April 12

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Steel-cut oats made overnight in the rice cooker, strawberries, sliced almonds, dried blueberries

Lunch - tuna & cheese broiled on Ezekiel bread English muffin, sauteed zucchini & mushrooms seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, nutritional yeast; spinach with apples & strawberries; grapes

Breakfast - steel-cut oats, milk, strawberries, almonds, dried blueberries

Lunch - tuna melt, spinach salad, sauteed mushrooms & zucchini

April 7

Lemon Water

Breakfast - egg, sauteed mushrooms topped with feta and basil, roasted sweet potatoes, avocado with Jane's mixed-up salt and red pepper flakes, tomatoes

Lunch - leftover Mongolian bbq, avocado, sf carnation with milk

Dinner 1. sweet potato pancakes, dave's breakfast with yogurt, chia, pear, hemp, peanut butter, and this new Daily Boost trail mix that's super good

Dinner 2. Gyudon (sugary so I didn't eat much) - rice, thin sliced beef, onions, soy-sugar-ginger sauce; clementines

April 6 - Ham Bone Chowder

Lemon water

Breakfast - leftover brown rice heated up with milk, peanut butter, pears, cinnamon, strawberries

Walk outside

Lunch - few sips of coconut water, santa fe salad (romaine, chicken, cheese, corn), ham bone soup

Dinner - Mongolian Barbecue - too many vegetables to name, chicken, pork, tiny bit of rice noodles, low-sugar curry sauce, garlic, sesame oil, ginger; diet pepsi

Link to: Ham Bone Chowder

Mongolian BBQ.  Loads of veggies and a low-sugar curry sauce!

Observation: noticed weight coming off my gut.  Finally. 150

April 2

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Dave's breakfast - greek yogurt, hempseed, peanut butter, mixed nuts, strawberries & chia soaked in coconut water, apples

Lunch - baked sweet potato, zucchini, mashed potatoes, smoked chicken; salad with mixed greens, feta cheese, tomatoes, bell pepper, cucumbers; milk

Dinner - Taco salad - greens, ground turkey, green onions, tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, tiny bit of southwest dressing for flavor.  Probably has sugar in it.; milk

Dave's Breakfast

Lunch - chicken, sauteed zucchini and yellow squash, mashed potatoes, sweet potato, salad

Dinner - Tacos - minus the tortilla plus a bunch of greens and mushrooms

April 1 Conference Crepes!

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Made Crepes for everyone but I ate sweet potato pancakes instead, with all the berries and bananas and raw cashews.  YUM; milk

Lunch - Avocado toast, hard boiled egg, baked sweet potato, salad with edamame, feta, and tomato

Easter Dinner - smoked chicken, broccoli salad (this must have sugar in the dressing - so sweet), corn, mashed potatoes, cheese slices, smoked deviled eggs.

Breakfast - Sweet potato pancakes

Lunch - Baked sweet potato, hard boiled egg, avocado toast, salad

Smoked chicken, mashed potatoes, cheese, corn, broccoli salad, deviled eggs

March 31 - General Conference!

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Egg scramble with bell pepper, chicken sausage, onion, cheese, tomatoes

Lunch - pan-fried salmon, roasted cauliflower, zoodle salad with bell pepper and chicken sausage, avocado, tomatoes.  So delish while watching General Conference.

Dinner - turkey burgers, egg, roasted caulifower and brussels, greens, baked sweet potato

Breakfast - egg scramble

Lunch - pan fried salmon, zoodles, avocado, roasted veggies, tomatoes

Dinner - turkey burgers, egg, baked sweet potato, roasted veggies,greens

March 27

Breakfast - repeat of the other morning.  Just so good.

Tuna on toast, Roasted onions and sweet potatoes, green salad

This looks so gross, but the lighting was bad.  We ate dinner on the back porch.
Zoodles with onions & ground turkey topped with cheese, corn, veggies

March 21

March 21

Lemon Water

Breakfast - Scrambled Eggs with cheese, toast, avocado, bell pepper

Lunch - chicken, roasted carrot and cauliflower (with turmeric), spinach, bell peppers, yogurt, granola, strawberries (on sale - yay!).

Snack - sugarfree chocolate almonds from my sweetest visiting teaching partner.  The wrapped ones (Dove chocolate) will be Easter treats for the kids.

Dinner - chicken, asparagus, potatoes, tomatoes, garlic; strawberries on the side

Link to Dinner recipe:  Chicken with Garlic Potatoes and Asparagus

March 20 - 4 weeks

March 20

6:15 Lemon Water
7:30 egg, roasted sweet potatoes, broccoli, & bell pepper; egg; mushrooms

snack - apple spirals, dates, string cheese

Lunch -zoodles, shrimp with feta, tomatoes

snack - grapes

Dinner - ?

March 18

March 18


Lemon water

Breakfast - Egg on toast, milk

Lunch - Granola, nuts, blueberries, milk

Dinner - zoodles with parmesan, garlic, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella

Italian Bar - I ate the zoodles and salad.  Yum!

