Day 4

My first meal back in Austin was a breakfast taco from the cafeteria at work. I chose the one with a whole-grain flour tortilla, egg and ground turkey sausage. I try to avoid turkey since reading (in Foer's Eating Animals) that a majority of the turkeys used for food in the US are so genetically modified that they are no longer capable of sexual reproduction. That just ain't right. However I've tried the taco sans turkey and it just doesn't hold my appetite until lunch. So yes, I avoid eating breakfast at the cafeteria but when I do that's my usual choice.

I had lunch at a restaurant with some co-workers. One of our former colleagues passed away over the holiday break, so a few of us got lunch together on our way to the funeral. I got carnitas on corn tacos and an inordinately huge side of rice and black beans. I also grazed on some chips and salsa (and guac) not pictured. That beverage is horchata, a drink made from sweetened rice milk.  

My dinner was a bowl of chili and rice that I pulled out of the freezer. I made it before the holiday break so I'm not positive what was in it, but my standard chili recipe is natural ground beef, Westbrae Chili Mix beans, canned tomatoes and tomato sauce, onion, chili powder and jalapeños. 

I had to pick up my roommate from the airport at about 9:30 and rationalized that the holidays weren't quite over until he was back home so I could stop at Wendy's. There are so many things wrong with eating at Wendy's I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I am who I am.