What is kale? Apparently, it's a green leafy vegetable. Apparently, it is also at the top of the list for health foods: it’s high in nutrients including protein and simply “life giving.” I knew it was green and leafy but I actually had to read all the labels in the produce isle to find it. I can pick it out now becuase I think of green "ruffels" when I see it. Designers on project runway could use it for dresses!
I tore off a small piece and popped it in my mouth. Man...did I feel like my bunny rabbit. Seems bland...but no surprises...just like other lettuce I have had. But I just couldn't see myself chewing a whole salad of this or even know how else to eat it. Since it’s new to me and I have to warm up to it, I’m mixing it with fruit. That’s right. 5 leaves of kale, stripped from the stem, 1 banana, 1 apple, some ginger root and 2 cups of water in the Vita Mix for a creamy, GREEN breakfast.
No, I didn't think of this all on my own. Dr. Furhamn suggested blending greens to get higher quantities and I happened to pick up a book on making salads in a cup. I had a teacher in college once tell me, "Your body will crave what you feed it. Feed it snickers and it will want snickers. Feed it vegetables and it will want vegetables." Her suggestion was to "add to" our diets, not take away and she said something about the healthier food we add, the body will naturally gravitate towards and crave higher nutrient filled foods. So in therapy, the more veggies I choke down, the more I will like them? Lets find out shall we?
Going to my mom’s today. Better take snacks with me...need a plan of attack. It’s a cruel test of willpower over at her house: she loves to feed me and rub in cookies, cakes, chips and hamburgers. She's just not happy until I'm sinning blissfully with her. Oh boy…maybe I will cancel…
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