Cheese seemed to be oozing out of my fresh
from-the-microwave vegetarian patty, a mosaic of different grains. Vegetarian sources of protein, such as vegetarian
burgers, are included in my diet list. I took a few brave bites before fishing
the box out of the trash can.
My burger
contained rice, oats, and various other grains glued together by low-fat
mozzarella. “You’re not supposed to have
rice and oats!” my brain sounded an alarm.
Sometime, somewhere, someone told me that a garden burger is grains and
veggies whereas a soy or bocca burger is, well, soy. While I heard that somewhere, it never really
registered in my meat-burger mind. Now I
learned the hard way--in a way I will never forget.
Not sure that one person should be consuming so much arugula in one week, my friend. I am always suspicious of food without a shelf life; it reminds me that life is short and that we too are slowly but surely morphing from fresh green leaf to icky slime a little bit every day.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, kudos to you for the hard work! We'll celebrate soon with some carb-free Starbucks beverages soon!