Been Gone For a Minute

My friend, looking over my shoulder just now, reacted thusly to this photo: "Ewwww-wuh!"
She obviously cannot appreciate the finer things in life!

Almoco, pictured above, was especially delicious today. I passed on the hot option (unappealing meatloaf, white and brown rice, beans) and loaded up on salads instead: lettuce leaves with mango slices; shredded beets with green olive rounds, farmer's cheese, and tomato wedges; new potatoes with onions, parsley, and vinegar; leftover cold pasta with broccoli and chorizo; cauliflower with red peppers and kale (?). Squeezed half a lime over everything. Topped off with a glass of mango juice, a persimmon, and some chocolate pudding.

This, of course, followed cafe da manha, during which I consumed: a mango, several slices of honeydew melon, a cup of yogurt with granola and sliced banana, half a crusty roll with farmer's cheese and guava spread, and water.

At various points during the day I ate an apple or two and also a Kashi Chocolate Almond bar. After a long day in "the field" sampling soil and other abiotic conditions, I am eagerly awaiting dinner. T minus 45.

P.S. I guess that puddin' does look a little suspect....