I can still hear mum saying “Melinda, eat your greens!!!” and I can still see me scraping the last of them around the plate and a few falling onto the floor while nobody was watching.
Fast forward about 30-odd years (couldn’t possibly be any more, lol) – and I love my greens! Love the salads, lettuce (we have so much more to choose from these days other than iceberg), broccoli, brussel sprouts – all salad and vegetables are my friend!
Then, much to my horror – I was put onto blood thinners and told “No More Greens!” No lettuce, no broccoli, no kale, if it was green – forget it. I was devastated – all those years it took for me to fall in love with them only to have them taken from me in an instant….
Now, with a change in meds, they are back on the menu (much to the horror of my 15 year old son and hubby).