So while Gen Yeager was away huntin’ chukker and pheasant in the delta, I decided to have a pint of amaretto crunchy almond and half of the cookie dough ice cream for lunch and dinner.
I was in heaven. The amaretto one reminded me of the toasted almond creamsicles we got from the ice cream truck which my Mom loved. And I did, too.
And this morning I got on the scale and weighed 2 lbs less.
Go figure.
(Of course, total calorie intake was probably less than a normal day 
But not as healthy as my Friday lunch at the raw foods restaurant.
I had asked if all their foods were cold. The waiter, such as he was, said: Well not cold, but not hot.
Me, thinking, and maybe out loud: Well that was illuminating. Say wha-?
Waiter, such as he was: We don’t heat food more than 118 degrees to keep the nutrients (pure?).
Me: Okay. I’m here. I’ll try it.
I ordered the portabella mushroom burger. It was actually the perfect temperature – the one to which you cool the food down after you’ve heated it beyond being able to eat without burning your mouth.
It was deeee-licious.
For dessert, we had the key lime pie. It was deee licious also. My goodness. We each had our own. Good thing – we definitely would have been jockeying for more of the pie. We each ate all of our own pieces of pie, including licking our individual plates. Well, almost. We’re not that good friends yet (to do that in front of each other).
To drink, the waiter told us what kind of teas they had. The first one had some unrecognizable herb in it. This herb balances you – so if you need energy, it will energize you, if you need to calm down, it will calm you. His favorite.
So, since nothing else sounded remotely familiar, my friend Christine and I went for his “favorite”.
It was good, no sugar, no milk. But I needed a nap the rest of the day. And I had been a bit tired when I went in so I thought I’d be energized. Of course, there’s always an explanation – maybe I THOUGHT I needed energy, when what I really needed was sleep. Uh huh.
It could have been that I couldn’t stop eating all that was on my plate and then all of the dessert so now all the blood went to my tummy to digest.
That was a great meal. That was Friday though.
Saturday, I considered going back. But opted for the ice cream.
Good choice.
c. GCYI