Queen of Announcements

In a past life, which every now and then rears its ugly little head, I was the Queen of Announcements. These were announcements such as, "I had a salad for lunch!" or "Garlic is good for the heart so I put some into this spaghetti sauce!" Every announcement was, naturally, made as an exclamatory statement. They were, in reality, permission slips that I'd give myself.

Whenever I'd announce, for example, that I had a salad for lunch, I was letting everyone know that I now had a right to pig out for dinner, with an apology to pigs for using them in such a derogatory manner. The garlic in the sauce, which was generally one clove, made it OK, in my feeble mind, to consume an extra piece of dessert because my heart was protected by that smidgen of garlic.

Truth is, if eating a salad is an event rather than a daily habit, it's just not enough. And as for the garlic thing, I now consume 6 to 8 cloves of raw garlic every day. And, no, I don't have people backing off whenever I speak. The garlic cloves go through a press and are mixed into all sorts of tasty foods, one of which is my favorite raw beet salad, which shall appear as a recipe on this blog tomorrow.

Bottom line - good eating is best when it's a daily habit and not an event or a permission slip. I hope that I don't have to eat these words!