I went to the Fresh Market on my lunch break to get some fresh fruit. I always experience so many different sensations when I’m in that store. I feel partly Super Domestic because I’m shopping in a place that sells fresh herbs and has special carriers on the carts for the cut flowers. I feel partly Super Healthy because there are so many things marked “Organic” and “All Natural” which - you know - I really don’t give a flying crap about, but still - Super Healthy! I also feel a little bit Super Snobby because a lot of the clientele of that place have their noses up in the air and I feel like if I tell them I sometimes eat french fries from McDonald’s, they’d probably throw-up on my shoes. But mostly I feel Super Inspired because the produce is so pretty! Bright colors and perfect specimens. I want to photograph everything there right before I EAT IT ALL.
So, yeah. Fresh Market is all sorts of fun.
I ate my fresh fruit (6.4oz of mixed berries that were so good I may have drooled a little) and headed to run a few errands. After my errands I went to pick up a bowl of minestrone from Breugger’s to take back to the office to eat later for my “real” lunch. Bob says to eat small meals often to keep your blood sugar from dropping too low. And I do everything Bob says. So, I get settled in, back at work, and decide it’s time to break open the soup and have at it. And then I notice: Damn. NO SPOON.
I work in a small office so there is not really a kitchen area with utensils I can borrow. Nor are there any hidden stashes of disposable forks and spoons. I checked. So - how am I eating my soup? I’m drinking it. Like the bowl is a cup. And every time I go for a “sip” - I inevitably spill broth on myself and get food on my face. It’s totally hot and sexy. Normal people might of just put the soup aside and eat it later at home. With the help of a spoon. But normal people are not as DAMN HUNGRY as I am and I was going to find a way to eat it if I had to drive back to Breugger’s for a damn spoon.
So, yeah. Eating healthy is not as glamorous as I’d hoped. Anyone want a sip of some yummy minestrone?
Psst, wanna know a secret? Fresh Market’s coffee is made by the same folks who do Archer Farms coffee. They use different flavors though!
WTG on the new diet. I’m hoping you’ll inspire me!
Way to go on the diet! I did one similar once, where I thought I was being all healthy and was eating soups and such whenever I went out to eat. Then I realized that even Safeway’s “healthy” soups? Have like 40 grams of fat per serving. It was very discouraging. I wonder if that’s what made me like cooking more…. hehe. good luck!
I was drooling chicken tortilla soup all over the table yesterday at Bruegger’s and I had a spoon! I’m glad you like me despite my terrible table manners. At least I didn’t double dip anything.
Also, I want to make sweet, tender love to Fresh Market’s produce section. So, so pretty. One of their baggers, a touchingly enthusiastic elderly gentleman, told me that they only accept Grade 1 produce, whereas dumps like Wal-Mart accept everything down to Grades 4 or 5, more commonly known as rotten. Have you tried their sushi? It kicks Target sushi’s ass in taste and value for price. They even have brown rice sushi, which is healthier from a blood-sugar perspective.
I’m oh so super jealous! I drive by Fresh Market every so often, and want [so much!] to just stop in and see what they have. But, I’m far from Super Domestic. And the Super Snobby people? They scare me.
I’ve heard great things about it, though. I might just have to give it a try. Will you come and hold my hand [and keep the scary Super Snobby people away]?
OOH, how I miss Fresh Market. Living in the middle of nowehere? Provides me with NOTHING in the way of snobby or pretty or organic… **SIGH** Plenty of potatoes!
And I bet you were SUPER sexy eating your soup…
Breugger’s …. I miss Breugger’s !
I disagree - you’re completely normal, and normal people get hungry and would totally drink soup if need be. I’d eat it the same way if I had no spoon.
Also, I LOVE Breuggers. My husband and I go on Saturday mornings and eat our bagels, drink our coffee, and play cribbage for hours. I’m sure we annoy the workers there for hanging out for so long, but it’s awesome.
I love Fresh Market as well… I don’t shop there as often as I’d like, or we’d probably have to give up, say, our house. But anyway… about the whole spoon issue…. one of my last jobs, I swear, had no spoons or forks in the place. Ever… so, I had to go and buy plastic utensils to keep in my desk so I didn’t have to try to eat things with a knife or my fingers. To make matters worse, I had braces at the time, so I relied heavily on the form to eat most everything! Good luck on the diet… I’ve heard good things about his plan.
I love Bob. Love love love adore. And I believe every word he says.
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Zoot, just pretend you’re in Japan next time. It’s OK to drink soup like that there.
(Even if I did kind of drool on myself the first time….)
You crack me up.
Whatever! People are not looking down their noses at you when you shop at Fresh Market.
You can eat healthy and not have to cook these big, elaborate meals from scrach. Believe me, I KNOW.
“Organic” and “All Natural”…you SHOULD give a “flying crap” about that. So important!