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

March 17

March 17

Dave's breakfast - yogurt, strawberries, grapes, peanut butter, chia, hemp; pero/postum

Chicken, roasted onions, cucumbers, avocado, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, fruit

Toast & milk & sweet potato chips for a light dinner

Sweet potato chips fail.  I ate all the good ones.

Day 12 Quinoa + Meal Prep Chili Lime Chicken

March 3

6:30 lemon water
8:00 sweet potato pancakes, egg, sauteed spinach with Jane's mixed-up salt and red pepper flakes
I don't normally like cooked spinach but something bitter sounded good this morning and was tasty with the egg.

12:00 Chopped spinach salad on a bed of slightly sauteed spiraled yellow squash - spinach, tomatoes, bell peppers, basil, cucumber, celery, italian dressing; greek yogurt mixed with frozen berries & stevia

4:15 Ezekiel bread peanut butter toast with bananas and chia seeds.  Pero/postum

7:00 Roasted garlic rosemary potatoes, roasted asparagus w/ adobo seasoning, meal prep lime chicken (recipe below - it's good!), bell peppers, milk.

Breakfast - Fried egg, sauteed spinach, sweet potato pancakes

Quinoa works great in the rice cooker - 2 cooker cups-full of quinoa.
Rinse thoroughly, fill to the #3 line with chicken broth and water.

Lunch - Chop spinach salad on a bed of spiralized
yellow squash and a side of quinoa

Lunch, cont.: Berry Greek yogurt

Snack: Peanut butter toast with bananas, pero/postum

Dinner - Roasted potatoes, chili lime chicken, vegetables

Did a little meal prep today - brussels, chicken, potatoes,
quinoa, asparagus, butternut squash (just the little bit I had left over in the fridge).

Meal Prep Baked Lime Chicken Bowls

https://www.yummyhealthyeasy.com/meal-prep-baked-lime-chicken-bowls/

Ingredients

• 2-3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into cubes
• 6 Tbsp. olive oil
• 3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
• Juice from 2 limes
• 2 tsp. chili powder
• 1 tsp. paprika
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• fresh cracked pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. In a large resealable bag, combine olive oil, vinegar, lime juice, chili powder, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
2. Cut chicken into cubes and add to marinade. Toss to coat. Marinate for 2 hours or up to overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 400ºF. Pour marinated chicken onto baking sheet (large cookie sheet size) and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
4. Serve with cooked quinoa and Lemon Green Beans Amandine or Roasted Brussels Sprouts (or other green vegetable). Enjoy!

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Day 10

March 1 Happy March!

6:00 lemon water

7:45 Old Fashioned Oats cooked in milk, topped with blackberries & a little stevia; fried egg

10:30 string cheese and dates

1:15 Butternut squash hash - sauteed squash (mostly pre-cooked in microwave), zucchini, onion, spinach, Jane's mixed-up salt, garlic salt, red pepper flakes (for my man); Sweet potato pancakes; Salmon fried in olive oil with Old Bay seasoning.  DDrPepper to wash down those spicy red pepper flakes.  ;-)

7:00 Dinner was a weird combination but I was lazy and eating alone anyway so I grabbed whatever.  Spaghetti squash.  Again.  I have got to buy a small one next time because it just made SO. Much.  I still have tons left.  Anyway... melted some mozzarella on it and added tomatoes.  Peanut butter toast. Raw veggies.  Postum/Pero.

7:45 2 Clementines

Breakfast - oatmeal & egg

Snack - string cheese and dates.  These go unbelievably well together!

Lunch - Salmon, Butternut Squash hash, Sweet Potato Pancakes

Dinner - kinda weird but oh well.
Spaghetti squash with cheese, PB toast, veggies, postum/pero.

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Day 9 Nutritional Yeast

February 28

6:30 lemon water

8:00 Ezekiel English muffin avocado toast and peanut butter toast with berries and chia seeds, pero/postum in milk

12:00 Cottage cheese topped with pineapple and blueberries.  Cucumber, baby bell pepper.  Zoodles sauteed in butter and garlic, mixed with black beans and some Nutritional Yeast.  The Nutritional Yeast gave it a cheesy flavor.  I'm pondering all the other uses for it...

4:00 Clementine, blueberries, 3 dates, string cheese.  Wow, dates and string cheese are really good together.

Pilates

6:30 Homemade pizza - ham, pineapple, mozzarella, marina sauce, basil, tomatoes with spaghetti squash on the bottom instead of a crust.  I just heated it all up together (minus basil and tomato) and it was surprisingly a great combination.  I will definitely make that again.  Milk to drink.

7:45 Handful of trailmix at the church (mixed nuts and raisins)

10:30 sf hot chocolate

Breakfast - Avocado toast and peanut butter toast with berries and chia, pero/postum

Lunch - zoodles and black beans, cottage cheese & fruit

Dinner - pizza with a spaghetti squash "crust" :-)

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Day 7 Mexican Monday

February 26
6:15 lemon water with turmeric
6:45 oat groats with milk, berries, stevia; grapefruit juice

10:45 1/3 Ezekiel English muffin avocado toast, 1/2 apple
I was wondering why I was so hungry since it wasn't nearly lunchtime, but looking at this now I see it's because I hadn't eaten in 4 hours!

Long walk to the farm to feed the goats and chickens.  Yay baby goats and teenage chicks!

12:15 string cheese, raw mushrooms, cherry tomatoes (This snack is aka 'grab whatever you see in the front of the fridge as you run out the door to the Jr. High')

3:00 brown rice, madras lentils, roasted asparagus, mushrooms, tomatoes, milk
I consciously chose to put less on my plate than my eyes wanted me to because I have been overstuffing myself.  Turns out this was just the right amount (this is a salad plate, not a dinner plate).

6:00 tacos - zoodles, ground turkey, black beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, guacamole, salsa
Raw cucumbers, carrots, bell peppers dipped in ranch dip (greek yogurt mixed with a ranch packet)

10:00 sf hot chocolate in milk

I'll be taking the time to make more turmeric capsules so I can swallow it instead of drink it.
This was gross.  But it was worth a try.

Breakfast

Late lunch with very messy asparagus. :-)  These tomatoes are like candy.

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Day 6

February 25

8:00 lemon water
9:30 oat groats, milk, stevia, 1/2 banana

1:30 2 fried eggs, roasted sweet potatoes and mixed veggies, brown rice and quinoa, raw bell peppers, mushrooms, cucumber and tomatoes, 1 glass milk

6:00 Too full from lunch to eat dinner  Only ate 1/2 banana dipped in peanut butter, cup of hot postum/pero.

Lunch

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Choosing Balance

Inspired by Pey on Choosing_Balance on Instagram, I've been making healthier meals lately.  Here a few of my attempts.  This is before I started no-sugar/no-flour, so some of this does not work with that plan.

Avocado, chicken, spaghetti squash, marina, parmesan, olives

Avocado toast, yogurt, granola, berries

oat groats, blueberries, sliced almonds

Andrew's lunch: brown rice with lentils, yogurt, blueberries, almonds

wheat crackers, baby belle, avocado, spinach, tomato, cucumber, mango salsa

yogurt, granola, berries

sweet potatoes, spinach, onions, tomato, avocado

tangerine juice from the next-door neighbor.  HEAVEN

sweet potato, avocado, chicken/veggie stir-fry, mango salsa

tomato, brown rice/quinoa, avocado, bell pepper, baby belle cheese

yogurt and berries on Dave's Killer Bread, avocado, fried egg

Roasting veggies for the week

Roasting veggies for the week