Please Hold the Tomatoes

From my youth, I have always despised fresh tomatoes. I would never eat them or entertain the thought of them. Occasionally, I would allow some ketchup on a hot dog or perhaps dip my fries in some. I loved pizza, spaghetti, lasagna and the like with tomato sauce, but that was "different."

For the last few years, I've slowly surrendered ground to tomatoes -- I've become a huge fan of salsas, and I don't mind fresh tomatoes finely chopped in moderation on my tacos. Occasionally, I will even allow a little tomato on a sandwich.

Today I did something I thought I'd never do. I ate a BLT. Yep... a real bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich; although, the bacon was turkey bacon. I used to enjoy BLs... but I despised tomatoes.

I can't say I love tomatoes now, but this step has taken me to a whole new level -- oh yeah, check out what I had for dinner....

Breakfast:
Smoothie (I love smoothies.)
Blueberries 1/2 C 88
Banana 1/2 55
Vanilla yogurt 1 T 25
Young coconut oil 1 T 117
Lemon 1/2 30
Spirulina 1t 7
Stevia 1 packet 0
Water 1 1/2 C

Water 2 C

Lunch:
BLT
Whole wheat bread 2 slices 130
Turkey bacon 2 slices 50
Tomato 1 slice 10
Spinach 10 leaves 20
Mayo (Kraft olive oil based) 2 T 90

Blueberries 1/2 C 88

Snack:
Doritos (taco flavored) 1 serving 150
Ritz 2 crackers 32
Jif peanut butter 1 t 32

Dinner:
Tortizza
Whole wheat tortilla 1 large 121
Tomato sauce 3 T 24
Canadian bacon 2 slices 89
Red pepper handful chopped 7
Zucchini 10 slices 20
Mozzarella 1/2 C 320
Basil 1 t 0
Tomatoes smidgen chopped 5
Chives dash chopped 0
Ground black pepper 0
Ground red pepper 0


Snack:
Yoplait Yoplus Yogurt, Blackberry/Pomegranate 110

TOTAL: 1606

So, I was a few over today. Ouch. Well, not bad, I don't think.

Anyway, the tortizza was awesome. Wife's idea. We each made our own along with the kids. They had a blast making them. I'll try to add a picture later. Oh, and notice -- I had fresh tomato -- warmed in the oven -- on the pizza too. The wife picked a big, juicy one up at the farmers' market today, along with some other good veggies.

I did work out this morning and supposedly burned 214 calories. It was a good workout, and I look forward to tomorrow.

Later.
Fr. B+