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February 25, 2010

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February 25, 2010 - stacey. Tags: Washington, DC

breakfast: coffee with soy milk from Marvelous Market

lunch: Gardein Santa Fe Good Stuff “chicken” with leftover homemade apple gravy and frozen mixed vegetables. I previously posted a comment about Gardein and my lack of enthusiasm for it.

snack: very salted pumpkin seeds and unsalted almonds

dinner: 4 side dinner from Everlasting Life. Their food is awesome. I went once before with Katherine and the mac and cheese tasted spoiled. Last night I got bean curd (tofu skins), beets, garlic kale salad and “chicken salad.” I also split a side of mac and cheese with Meredith. The mac and cheese was great (nothing like the last time I had it). I liked it better than Soul Veg because it was less greasy and creamier. The people who work there are really nice. They let Meredith and me try a bunch of sides so that we could decide what we liked. Also, they have a Customer Loyalty card- for every 10 dollars (I think they said 10, but the card says 8 ) you spend you get a stamp on the card. After 7 stamps your 8th meal is free (value= $10)

drink: Yuengling and Dogfish Head Raison D’Etre

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marcy's comment:
February 26, 2010 at 1:11 pm

i don’t know how it is there, but the soul veg mac and cheese here is essentially earth balance and noodles. i can’t really handle it

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katherine's reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 1:44 pm

very similar in DC. So oily… I can totally handle it.

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stacey's comment:
February 27, 2010 at 3:28 pm

does anyone else have a smiley face show up in this post?

It is pretty oily. You should come visit DC and compare

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katherine's reply:
February 27th, 2010 at 4:37 pm

I got rid of the smiley face by adding a space between the “8″ and the “)”. Those two things together make a stupid smiley face.

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