I Never Saw a Purple Cow

Thinking back on my previous diet sins, one of the biggest was a lack of color. I mostly ate white, beige or brown foods, with the occasional yellow. Those colors are fine for decorating your house, but not so good on your plate.

I ate potatoes, rice, bananas, beef, pork, chicken, eggs, bread, chocolate, milk, cheese, and butter. Not much color there! So I am making a real effort to get more colorful foods into my diet. I'm going for baby spinach rather than iceberg lettuce. I'm choosing sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes or rice. I'm loading up on blueberries and strawberries and melon. I'm having green beans, tomatoes, and carrots rather than corn.

Colorful foods have more vitamins, and usually less calories, so I'm definitely making a colorful diet one of my goals!

I haven't seen purple cow on the menu anywhere, but I find this poem amusing, so I'm sharing it.

Purple Cow: Reflections on a Mythic Beast Who's Quite Remarkable, at Least

I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one,
But I can tell you anyhow,
I’d rather see than be one.

Frank Gelett Burgess