It had to happen sometime...

Day Six:

I'm not a terribly picky eater. In fact, I can count on one hand (possibly borrowing a pinky from the other one) the number of foods or flavors I dislike. I enjoy a simple hot dog now and then just as much as I do the complexity of a duck confit cassoulet. So I honestly did not think I would encounter a meal I found inedible on the Nutrisystem plan.

I was wrong.

I was skeptical about the Swedish Meatballs from the first whiff and one of these days I'm going to learn to follow my instincts. I've been to IKEA, so I know how Swedish Meatballs are supposed to look and taste. They're generally served swimming in a beige cream-based gravy over egg noodles and I consider them a comfort food staple. So I was mildly offended when I opened a container of brown goo that some panel of experts at Nutrisystem seriously intended for consumers to ingest.

Had this been my first NS meal, I would have packed up the remaining boxes and flagged down the UPS man (who, incidentally, has a little extra time on his hands these days since he's not bringing me books from Amazon every other day, thanks to my new Kindle). Steve thought I was either grossly exaggerating the situation or was just plain jealous of his seared veal medallions and fresh vegetables, so he dressed it up with a little fresh ground pepper and hot sauce just so it wouldn't go to waste, and even HE couldn't choke it down. This is the man who orders a kids' meal at restaurants and then stuffs himself on the scraps from everyone else's plate. He's not much of a connoisseur. Of course, neither are my dogs, but even they looked at me like "Really? I'd rather eat deer poop."

Breakfast: Cinnamon Squares Cereal. 10. Loved it. I could have eaten 2 (or 3) bowls of it, but that would really defeat the purpose of this whole plan, wouldn't it?

Lunch: Meatball Parmesan Sandwich: 6. It was like a Hot Pocket "Sub." Soft bread on the outside, not much in the way of meatballs on the inside, but the flavor was tolerable.

Dinner: Chicken Noodle Soup. 7. Chicken was moist and tender. Very few noodles.

Dessert: Peppermint Cookie. 9. This was more like a big fat peppermint patty. I'd order more of those!