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Carla_wfpb
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Hey all, turns out meat is actually super healthy for you and I cannot find enough protein from plants *sad face*. Going back to SAD.
Happy April Fools everyone
Not batching today. We have a yummy bean chili for the start of the week and I'm going to make a cashew based ranch dressing and chomp through more salad this week!
Happy April Fools everyone
Not batching today. We have a yummy bean chili for the start of the week and I'm going to make a cashew based ranch dressing and chomp through more salad this week!
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LOL Carla... good April Fool's joke. Happy salad chomping.
Another busy day and I need to get up to my desk and get some more work done before I turn in. I think I'm going to have to get over my aversion to morning workouts because I never know how long I'm going to be in the office and I am tired and hungry when I get home late. I'll give it a try in the morning.
Today was good...
B - oats with the usual additions
L - lara bar and an apple
D - big ol' salad (red and green leaf, beet, carrot, radish, celery, tomato, sunflower seeds, chickpeas, braggs & spicy brown mustard, some spices)
This may be my menu for the whole week. Not going to have much time to think about any other cooking.
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Hehehe! @Carla_wfpb , too funny!
@Mihani , I need to do more in the mornings, too. I am not doing a morning workout today, though, as I am already behind on the day. I think what I will do is a morning meditation session, then get back to it.
Yesterday was good:
B - spinach/blueberry/cauli/flax smoothie
L - pinto beans and steamed spinach, pickled raw onions (so addicted to those - thank you!), juice (beet. carrot, cabbage, ginger, lemon)
S - walnuts and apple slices
D - huge salad with almond butter/cashew milk/nooch dressing
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Morning all...my weekend...enjoying a cuppa right now. I ordered ETL paperback and it just arrived the ... I did order two cookbooks, kindle edition. So, I am slowly getting into this.
Today
black coffee
1/2 c dry GF oatmeal ...1T flaxseed, banana, berries, soy milk
cuties
HUGE Massaged Kale salad with red onion, avocado, red bell pepper strips, 1 oz sunflower seeds, 2T raisins, Nutritional yeast, juice of one whole lemon
Veggie soup with rice ramen
Banana choc ice cream
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Yesterday, Cheri, from The Watering Mouth, interviewed a very devoted ETL follower. In fact she is featured in the book...Emily, page 208. The more I watch some of these YouTubes about ETL...the more excited and ONBOARD I am. The slowest changeover for me will be giving up snacks. HOWEVER, do you all do it?
Anyway, here is the interview. Emily actually has a book coming out April 16 (just an FYI) Have a great April 2nd everyone!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffQnbZtsowk&t=153s 0 -
HI all,
Magic thanks for sharing the videos. I will have a chance to watch them tonight, since my husband is out of town.
Just made this recipe for the first time. Haven't had a quesadilla in a long time but now will add to my rotation. Instead of cheese I used tahinni dressing that I had on hand instead. Also, could you make a nut cheese.
Black Bean and Sweet Potato Quesadillas
Serves: 4
Category: Burgers, Pizza, Wraps and Chips
Author: www.DrFuhrman.com
Tags: Kid-Friendly
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Looking for something healthful to serve to friends and family? These quesadillas are a real crowd pleaser and they’re also easy to make!
INGREDIENTS:
1 sweet potato, shredded ( i just pulsed in food processor)
2 carrots, shredded
1 small onion, diced
1 1/2 cups cooked black beans, or 1 (15 ounce) cans, no-salt-added or low sodium, drained
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 bunch kale or other greens, tough stems removed, chopped
8 (100% whole grain) large flour tortillas
1/4 cup shredded non-dairy cheese (omit or use fuhrman approved cheese substitute)
1 cup low sodium salsa
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat 2 tablespoons water in a skillet and water saute the sweet potato, carrots and onion together for 5 minutes. Add the black beans and the spices, cover and simmer over low heat for another 5 minutes, then add in the kale and simmer another 10 minutes or until greens are wilted and tender.
Divide the veggie mixture evenly onto four tortillas. Sprinkle with grated non-dairy cheese and top with the remaining four tortillas.
Place on a baking pan and bake for 20 minutes. Cut each quesadilla into 6 wedges and serve with salsa.
Calories 330; Protein 15 g; Carbohydrates 55 g; Sugars 6 g; Total Fat 6.6 g; Saturated Fat 1.2 g; Cholesterol 0 mg; Sodium 302 mg; Fiber 12.8 g; Beta-Carotene 4876 ug; Vitamin C 21 mg; Calcium 176 mg; Iron 4.6 mg; Folate 83 ug; Magnesium 54 mg; Potassium 504 mg; Zinc 1 mg; Selenium 3 ug1 -
That recipe sounds good Terri. I haven't yet found a a compliant "cheese" sauce that I love, but I keep experimenting. Which reminds me, I still haven't found a low sodium salsa that I really like either. Any recommendations?
