I used to eat raw veggie salads and microgreens quite a bit. The leafy greens and vegetables are a good source of natural fiber and contain beneficial plant chemicals which help to reduce bad cholesterol, control blood sugar and fight diseases. I only buy organic or pesticide-free veggies, especially if they are to be eaten raw.
Throughout the lockdown since last year, I’ve stopped eating salads. Our lives were changed overnight. Routines changed. Suddenly the girls needn’t have to go to school anymore and it’s been more than a year that the girls haven’t gone to school except for a short few months last year and two weeks this year. My healthy eating habits went out of the window as I tried hard to adapt to being cooped up at home 24/7 with 3 kids and a mil without any helper. Fortunately hubs is in the essential service and can still work at his central kitchen. That’s one less person to be cooped up with 24/7 in our apartment.
Maria, our most trusted part-time helper has to stop coming into our home once more as we don’t know whom she mingles with the moment she leaves our home. But cooking and chores have to continue without her. I was sick to my head of having to clean up and wash up with a house full of occupants cooking, snacking and eating throughout the day. The house is dusty and dirty all the time. Sometimes I wonder if they are thrash and dirt generators! And everyone seems to be resistant to dust and dirt except me. I was and still am like a human robot cleaner. I CAN’T WAIT FOR MARIA TO COME BACK! But this is only possible when the number of Covid cases start to go down and when we are fully vaccinated including Maria. I’m glad that Maria will get her first dose of vaccine tomorrow.
Suddenly I just didn’t bother about home-cooked food anymore. I ate food from hubby’s shop almost daily though they are mostly spicy and fried dishes. I also ordered food delivery to our home 2-3 times a week. Each time the food arrived, all of us would get excited. After enjoying the meals, there’s not much to wash or cleanup. Such blissful and stress-free meals! I needed this sanity so much.
Throughout our time sheltering at home, I also snacked on chips with the girls but have to stash away some sinful snacks in Alycia’s room. I didn’t want Cass to see these snacks. She can lose herself and binge on them. Because of her health issues, I try to keep junk food away from her. And partly because of her, I’ve started to eat healthy again. I’ve recently started to eat raw vegetables again. I don’t completely stop buying snacks but I stock up the kitchen with more healthy foods and snacks. Instead of ice-cream, I buy yoghurt. Instead of chips, I buy nuts. I stock up the refrigerator with lots of fruits as Cass loves fruits. Cass also loves the roast almonds and mixed nuts from Signature Market and I keep replenishing them so that she gets to snack on healthy foods. My love for raw salads and microgreens have rubbed off on the girls too. They now eat these raw microgreens and salads with me several times a week, when in the past they’d not even try. Which kid likes raw alfalfa and radish sprouts, eh?
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