Planned Menu for Day Three
Breakfast
Maple & Cinnamon Baked Apples and Pears
Mid Morning Juice
Minty-Fresh Berry
Lunch
(from day 2)
Green Basil Salad
Afternoon Snack
Reboot Green Salad
Ginger Honey Soy Dressing
Dinner
Sweet Potato and Carrot “Fries”
Vegetable Soup
Before Bed
Herbal Tea or hot water with ginger root and lemon.
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I'm feeling better today, thank goodness. I didn't end up making the breakfast I was supposed to for this morning because it would have taken too long and I had to get to work. Instead I just had the leftover baked apples with raisins and cinnamon from the first day.
I spent some time in the morning making the berry juice. I was really excited about this one because I love berries and it turned out really good, although it was a little tart. The only problem was the amount of juice. The two other juices I've made have produced a huge amount of juice that almost filled the jug that caught it from the machine to capacity. This juice only produced less than a pint. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to expect to chug gallons of the human blood looking juice and sip my beautiful berry juice to make it last longer.
Lunch was a little rough because it contained a LOT of mushrooms and I am not a mushroom fan. I had also never had an acorn squash before. My lunch did not look very appetizing to me so I made sure I had plenty of water to chase each bite if I needed to. The acorn squash, onion, mushroom concoction tasted pretty good but in the end it was the texture that got me. I gave up after eating about 1/2 of it.
I messed with the green soup a little yesterday when I was making it. It didn't look to appetizing so I got out my immersion blender and went to town. I figured I could just drink the soup if it wasn't very good. The soup turned out pretty bland, actually. Next time I'll have to add more herbs or something. I did eat (or drink) it all though.
I had a salad with me as a snack but I just wasn't hungry after lunch. By the time I started feeling hungry again it was pretty close to when I was leaving to go to the grocery store so I didn't eat it.
At the grocery store today I think I did a little better than I did last time. I shopped for 4 days of food this time and spent $80. I have much to learn about bargain shopping, that is for sure!
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Actual Menu for Day Three
Breakfast
Apple/Raisin bake (from day 1)
Mid Morning Juice
Minty-Fresh Berry
Lunch
Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Mushroom and Sage
Green Vegetable Soup
Afternoon Snack
None
Dinner
Sweet Potato and Carrot “Fries”
Before Bed
Herbal Tea
I am seriously impressed with you Kelli! I think this is so great and takes so much discipline. I was ready to jump on board with you but after seeing what you have to eat I am going to pass...I would rather drink the lemonade/honey/cayenne pepper mix that I read about. Good luck with tomorrow. I can't wait to see how you do!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Randi! Sorry for scaring you off. :) I think next time I do this I will really switch things around and eat the foods I know that I like. I'm just such a novice that I decided to stick as closely to the plan as possible this time around just so I can get a feel for it. It really isn't all that bad.
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