Magic, what cookbooks did you get?
Austin, those onions, I know! Now if I don't have any I feel like my salad is really lacking.
Good ETL day...
B/L - oats with the usual additions
S - lara bar
D - big ol' salad, sprouted grain sammich of sliced cucumber and radish with spicy mustard, a handful of raisins and a few walnuts
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Doing well with ETL this week despite a lot of stress at work. I haven't been 6 week plan strict but I have avoided the pretzels and crackers that often tempt me when I'm tired and stressed at the office. The few times I decided I really wanted a snack I had a brown rice cake with a little sunflower seed butter and/or fruit. Other than that lots of GBOMBS.
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Great work, @Mihani !
This cheese sauce is on my list of recipes to try. If you have not already tried it, it might be worth a shot:
https://hellonutritarian.com/nutritarian-cashew-cheese-sauce/
Since we mentioned the pickled onions, I will also mention that I am loving Mexican Restaurant Pickled Carrots. Same idea as the onions, but you cook the carrots just a little, to make them more tender. The onions, Mexican oregano, bay leaves and peppercorn give them a great flavor.
I am still being 6 week plan strict, but upping the intake a bit. I hit my original goal. I still want to lose some body fat, but also want to build muscle.
@magic71755 , how are you doing this weekend? I enjoy videos, too. James Clear is a favorite of mine. He's interested in building habits, which I find a useful complementary topic. Here's one of his you can try if you like - How to Get 1% Better Every Day.
@tdh1991 - I am going to try your quesadilla recipe out on my teenager!
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Hi Austin, I bookmarked that recipe for the pickled carrots before but haven't had a chance to give it a try yet. It sounds great. I have made the Hello Nutritarian cheese sauce. It's okay but much thinner than I thought it would be. I was thinking about adding a bit of arrowroot powder to it next time. I actually bought her Power Prep plan a couple years ago and got the more recent version free because I had the old version, but I've never tried doing the whole week prep yet since I'm mostly working 7 days a week these days. I've tried a few of the recipes though, that's where I got the pickled onions idea.
I am heading back to the office again today. Sigh. But I did make it to the grocery yesterday and will do some cooking and prepping tonight. Salad bar, OSG French lentil stew, cabbage and kale casserole, roasted broccoli and asparagus, sauteed green beans and peppers, a couple salad dressings/sauces. I'm going to try pickling some red cabbage this week in addition to the usual onion.
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That recipe sounds good Terri. I haven't yet found a a compliant "cheese" sauce that I love, but I keep experimenting. Which reminds me, I still haven't found a low sodium salsa that I really like either. Any recommendations?
Magic, what cookbooks did you get?
Austin, those onions, I know! Now if I don't have any I feel like my salad is really lacking.
Good ETL day...
B/L - oats with the usual additions
S - lara bar
D - big ol' salad, sprouted grain sammich of sliced cucumber and radish with spicy mustard, a handful of raisins and a few walnuts
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you...I did get the paperback ETL...and then I got a few books in Kindle:
ETL Quick and Easy Cookbook
ETL Cookbook
Nutritarian Handbook
I should look at them...so much easier to have a book in your hand. But I thought I would save money and this way I would always have the books along with me if I were at the store. Six of one, half dozen of the other, I guess.
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Noticing Wanting Doing and Liking...already have this guy on and am listening to him, Ausin.
James Clear. I love this kind of stuff...BIG THANKS!
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magic71755 wrote: »Noticing Wanting Doing and Liking...already have this guy on and am listening to him, Ausin.
James Clear. I love this kind of stuff...BIG THANKS!
Hey, Magic, I have all 3 of the books you bought on Kindle! The Handbook is helpful. The Quick & Easy Cookbook has been the most helpful of the two cookbooks, for me. I'd be delighted to talk more about habit building if you are interested! I am reading his book, Atomic Habits, now.
Mihani, pickling red cabbage sounds like a great idea. Do you leave it completely raw? Or cook it just a bit? Since raw cruciferous is so useful, I may try a small far of raw, just to see how that goes.
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I am trying the cabbage raw Austin... just getting to making that tonight actually. I also want to try it with radishes.
Magic, I like the Q&E cookbook better than the first one too.
