Another veggie success story tonight. Soooo exciting. Today our appetizer was asparagus sauteed in butter, olive oil, salt and spicy mix with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese topping. Surprisingly deeeelicious! This was followed by spaghetti sauce with 1/2 the meat we normally eat and added celery, peppers, onion and garlic. I just couldn't bring myself to add broccoli. The sauce topped 51% whole wheat angel hair pasta. It was fabulous. To make matters better, Tapwe tells me if I can make veggies taste good I must be the best cook ever. Now THAT makes me feel awesome! You're right, Sara, it IS fun to try new foods.
Tomorrow I'll try a different stir fry with noodles. I'm finding these veggie meals are not that filling - although an appetizer works wonders. There are two main triggers for appetite satiety; bulk which fills through stomach expansion and fat which fills through delayed stomach emptying. Since veggies are naturally bulky, I suspect I need to add a little more fat in the form of butter or oil to make us feel full longer. I'll test that theory tomorrow.
This morning I saw the physical therapist to break down scar tissue. It wasn't painful per se but it was toe-curlingly uncomfortable. She worked over the numb scarred areas but it felt so... gross, I guess. I think I got quite the work out squirming the whole time. Her analogy was that the scar tissue sticks together like spaghetti, so she was just splitting it apart. Yuck! My chest is quite sore this evening.
Afterwards, I went swimming. The cool water was wonderful, the stretching not so much. Such is recovery, right? I must admit, I far prefer this physical pain to the neural pain I had previously.
