Using up the tortillas

Cheddar and Tomato quesadillas

That was yesterday

Black Bean Soup with hot Italian Sausage and diced tomatoes

A Tree Glows in Carmichael

Brown sugar glazed pork sirloin roast
Creamed peas and onions
Couscous with herbs and mushrooms
Ballatore Spumante
Fruit tarts

2nd Day of Winter

Welsh Rarebit

Shrimp Gazpacho

Black Beans
Hot Italian Sausage

Red Lobster

Bar Harbor Lobster Bake with Cheddar biscuits
May Tai
Chocolate Cake

A birthday breakfast

Sunny side up eggs and hash browns

Dinner

Rotisserie turkey  breast as a hot turkey sandwich

Moving Right Along

Garlic Sourdough Toast
Silver dollar pancakes

Butter lettuce
Avocado
Onion

Rotisserie Turkey Breast
Orange Marmalade Sauce
Instant Mashed Potato
Beets

Fast Day

Kefir
Mandarin orange

Cobb salad
String cheese on Rainbo bread

BBQ turkey rib meat
French fries

Making Do

Ancient Grains crackers with plum jelly
Hash browns
Fried egg

Salmon with cranberry salsa

Carrot

Ancient Grains crackers

The Start of Monday

Portion Size is an Issue

Pan grilled salmon with pesto butter

Plated up with Hash Browns and Organic Carrot

Salmon

Hope that pickle counts as a veggie

Citrus starts the day

2 Mandarins

Greek Honey Yogurt
Sourdough Toast with Butter

Trader Joe's Fried Rice

Smoked Salmon Dip on Ancient Grain Crackers

Fresh Orange

Salmon

Mashed Cauliflower

Bok Choy Salad

Leftovers

Smoked BBQ turkey
Avocado
Sourdough toast

Pomegranate
Greek honey yogurt

Smoked almonds
Pecan pie

Thanksgiving Day

Pepper Jack Cheese
Ancient Grains Crackers
Coffee

Pumpkin Cake

Meatball Souo
Fresh Baked Bread

New Day. New Menu

Fruit smoothie: clementines, persimmon, banana, blueberry kefir, orange, peach, mango juice (yield 3 cups)

Roast Beef Sandwich

Salmon Filet

Gazpacho

Partial Plan So Far

Sourdough Toast

Gravy

Kefir

Roast Beef

Rice with Mushrooms and Carrot

Gravy


Gazpacho
Crackers
Jalapeno Artichoke Cream Cheese

Dinner with a Friend and a Movie

Oats


Grilled Cheese with Tomato and Avocado

Crock Pot Roast Beef
Brown Basmati Rice
Raw Carrot and Celery
Artichoke-Jalapeno Cream Cheese dip

Laidback Weekend

Raisinette
Coffee

Pepper Salami on Rye

Tomato
Mandarin Orange

Skirt Steak

Getting There

Dark Chocolate

Coffee

Scrambled Egg

Bison Patty

Roast Turkey Breast

Russian Rye

Plum

Not Exactly Bland but a Light Day

Pumpkin Greek Yogurt

Plum

Salmon Sandwich on Sourdough Toast

Vegetable Soup
Bison Burger Patties
tomato slices
sourdough bread

A Day for Entertainment

Last night's dinner is becoming dog food and the aroma is killing me.

Fruit Smoothie

Salmon Wrap with Tomato


Nuked Red Potato
Maruchan Instant Noodle Soup

Fall is in the Air

Long time since I've had a smoothie for breakfast

This one worked well for me

Plum

Banana

Clementines

Pumpkin Greek Yogurt

Coconut Milk

Pistachios

Sliced Tomato with dressing

Braised Lamb Shank
Carrots, Onion, Turnips, Celery
Red Potatoes

A Perfect Sunday in the Fall

Banana

Carrot

Apricot Mango Greek Yogurt

Sliced Tomato with Olive Oil Vinaigrette
Smoked Keta Salmon Cajun Style

Roast Chicken Dinner

The Weekend Begins

Cottage Fries and Bacon (redneck breakfast)

Banana

Almond Danish

Orange

Fritos Scoops

Ginger Saffron Tea

Sour Dough Toast

Roast Beef Gravy

Apple

TGIF and Enough with the Protein

1.5 Hard Boiled Eggs

2 slices whole wheat bread

Almond Danish

Coffee

McD's Quarter Pounder BLT

Fries

Coffee

Red Potatoes
Roast Beef Gravy
Ripe Tomato Slices
Olive Oil Vinaigrette

Hump Day

Redneck BLT

Leftover Spinach Salad

As the Day Goes

Kashi Go Lean

Coconut Milk

Tomato

Cheese

Dill Pickle

Sardines

Crackers

Rib Eye Steak

Red Potatoes
Green Beans
Spinach Salad

For Today

Sourdough toast with butter

Jenni O turkey sausage

2 eggs sunny side up

Cheese

Tomato slices

Kalamata Olives

Lean Cuisine entree:

Roast Turkey Breast with Stuffing

Baked Apple

Free Weekend

Kashi Go Lean Crunch

Sourdough Toast

French Market Coffee

Spinach with Salmon, Manchego Cheese and Kalamata Olives

Another End of the Work Week

Greek Honey Lemon Yogurt

French Market Coffee

Cottage Bacon

Toast

Egg

Salmon with sauteed spinach

Hump Day

What day is it?