I admit I'm struggling a bit the past week. Had a handful of pretzels at work today, but other than that has been a good ETL day and I got the GBOMBS. The next week is going to continue to be crazy with work and then maybe I can take a weekend off after the 15th. Won't that be nice!
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Today went like this...
massaged kale salad
oatmeal, flaxseed meal, berries, banana, soy milk
a few bites of The Whole Food Plant Based Cooking Show Mock Tuna...made a fresh batch. It does not taste like tuna to me. It tastes like potato salad. Recipe: https://plantbasedcookingshow.com/2019/03/31/mock-tuna-salad/
dinner left over bean veggie soup with some quinoa pasta...(I threw the package away...it was a big bag from Costco...organic quinoa and something else)
banana choco frozen nice cream.
Let me get into Atomic Habits Austin. I did find that setting my kitchen up to make it fit the goals I am trying to achieve with WFPB/ETL way of life was something I was doing...he speaks of that action as well. I am watching his youtubes ...and listening to interviews. I love this guy. James Clear.
Later, gang. Dinner is boiling over. YIKES!1 -
Hi gang!
I am having a good ETL day.
B - smoothie (spinach, blueberry, flax seed, coffee)
L - steamed greens and chickpeas/garbanzo beans, with nooch, pickled red onion, chopped roma tomato; fresh juice (beet, carrot, red cabbage, zucchini, ginger, lime)
D - big salad, steamed mushrooms, cauli-spinach mash
Side note: I can't remember if I have recommended this Penne Pasta Florentine. My son and husband both enjoy it.0 -
Austin, I ordered the book...will be here Friday...been watching lots of his YouTubes. Very impressed...all makes sense.1
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Hello! Still a lot of pressure going on with work and putting in crazy long hours. I will be in the office all weekend but next weekend I am going to try to stay away from there.
I've heard of the Atomic Habits thing. Haven't looked into it though.
Past couple days have been salads, oatmeal, and pretzels and rice cakes. I'll get it together this weekend and going to start back to 6 week plan strict.
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When you start the six week plan, Mihani, could you let me know, and tell me what that all involves. Thanks!
Back to work today
oatmeal with the usual stuff
massaged kale salad
veggie bean soup with rice noodles
Joe's Mean Green freshly made juice
from the Whole Food Plant Based Cooking Show, Mock Tuna Salad
that is a 13 hour day. When I come home...play iwth Lulu and then to bed...no more eating.
I keep losing and gaining the same two pounds...and I have 15 to lose. Sheesh!0 -
Hi Magic, I'm going to start back to 6 week plan strict today. I think you mentioned you just got Dr. F's book so you'll learn more when you read that, but the basics of the 6 week plan are outlined in the announcements in this group and Terri posted a helpful list from the Nutritarian Handbook as well. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10014693/nutritarian-guidelines#latest
I'm heading to the office. Fun never ends!
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Thank you Mihani!
You must be an accountant? With the deadline? And you working so much right now? Yes?
I am putting my lunch together ... out of greens...but did make a big batch of Joe's Mean Green...I will have to figure something out for me...I still love juicing and I know that is not part of ETL program. Anyway, I am still WFPB...trying very hard to be SOS ... for sure no added sugar...easy to NOT cook with oil...a bit of salt always seems to pop into something...but I do not add it.
I am the only one I know who eats like this...it gets lonely, actually. Professional Day is April 24...it is my weekend, but I am going to join the ladies. It will be hard finding something ...I forgot the name of the restaurant already...but will get it for you all before hand...I do think I will be able to have veggies and rice...it is an Asian restaurant ...but everything was fried when I looked yesterday...I am sure they can steam some veggies for me.
The 17th I have a baby shower to go to...that is going to be very difficult. These ladies cook everything I cannot eat. I am hoping there will be at least a fresh salad and fruit salad.
You know...watch any commercial ...of course it has been this way for a long while, but food is so insane...it is not even food anymore...bigger fatter burgers with more and more crap piled so high. Everyone is so fat...I mean, no one cares. Corporations really have created a Pleasure Trap...but somewhere down the line people need to take responsibility. (Markets carry very little real food...it's all processed junk.)
I am 70, I love life...I love feeling happy every morning...my knees are feeling so much better...I still have to watch that I do not over do...no sports anymore but, man, adding turmeric to my life has made a huge difference. I can play with Lulu out in the backyard...well, it is just a big grassy area...no fence...(condo)...but I can stand and have her on a 50 food leash and let her run and enjoy outside...and I can STAND the whole time. That is because of how I feul my body.
Thanks for including me into this group. Thanks for listening. Have a great day everyone.
Hugs all around.
