not very creative today

• Chili Mac (what, again? and for breakfast already?) ♥
• dark chocolate with my 2nd cup of coffee

• bacon
• rye toast
• romaine salad

• New England Clam Chowder
• Sour Cream Coffee Cake

A Cheat Day but Controlled Portions

• Granny Smith apple
• Sweet Potato Tortilla Chips
• 5 layer bean dip

• Turkey Chili
• Cheddar Cheese
• Penne

• 5 layer bean dip stirred into the salad
• Romaine with Oil and vinegar

Keeping it Light With an Orange Tint

• Creamy Buckwheat cereal
• raw carrot

• Sweet Potato
• Mango slices

• Tomato Bisque soup
• Salmon Salad
• a few Sweet Potato Tortilla Chips
• 5 Layer Dip

Bright and Warm Before the Storm

• Bacon with Buckwheat Patties and an egg
• Kiwi

• Cocktail Shrimp
• Cheddar Cheese
• Kalamata Olives

• Salmon with Wasabi Mayo, capers and lemon juice
• Romaine, Sea Salt, pepper, rice wine vinegar and olive oil spray for a light salad
• Mango

Active Day Today

• Creamy Buckwheat
• Unsulphured Dried Apricot halves
• coffee

• Shrimp, Cheddar, Kalamata Sandwich on Torta with Wasabi Mayo and Cocktail Sauce

• Amy's Vegetable Barley Soup
• Kiwi

Note to self - donate the Vegetable Barley Soup. The flavor and texture are not up to my standards.

1st Friday of Lent

• Ancient Grains Tortilla
• Chili Cheese Omelet
• Salsa and Sour Cream

• Shrimp
• Cheddar Cheese 

• Handful of almonds
• Clam Chowder

Eating My Way Through the Desert

• Pumpkin nut bread ♥
• coffee ♥

• tea
• cottage cheese ♥
• asparagus ♥
• leftover Thai Rice with Langostino ♥

• Mashed Potato
• Chili Beans
• Garden Patch Juice

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Dinner on Ash Wednesday

• Cottage Cheese
• Coffee

• Orange Peach Mango Juice
• Golden Mushroom Soup

• Thai Rice 
• Langostino and asparagus tips with Lemon Butter
• Cioppino

Still Making the Pantry Pull its Weight

My plan for Lent is multi faceted. In addition to giving up meat for 6 weeks and thriving on soup (and bread) I am making the most of the pantry. What I've collected over the past 6 months will find a use in the daily repast. I hope to refill the food stocks @ Easter. Until then I'll see how far I can push my whims to accept what is readily available. The only exception will be the fresh fruits and vegetables from the Farmer's Market.

• Greek Yogurt with Mandarin Orange Jelly, Unsulphured dried apricots, walnuts

Minnie helped me to clean out the yogurt container before recycling.

• Spinach and Mushroom Quesadilla
• Chocolate Cake

• Cottage Cheese
• Orange Peach Mango juice
• Split Pea with Ham

Who Knows What for Breakfast Today

With a full pantry and a plan for Lent Breakfast should be an easy decision, eh? Not so at all. I am up way too early to even think comfortably about food.

Having said that here is my tentative plan for the day - not in order of consumption and not yet complete

• scrambled egg with cheese and spinach and salsa ♥

• handful of walnuts ♥

• roast turkey breast ♥
• spinach ♥
• cream of mushroom soup ♥
• skim milk ♥
• Chocolate Cake ♥

Green Vegetables-Legumes-Citrus-Nuts

• Leftover soup from last night (approx 1 cup)
• Trek Mix
• Skim Milk
• Chocolate Cake

• poached egg in bacon drippings
• baby Spinach
• whole grain toast

• Prime Rib and Shrimp

Today's Modern Eating

• Coffee and Trek Mix while I get my bearings
• Chocolate Layer cake and skim milk (lol)
• Bacon served open face on European style thinly sliced whole wheat toast

• Beet Salad with Walnuts, Gorgonzola Cranberry Dressing
• Cheddar with dill pickles and tostitos

• French Onion Soup

Make the Most of What's Available

• Handful of Trek Mix ♥
• Skim Milk ♥
• Blood Orange-Carrot Juice

• Roast Turkey Breast with Wasabi Mayo on a freshly baked Pugliese ♥
• Dill Pickle ♥
• Sliced Beets ♥

• Cheese slices
• Chocolate Cake ♥

Implement This Plan

• Multi Grain Oats with Trek Mix ♥
• Orange Peach Mango Juice 
• Milk ♥

• Cheese Slices ♥
• Steamed Beet ♥

Hot and Sour Soup

Honey Walnut Chicken

• Dinner @ Pearl House tonight... Let someone else do the cooking.  

