I had to go to a big gala tonight as part of my job. It's a wonderful event, but the pitfalls for a plant-strong diet are enormous. In other years when I have gone, it has been a night filled with tasty, but unhealthy food, open bar, desert bar, and on and on. I figured I better have a strategy this year...
1. No drinking during the cocktail hour - club soda for me. Alcohol tends to cloud my judgment and weaken my resolve. I figured if I could hold the line on the canapes, I had a fighting chance the rest of the night!
2. Survey the food options and don't be afraid to say no. There was one canape that was all veggie, but the rest, I avoided with great aplomb :)
3. Dinner was tricky. Instead of the traditional plated meal, the dinner elements were served family style and was an odd combination of satay on a stick, pasta, asian slaw, seafood, and rice pilaf with veggies. As the bowls were passed around I scoped out what I could eat and went for it. Luckily, as a bowl emptied, servers brought another, so I had salad, rice and veggies to my delight! Wine at the table was less tempting because I had been on the club soda pre-game strategy. So a glass at dinner did not hamper my resolve to be plant-strong!
4. The desert was served at a buffet, so that was easy to avoid.
All in all - a winning strategy and I felt really good about my choices.
Onward
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