By Norma Holland
Fitness is a journey and on that journey I’m discovering a few things about myself. Fact: I like to get freaky with my vegetables.
Now, before you go hootin’ and hollerin’ that I do bad things to my produce, read on. The truth is plain vegetables are boring. A plate of lettuce holds about as much interest to me as Michael Buble. It needs a little somethin’ somethin’ to catch my interest. Throw a little feta on it, toss in some dried cranberries and NOW you have my attention. This is why I think people who walk around munching on carrot sticks and pea pods are fakers. Produce posers! There’s no way in hell celery is going to make me salivate. Now, put some peanut butter on that mess and you’ve got one sexy stalk! Same goes for squash and zucchini. Slap a little finishing butter on a plate of those suckers and I will shout out, “Mmmm! Show me what you’re workin’ with!” Yes, sometimes veggies need to be in pasties and a thong (or for me, a uniform, lawd ha’ mercy!) before fickle eaters will take notice of them. That’s just the way it is….
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“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”
-Walt Whitman
