Going to Bob's

My hubby and I are off to Bob Evans again. Some habits are hard to break. My plan is to order scrambled eggs a la carte and a cup of oatmeal with some pecans thrown in. I won't use the brown sugar -- I'll use the natural no cal sweetener I carry in my purse*, and just a little bit of milk. I may have to go with the 1/2 omelet, though, if Dan has his heart set on that. I'll just have to cut calories later in the day.

*My daughter, Lindsey, was always after me to stop using Splenda -- or any other artificial sweetener, for that matter. For the past year or so I have been using NuNaturals White Stevia Powder instead. There are other brands, but I'm satisfied with this one for now (I understand other brands come in liquid form, too, which I may try sometime). The back of the box states: NuNaturals uses our special, highly concentrated Stevia extract, NuStevia, from which the bitterness of the extract has been removed...  Maltodextrin [the added ingredient] is a carbohydrate derived from corn, added to make measuring easier...  NuStevia is a natural plant extract. I like the way this sweetener tastes, and use less than 1/8 of a teaspoon (this is an estimate -- I don't carry around measuring spoons) for a cup of coffee. I carefully fold down the top of the packet when I'm done with it, because it still has enough for two or three more cups of coffee. So now I'm happy, and my daughter is, too.  :-)