And so it began.
Monday we were directed to begin our quest that we proposed to our English Professor. I don't know exactly how prepared I really was. I mean come on, is this a little outrageous or what? Every day, I can only eat foods from a certain letter of the alphabet. I started to doubt myself right from the beginning, which clearly is NOT a good sign, but I swallowed my pride and said that I can do this. I need to make this drastic change in my life so that I can be a better person as a whole and say that I actually did it.
After I checked my Blackboard Monday, I decided I would start my journey Tuesday morning. Monday night I endulged in all of my favorites. My husband and I went out to eat at Old Chicago and I had my favorite meal, chicken alfredo. Deelish! :) When I went to bed Monday night, I thought to myself, "This is exciting Manda! Embrace the opportunity to go on a quest. Have fun with it!"
I woke up Tuesday morning and had this anxious feeling inside. You know, that feeling when you know something big is happening that day. I went to the hat in my kitchen that I put a piece of paper of each letter of the alphabet in, and took a leap of fate. Verdict was, "B." "Okay," I thought to myself, "this is do-able. Maybe it won't be so bad afterall."
So my journey began with the letter B on Tuesday morning. I fixed Biscuits and gravy with Bacon. Simple enough, right? Well, that's not my purpose of this quest. The point is that I need to try things that I don't normally eat, but still maintain within my letter boundaries. So I told myself that I would fix something out of the normal for supper! Lunch came by and I fixed bowtie noodles, broccoli and cheese, and had a slice of bunt cake. Yummy! After lunch, I threw together a banana nut bread to bake in the oven, and continued with my research to see what I could come up with for dinner time.
I'll be honest folks, I didn't get to fancy with my research! I hopped on Google and typed in foods that start with the letter B. Needless to say, I came up with a lot of good items that I haven't ever tried, or rarely eat. After writing down what I thought would be a good dinner, I headed off to the grocery store. What was on the menu, you might ask? Bologna, Baked Potato, Butternut squash (which I've never tried), and a baby spinach salad (I've tried spinach ONCE in my life, and oh my, I was disgusted at the time.)
6 o'clock rolled around and the house was starting to get that lovely smell. Food is almost done, I thought to myself. I set the table and prepared the plates. Bologna and baked potato with butter, no problem at all. Then it was time to open thy heart and taste buds to the new grub. Butternut squash, I'm sorry but you will not be entering my mouth again. It's nothing against you, but I personally think you would be better off in someone elses mouth. :) As far as the fresh baby spinach, wonderful! I definitely enjoyed that! To top off an amazing day, I ended it with a slice of birthday cake! MMM. Come on, It was my son's birthday yesterday! I couldn't resist....
Now we are half-way into Wednesday and the letter for today was O. This morning I started off with Oatmeal and an orange. Absolutely fantastic. For lunch I hit up the local chinese joint for some orange chicken. This was fun because I usually always get Sesame chicken there. I must say that the genuine taste of orange was strong, and almost a little overwhelming but good. I still need to figure out what I want to cook for supper, and it must be something new to try. I will update you tomorrow on the evenings events and what letter is drawn tomorrow! yippee.
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