Sunday, August 2, 2009
Menu Planning Monday
I am so excited to post my first Menu to link over at I'm an Organizing Junkie. The menu is lengthy and detailed for my benefit. Here is the plan for the week.
MONDAY
Breakfast:
1 egg + 2 egg whites scrambled with 1/3 c. salsa and 3 T. low fat mozzerella on corn tortilla
1 cup watermelon chunks
Snack:
1 apple
2 T. almonds
Lunch:
4 oz. turkey burger with 1 tomato slice, 2 lettuce leaves in 1/2 a whole wheat pita
1/2 cup strawberries
Snack:
hummus deviled eggs (replace egg yolks with store bought hummus)
Dinner:
5 oz. BBQ chicken
8 asparagus spears
1 cup cherry tomatoes with balsalmic vinegar and 1 T. chopped basil
TUESDAY
Breakfast:
ham and cheese breakfast melt
3/4 cup strawberries
Snack:
1 apple
1 stick lowfat mozzerella string cheese
Lunch:
turkey wrap-2 oz sliced turkey, 2 slices tomato and 2 tsp. dijon mustard in whole wheat pita
6 carrots and 1 cup jucima sticks
Snack:
hummus deviled eggs
Dinner:
5 oz. salmon with 1 cup cooked brown rice
1 cup sliced zucchini and yellow squash steamed with 2 T. diced onion and garnished with 1 tsp. fresh basil
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast:
Banana nut oats-1 cup oats cooked in 1 1/2 cups fat free milk with 1 mashed banana and 1/2 tsp. vanilla and topped with 1 T. walnuts
1/2 cup blueberries
3 hard boiled egg whites
Snack:
2 meduim celery stalks with 6 T. hummus
Lunch:
tuna salad pita-
Snack:
PBJ-2 slices Ezekiel whole grain bread with 1 T natural peanut butter and 2 T sugar free all fruit spread
Dinner:
turkey chili
1 1/2 cups chopped romaine lettuce with 1/4 cup sliced bell pepper, 3/4 cup sliced cucumber, and 1 T. low-fat vinaigrette
THURSDAY
Breakfast:
same as Tuesday
Snack:
raspberry smoothie
Lunch:
turkey burger
Snack:
1 apple
2 T. almonds
Dinner:
chopped salad
FRIDAY
Breakfast:
1/3 cup oatmeal cooked in 2/3 cup water
1/2 banana
1/2 cup fat free Greek yogurt with 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Snack:
peanutty spread(9 oz silken tofu,1/2 cup peanut butter, 4 tsp. honey, 2 tsp. lime juice) with
1 cup jicima slices
Lunch:
tuna melt-6 oz. tuna with 2 T diced onion and 2 T low-fat vinaigrette on whole grain english muffin
Snack:
2 servings crispy corn chips(corn tortillas coated with olive oil cooking spray sprinkled with cumin, chili powder and salt baked for 10 min. at 350) with 1/2 cup salsa mixed with 1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese
Dinner:
2 portobello pizzzas (the family gets to use flatbread)-mushroom caps topped with low fat marinara, turkey italian sausage, mozzerella, parmesan and fresh basil
1/2 cup red grapes
SATURDAY
Breakfast:
greek yogurt parfait-greek yogurt with 1/4 cup strawberries and 2 T low fat granola
3 slices turkey bacon
1 hard boiled egg
Snack:
1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese with 1 T. almonds
1 medium pear
Lunch:
green salad
Snack:
1 apple with cheese stick
Dinner:
taco salad (not on the diet, but we will be out of town at a family dinner)
SUNDAY
still out of town and at the mercy of the hotel for breakfast and family for other meals. I'll do my best.
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the biggest thing on those meals away from home is going to be portion size. Make sure you only eat as much as you need even if it does taste delicious! ~Ally
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