Menus Jan 20 ~ Jan 26

[Loretta V]

Starting a little early today for the next week.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.—John Lubbock

Have a great week and enjoy all you can.

[MaryMary]

Hi Loretta, hope you have a nice week too.

[mykneesareback]

Yes, let's all work on getting through the rest of this month

[Loretta V]

Sunday: 1/2 decaf black coffee
Brunch: Frisco Breakfast sandwich
1:00: pork and kraut, salad, wine
6:00: banana w pb & beans
Snack: air popped corn, sprayed w pam butter and tossed w parm cheese, CF diet soda

[modon69478]

Sunday:

L: L/O chicken w/olives & tomato sauce, coffee
D: Sausage & Kale soup (didn't make it last night), LC zucchini muffin, diet tonic
Snack: SF jello w/squirt

[mykneesareback]

Sunday's foods

B: zucchini, mushrooms, brussel sprouts, green onion browned. 1/2 cup egg whites. Flaxmeal, garlic. chipotle flavor. Grated parm.
lots of black coffee sips

L: Sara Lee bread sandwich, light laughing cow cheese, turkey. boiled eggs.
bowl with spinach leaves. black coffee

Snack: s/f suisse mocha hot drink, and black coffee

D: kippered snacks from the can and cauliflower, steamed.
black coffee

Evening snack: mandarin orange segments and Healthy Choice frozen bar
black coffee

[Shalbrihil]

Sunday

B. 1 egg with 1 sausage and coffee

L. pastrami roll up and berries with greek yogurt/walnuts.

D. 2 chicken legs spinach sliced avocado and cherry tomatoes

dark chocolate squares

[mykneesareback]

How much do you guys pay for one bunch of Kale? The price at the local store was $4.98 a bunch, there was one bunch there, and it looked as though someone had swept the floor with it.........and the one bunch wouldn't be enough anyway. Is that a good price to those of you who buy kale?
I'm asking because my dh has agreed to try it........

[modon69478]

Doris, one bunch was just 98 cents here and it looked real pretty.

[mykneesareback]

Oh my, Michele!! lol Guess we really DO need to move to Texas, lol.

[Mssarge]

Lazy Day...just right for a stroll in the park..bbbut, of course, I didn't' do it...sigh!

Doris, I bought kale for 59 cents a bunch last week...my only caution is that right now we are flooded with Mexican produce and since they don't have the restrictions against pollutants we do, I'm careful about buying them...this cold snap we had probably raised the price astronomically. My favorite use of it is in Olive Garden's Zuppa Tuscana which I make any time I get some good Italian sausage...I hope your DH likes it, it is so good for you and I think very tasty just sauteed up and added to soups and other dishes...beans and greens is another good way to use it....just a touch goes a loooooong way.

B. noon, zucchini blini's, Canadian bacon, 1 egg, mock Hollandaise, half grape/crystal light for the pills and coffee/milk before and after

s. celery, bell pepper strips, cucumber slices and a cauliflower floweret, Earl Grey

S. OMG so good ...grilled salmon, scallops, and shrimp, Deglazed pan with butter & white Zin with a couple of roasted garlic cloves...soooo tasty! served with pot stickers, a few sugar pea pods and a glass of Zin

1500 kcals

[MaryMary]

I paid $2.49 for a big bag of chopped cleaned kale. I like it with sauteed onions and bably portobellos sliced up. But I can see where adding sausage would be delish!

[mykneesareback]

Bingo, Mary, that is exactly what I'm looking for, and I'll ask at this Safeway for that product next time I get there!!! Thanks!

My dh was reading Health magazine, and pointed out some recipes using kale that he thought might be good, is why I ask............coming from him, this is exciting news

[Loretta V]

Haven't bought any kale lately. I do have some decorative kale out in my planters and it is doing well. They say the leaves are edible. I might give it a try.

