This was my meal plan for August Week 3:
Brunch: Boiled mung beans, katta sambol
Dinner: Rice, chicken curry, dhal with moringa leaves (red lentils, moringa leaves, onions, garlic, curry leaves, turmeric)
Snacks/Desserts: Peaches, crackers and peanut butter
Daily Points Total: 7.25
Tuesday
Brunch: Yogurt flat bread and chicken curry(12 spice curry powder, tomato, curry leaves, etc.)
Dinner: Cheese filled puff pastry, meat filled puff pastry, grapes, sesame cookies
Snacks/Desserts: peanuts
Daily Points Total: 7
Wednesday
Brunch: Kiwi, grapes, sesame cookies
Dinner: Rice, chicken curry, dhal with moringa leaves
Snacks/Desserts: corn on the cob
Daily Points Total: 2
Thursday
Brunch: Grapes; yogurt with peach jam and cereal
Dinner: Sardines on toast
Snacks/Desserts: Stewed apple
Daily Points Total: 1
Friday
Brunch: Grapes, orange juice
Dinner: Cold cuts sandwich (7 grain bread, mustard, lettuce)
Snacks/Desserts: Banana
Daily Points Total: 11 (if I count the 7 whole grains in the bread; 5 if I count the bread as 1 for whole grain).
Saturday
Brunch: Hamburger, fries (do the fries count as potato? Probably not!)
Dinner: Hamburger
Snacks/Desserts: Soda
Daily Points Total: 0
Sunday
Brunch: Fruit salad (Banana, grapes, dates, cashews, kiwi, lemon juice)
Dinner: Rice, chicken curry, cucumber salad, tomato chutney; leftover fries
Snacks/Desserts: More fruit salad
Daily Points Total: 4
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| Fruit Salad |
Daily cup of tea = 1 [point
Weekly Plant Based Food Points Total = 33.25 (if I count the 7 grains in the bread) or 27.25 if I count the bread as 1 for "whole grain"
Either way, I am pleased with this week's plant based food points, especially since there were days when I went completely off the meal plan and didn't eat as nutritiously as I should have! But, I really struggled with meals, this week. I didn't feel like cooking, I didn't feel like eating what I had cooked, nothing really appealed to me.
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Moving on to August Week 4:
Well done on your plant based points total, I'm not sure if you count the individual grains in the bread or not. I buy wholemeal bread so if I was counting that would be one point. Your fruit salad looks very tasty indeed.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eileen; I guess I should count the bread as 1point, even if the list of ingredients include 7 types of grains. But, even so, I'm happy with the final plant points. I enjoyed my fruit salad; I will be making more. :)
DeleteGreat job, Bless! This past week I ate my way to 31.5 points. Like you, I didn't feel like cooking much and didn't have/desire the variety to lead to more points. But I still exceeded 30, so that's good with me. 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anonymous. You did well with your plant food intake! I think it's great that you still managed to exceed 30!
DeleteFor a week that you didn't feel like cooking or eating, I think you did pretty good.
ReplyDeleteThank you, June; I certainly didn't go hungry!
DeleteWhen is a potato not a potato? Fries are still potatoes as far as I'm concerned. 😀 But you have plenty of other plant based points to be happy with. What a lovely salad!
ReplyDeleteA potato is not a potato when it has been turned into fries or chips! LOL. But, I did well enough without counting it. :) Thank you; I love fruit salad. :)
DeleteThat’s amazing progress in your plant-based eating. It seems like it is becoming part of your regular routine to include a variety of plants.
ReplyDeleteThe fruit salad looks refreshing. I think I’ll add one to tonight’s dinner. We have grapes, apples, mandarins, and a banana. 🍌
Yes, I agree!
DeleteElla
Thank you, Taconix. I think I am getting into incorporating more plant based food into my diet. It takes a little awareness and a little effort, but, it's working. Sounds like you have all you need to make a nice fruit salad. Enjoy!
DeleteThank you, Ella. :)
DeleteSome very tasty sounding meal ideas, Bless. I'll be planning my meals again, starting next week. And happily, my new working hours will make cooking dinners so much easier. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jules. Good to hear that your new working hours will make cooking dinners easier. Hope you'll share your week's meal plan when you make it. :)
DeleteYou had a nice variety of food during this third week of August.
ReplyDeleteI wondered why you got the french bread at the Armenian store since you had just purchased your whole grain bread. And I know you don't like to freeze your bread.
Now I see your plans to make Subway sandwiches.
Thank you, Debra. I love French bread! The French bread from the supermarket doesn't taste quite as good as the French bread from the Armenian store (different bakery). I don't allow myself to eat as much of it as I would like to, but, I was wanting a subway type sandwich! :)
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