First Restaurant Outing

Jun 26, 2010

My husband and I met friends for dinner last night. We ate at Sunsets, a higher end restaurant near our home. Yesterday morning, I researched their menu online and picked out a few options that would work for me. We had a great time - good conversation and laughter. 2 of our friends were visiting from DC and it was so good to see them. Our other friends (there were 6 of us) are building a new house and it was fun to see plans and talk about their picks for fixtures and finishes. So, what did I eat?

I ordered ice water with lime as my beverage. I had a few sips of that right away, then stopped sipping well before our food came.

My husband ordered an entree and a side spinach bacon salad that I had picked as something I wanted to try. I ordered the appetizer chicken flatbread - with basil pesto, chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes and cheese.

When the spinach salad arrived, I took 1/4 cup of it - spinach leaves, some bacon pieces and several slices of the hard boiled egg and drizzled a very small amount of the vinagrette dressing over the top. I cut it up small and ate that to start my meal. It was delicious and sat very well in my pouch.

When my flatbread came, I ate the toppings off of 2 of the squares (I added a few extra pieces of chicken from other squares to ensure I got enough protein) and left the flatbread. I shared the remaining squares with my friends and took a few pieces home to my boys. It worked great and again, sat very well in my pouch.

So, whoo hoo! I passed my first post-op restaurant dining experience with flying colors! Whew!

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