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Hi Magic, would you be able to bring a dish you can enjoy to the baby shower? I have found a lot of times when I take a dish to something it doesn't get eaten up because everyone is eating the "fun" food, but a big bowl of fresh fruit always goes over well. It is still a struggle for me, even though I honestly enjoy my healthful food more, it's so easy to grab junky vegan food these days. I'm so glad to hear that you are feeling so healthy and happy! I'm not an accountant, but work in a law office and we have a lot of tax matters to address and coordinate with our CPA on our cases. It never really gets better from the standpoint of being busy, but we are looking at hiring someone soon. I sure hope we do.
I got Dr. Ornish's preventing heart disease book on kindle yesterday. I have only got through a couple chapters so far but I like it. He has a newer book that I may check out after this one. I think I'm just looking to immerse myself in the whys and hows right now because I am struggling to stay on track. However, I just hired a friend to prep my salad veggies for me every week. She will shop/clean/chop and I'll be all set for the week. I think this is going to be a huge help, and probably save me money in the long run since no more buying groceries then letting them rot.
Bottom line is, I still need to take off about 30 pounds and cope with stress better, and I have to make things happen to help me get there. I am pretty much resigned that I can't possibly do it all myself, at least until my work life gets less overwhelming, and good intentions don't seem to be working too well!
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The bringing something to this shower will not work...I will go into later.
But I am so excited for you that you are enlisting help to get you on track. I think that is so key...knowing you cannot do it all yourself and asking for help. Good for you. Please let us know how that works. Wow, I am so impressed that you decided to go this route.
I work Friday - Monday. Today is only 8 hours. I brought:
Two 16 ounce Joe's Mean Green Juice
baked potato eaten cold, chopped with pico de gallo
The Whole Food Cooking Show mock tuna salad
oh and breakfast: oatmeal with the usual flax, banana, berries, soy milk
Tonight when I get home:
A BIG SALAD
Dessert: frozen banana, unsweetened cocoa, soy milk in the vitmix
Have a great day. I stopped at the post office and sent the government all my savings. So glad I socked a bunch away...taxes went way up this year. Sheesh!
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Hi gals,
My blood sugar results came back too high, so I have to buckle down and not only eat completely on point, but I also have to start exercising. Apparently gardening and playing with Ruby are just not enough. I bought myself a glucose monitor so that I have to face the facts. Just knowing I have to take and record the number is enough to make me do better.
Magic, I am very lucky that my husband is also WFPB, or at least we both try to be. No one else that we know eats this way, and my dad and brother are 4th and 5th generation meat cutters / deli owners so there isn't a ton of support there! I love this group! I love hearing that you are feeling such a difference with eating this way!
I am going to look up Atomic Habits right now. Sounds interesting. The other thing I was thinking about doing was a FLY lady system of daily, weekly and monthly chores. She puts everything on index cards and then files them in a container, moving them as they are complete to the back of the rotation.
The Penne Florentine looks good! I love a dish that you can pop in the oven and then have leftovers to heat up. Thanks for the recipe, Austin!
Breakfast/Lunch: 1 cup coffee, black. smoothie with 1 cup almond milk, 1 cup frozen blueberries, 1 cup packed spinach, 1 Tbsp flax seeds, 1 Tbsp Amla
Dinner: taco salad w/ guacamole, salsa, greens, soy crumbles, & a Greek salad minus the feta.
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Hey @magic71755 - How great that you are seeing such wonderful results!
If you have weight to lose, Dr. Fuhrman's guidelines are well worth trying. I have lost a *lot* of weight in the last 15 months, much of it on Dr. F's aggressive weight loss plan. Just making sure that I eat two pounds of vegetables a day (1 lb raw, 1 lb cooked) made a huge difference.
Dr. Fuhrman is not totally against juicing (see this video). I make a vegetable juice for myself once or twice a week, including cruciferous veggies. I have a green smoothie more often.
As far as lonely -- I get that. I am very glad to be in this group as well.
Hugs back at you!
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Carla, sorry to hear your blood sugar is still running high. The monitor sounds like a good idea. I remember trying some of the fly lady ideas some years ago. I should revisit because my house is a disaster right now!
Magic, sounds like a good ETL kind of day. As Austin said, if you still have some weight to lose you might just need to tighten things up and reduce the starches to no more than 1 cup per day for a while. Starches are my biggest temptation and the easiest for me to overeat.
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@Mihani - How great that you have hired a friend to help with food prep! It sounds like a great way to move things in the right direction for you!
I, too, have found it helpful to immerse myself in books/articles/videos on why I am eating this way, as well as habit building for the "how." It helps surround me with the conversation I want, even if many people around me are not doing this, as does this group conversation!
