Donna in Hollywoodland

Lunch and Cooking

One of my coworkers is being promoted to another division. So some of the employees took him out to lunch.
We walked over to Fabiolus Restaurant .

This time, I managed to order something on my anti-cancer diet. It was chicken in a mushroom sauce with all sorts of vegetables. The food was such a big portion, that I took half of it back to the office to have for lunch tomorrow.

I was trying to explain to my coworkers about my diet changes since I had my breast cancer surgery. No diary, no preservatives, nothing artificial.

I even brought in a real plate and silverware to eat off of when having lunch in the office. I am still using the microwave, but I am trying to minimize that. And when I do cook in the microwave, I only use a real plate. And I only use real silverware when eating hot foods.

The other day, I was eating my lunch at my desk, and my coworkers heard the "clink clink" of the fork and knife on a plate.
Two of them ran over to look at my lunch.
"Look at that - she's got a real plate ! And a real fork !"

Its kind of scary to me now when I see the plastic containers cooking in the microwave. For example, the other day, one person was heating up Campbells soup, and they had it in a flimsy plastic bowl. In the microwave, the soup was bubbling and boiling - all the time in that flimsy plastic.
Its frightening to me - we are the first generation to be cooking in plastic in microwaves. I wonder what diseases will crop up in the future because of it.

At first, I tried to completely give up plastic. How would I drink water ? All bottled water comes in plastic. I tried to find glass bottles via the internet, and it doesn't exist. And my apartment building is sold old, I wouldn't even think of
drinking that water even if it was filtered. I guess the most important thing is to Not refill the bottles.

Then, I went to Whole Foods and bought all organic food. I bought some prepared foods like Thai Cabbage Wraps, and Pita Chips. As I was taking my food out of the bag, I realized that most of the prepared organic food I bought was also wrapped in plastic wrap. But at least it was cold.
I guess I just can't get away from Plastic.