Spinach, Sprouts, Peas, & Aliens

Today was the third day in a row that I had a salad for lunch, heavily laden with vegetables. I eat by sight. If the lettuce is white, or brown, or that bitter yellow color, I won't eat it. If the tomatoes aren't red all the way around--I don't eat them. I especially don't eat them if the little place where they were connected to the vine is to obvious. yich. That sort of stuff freaks me out, and I won't eat it. I don't eat hummus because it smells like armpits. I don't eat spinach because they have that stemmy part that I sort of choke on as I gulp it down before I actually feel it between my teeth. The texture of that stuff is icky! The exception to all of these crazy things, is that I will eat (just about) ANYTHING if it is smothered in a tasty sauce/dressing. Like my brother Kevan, my favorite food is sauce. Oh, and I don't eat peas. There is one salad I eat them in--Sarah's Salad (from the Lion House--but my Mom's version is better than the Lion House version). That's it. I don't eat peas. Not in a box or with a fox or in a tree or by the sea. I do not eat peas.

This is why I'm sure I've been abducted by aliens. I, of my own free will and choice, dumped spinach, peas, (almost added some chickpeas *shudder*), crazy tomatoes that weren't totally red (and really cold...also a negative), and I enjoyed it. I didn't even use all of my salad dressing!!! Spinach!!! Peas!!! I don't eat those things!!! I've been trying really hard to be better about the things I eat. To eat more vegetables, and less crap. I haven't had sugar snacks (cookies, candy, cake, ice cream--you know--all the things I LOVE!!) since Monday afternoon. Not even Life Savers! I totally stayed away from the Cadbury Mini Eggs that someone put in my candy jar here at work. On my desk. In sight. Where I can hear it singing my name. Here's all that my salad included:
Lettuce (Romaine/Iceburg mix--and I picked out the brown ones and the white stem things and the bitter yellow pieces that clump together and look impossible!)
Spinach
cherry tomatoes
peas
mandarin oranges (I don't eat these either--the way they float in water sorta weirds me out...)
raisins
croutons
ranch dressing
cottage cheese
4 strips of ham

I'm awful about eating my vegetables. If I thought I could get away with it, I would drink all my vegetables in the form of ***V8 (not that nasty V8 fusion junk--plain old V8). 3 days in a row I've eaten this salad. I'm a little weirded out by myself. Oh, and the other day I totally put brussel sprouts on my sandwich. I PUT THEM ON! I'm a little scared of what I've become... I can't wait until more fruits are in season!! I don't know if I really like all the green I've been eating...

Oh, and I'm really not a picky eater. I know, I know, I've given evidence to the contrary, but I swear--I'm not really picky. :)


***I accept bottles of V8 as a form of payment for friendship. Or for birthday presents. Or unbirthday presents.