Day 21 Fancy beets

March 12

Breakfast - yogurt nut bowl with apples and bananas, peanut butter, chia, hempseed, stevia
Lunch - boiled egg, grapefruit picked today, sweet potatoes,brussels sprouts, red onion, fancy beet salad with bleu cheese (recipe below)
Dinner - n N Out cheeseburger protein style minus the sauce, diet coke.  Not bad without the bun, though I noticed the burger was really salty.  ???  
Came home and ate roasted cauliflower, roasted broccoli, and quinoa, 3 clementines
SF hot chocolate

Breakfast - yogurt nut bowl

Lunch - boiled egg, grapefruit picked today,
sweet potatoes,brussels sprouts, red onion, fancy beet salad with bleu cheese

In N Out cheeseburger protein style minus the sauce, diet coke

Spiralized Beet and Blue Cheese Salad

Ingredients

2-3 large beets (about 2 pounds), peeled and spiralized using a 3mm blade

1 bunch green onion, thinly sliced into rounds

6 ounces firm blue cheese, crumbled, or more to taste

1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, or to taste

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 clove garlic, pushed through a garlic press

1/3 cup neutral oil, such as grapeseed

salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.

Spread spiralized beets out in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.

Pour 1 to 2 tablespoons water over the top and then tightly cover the baking sheet with another sheet of aluminum foil.

Roast beets in the preheated oven until tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven, drain any accumulated liquid, and cool completely.

Combine cooled beet noodles, green onion, blue cheese, and dill in a large bowl.

Whisk red wine vinegar, lemon juice, and garlic, together in a small bowl.

Slowly whisk oil into dressing until smooth and creamy. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.

Pour dressing over beets and toss salad to coat.

Day 20

March 11

Breakfast - Oat groats, dried blueberries, toasted almonds, cacao
Lunch - quinoa, cottage cheese, sweet potatoes, raw broccoli, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, carrots, bell pepper

Dinner - Mashed potatoes, steamed carrots, cornflake chicken (took the cornflake off before eating), fruit cup

SF hot chocolate

Breakfast - Oat groats, dried blueberries, toasted almonds, cacao

Lunch - quinoa, cottage cheese, sweet potatoes, raw veggies

Dinner part 1 - fruit cup.  Mom must be here for Sunday dinner :-)

Mashed potatoes, steamed carrots, cornflake chicken

Day 19

March 10

Breakfast - avocado toast, fried egg, raw veggies, milk
Lunch - Turkey/vegetable soup, steamed broccoli and caulifower, roasted carrot, sweet potato pancakes, hard boiled egg
Dinner - zoodles with feta, sweet potato pancakes, salmon, salad (Costco Southwest salad with chicken - minus tortilla strips), milk

Breakfast - avocado toast, fried egg, raw veggies

Lunch (partially eaten before I remembered to take a picture - oops)
Turkey/vegetable soup, steamed veggies, sweet potato pancakes, hard boiled egg

Dinner - zoodles with feta, sweet potato pancakes, salmon, salad

Day 18

March 9

Breakfast - Greek yogurt, plain mixed nuts, peanut butter, apple, grapes, hempseed, chia seeds, stevia.  Thanks, Mom!

Lunch - Salad from Mangos restaurant - chicken, lettuce, cheese, tomato, avocado.  Chicken was gross and the salad was generally flavorless.  Won't try that again.  I didn't eat the taco bowl.

Dinner - avocado toast, sweet potato pancakes, cutie, pero/postum

Super Satisfying breakfast invented by Dave, made by Mom.
Usually sweetened with honey but I threw a little stevia in there instead.

Mangos salad from Mangos restaurant Mesa.  Just no.

Dinner - more like a nighttime snack really - avocado toast, sweet potato pancakes, cutie, pero/postum

Day 17

March 8

7:00 lemon water
8:30 egg, spinach - mushrooms, adobo seasoning, red pepper flakes; sweet potato pancakes, milk
Walk around the neighborhood
1:30 quinoa, chili lime chicken, roasted carrot, spinach, bell peppers, leftover caprese

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Day 16

March 7

7:00 lemon water

8:30 oat groats, milk, berries, stevia

Walk around the neighborhood with Mom

12:45 Lunch - chili lime chicken, roasted potatoes, butternut squash, brussels sprouts, tomatoes, grapes

6:30 Dinner - hamburger vegetable soup (my favorite soup - recipe below); caprese salad - fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, fresh basil, salt, pepper, balsamic glaze;  milk

I had a few clementines sprinkled throughout the day... They're so good right now.

Hamburger Vegetable Soup

(Mom Anderson)

1/2 pound ground hamburger or turkey (I always use turkey)

Brown, drain, set aside

2 Carrots

3 Celery stalks

2 large Potatoes

2 small Onions

2 small Zucchini (I usually use one plus a yellow squash)

4 cups water, 4 tsp beef or chicken bouillon

Salt, Pepper, Italian seasoning (about 2 tsp is probably good), Garlic powder

Bring veg, bouillon, & seasonings to a boil, reduce heat, cover, simmer for 15 min.

Add:

hamburger or turkey,

1 small Napa cabbage

Large can (2 regular cans) crushed or diced tomatoes

2 cans of beans with hamburger & cabbage -- pinto, black, kidney, etc.

Bring to boil, simmer for 5-10 min until tender

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