait till I have my own home so I can do what I please. Or I need to move to India.