Worst & Best Food of the Week

In the past, I would normally eat ice cream as a treat after a hard day but last Friday after long hours of socialising I went home really hungry. I could not be bothered looking at the cupboard and I was craving something sweet and hence it was a mistake opening the freezer.

I have been REALLY really very good with my eating and then last Friday I had the worst food ever. I mean, it was tasty and sweet but right after I have devoured this sticky gooey creamy stuff – I felt sick. Since I have been on the ‘right road’ to health I had to slip having this – the Cadbury Creme egg ice cream.

I don’t know what it was doing in the freezer but when I asked PG he said he bought it one time and thought to have a taste of it sometime during the summer. Yeah. Right.

Quite frankly, the box does speak to you when you open the freezer – there it was in bright red amidst all the boring healthy frozen meals of brown rice, soups, LiteNEasy, rye bread. Next time I see it I will loudly pray “and lead me not into temptation!” I refuse to check the calorie content of a cupful (ok make that 1.5 cups) of this as I just know it will be enough to feed me for the whole day. My allergy just came through a few seconds after I had it and I was sick that night until the following morning. I solemnly agree – I deserve it.

So come Sunday I decided to do something to undo the deed. PG has been maintaining a veggie and herb garden and we have plenty. I picked up some spinach, carrot, parsley and mint and juiced it. To add a bit of sweetness, I put in an apple. It tasted okay but I was imagining the live nutrients getting into my system and kicking out the sugar and toxic stuff from my bloodstream. I drank lots of water that day and was glad of the hourly visit to the toilet. Nature is indeed the best remedy.

I love Parsley actually – whenever I pass by the herb garden I grab a few leaves and eat it raw. Sometimes I brew it as tea. I add it to salads and stews. I’m sure there are plenty of benefits but for now I am just glad I have this in abundance.