It’s sad but true.
When my fridge becomes devoid of any green vegetable, I panic. Slightly.
Remember how I was gloating about the fact that my dinner last night had 4 kinds of vegetables in it?
Well, this smart guy over here used up pretty much all of the veggies left in her fridge for that. Now I’m left with a half a bag of carrots, some onions and a potato.
That frightening reality meant that I had to fly over to my local {overpriced} grocery store on my lunch break today and panickyly (not a word, I know, just go with it) threw together a huge salad with a lot of green in it and also picked up a big ass bunch of kale and a zucchini and stored them in my break room fridge for the rest of the afternoon.
They’re stuffed in that plastic bag. It’s not a big fridge.
After that, my blood pressure slowly went back down.
I’m guessing that I found myself in this state today because of my mother’s insistence through all of my formative years that “without green vegetables, one’s body and soul (yes, soul) will shrivel into a sad, seepy mess which no one will ever love and children will fear”.
Scare tactics work.
Mom, you teached me good.
You know what I’m going to do to my someday-could-be children of my future?
I’m going to tell them every day that, “if you don’t eat all your mac ‘n cheese, your body and soul (yes, soul) will turn into a sad, seepy mess that no one will love and children will fear”.
My kids are gonna turn out a lot cooler than me.
Scare tactics totally work. My dad used them on me, and I in turn used them on my trainees at my old job. Of course, I was soon banned from training anyone else. But let me tell you, the few I had, they turned out the best. 🙂
My parents never made me eat veggies and I rebelled. Not until college, but yeah.
You’re such a bad ass.
I laughed because I have to put up post-its that look very similar when I go grocery shopping over lunch as well.
Because I don’t know how many times I’ve accidentally left something overnight. Or for multiple days… oops.
You and me both. Post-it’s save me.
Post-its are my jam.
And I have 6-12 bags of frozen veggies on hand at all times in case something like this near disaster should happen. Not as tasty as fresh veggies but then a little garlic and salt & pep never hurt nobody.
I didn’t even think about frozen veggies! I have some peas…but they’re for emergency use only. Truth be told, I’m not the biggest fan of peas on their own.
Haha, I definitely feel better with green veggies in my life. I finally got back into the green monster groove this morning. such a lovely way to start the day.
I panic too! I only have some spinach and a zucchini in there right now.
I hate that feeling too!! I always panic a bit. 🙂
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hahaha, again. i like your style. and i can’t wait to come to chicago and hang again.
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