I’ve always been a big meat eater. I love all kind of meats, red meat, poultry, fish, everything really. I love going to barbeques because there is usually sausage, ribs, chicken, and brisket, if not more. Sometimes when I eat, and my meal doesn’t consist of any meat, I feel like I don’t get full. It’s okay though, I usually just eat more carbs , like bread. I love cornbread and buttery Texas toast.

One of my favorite pairings is when there’s spaghetti, with a mixture of meats such as sausage, chicken, and shrimp served with cornbread or cheesy garlic-flavored toast. My aunt makes this on special occasions and to this day, it is one of the dishes I look most forward to eating. To balance out the heaviness in the meal, we will eat a salad on the side.

Instead of going for something heavy today, I told myself that I would try something a little healthier. For lunch, I decided to get a salad. Not just lettuce and tomatoes and cheese, but something with a little bit of everything. The salad is called the Austin Club from Thundercloud. It consists of the following: lettuce, tomato, cucumber, egg, bacon, roasted chicken, avocado, carrot, and cheese.

Lets just say the salad didn’t get me full. I definitely felt healthy while eating the salad though. Thundercloud’s salads are always up to par and they never disappoint. I ended up eating a bag of chips with my salad to help fill me up a little more, which sort of defeated the purpose of trying to eat clean anyway, but I tried. I’m going to keep trying to eat healthy like this and when I have the time to do so, I will attempt to make my own salad that will hopefully taste just as good.