Monday: 1/2 decaf black coffee
Brunch: hb egg
lc pumpkin bar
orange
Ham slice, salad, wine
Snack: few walnuts, cf diet soda

[mykneesareback]

Monday's foods

B: zucchini, mushrooms, green onion, spinach leaves. 1/2 cup egg whites. Flaxmeal and garlic. Grated parmasan on top
lots of black coffee sips

L: Sara Lee bread sandwich, sardines. Boiled egg. Bowl of green beans, warmed up. black coffee

Snack: V8 can, found some more, and black coffee

D:Thin crusted ground turkey pizza, with bell pepper on top, and onion. reduced fat Jill cheese on top. black coffee

Evening snack: Healthy Choice frozen bar, and mandarin orange segments.
coffee as needed

[modon69478]

Monday:

B/L: LC bread french toast w/LC syrup, coffee x 3 (4 carbs)
Snack: cocoa almonds, lite laughing cow cheese (2 carbs)
D: Sausage & kale soup, LC zucchini muffin, diet tonic (10 carbs)
Snack: LC fudge bar (3 carbs)

~19 carbs

[Mssarge]

Feeling good and enjoying the warmth (in the 80's today with just a slight breeze kicking up to 25 mph...sorry Doug)

B. 1030 (only 13.5 hour fast today...Dr's appt) cup cheerios, 1/2 cup Fiber one with hood's, coffee/hood's before & after, only 'scripts taken this morning, no sups.

s. lemon/ginger tea (WINCO'S bulk and was really good)

S. started nibbling on stuff as I cooked & put stuff away at 1600...3 radishes, 1/2 cup mustard greens with a tad of vinegar, another radish, then at about 1700. cup sprouts in bacon & onion and a turkey sausage, tasted so good, I had two... more tea. Oops, make that chicken sausage; one sweet Italian and one spinach/feta...mmm-mmm, good!

600 kcals

[MaryMary]

Sunday

B 1 jumbo egg, 1 oz TVP, 4 oz soymilk, 1/2 oz protein powder, 8 oz cranberries, strawberries, apples

L 8 oz yogurt, 4 oz pumpkin, 8 oz salad, 1 tbsp dressing, 1/2 oz ground flax

S 4 oz tilapia, 8 oz roasted eggplant and red peppers, 16 oz salad, 2 oz salsa, 16 oz salad, 3 bsp dressing, 1/2 oz tahini sauce

[MaryMary]

Monday

B q cup soymilk, 1 oz protein pwder, 1 oz TVP, 8 oz cranberries, strawberries and apples

L 8 oz yogurt, 4 oz pumpkin. 8 oz salad, 1 tbsp dressing, 1/2 oz ground flax

S 1.5 oz tilapia, 4 oz soymilk, 1 oz soycheese & 1/2 oz TVP, 8 oz kale, mushrooms, onion, 16 oz salad, 3 tbsp dressing, 1/2 oz tahini sauce

[Shalbrihil]

No breakfast this morning. With Dr. appt I wanted to get a correct weight without food. We had a nice talk about weight loss and I learned not to stress over all the diets but just relax and cut back on the higher fats. She already knows that I don't eat anything white. She agrees with that as it turns to sugar. I have kept my type 2 diabetes in remission by doing that and she is happy about that.

Lunch was pastrami rollup and 2 lite baby bell cheese balls

Dinner steak and broccoli

Snack berries with g. yogurt and walnuts

dk chocolate

[MaryMary]

Tuesday

B 1 cup soymilk, 1 oz protein powder, 1 oz TVP, 8 oz cranberries, strawberries and apples

L 8 oz yogurt, 4 oz pumpkin. 8 oz salad, 1 tbsp dressing, 1/2 oz ground flax

S 8 oz soymilk, 1 oz soycheese & 1 oz TVP, 8 oz kale, mushrooms, onion, 16 oz salad, 3 tbsp dressing, 1/2 oz tahini sauce, 2 oz salsa

[modon69478]

Tuesday:

B: 2 scr. eggs, 2 bacon, coffee (3 carbs)
L: L/O sausage & kale soup, 1 LC tortilla, SF iced tea (10 carbs)
Snack: lite laughing cow cheese, cocoa almonds (2 carbs)
D: pouch salmon salad, LC bread, diet tonic (5 carbs)
Snack: SF jello w/squirt wh crm (1 carb)

~21 carbs

[mykneesareback]

Tuesday's foods

B: at the school, cheese omelet, lots and lots of black coffee and chit chatting.