Turkey Sausage

Toast

Egg

BBQ Tri Tip Sandwich

Out for Chinese

Indecision

Biscuits and Coffee

Sourdough toast

Turkey Sausage

Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Whipped Potato Buds

Beginning or End

One soupcon of homemade chicken soup

Kashi Go Lean
coconut milk


Chicken soup

Easy Does It

Avocado Toast

Honey Lemon Yogurt

Chicken Thigh 
with Spinach &
Whipped Potato


Swiss Cheese
Ruffles

Chicken Stew:

Spinach

Onion

Carrot

Green Beans

Tomatoes

Pasta Shells
Garlic Infused Chicken Broth

Lunch on the Road During my Road Trip

Ran into McDonalds for a Quarter Pounder BLT

This was amazingly good. 

Artisan Bun, Red Onion Slice, fresh lettuce, ripe tomato, American cheese.

I wasn't yet halfway into my drive to Bakersfield and the break was well worth it. I would definitely buy one of these again.

TGIF

Greek Honey Lemon Yogurt

Trail Mix

Pork Tamale

Chicken Enchilidad: 

sauteed boneless, skinless thighs under red enchilada sauce

Whipped potatoes

Leftovers

Stroganoff for breakfast

Stroganoff and green beans
Tomato

Boneless skinless chicken thighs
Zucchini

Healthy Attempt

Pineapple Smoothie

(crushed pineapple, greek honey lemon yogurt and coconut milk)

Toast

Coffee

Salmon Sandwich

Beef Stroganoff

Brown Rice Noodles

Not Sure What the Day Will Bring

No matter what I end up with portion size will be a concern

Broiled Swiss on Sheepherder Bread

Sliced Ripe Tomato

French Press Coffee


Double Double from In N Out
(This made me feel sick for a few hours)


Chicken Noodle Soup
Cucumber
Sauteed Zucchini

Home and Back to Business

Toasted Sheepherder's Bread

Butter and Peanut Butter

Coffee

Tamales

Chile Relleno (Cheese and Poblano Pepper)

Black Bean, Rice and Corn

Italian Style Spaghetti and Meatballs

Sliced Tomato

Cucumber

Blood Orange French Sparkling Soda

Coffee

How It Looks Today

Panini

Lab Results are back

Reducing LDL is not an easy task but here goes.

Red Yeast Rice added to my supplements

Banana Nut Granola

Coconut milk

Strawberries

So far so good...

Dog Walk

White Cheddar, ham and Avocado Panini

Kosher Dill, Roma Tomato and 
Kalamata Olives

Chili Verde and Red Kidney Beans with Onion

Green Salad

Stair Stepper

Today is the first day of the rest of my life

Under the strawberries and coconut milk you will find banana nut granola.

Buffalo chicken wings with carrot & celery

White Cheddar with brown rice crackers

Dark Chocolate

Banana

Ham Slice

Breakfast (Before and After)

Ham and eggs

Hashbrowns

Strawberries

At This Point Nothing But a Plan

Ham and Eggs

Hashbrowns

Banana

Verde Chicken Enchilada

Chili Verde with Kidney Beans as a

Chimichanga 

(Whole Wheat Tortillas)

And Today

Peanut Butter

Garlic Sourdough Toast

Sweet Potato with pork roast drippings

Pork and kidney bean burritos

Verde Chicken Enchiladas

Another Relaxed Kind of Day - Tuesday

Everything Bagel with Labne

White Cheddar

Brown Rice Crackers

Chili Verde

Sweet Potatoes

Kidney Beans with Onion

It's Been That Kind of Day on Sunday

I'm starting with:

Everything Bagel from Thomas

toasted with butter

Garden Patch Juice 

coffee

Vegetarian pizza

for both lunch and dinner

romaine with dressing

English Cucumber

Today's Meal Plan (In my Mind's Eye)

Garlic Sourdough with Kefir Cheese

Tomato Slices

Salmon Stuffed Tomato

Pasta Shells with Butter

Rotisserie Chicken

Home Again

Back to the comforts of my own cooking and no real excuse for a lack of proper nutrition planning. I know what's good for me and I know just what to do about it.

