Smoothie Absolution

Rode bikes with a friend from the restaurant out to Coney, indulged in the Cyclone and a hot dog (in that order), then popped out to Breezy Point for a dip in the ocean. It is hot out.

Started the day with a healthful fruit smoothie, and quelled my post-ride hunger with a large homemade salad before going out to a restaurant. Feel good.

BREAKFAST: 9:45am, smoothie, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Filled the blender with: banana, blueberries, cherries, red grapes, half a kiwi, quarter of a mango, a heaping spoonful of the good yogurt, enough good milk to cover the blades, 5 ice cubes, a tablespoon of vanilla sugar and a pinch of sea salt. (I need to get a spice grinder, so I can add flax.)

I usually go heavier on the dairy, sugar and salt, but after the HVS's consternation yesterday, wanted to go a little lighter to....be more righteous or something. And survey says: excellent. The sweet and the tart worked in tandem, thick in a satisfying way. This thing is easily 2/3 fresh fruit, probably hard to make affordable in a restaurant setting.

LUNCH: 12:30pm, hot dog with kraut and onion, half a small fries, large lemonade, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Odd, I used to think 2 hot dogs was a meal, and less than that was somehow less than satisfactory. Out on a hot day at Coney Island, on the bike, ONE was a bit too much.

DINNER PT 1: 5pm, large green salad with olive oil and vinegar, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER PT 2: Shrimp in a tomato vinegar sauce, rice, chips and guac, ginger mojito, water, chocolate hazelnut gelato, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
B, E & I took a walk to the hipper part of the neighborhood and ate at Barrio Chino, then around the corner to Il Labratorio for gelato. My shrimp dish was way out of balance, so vinegary I thought it might have been pickled. When you taste something and you immediately ask yourself, "Does this supposed to taste like this?", it means it's either really good or really...not.