L: pumpernickle sandwich, light laughing cow cheese and turkey. black olives, and boiled eggs. black coffee, more, lol

Snack: V8 can, almost done with them, and s/f suisse mocha hot drink

D: chicken patty from Costco and brussel sprouts steamed.
black coffee

Evening snack: mandarin orange segments and Healthy Choice frozen bar on a stick. black coffee

[Loretta V]

Tuesday: 1/2 decaf black coffee
Brunch: hb egg
Veggie soup
Marinated pork tenderloin, salad, wine
Snack: salted almonds, CF diet soda

[Mssarge]

Feeling good, turned into a busy day...car serviced and recall taken care of that used up most of the day. Then, to the doc's for the holter device...how'm I going to sleep with this thing on...probably poorly but we'll see. appetite seems to be in control.

B. 1030 - 15.5 hours - fried egg, 1/2 Italian sausage with zuke and cottage cheese, 1 slice SL toast, crystal light for the pills, coffee/milk & half/half before and after.

coffee at the auto shop

S. cabbage with vinegar & lemon juice, radishes, bean soup with 2 oz chick breast, and chicken sausage, bread stick and a glass of white zin

1200 kcals if I eat all the supper which is doubtful. checked carbs and they have been very high so now am going to start restricting them.

[LoveMontana]

Doris, kale here today was 1.69 a bunch. Rather high priced this time of the year. I love the stuff sauteed in olive oil and garlic. You can also make Kale "Chips" to snack on. Baked Kale Chips Recipe - Allrecipes.com

Tuesday:

Brunch at Wegman's: cottage cheese, cantaloupe cubes, few strawberries and coffee


Dinner: broiled bacon wrapped sea scallops, salad.

Chardonnay tonight

[Shalbrihil]

Breakfast was 2 eggs on toast with coffee cr.

Lunch was chicken breast sliced on salad with avocado, dressing

strawberries with g. yogurt/cinnamon/stevia

Dinner egg drop soup with mushrooms and 2 eggs mixed into bone broth with seasoning

tea

[taokeema]

B: tea with HWC 1 g
L: cajun veggie saute and 2 eggs 13 g
D: beef fajita plate (sans tortillas) 33 g
pumpkin custard with G yogurt and walnuts
S: chicken liver spread on raw rutabaga "chips" 5 g
*** this was new, and i liked it!

53 g net carbs
1713 cal

this is the first day in a while i have had my carbs where i want them, between 40 and 60 g net. i feel so much better at this level, my brain functions so much better. when i have more, i feel like i'm somewhat intoxicated. my body needs this!

[Loretta V]

Wednesday: 1/2 decaf black coffee
Brunch: 1 whole egg, 1 egg white in OO/Butter, cheese
orange
Banana w pb & beans
6:00: Either Shrimp scampi or l/o pork w kraut. Depends on John
salad, wine
Snack 6 mini pretzels, CF diet soda

[mykneesareback]

I know what you mean, tao, when my dh and I don't have enough carbs, we feel like doing harm to each other, moods are depressed and angry.

Wednesday's foods

B: zucchini, spinach, mushrooms and cauliflower, browned. 1/2 cup egg whites. Flaxmeal, garlic. curry. Grated parma on top.
lots of black coffee

L: Sara lee bread, light laughing cow cheese and turkey. black olives. boiled eggs. black coffee

Snack: V8 can, and black coffee

D: salmon and steamed brussel sprouts and carrots
black coffee

Evening snack: Healthy Choice frozen bar and mandarin orange segments
black coffee as needed