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Week Three Healthy Eating Plan

NOTE: All Meal Plans are based on 1,500 calories per day. You may need to add calories to your plan, if your gender or lifestyle calls for it.

Monday        

Lunch

1 Cup Tomato Barley Soup
4 Rye Krisp
1 oz. Part-Skim Ricotta or Mozzarella Cheese
1 small Banana

Dinner

4 oz. Oriental Halibut Steaks
1 Cup Brussels Sprouts
1 Cup Rice
1 tsp. Margarine
1 serving Fruit

Tuesday       

Lunch

1 Cup Assorted Raw Veggies
Tuna in Pocket Bread:
  1 Pita Bread
  3 oz. Tuna
  1/4 Cup Ricotta Cheese (part Skim, Low-fat)
  Tomato and Alfalfa Sprouts - As desired
3 Tbs. Vinaigrette Dressing
1 Apple

Dinner

1 Tomato, sliced drizzled with 1/2 tsp. Olive oil, sprinkled with Dill Weed or Dill Herb
4 oz. Charbroiled Chicken Breast (skin removed)
3-4 oz. Boiled New Potatoes
1/2 Cup Sherbet

Wednesday

Lunch

1 serving Lentil Soup
1 Roll
1 tsp. Margarine
1/2 Cup 1% Cottage Cheese
1 cup juice-packed Peaches or 1 fresh Peach

Dinner

1 serving Orange Chicken Stir Fry over
1 Cup Brown Rice
1 serving Spinach Salad

Thursday  
Lunch 1 serving Beef Quesadillas
2 cups Green Salad
2 Tbs. Ranch Yogurt Dressing
1/2 cup Pineapple Chunks (juice-packed or fresh)
1 cup Milk, 1% or Nonfat
Dinner Lettuce Wedges - as desired
2 Tbs. Low Calorie Dressing
3 oz. Steamed or Baked Fish
1 cup Mixed Vegetables
1 cup Baked Squash
1 tsp. Margarine
1 Apple
Friday  
Lunch Fruit Juice Spritzer:
  1/2 cup Fruit Juice
  1/2 cup Sparkling Soda Water
1 serving Autumn Turkey Salad
3 Tbs. Vinaigrette Dressing
4 Rice Cakes
1 cup 1% or Nonfat Milk
Dinner Dinner Salad with Beans:
  2 cups Lettuce
  1/2 cup Lettuce
  Onions, Mushrooms - as desired
  1/2 cup Kidney or Garbanzo Beans
  1/3 cup Cottage Cheese (1%)
2 Tbs. Low Calorie Dressing
1 - 2" Dinner Roll
1 tsp. Margarine
1 Kiwi
Saturday  
Lunch Lettuce Wedges - as desired
Zero Dressing - as desired
1 serving Ham & Cheese Stuffed Potato
Angel Food Cake topped with Unsweetened Frozen Strawberries (sweeten with sugar substitute)
1 cup 1% or Nonfat Milk
Dinner 1 serving Crispy Baked Fillets
1 cup Baked Winter Squash sprinkled w/1 tsp Brown Sugar
1 tsp. Margarine
1/2 cup Steamed Carrots
1 Cinnamon Baked Apple
Sunday         
Brunch 1 cup Honeydew Melon chunks
Mushroom Omelets:
  1 Egg & 2 Egg Whites
  1/4 cup Mushrooms
  1/4 cup Ricotta Cheese, Lowfat
1 Peachy Oat Muffin
1 tsp. Margarine
Dinner 2 cups Green Salad
2 Tbs. Low Calorie Dressing
1 serving Beef Stroganoff
1/2 Banana
1 cup 1% or Nonfat Milk