Picky eater

 I am an extreme picky eater and often I find myself walking out of the caf after looking at the meal of the day. I would check out the menu before walking into the caf, but the second I see "impossible..." something I lose my appetite and don't want to eat what's on the menu. Ignorance is bliss. Sometimes my biggest issue with the meals at the school isn't the flavor, I can fix tat with some salt and pepper if necessary, but the amount of oil used to cook it. It seems like almost every meal has something that has been deep fried, or the pasta served is so greasy it slips everywhere. Yes, the food here is supposed to be healthy and that is the reason why it is vegetarian... but shouldn't they care about the cholesterol levels in my body after having their meals?!!

Maybe I am a little of a heath freak, but don't get me wring, there is a good reason why I care so much about cholesterol. When I was 14 I almost lost my dad due to plaques (fatty deposits on arteries walls) in his arteries. My dad is a heath freak, so way before anyone even thought there would be plaques inside his arteries, you would never find butter or any high cholesterol ingredients in my house's pantry. My parents aren't crunchy, but they also aren't not crunchy, so even though there wasn't butter at my house (we still don't but butter) they never prohibited me from eating high cholesterol foods as long as I had them with moderation and had a normal exercise routine (my parents aren't almond parents I swear, we love eating). having a balanced diet and exercising daily is the reason why my dad didnt have a heart attack even when his heart only received 16% of the blood from his arteries. I ended up spending my 14th birthday next to my dad's bed in the hospital waiting for his open heart surgery. After his surgery we found out that the reason why his arteries clogged was due genetics and it was likely that my brother and I would have the same thing in the future. I was so scared of having an open heart surgery I ended up having a panic attack and decided to be vegetarian, I tried to be vegan but I just cant give up yogurt. (I am no longer vegetarian, I love meat and I just couldn't give up fish, or chicken soup, or empanadas, or salmon, and the vegetarian turkey I tried during thanksgiving was just so disgusting I ended up eating the real turkey. I love tacos too.)

I enjoy greasy meals every once in a while, and no longer panic to the idea of having an open heart surgery, but I am still concerned about how unhealthy some meals at the caf can be, and with so many meals being so oily and greasy I often find myself cooking my own food. ( Btw my dad is completely fine and he makes all kinds of non vegetarian meals, even though he won't eat them, but he is so good at cooking and so good at not drowning my food in oil I just love going back home and eating until I feel I am going to explode)

Anna <3