Mid Week and Over the Hump

• Hot link slices with peppers and onion
• Orange, peach, Mango juice

• Carrot Cake
• Skim Milk
• Coffee

• Roast turkey breast 
• English Cucumber slices
• Cheese 

• Trek Mix

Valentine's Day

• Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs ♥
• Orange, Peach, Mango Juice (Minute Maid)

• Loaded Baked Potato Salad

• Louisiana Hot Links Po'Boy Sandwiches
• Fire Roasted Onions and Peppers
• Garlic Fries

My Daily Feast

• Multi Grain Oats ♥
• Unsulphured Dried Apricots ♥
• Walnuts ♥

• Boiled Egg
• Penne with pink salmon, spinach, mushrooms and cheeses

Laid Back

• Mini Carrot Cake

• Walnuts
• Coffee
• Yogurt

• Cabbage Soup broth

• Sauteed mushroom caps
• Penne with Salmon Spinach and Cheese

She Does Love Her Coffee

Found item @ Trader Joe's

What an aroma!!!

• Sourdough Whole Wheat Toast
• Smooshed Boiled Egg

Reheated boiled egg on toast

• Hot Link with Fire Roasted Peppers and Onion on a hollowed out par baked Artisan Pugliese still warm from the oven and garnished with Coney Island Mustard

Heating up the sausage and peppers

• Cabbage Soup (made with green cabbage, hot links, diced tomatoes, peppers and onion) in the crock pot

Note: careful about when you add the hot links. Don't want to cook them too long.

Up Before the Crack of Dawn

• Scrambled Egg Sandwich with Shredded Cheese on one slice Sourdough Whole Wheat Toast
• Orange Mango Peach Juice

• 1 cup Cuban Black bean soup garnished with Tostitos - whole grain, roasted garlic and black bean

• Cous Cous with Mushroom, Zucchini and Spinach
• Garden Patch Juice

Wednesday - Not a Good Day (indigestion)

• Greek Honey Yogurt
• Canadian Style Bacon

• Buttered Sourdough Whole Wheat Toast

• Red Rice Crackers
• Sardines

• Ramen
• Hard Boiled Egg
• Spinach

If the Tummy Cooperates

• Non Fat Greek Yogurt
• Apple Pie Jam (low sugar)
• walnuts
• Canadian Style Bacon

• Cuban Style Black Beans
• Pico de Gallo
• Yogurt
• dried unsulfured apricots

• Mediterranean Cous Cous with zucchini, mushrooms, spinach

Steak Night

• Whole Wheat Cheese Toast
• Garden Patch Juice

• Lamb and Vegetable Soup
• Salad

• Grilled Steak and Zucchini 

Restraint

• Chili
• Scrambled Egg
• Whole Wheat Toast

• Lamb and Vegetables in a rich soup

Super Bowl

• Dried Apricot Halves
• Peanut Butter Toast

• Ruffles
• Pico de Gallo

• Turkey Chili

Saturday and an Outing

• Multigrain Oats
• Boiled Egg
• Cuties

• Garden Patch Juice
• Thai Noodle Salad

• Lamb Stew/Soup
• Zucchini

Leftovers, etc

• Boiled egg
• walnuts
• unsulphured apricot halves

• Turkey Piccata
• Grilled Zucchini

• Ruffles Potato Chips
• Garden Patch Juice

Dinner with Michael

• Multi grain oats
• boiled egg

• Guacamole Cheese Burger @ Jaspers

• Buttery Argentinian Shrimp
• Pappardelle Alfredo
• Broccolini
• Lemon Tart

Pay Day

• Walnuts ♥
• Multi grain Oats ♥

• Leftover Meatballs with Noodles and Veggies ♥

• Deviled Egg Sandwich on Jewish Rye
• Sliced giant turnip