Oh, dear, Anderson

I just finished watching a clip from Anderson, the new talk show from Anderson Cooper.  After giving us a tour of his bare fridge and trying coffee and spinach for the first time on air, Anderson shows viewers the foods he eats almost every day: a smoothie, a turkey burger, a Boston Market turkey meal, and scrambled egg whites (no garnish, please.).  I'm sure most of us have worked with children who are picky eaters or have gone through phases where we ate the same things day in and day out, but watching such a highly regarded journalist try something as mundane as spinach for the first time made me think.  While I am pretty adventurous when it comes to my food choices, especially in my previous omnivore incarnation, much of my daily diet revolves around the same basic choices.

Every day I start my morning with a cup of coffee with milk or dairy alternative, no sweetner.  For at least a week straight, my go to breakfast was a Hungry Girl taco style microwave egg mug with soy crumbles.  It was tasty, hearty, low-cal, and left me full until staff meal at the restaurant where I work.  Another week plus was a Greek yogurt and berry smoothie which also met the same lo-cal, high nutrition needs. 

Lunch for me is usually a salad or other veggies of some sort and a starch that runs the nutritional gambit from boiled rice to french fries depending on who makes staff meal.

Dinner after a long day of work was mostly a veggie and soy protein based salad in the summer.  I'm moving into heartier bean and soy based dishes as the temperature drops.

So looking back on my day in day out habits, I'm not too sure I can judge Anderson's eating habits.  Ladies?  Is your diet as exciting as you think?