Mandarin, anyone?

Ok. This one is long overdue, as are many that I have done but not posted.

Jennifer had a birthday party (happy birthday, Jennifer) while I was in Edmonton. Jennifer throws a nice party. Lots of good food and always superb company. Company included some friends I hadn’t seen in a while (hello, Aidan, Jen, and Paul!) and mandarins (among other food).

Jennifer and I decided that tonight was my night to eat fruit. So I ate oranges. But they were mini madarins… so i figured that I had to eat about 3 minis for every one standard, with the goal of meeting my 4-5 fruit protion for the day.

Many mandarins makes me maximized. (i was very full).

Too bad I had a family dinner right after that – which I forgot about in the hype of the oranges (and my oh-so-hungry tummy that couldn’t get enough of Jennifer’s left over coconut rice before the party began…)

Heather

I Ate Eight Oranges

That’s a lie.  I only ate five.

But I couldn’t resist that ate-eight combo.

Canada’s Food Guide says 7-8 servings of fruits and vegetables per day; the U.S. Food Pyramid is more specific at 2 cups of fruit for each 24 hour period.

1 Mandarin Orange = 1/2 a cup

So look at that; I even went over.

And yes, I know that you’re supposed to eat across the rainbow for fruits and vegetables – tomatoes and strawberries, carrots and oranges, squash and bananas, spinach and grapes, eggplant and blueberries, etc.  But this was more fun and I was seriously going to go for eight.  The whole open mouth wound thing (see There’s Blood In My Mouth) unfortunately put an end to my citrus adventures.

Hurrah for fruit!

Jennifer

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