Healthy Diet and Living; Wednesday, Period One [ 05/13 ].

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

For at least one of these classes, Daisy figured, having the whole thing bright and early in the morning would be good, but she wondered just how much people would want to eat and cook things so early. But, at the same time, she reasoned that they were teenagers. All they did was eat.

So laid out in the classroom was a bunch of food, the fruits of a marathon cooking session last night. Hopefully, it was all normal looking food that they would help themselves to easily without thinking too much on the actual subject of the class, since that sort of ruined the bit Daisy had planned for once class began.

She gave the kids a little time to much and chat or whatever before she came in, dressed fairly conservative for Daisy, in clothes otherwise used only for plainclothes missions. "Morning!" she greeted them brightly. "And, since it is morning, help yourself to the coffee; I've made plenty of it, and a certain amount of caffeine can actually be good for you! And the snacks, too, have a nosh. My name is Daisy Day; I'll admit that I'm not sure I know any of you except Penelope," because Penelope worked at the bar, la, "and if I do know one of you and forgot, I'm really really sorry. Either way, I'm not normally teacher; I'm normally a police officer at the station, but while I'm here, I'm strictly Daisy. Or Miss Day if you're nasty."

"And hopefully you're all aware that you're here for a little course on healthy eating and diet and living! A lot of people have the misconception that eating healthy means eating bland or gross or boring, but this course is to teach you that that is not the case at all. Everything you've been munching on? Healthy for you. And delicious. So, ha. Take that." She gave them all a grin, babbling because, okay, she might have been a little nervous. "Now, we'll cover different things each week, starting with breakfast, if you'll have a look at the syllabus. Today, we're just going to snack and get to know each other, and I'd also like to give you each one of these notebooks. These notebooks will be a food journal; keep track of everything you eat every day, and, every so often, we'll have a little look and see what we can do to make easy little healthier changes to your usual diet."

"So, anyway, introductions. If you don't mind, I'd like to know your name, a little about yourself, whatever you'd like to share, and then what some of your favourite foods are. It'll help if I know what you like, so I can work with that! So go on, go ahead. But don't talk with your mouth full."


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Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy wants to know aaaall about you. And your favourite foods.

Daisy...might just have a heart attack.

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Alex Karev," he said, remembering why he always hated the first week of classes. Constant introductions. He felt like he was under a microscope. "I'm seventeen, from Iowa and my favorite food is..."

Jesus, food hadn't been all that prominent in the Karev household. He was lucky if food was remembered.

"Uh, I don't know, tuna."

Those things were cheap and readily available. It was that or peanuts.

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy's head tilted a little. "Tuna?"

It was certainly a different answer, really, one she'd readily admit she wasn't expecting.

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Like on sandwiches," he provided, shrugging. "I ate them a lot when I was a kid. They're good."

And he could make them even when crap was going down at his house.

"And easy to make."

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"There's no arguing that," Daisy nodded. "Plus, it's actually incredibly nutrient-dense, although you lose a bit of the benefits with the heavily processed canned stuff. But as far as a favourite food goes, that a pretty good start, Alex."

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I have...never read the can," he admitted because he didn't care that much. "But, they were a lot easier than going out and catching my own tuna with a fishing line I didn't have and all."

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[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

Quietly she began. "I'm Penelope Wilhern and I'm from England. I just finished my junior year here and my favorite food is a packaged little cake called a Ho Ho."

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

See, now this was more in line with what Daisy had expected she'd be trying to combat, here. Things like Ho Hos. She'd save the lectures, though, figuring a gentler hand was needed in such cases.

"Hello, Penelope," she gave the girl a little nod, "good to see you in the class." Especially if your favourite food is bloody Ho Hos. "What do you suppose it is you like about them? The chocolate, the cream, combination of both, the convenience?"

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[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

She smiled at Miss Day. "Thank you. The combination I believe. The cream with the chocolate." Her mouth watered just thinking of them. "I've never really considered convenience."

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy nodded, resolving right then and there that she was going to be researching into those components a bit. That was the whole point of asking their favourite food, anyway. "It's certain not hard to be a fan of chocolate, that's for sure," she noted, since she couldn't exactly say she knew where Penelope was coming from since she avoided those snack goods like the plaaaague.

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[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Very much so. I have a trunk at the foot of my bed, in the dorms, that is full of boxes of Ho Ho's," she offered, grinning. 'Healthy' might have escaped her notice when she signed up for this class.

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Angela Montenegro," she introduced. "I'm seventeen and I'm pretty local, being from DC." DC fifteen years ago. Details.

"I love oriental food," she said. "Noodles, and rice, and all that."

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Ooh." Daisy's instant agreement with that was evident. "Nice choice; and it's so versatile, too. Healthy, if you avoid the take-out..."

She interrupted herself with a small laugh. "I know what I'm having for lunch now, anyway. Ta, Angela, nice to meet you and to have you in the class."

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[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Angela grinned, nodding cheerfully. "Happy to have helped," she said.

"Oh, hey, can I take a couple of these away with me?" she asked hopefully, indicating the food in front of her. "Really good." And she had a boyfriend she was sure would appreciate breakfast in bed.

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"Oh, please," Daisy nodded. "Help yourself; take as much as you want. I'm afraid I get a little overboard sometimes when I cook, so the wider it spreads, the better."

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

She had to laugh a little at that. There was a loooot of food right there. "Well, I'm sure the guy getting one of these will be grateful for that."

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

Claudia, today clad in a yellow and black striped shirt, orange checked pants and a cowboy hat, looked a little horrified at the subject matter.

"Um, I'm Claudia Kishi and I soooo didn't sign up for this workshop," she said. "I love Reese's Cups and Twizzlers and chocolate-covered pretzels and Sour Patch Kids and ranch-flavored potato chips. Sometimes together!"

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

And now it was Daisy's turn to look a little horrified.

And the nice thing was that the rattled off list of big fat no-nos managed to distract from the outfit quite nicely.

And the girl had to have the metabolism of a chihuahua on speed.

"You know," Daisy said, "you can still have all that sweet stuff and actually have it not so bad for you. That's something I hope to cover. I mean, those truffles only have about 61 calories, 2 grams of fat, and are diabetes improved. A single Reese's Cup has more than twice that, plus saturated fat and a lot more carbs..."

So much for not lecturing, Daisy.

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"But it also has peanut butter," Claudia said, "which is totes good for you. Plus cute packaging!"

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Well, okay, Daisy couldn't exactly say anything about the cute packaging part. That was how she mostly picked out her wines.

"So long as there's peanut butter," Daisy shook her head a little, "that then just cancels out all the rest of the rubbish in it, right?"

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[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Right!" Claudia chirped.

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[gods-gymnast.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" she said brightly. "I'm Maron, and I'm from Tokyo. I'll be sixteen at the end of this month and my favorite food is... pancakes."

Mmmm.

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy had no particular idea why it amused her, but an answer like pancakes just did, making her chuckle slightly. Maybe she was just relieved it wasn't something like bacon wrapped sausages between Pop-Tarts on M&Ms.

"Any particular kind or toppings that you like best, Maron?"

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[gods-gymnast.livejournal.com]

"Strawberries and whipped cream!" she said, grinning. "Or peaches with fruit syrup. Or raspberries... maybe just any kind of berry?"

Re: Introduce Yourself -- 05/13.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

"So you're a fan of fruit, then, is it?" asked Daisy, figuring this was a nice start, a good change of pace from some of the other answers she'd been getting.