A family get-together prompted this thought while cleaning up after dinner. “For a sugar addict like myself, eating crumbs off used dessert plates is like a tobacco addict picking up cigarette butts from the ground and smoking them.”
Food Log
Lunch
Lentils, quinoa, grape tomatoes, cucumber, cashews
Dinner
Baby greens (red and green swiss chard, tat soi, arugula, spinach ), red pearl onions, black-eyed peas, cashews, banana
Tip: When cleaning up after a dinner party, don’t lick the dessert plates.
*Editor’s Note: “Oh, crumbs” is an expression of surprise or dismay (old-fashioned, British English, slang).
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