It's not Grandma's Chicken soup, but......

Today I found health advice down the aisle of Trader Joe's. I was doing some shopping when an older woman noticed I had put some frozen Chicken Won Ton Soup into my cart.  She asked me if I knew how much sodium was in that soup, and I told her I hadn't looked.  I got that "shame on you" look and then a helpful suggestion that I put it back and she would guide me on how to make a much healthier soup.

So, being the health conscious person that I am (no, not really, I just didn't want to hurt her feelings) I proceeded to follow her around the store.


I have to say after just having a bowl of "Linda's Soup" that it was quite good.



I thanked her in the store, and told her she should give health advice out. Perhaps, write a blog. She told me she doesn't use computers or email.  She likes to communicate the old fashion way.  She has a point. People have lost the ability to go up to strangers and give them recipes!!!!!

Anyway, here is the breakdown of my new soup. It has a total of 755 calories and 4100mg of sodium. It makes approximately 8 servings so that works out to about 95 calories and 513mg of sodium in each bowl. Not too bad considering the Chicken Won Ton soup I was going to eat had over 1000mg of sodium.  The cost to make the soup was $9.26 which works out to around $1.16 per serving.

So, since Linda doesn't communicate in the new "tech way" I thought I would write a blog about her.

I wonder what I will find the next time I visit Trader Joe's.  I always thought they had a nice friendly and caring environment. That was just proven more so today.

Here's to health and not being afraid to speak with strangers!

Sylvia

It's in the stars, or at least somewhere here on earth!

I just read an article in AOL that made me chuckle. It was all about how the stars (Astrology) can dictate what food choices we like, and therefore what restaurants we should visit. 


This could be even better than a Chinese fortune cookie!  I had no idea I was supposed to have a certain food personality! According to this article my Scorpio self  should like,  "restaurants that... Won't ask too many questions. Privacy is the byword for Scorpios; their greatest fear is being recognized, or, horror of horrors, eavesdropped upon. Not that they want to go someplace frumpy or cheap. A Scorpio loves to dress up. But the restaurant should be dark -- or even better, have private rooms. In terms of food, Scorpio is known for being the sign of steakhouses: lots of red meat and red wine without too much fuss."
Now I am all for raising a glass of red wine to this diagnosis! Plus, I do love a good piece of red meat! 


So where am I going to eat to fulfill my desires?  


I won't tell. I need my privacy. But, it will probably be in some dark secret corner of the world where all attention is turned on me (in my slinky, sexy, hardly-there dress!)


O.K. I made that part up. 


Anyway, I hope you align with whatever the stars hold for you!


Bon Appetit!

Sylvia