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1 "An entire day, eating just vegetables?" I cried. "You have got to be kidding!" 2 What was my aunt up to now? Every time I went to stay with her, she did something different. Unusual. Weird. Aunt Mary was a great person but sometimes just a little too creative for my liking. 3 Every June, I visited Aunt Mary for a week while my parents visited my older step-brother and step-sister in another state. We visited them during my spring break this year, but because my step-sister was having a baby, mom and dad went to help again in June. 4 Anyway, I guess it was easier on everyone if I went to Aunt Mary's, and I admit it was always interesting there. 5 Yesterday, Aunt Mary told me that tomorrow would be "Fresh Vegetable Day," and that we would celebrate by only eating vegetables the entire day. 6 "Even for breakfast?!" I asked. 7 "Even for breakfast," she said with a grin. 8 I climbed into my big bed in the guest bedroom that evening with mixed emotions. Most of Aunt Mary's ideas did turn out good, even if they did seem a little weird at first. So, I went to sleep wondering what she would do... 9 The next morning, I got up looking forward to the usual eggs, bacon and biscuits breakfast Aunt Mary would serve me. (I usually just ate cereal at home.) However, the smell from the kitchen was not of bacon. 10 "Oh, rats, that's right," I thought. "Today's that ‘veggies all day' thing." 11 I sighed as I pulled on the jeans I'd left on the floor the night before. I unfolded my favorite t-shirt, pulled it on, and ran a comb through my hair. I stuck my feet into my fuzzy purple slippers and headed down the stairs. 12 "Good morning, Sunshine!" Aunt Mary called. "Are you ready for Fresh Vegetable Day?" 13 "I guess so," I replied with little enthusiasm. 14 "Well, I decided to expand a bit and include fruits and vegetables, because some vegetables, like tomatoes, are actually fruits. So, we're starting out with a nice fruit bowl with melons, strawberries, and blueberries. We also have tomato juice or carrot juice." 15 I chose the carrot juice. The fruit was actually very good and sweet. 16 During the cool of the morning, we worked on Aunt Mary's vegetable garden. That seemed appropriate given the day it was. 17 By late morning, I was pretty hungry. So, we went in for an early lunch. Aunt Mary made us both a huge salad, with mixed greens, sliced carrots, cut-up cucumbers and tomatoes, mandarin orange pieces, and dried cranberries. We also had hummus and other fresh veggies to dip into it. Hummus is ground chick peas mixed with olive oil and spices. It was actually pretty good. Aunt Mary said it would provide protein. 18 That afternoon, we went shopping and stopped at a juice bar at the mall. We were brave and drank juices made out of mixed veggies sweetened with apple juice. 19 For supper, we went to a Japanese steak house, but ordered only stir fried vegetables. Aunt Mary let me order rice too. She said that it can be a challenge to only eat vegetables and fruit for an entire day. By this time though, I could see that there were more ways to work vegetables and fruit into my diet than I thought. 20 Before going to bed, I thanked Aunt Mary and went to bed thinking that instead of weird and different, she's creative and special.
a story i got from the web...really RANDOM
w a t e r m o o l e n · Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 03:49pm · 0 Comments |
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