Happy Eater to everyone that celebrates this day! I do and in a special way. I have planned to go to church at 8am with my family and meet up with other family members for brunch at 11:30am. A lot of you that I coach and work out with me have expressed some concern for not being able to cook at home. I understand you, however I must say to you that there are healthy choices in most restaurants menus. I love the taste of my own food and have been very committed to cooking for my family ever since I got married 15 years ago, I just make it a priority and therefore it happens! Moving on, I took a bottle of water with me and had an apple with a handful of tangerines before I left my house. I was rushing out as I usually am. By the time I make it to the restaurant I was very hungry and luckily they had a table for us within 10 minutes upon our arrival. In the meantime, I ordered a glass of orange juice. Time to order, I look at the menu and I go for the 2 scrambled eggs, sliced tomatoes and orange wedges. It comes out with 2 toasts but I only eat one and I make sure it's whole wheat. I drink a glass of water and today I am not even tempted to drink a mimosa, which is pretty strange. Hahahaha!
We leave by 12:30 and we need to prepare ourselves and our house for our special guests. We are having my mom, step-father, father-in-law and a few more family members come over for dinner; it's a double celebration because we will also celebrate my father-in-law's birthday; which also means we must make a stop at our favorite local market and get a cake. We grab the cake, a bottle of wine and a few other things to make sure we have the most pleasant evening.
I'm home and my guest are going to be knocking on my door by 5pm. I need to move quickly, I light up scented candles and start preparing the meat. Everyone arrives on time and while I waited for them I had some peanuts, about 2 handfuls and NOT salted. We are a Latin family and my family loves to keep it traditional so this evening in honor of the birthday boy a cooked a typical Panamenian arroz con coco, (rice with coconut) that I learned to cook many years ago with my mother in law. My husband is bar b quing some skirt steak, not the leanest steak but their favorite one and it's not about us today. I make a tomato and onion salad with a parsley and basil dressing. Can't forget, also on the grill some yellow plantains. They like it fried but we can compromise, I do not deep fry anything at all! For occasions like this one it's about portion control, I am satisfied with a small, very small scoop of rice, a 6oz steak portion and my salad. I skip the plantain!
Time for the cake, I literally had about a 2x2 piece of cake. Again, I had no alcohol, instead I had about 4 ounces of pure grape juice.
It was a fabulous evening, I thank God every time we get together for blessing us with each individual family member. I know from experience we never know when we will celebrate together again and I like to express my love and appreciation for them while they are alive.
They are gone, I am cleaning my kitchen. I want to go to bed, tomorrow is Monday and usually a very busy day for me. I have another glass of water and my last Omega complex pill. I needed this day.....
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