On the topic of stress, do you do any meditation? I took on at least some meditation every day. I have started doing a little while lying down in the morning when I wake up and in the evening, before I fall asleep. Even 5 minutes helps me, and I can do it in my office chair (maybe check out this or this?). Anyway, know that we are wishing you relief from stress!
@Carla_wfpb - I am SO sorry to hear your blood sugar is running high. The glucose monitor sounds smart -- immediate feedback on how you are doing, and when you need to take action.
For what it's worth, I also am weighing and logging my food, as portion control does seem to matter for me and recording what I eat and watching patterns has been super helpful. For example, that log helped me figure out that bananas don't work for me (too high a glycemic index? just 3 helpings of 1-2 ounces in a week slowed down my weight loss by about half; I tried this a couple of times to confirm).
I, too, have found FlyLady helpful! If index cards work for you, great! If you'd like an online way to track things, Habitica works for me. I also use it to check off my G-BOMBS and other ETL (DR F Aggressive Weight Loss plan) food choices each day. I also have some FlyLady-related Daily and Weekly items.1 -
Okay, I'm officially happy with this decision!!! I have more than enough for huge dinner salads all week long and all I have to do is put things in a bowl, add some beans, my pickled onions, and dressing or balsamic.
B - half a bottle of green juice (they were on sale and thought I'd give them a try... no junky stuff added)
L - leftover lentil stew (forgot to eat a fruit after)
D - big ol' salad, slice of sprouted grain bread, berries and grapes with chia seeds
Austin, I tried your idea of throwing a couple mushrooms in the microwave with water and they steamed up nicely, added them to my salad. Such an easy way to get in the 'shrooms! I do try to get some yoga and meditation in here and there, but I don't keep up the practice like I should. It is very helpful though. I should get back to doing it at least 10 or 15 minutes every night before bed.
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Oooooh...Thanks Austin for the tip.
I am looking at the Agressive Weight Loss Plan...this is my menu for today...may revise. But posting before I had looked at the plan. In the recipe from The Happy Pear, they use oil...I will omit...definitely cooking and preparing SOS.
Mihani, your menu looks great...that is pretty strict...I will try...but yowzers! Carla, the taco salad looks wonderful...think I will give it a try once I see how to fit it into my plan. Back later. THIS IS MY WEEKEND!
On The Menu: (Made before
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Oatmeal with frozen berries, banana, flax meal, homemade organic almond milk
Fresh pineapple
Big salad: TJs herb salad with chopped romaine, cannellini beans, cherry toms, celery, cukes, red onions, carrots, bell peppers, and orange tahini dressing
Cuties
One pot creamy mushroom pasta courtesy The Happy Pear (Recipes for Happiness)
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Oooh! I just joined the group and love this food diary style thread!!! I sort of intermittent fast, I suppose... not intentionally, it's just that if I eat my first meal a little later in the day, I find myself muuuuucccchhhh more satisfied. I'm an evening eater- so I'd rather feel good and full just before bed and be a tiny bit hungry in the morning while I drink water/coffee and get *kitten* done. Breakfast is around 11 am (work for home most days- so it's certainly a luxury I'm grateful for), Lunch around 4/5 pm, dinner around 8:30 pm.
Yesterday was:
B: Chocolate protein pancakes topped with PB Fit and homemade granola (oil free!)
Snack: Cutie, half cup pineapple, half cup grapes
L: half a Sweet Earth veggie lovers pizza with half a tofurkey italian sausage sliced up on top. Plus a load of roasted broccoli with nutritional yeast and lemon pepper on it
Chocolate protein shake
More Snacks: 3 rice cakes, 2 tbsp dessert hummus, 2 pieces of Seitan bacon
Training: 45 minutes of strength training, 2 hours recreational sand volleyball
Today:
B: Chocolate pancakes again (I eat them almost every day. They're just so damn good-- plus they have blueberries and bananas in them! Happy to share the recipe if anybody wants in on that!)
L: Probably a tofu scramble with seitan bacon, a little cashew cheese sauce, about 3 cups of spinach sauteed in, and a slice of sprouted bread.
Snack: going out with some friends and will have a delicious cocktail Likely a protein shake again... Will roast up some veggies, too. Probably pineapple and grapes, as well.
Training: planning to do about 45 minutes of strength training and 15 mins running intervals. Although I need to mow the lawn so it may just end up that mowing is my training for today-- depending on how much work I can get done and how much time I have!1 -
LOL. Didn't realize putting a D with a : would give a frownie emoji. LOL! I just meant to do like D- for dinner. HA!1
