Quinallison here with my first blog for my Collaborative Inquiry group at St. Marys' Masters in Leadership program! I'm excited to post a pretty awesome last minute creation of a salad I made today at work! Here's the scoop...
Tuna, grape tomatoes, and celery (and a bit of pepper and salt). Bon appetit Q!
As simple and as common sense this may be to a regular cook, I'm pretty proud of this last minute concoction upon arrival to my office. I wasn't feeling all too well this morning so I stayed in for a bit to make sure I wasn't pushing myself to hard since I was having some health issues this past week. Time was flying by and I had to make an 11:30 appointment. Halfway through my trip I realized I forgot to bring my leftovers to have for lunch today. Bah!!
When I got back to the office I started working and thinking about what can I quick grab around here to munch on. I needed something a bit hardy since tonight is hockey night, and fueling my system is essential! However I couldn't leave the office right away since I needed to catch up on a few things and once I get into a working groove I can't stop till I'm done.
I knew I had a few things in the fridge: tomatoes, celery and cottage cheese. In my drawer I had a can of tuna, a can of garbanzo beans, pita chips and peanut butter. I usually like celery and peanut butter for a snack so I thought I'd save that for later. I wondered if just having plain tuna, tomatoes and celery would work? So I tried it and voila, a very nice healthy, light but surprisingly filling dish of a simple salad. I never knew I could mix such ingredients like that! Mind you, I'm only a rookie cook!
I would have added garbanzo beans but I thought to save that for another salad day. I still have more celery sticks which I'll be snacking on with a bit of peanut butter later, yum. I'm hoping to keep up this trend of healthy eating. Don't get me wrong, I won't stray away from the junk food I love, but I do want to keep that consumption at a minimum. If more healthy food consumption can outweigh (pahdump pump!) junk food consumption, I can be a happy camper!
Probably the most challenging obstacles for me is emotional eating, cravings, and gluttony (sinful!!!). I can be gluttonous when it comes to eating something that is sooooooooo sooooo yummy, and when I crave something, my mood will not be as good until I have it. Fortunately joining my CI group will help me to overcome these problems and allow me to make better choices and eliminate being materialistic with food!
Cheers (with a glass of water) to a healthy lifestyle!
- Q
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