Day 12 - Recovery and Menu

February 22, 2012

Somehow I lost the pictures from yesterday's menu so there wasn't one. As for today, the menu is below.

Also had a chance to get out and get my hair cut today. After that, I walked down to the grocery store while Lisa moved the car. I so prefer doing my walking somewhere other than just around the house. It feels so much more like progress.

I seemed to hit a wall this afternoon though. I had lots of energy yesterday and didn't even take a nap. Today went great until late afternoon. I tried taking a nap in the den but had a hard time getting comfortable. Lisa said I slept some but I ended up moving to the living room to be on the sofa. That was much more comfortable.

Breakfast

• Peanut Butter Cherrios
• Grapes
• Milk
• Orange juice

Lunch

• Talapia fish on toast
• Wild rice
• Sweet Potato cottage fries
• Pears
• Orange Pineapple Apple juice

Supper

• Cheesy Ranch Turkey with Pasta
• Carrots
• Mixed Fruit
• Black Cherry Grape juice (best juice so far)

Day 8 - Menu

Feb 18, 2012 Menu

Breakfast

• Honey Bunches of Oats with Blueberries
• Grapes
• Orange Juice
• Milk

Lunch

• Mac N' Cheese
• Sweet Potato fries
• Salad with Turkey (There was some in the bowl. Seriously. I was hungry)
• Strawberry Jello with Pineapple and whipped topping (the healthy kind)
• Orange Pineapple Apple juice

Dinner

• Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki sub
• Apple slices
• Check Mix - Italian herbs and Parmesan
• Cinnamon Dulce' Latte from Starbucks (non-fat milk)

I am eating much healthier than I used too. It's going to be some time before all of the "not so good" stuff is out of the house though. Lisa, Kristin, and I are eating much smaller portions of the "not so good" stuff until it's gone.

Day 4 - The Menu

February 14, 2012 daily menu

Breakfast

• Honey Bunches of Oats - Fruit blend. This was really good. It had my two favorite fruits, strawberries and blueberries :)
• Banana
• Orange Juice
• Glass of Milk

Lunch

• Angel hair pasta with Marinara sauce. This had diced squash in it which really gave it some flavor
• Clementine Orange
• Strawberry jello - Made by Kristin :)
• Lemon Lime soda

Dinner

• Chicken nuggets - baked not fried
• Green beans
• Peaches
• Coffee - Straight up Regular. woot!
• Water
• The beans and nuggets were flavored with Mrs. Dash. We also had honey bar-b-q dipping sauce.

I received an email from my cousin Alan asking about the sweet potato fries and how to make them. I decided to go ahead and share that recipe here for anyone else who is interested.

Sweet Potato Fries

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees
• Slice sweet potato into french fry strips cutting lengthwise along potato. You can cut the sweet potato in half first if you wish to have shorter fries.
• Place cut sweet potatoes onto a baking pan / cookie sheet.
• Place into oven and bake for 10 minutes.
• Flip potato fries over and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, or until as crisp you want them.
• Season with your favorite seasoning. I recommend Mrs. Dash, chili powder, or any other low sodium seasoning.
• Enjoy!

Let me know if you enjoy seeing recipes posted and I'll post some that Kristin has if she'll let me. She has an entire recipe book full of healthy to eat foods. She's an awesome daughter!