it's all in the calories

last night my husband john and i had a fun conversation about body shapes, fitness, calories, how to stay fit and the amount of calories in favorite food items. nyc now has a program that all food items on menus must declare the calorie conent. it is amazing to go to starbucks and see the caloric content of some of the drinks. kind of scary. anyway, john was hungry for dinner and thought he'd just go pick something up. quick, easy and yummy. but we then did a scan of the refrigerator and i remembered i had made him some turkey burgers as a back up during the week. before long he had put together a nice meal of salad, turkey burger and vegies. not only did he not have to get in the car and drive somewhere to get food but it was right there and apparently from his reaction quite tasty. at the end of the meal he said he was so happy. he thought that if he had gone out to get food it probably would have bought more than food what he wanted/needed and just not as good. there's a lot to be said for the home cooked meal...even if it is just a turkiey burger.