anyone got a cure for bloat?

on tuesday evening the dane and i made pasta for dinner. we wanted to make a nice last meal to share with our swedish roommate who is going to greenland for a month. we swiftly boiled fresh spinach pasta (is it healthier?) and threw together a nice sauce of tomatoes and two types of fresh mushrooms with a touch of creme fraiche. and of course there was a good amount of parmesan we sprinkled on top. our swede is a vegetarian but she knows that fish will probably enter her diet during this trip. i hear a single cucumber costs 45kr there. yikes!

after that meal i started feeling quite bloated. i didn't even eat as much as the dane and the swede but i just felt like a balloon. the feeling has continued through today, despite the fact that i'm eating mostly fruit and vegetable.


yesterday was warm again. this week has been like a lightswitch rave with the clouds shooting over copenhagen and blotting out the sun every other day. not wanting to let this brief sunshine go to waste, the dane and i met between work and had coffee on the steps of the planetarium. i only wanted a couple apples to hold me over before heading back home even though my stomach was grumbling. the dane convinced me to get a sandwich but once i looked in the shop, i couldn't take my eyes off the salad selection. it's too hard for me to resist, don't know why. vinegary salads with lemon and olive oil are my kryptonite i suppose. but alas, the plate was too greedy a serving for me; i could only finish the lemony broccoli and bean salad. yummm~ must duplicate in our kitchen.

this place gets a visit from me about once a week and i couldn't help stopping by before meeting the dane for coffee. i can't find decent tofu anywhere cheaper and the dried mushrooms here are a steal compared to the expensive packages at superbrugsen. they also have an assortment of asian vegetation like bok choy, vaccuum-sealed lotus root, and chinese chives. worth a look if you're around the central station. hopefully the tofu i picked up will help with my abdominal discomfort...

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