Sweet Tomatoes

I had planned on eating leftover mirza ghassemi, but a colleague invited me to lunch and I felt obligated to accept. I wasn't looking forward to eating out, but was terribly pleased when she suggested salad.  Sweet Tomatoes is across the street.  I like their options and they have some very tasty vinegars for dressing.  I had romaine, spinach, zuchinni, jicama, carrot, egg, feta, black olives, tomatoes, sunflower seeds, green peas, chick peas, and onion.  Yum. 

I also had a bowl of their curry lentil soup and it was great.*  Overall lunch was probably a little higher in calories than necessary, but I still feel like they were quality calories. 

*I didn't really need to eat it, but the co-worker was following my lead and since I was paying (she's lost her wallet), I felt like she would feel like she "couldn't" get the soup if I didn't. Is that weird that I over analyzed the situation that way? That thought process and my needing to make my food choices based on what is "polite" is probably a whole can of worms to be discussed in the future.

Salad - literally and figuratively

That picture didn't turn out very well, did it?  Oh well, doesn't matter because it was pretty tasty - this weekend's roasted edamame salad with the addition of some avocado.  I love avocado.  I could eat it everyday.

I'm not working out today.  Our trainer called in sick, which worked out fine since I had left my workout bag at home.  I'm hoping to get a good run in tomorrow. 

I've got a spaghetti squash at home that I desperately need to cook before it goes bad.  And some spinach.  But I need a little white wine for the spinach and I don't have any. 

I think next week I'm going to try some of the yummy Indian recipes that I've found.  Red lentil dahl or this.  I absolutely love Indian food.  When I lived in NYC, my fellow law students and I would go over to the East Village and eat cheap Indian.  You got something like five courses for $10.  And you could bring your own booze, so it was pretty fantastic for poor students.  There's an Indian place that opened up right by my office, but I don't think that they'll be in business long.  Technically, it's a bakery, but they also serve a vegetable thali plate for lunch.  I think they'd be better off to scrap the bakery and focus on the Indian cuisine since there's not another Indian place around.  But I'm enjoying it while it's here.