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This week’s Advanced Plan Menu

OK…here was my menu plan for the week. I don’t normally post this but I have had a lot of requests of comments that people just don’t know what to eat. I am not kidding when I say that I am never hungry, I feel totally satisfied, and do not miss the carbs in the least bit. Normally I will add in the occasional ancient grain (quinoa, ezekiel bread, etc) or some brown rice but I am completely unaffected without it.

Monday

Breakfast- Grapefruit

Lunch- Meatloaf with steamed asparagus

Dinner- Chicken breast with wilted spinach and a green salad

Snack- Almond Power Bar

Tuesday

Breakfast- Berry Smoothie

Lunch- Leftover Steak & Spinach

Dinner- Asian Lettuce Wraps and Chicken Teriyaki (cut up chicken marinated in Bragg’s Liquid Aminos and fresh ginger (microplaned) with thinly sliced cabbage, zucchini, sauteed w/ sesame oil, sesame seeds and liquid aminos and steamed broccoli

Wednesday

Breakfast- Grapefruit w/ blueberries

Lunch- Ted’s Montana Grill – Bison Burger w/ avocado (no bun) and grilled asparagus

Dinner- Salad

Thursday

Breakfast- Smoothie

Lunch- Salad, Hummus, Ginger Coconut Soup (At the Dekalb Farmers Market- awesome!)

Dinner- Red Snapper (fresh from the market) with lemon slices, lemon pepper, and butter, chopped bok choy with sesame oil, sesame seeds, and liquid aminos

Friday

Breakfast- Spinach/Mushroom/Onion Omelet with sliced avocado + gomasio

Lunch- Chicken Soup

Dinner- Organic Rotisierre Chicken, Broccoli, Hummus

Saturday–

Breakfast- Granny Smith Apple w/ Almond Butter

Lunch- Chicken Salad Lettuce Wrap, Ginger Coconut Soup

Dinner- Grilled Buffalo Chicken Breast on Salad w/ Oil&Vinegar

Sunday

Breakfast- Grainless Blueberry Muffins (see recipe in Maximized Living Nutrition Plans Book) w/ berry sauce. YUMMY!

Lunch- Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant- Salad w/ oil&vinegar, and tortilla soup

Dinner- Authentic Israeli Dinner (thanks to my great friend Tali)- Israeli Meat Kebobs (see recipe on my next post), Israeli Salad (see recipe on my next post), Hummus. Absolutely delish!

November 15, 2009

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Bogus Claims

I am always harping on using common sense and this news story just doesn’t make any common sense. Cocoa Krispies boosts immunity. Seriously? Are there people out there that would pick up a box of Cocoa Krispies and say, “cool, I’ll buy this because it will boost my kids immunity”. Are you kidding me? It is loaded with sugar which is a punch to your immune system! Thank goodness they are being forced to take this crap off of the label. It is so bogus it is criminal!

November 7, 2009November 7, 2009

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Finally, a meal post

Originally I thought I would use this site to post recipes but the recipes are the easy part. You can pretty much take any recipe and alter it enough to make it healthy. So I decided to sprinkle in some other useful (and probably a little use-less) information.

On this post I will share what I made for dinner yesterday. It was one of those nights where I did one of my little victory dances because my whole family loved my meal. yes!!! So here’s what it was. Like many of my meals, they were fast, easy, and yummy.

I picked up some bison steaks from Super Target (mainly because I forgot to defrost my grass-fed beef steaks) and seasoned them with a little all purpose seasoning (I like Spike) and some sea salt. I put it on my cast iron grill pan (a necessity for cooking) and grilled it up to medium. One of the keys to good grass-feed steaks is to cook them as little as possible. I used to be a hockey-puck steak kind of girl. I wouldn’t eat it unless it was well done. Well, I’ve come a long way and can almost eat a steak rare. Not only is the taste better, but you retain a lot of the nutrients, and it keeps the steak nice and tender.

The kids talked me into getting some fresh organic ears of corn (I usually don’t do corn) but they talked me into it and then I made some Mashed Cauliflower to go along with it.

It was a hit. Than goodness eating healthy can be fast and easy.

January 28, 2009

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Lunchables = Laughable

Well folks…it never ceases to amaze me what I will see at the grocery store. I really try to resist the urge to look in other people’s carts but it is as hard as not rubbernecking to see the accident on the other side of the street. One of my observational “hot spots” at the store is the Lunchable section. I usually whiz by it after picking up my organic turkey bacon at Publix (it’s on the same aisle). Inevitibly I see moms swooshing them into their carts. Never once have I seen anyone pick them up and look at the label.

Even before I even went near the things to check the label, the look of them was enough to turn me off. Pinkish white turkey discs, flourescent cheese, candy, and some sugary drink. MMMMM. But the label just illuminates the anti-nutrient status of this product. Anti-nutients are not only lacking nutrients, but they actually pull nutrient stores from the body as they are injested.

I found this article on line that made me chuckle while exposing the horribleness (is that a word?) of this crap. Some of the kids comments were very funny. As crazy as it may seem, if you really look at what kids are eating in the school cafeterias, many kids get a healthier lunch by buying it from the school than bringing it from home. Lunchables are a perfect example.

Read the article for yourself and share it with anyone you know who is ingesting this stuff. I really don’t understand how it even makes it to the store shelf. This is a true example of how we have succumb to the power of convenience over quality. For goodness sakes, it doesn’t even TASTE good!

http://www.slate.com/id/2149531/

January 28, 2009January 28, 2009

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Fresh Produce Delivery.

So today, I am awaiting an order of fresh produce from my local natural foods store (Nature’s Corner Market www.naturescornermkt.com ). They have given their customers the opportunity to order bulk organics from their vendors.

I and a couple of friends are splitting some of the items and I am eagerly anticipating getting them in my hands. How crazy is it that I am so super excited to receive produce???

I am just anticipating what I am going to do with it all, what recipes I’m going to prepare, what new things I’m going to subject my family too, how yummy it’s going to taste, and most importantly, how good it is going to be for me.

Things like this are available in almost any city…it just takes some digging. I was part of a CSA previously and that was another way to receive fresh, local produce. You can go to www.localharvest.org to find one near you. There are even services now that will deliver organics right to your door. Granted it is a little pricier, but of very high quality. I have used www.offthevineproduce.com several times and have been very happy.

January 23, 2009

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