Round 2, Day 7: The Day I Ate at a Restaurant (Dun Dun DUUUUNNNNNNN)

Today was good. So good that I'm a happy kind of exhausted right now and it's only 9pm. No shame in going to bed early, right?

I went to one of my favorite sushi restaurants for lunch today. Honestly, I was a little nervous. What if they didn't have things I could eat? What if the server didn't really know the ingredients of something I order and I went off-plan unknowingly again? What if the only things I can eat there suck really bad? Fortunately, I know this place pretty well. It was the perfect training-wheels opportunity to stay W30 compliant and still enjoy myself. I ordered sashimi and a salad without dressing. I wanted to come armed with coconut aminos (a healthier version of soy sauce), but I ran out of time and couldn't get to the store before meeting my friends at the restaurant. The experience was fine as far as the food goes. Having something to dip the fish in would have made a big difference (also having a different server would have made a big difference, but I digress...), but I was prepared (mostly). I looked at the menu ahead of time online and selected a few things I thought I could have. I think this was the first time I can remember going to a restaurant where the food was secondary in terms of priority. I really enjoyed the social interaction more than the eating. It was kind of awesome. It was also my first restaurant experience since starting the W30 and it was overall pretty successful. WIN. I can totally do this.

I finally got to cook again tonight. It was Heaven. It's so weird, but if I can get my 60 minutes of alone time in the kitchen cooking food, I feel like the rest of the evening goes by so much more smoothly. I get so crabby when I can't prepare dinner in a peaceful space. On tonight's dinner menu was stuffed bell peppers. Ohhhhhhhh, I was so doubtful as I looked over the recipe. For me, stuffed peppers usually contain meat, rice, and a whole lotta cheese. This recipe had neither of the latter. I just knew these were going to be sub-par.

NOPE. They were friggin' delicious. There hasn't been a single recipe I've tried out of this book that has been disappointing. Everything is so dang good. I didn't even miss that cheese.

What I ate:

Breakfast: Deconstructed Turkey and Spinach Omelet (meaning I screwed it up so it was more like REALLY overdone scrambled eggs with stuff in 'em.)

Lunch: Sashimi Combo Plate with Avocado Sesame Salad

Dinner: Stuffed Bell Peppers