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Carnitas Tacos

By Marensmorsels @marentweets

Today’s lunch was well worth the wait, and boy was it a wait.

My Dad, a coworker and I headed 30 minutes north to San Juan Bautista because we had printed and framed a bunch of photographs for a seed company. We had to hang them in their new office because they are having a Grand Opening party tomorrow and they want all their walls looking spiffy for the event. We all thought it would be fun to have lunch at a little taqueria over there.

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We sat down and I don’t know what was going on. Waiters were everywhere, running around like crazy. They must have been short staffed or something because it was definitely chip and salsa mayhem.

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Luckily we had 2 baskets of chips and salsa to munch on while our food was cooking. It took an extra long time today.

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I ordered the carnitas tacos. When I ordered them without cheese or sour cream our waitress told me that their normal beans are made with cheese in them so she recommended I have the whole beans instead. How nice is that? I really appreciate it when waiters/waitresses are on top of their menu’s and really think about my dairy free needs.

:mrgreen:

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I tried my best to stick to my new clean eating. I only had 1 chip and I didn’t eat any rice. Technically I shouldn’t have eaten the white corn taco tortillas or the whole beans (if I were following the 17 Day Diet to a T) but I broke down and had 1 tortilla and all of the beans.

I want this new clean eating plan to work in the real world, not just for a few weeks. I’ve learned that very restrictive diets don’t work for me. They might work for a few weeks but they don’t translate into living in the real world. In my real world I’m going to eat at taquerias and I don’t want to give that up.

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