Happily Ever After

Life in The Rural Retreat with a beautiful wife, three cats, garden wildlife, a camera, a computer – and increasing amounts about running

Earlier posts can be found on Adventures of a Lone Bass Player, where this blog began life. Recent entries can be found here.

The Healthy Option

by admin - 17:18 on 18 April 2014

I'm sure that Matchgirl doesn't appreciate how lucky she is – how many other husbands, when their spouse informs them that they are to embark on a five-day juice detox diet, agree to do the same rather than taunt them with pizza and biscuits?

Preparation for The Great Cleansing began a few days ago when Matchgirl came home with a huge box containing the family-size blender with which she'll prepare our nourishment. Yes – Matchgirl in the kitchen. Who'd have thought it?

Yesterday I took an extensive shopping list to Tesco and filled a trolley with the required fruit, veg, seeds and yoghurt. Four bags-for-life were needed. Amazingly, considering that as much as possible was organic (the chef insisted) this cost barely more than what I'd normally spend on five days worth of regular food.

The first juices were served today, and very tasty they were too, although Matchgirl had initial difficulty with the concept of combining courgettes and broccoli with lime and pineapple. My difficulty was with the sight of how much perfectly edible food pulp goes in the bin, especially when Matchgirl realised that the extensive shopping list was the five-day requirement for one person, not two.

Food has also been on the mind of The Rural Retreat's feline residents. Pandora and Willow continue to denude lizards of their tails (although they never eat them) but the greatest feat of hunting was performed by Maia, who twice yesterday brought down prey – once is a rarity.

However, her victims were not birds, rodents or reptiles: our Great Black Hunter carried home two chips – the chunky variety – which she ate with great satisfaction in front of me and the rest of The Pride. Whether she raided a bin or a barbecue I can't say.

Juice is fine, but if she brings home more chips tomorrow she might have to fight me for them.

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