Banana Nut Whole Grain Cereal

Coconut Milk

Garden Patch Juice

300-400 calories of total goodness

Roasted Sweet Potato

Roasted Peppers

Pinquitos with Onion and Cumin

Rotisserie from Raleys

Romaine Salad with Cucumbers

11 Days on the Road

Day #1 Williams Chinese Restaurant

Day #2 Something out of the cooler but damned if I can remember (possibly Greek Honey Yogurt or Labne on an Everything Bagel)

Day #3 T Bone Steaks, pan grilled @ my sister Peg's

Day #4 the previous post - Home made Chalupas and Salsa from Mom's recipes with Spanish Rice and Beans

Day #5 Roast Turkey Dinner at Cousin's in Tri Cities

Day #6 Connie's Potato Soup0

Day #7 Cousin's Club Sandwich from the Dalles (around 3pm)

Day #8 Skamania Lodge Buffet with Don: Prime Rib, Salad, Fish and Dessert

Day #9 Skipped it after a late afternoon tea at Garda's (cheese, rice cracker, raspberry torte, apple dumplings)

Day #10 Colby Cheese and Dill Pickles in Klamath Falls

Day #11 Cold BBQ Chicken, Green Beans, Pasta Salad


Ate some breakfasts and some lunches from restaurants or Subway while on the road but mostly snacked from the cooler on items brought from home. Didn't touch the brand new jar of Smart Balance Peanut Butter but I will make up for that now that I am home.

Roast Turkey with Stuffing $9.95

Dinner at Cousins in Pasco, WA

Even the Senior Portion is too much for one person

Break That Fast

Starting with a Chalupa.

Leftover from last night's nostalgic dinner.

Pumpkin Empanada

Soup or beans

Cousin's Roast Turkey Dinner

I wanted Mom's Chalupas and homemade salsa last night. And for dessert the pumpkin empanadas from Super One.

Purging the Larder

Beans and Toast

Tomato Wedges

Cottage Cheese

Tillamook Colby Slice

Lamb Leg Steak

Mashed Cauliflower

Carrots

Try and Keep it Lite and Healthy

Polish Sausage

Sourdough Toast

Salad
Cantaloupe

Shrimp Po Boy
Fries
Lemonade

Sweet potato hash alfresco

Breakfast under the redwoods this morning:

Organic Sweet Potatoes

Yellow Onion

Collossal Miller's Polish Sausage

sauteed in Garlic Olive Oil from Calolea

Kosher Salt and Coarse Ground Pepper

strong Black Coffee

Polish Dog

Ruffle Cut Chips

Romaine, Feta and Fresh Tomato Salad

English Cucumber slices in Caesar dressing

Sunday BBQ

Cantaloupe

Cheese enchiladas

BBQ ribeye steak

Caesar Salad 

Potato Salad

Ruffle Cut Chips

Planned: End of the Work Week

Roast Turkey Artichoke Melt Panini

Strawberry Cheesecake cookies

This was brunch and tasted very rich.

Cantaloupe


Boneless Orange Chicken with Ranch Dressing
Carrots
Celery

Nearing the End of the Week

Buttered Sourdough Toast

Fried Egg with Salsa Verde

Fried Potato

(Breakfast was excellent)


Tomato Cucumber Salad


Fettuccine Alfredo
Garlic Bread
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

As usual I did it my way.

Memorial Service Today

SURPRISE!

Toasted Rosemary Garlic Sourdough Bread

steamed egg

nectarine

Bison Burger


Marie Callender's Roast Turkey and Stuffing

More Like Yesterday

Limiting the time I spend outside in the garden due to the last of the summer heat. Light cleanup today and then relaxation.


Buttered Rosemary Garlic Sourdough Toast

Fried Yukon Gold Potatoes with yellow onion
diced tomato salad

Bison Burger

Tomato
Sourdough Slice

More or Less Conventional Comfort

Buttered Toast with a Steamed Egg

Tomato, Cucumber Salad

London Broil Marinara Soup

Southern Fried Chicken

Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Corn

Free Weekend

For breakfast 2 biscuits buttered with Mandarin Orange Jelly.

For lunch 2 more biscuits with no bean chili con carne.

What a Way to End the Week

buttered toast

Coffee

Gourmet HB Patty

Sourdough Bread

Kosher Dill Spear

Chocolate Milk

Havarti Slices

Tomato

Ruffles Chips

Assembling Breakfast

Light and Yummy

2 slices of toast

steamed egg

2 clementines

Black Forest Ham

Chinese Chicken Salad

Almond Danish

TGIF - Another Week Down

Leftover Green Cabbage and Onion

Black Forest Ham

Greek Honey Yogurt

Granola

Cottage Cheese
Hummus Salad Dressing

Tomato

Spareribs

Salad