Salt and Seeds

I don't think I used to be affected by salt the way I am now. Possibly because I used to eat a lot more salt than I currently do and was more adjusted to it? There have been three instances in the past few months when I woke up with puffy face, eyes, full feeling, gross. And it didn't totally go away until I woke the next day.  Well, still unsure about the third time.

Instance #1 - Overindulging of salt at home. Homemade sushi rolls doused in soy sauce, miso soup, and gyoza's, doused in dumpling sauce. The next day I could hardly squint, though I was so puffy, I was almost squinting anyway.


Instance #2 - Red Lobster. I looked up my meal the next day online to see the sodium content, it was well over 2000mg. Disgusting.


Instance #3 - Last night - feta cheese. I ate a lot - maybe 2.5 servings with my eggs, and more while I was chopping it up and cooking.  The puffinss is not as severe as the first 2 times, but one of my gf's commented on it this morning - before I even realized.  I couldn't figure out why my face felt so tired and stiff.


Does anyone else have problems like this?  It's all so new to me.  Very frustrating - puffy from feta?  Is that even possible?


On to the eats:  Breakfast. Back to basics. :) Dorset cereal, blueberries and almond milk.  I wish I could thrill you all with the breakfasts I see other blogger eating  - beautiful fruity oats, oat breakfast cookies, mixed hot grain cereals...

The fruit salad has been tasting pretty good lately, so I made another batch last night.  Grapefruit, oranges, blueberries and kiwi.  I also dove into the other half of yesterdays Cliff bar.

Lunch is the exact same as yesterday - quinoa, red peppers, mushrooms, spinach, dressing (sesame oil, rice vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce) and also some celery and hummus.

Mid afternoon I was not hungry, but bored, so I had an apple.

Did some grocery shopping after work and went home.  Ate a bunch of raisins.

Then made a batch of Katie's Baby's.

Today I used dates, cashews, macadamia nut butter, few teaspoons of cocoa powder and forgot the vanilla, but didn't notice a difference, except maybe they were a bit crumbly.  The coconut I really like to add at the end.  I ate a bunch of them.  Tasty!  And better than any Larabar I've had.

Dinner was pasta.  I had about 40g ww noodles and the tiniest bit of white noodles you see peeking out.  I love white noodles, and last night had to have just a bit of what I made for the Shepherd.  The sauce is from a jar, and added is a can of tuna and a bunch of green olives.  I know it sounds crazy.  One visit to a friend in Europe her family made this, the Shepherd and I thought it was going to be a horrible dinner, turned out amazing.  It really is a good good combo!

Then topped with a big load of sauteed veggies and some parmesan cheese.

A great surprise came in the mail today!  My first 2 orders of seeds, a couple more to go.  The first package I opened was from Terra Edibles.  I love this company.  Small, heirloom veggies, rare seeds.  I met one of the owners at a Seeds of Diversity event last year, and told her how pleased I was that the Yellow Striped Roman tomato was on the cover of her catalogue.  I think she was pleased I knew what it was.  It IS one of my favorite looking tomatoes.  I don't order a lot of seeds from them, they are expensive, but a few that I can't find anywhere else are a MUST!  The second package was from OSC seeds, and upon opening it, I realized I ordered far too few seeds.  I'll be ordering more today.  Most of these seed packages are more than triple size what you would buy in a store, they just don't look like it here.  The brown envelopes contain a regular amount of seeds.  I buy my seeds mostly by weight.

A few weeks and it's time to seed.  Can't wait for market season, for summer and to get my hands dirty.  Bring it on!

Jess