Dinner

We just returned from a quick trip to the back country of New Mexico. We were at the mercy of restaurants - and in a place where fresh food is hard to come by. I packed lots of travel food, green smoothies to go, homemade granola, bags of veggies, containers of sliced fruit, nuts, and those new Trio granola bars at Costco (kinda sugary - but I didn't want to loose control and eat a pile of ribs). So, we were doing fine, but last night we went to the town's only restaurant and the salad bar was nothin'.

 This is where we ate dinner. Yes. I rode the horse. JK.

I ordered a burrito, hold the meat, hold the cheese, hold the sour cream. What I got was a tortilla filled with beans (kinda greasy - but warm) and rice topped with iceburg lettuce. It was fine. I did have quite a few of Hannah's sweet potato fries. Tasty. But I felt heavy and tired after dinner. Usually I feel light and healthy after I eat.

Tonight we are home again. There isn't much fresh stuff - time to go shopping. I rummaged around the fridge and made this for dinner.

• Spaghetti squash (slice in half, cover each half with plastic wrap, put 1/4 cup water in a bowl and microwave for 12-15 minutes until done. separate squash from rind with a fork)
• Spaghetti sauce (classical brand with extra mushrooms and zucchini added)
• Hummus and toasted whole wheat pitas (I added roasted red peppers to the hummus this time - good)
• Grapes

While in NM Roland and I went on a 3 mile hike. I realized half way through the hike that there was no way I would have even attempted that pre-breakfast hike 3 months ago and today I was disappointed that it wasn't a longer hike. Cool.

We are going again in July and I already placed an order for a difficult 6 mile hike to the Tooth of Time.

The Tooth of Time!