The First Week

This week has rushed past so quickly I can hardly believe it is Monday again already! This first week has gone very well indeed. I have been to the gym twice, and am feeling really good from all the fruit and vegetables. My best discovery has been cooking the porridge in the crockpot; it comes out really creamy, can be varied easily by adding different kinds of fruit, and it gives me lots of energy. So much so in fact, that we have decided to have porridge as the carbohydrate part of our breakfast every day from now on.

This new way of eating is surprisingly easy. I had not realised how cooking 'proper recipes' is more expensive, and you tend to eat larger portions. It feels a bit odd just poaching some fish or chicken and preparing some vegetables, but I have found that the simplicity feels good too. I am trying to be a little bit creative, by doing things like slicing tomatoes and baking them on top of fish in the oven, and sprinkling over some herbs and drizzling over some olive oil. That way I still feel like I am cooking, and not just assembling.

Shopping is so much easier, and cooking this way means that you are automatically eating no processed foods. I am really looking forward to the week ahead!

Sunday Menu

Breakfast

Orange juice

Pancakes with strawberries

Coffee

Snack

Carrot sticks

Lunch

Chicken caesar salad with croutons

Dinner

Pea soup, salmon florentine

Baked apple

Saturday Menu

Breakfast

Sliced orange and grapefruit salad

Boiled egg, bacon, wholemeal toast

Coffee

Snack

Banana

Lunch

Ham salad

Wholemeal roll

Snack

Apple

Dinner

Chilli and coriander prawns with rice and peas

Strawberries

Friday Menu

Breakfast

Orange juice

Yogurt with banana and muesli

Coffee

Snack

Dried pears

Lunch

Tuna salad

Wholemeal roll

Snack

Yoghurt with mixed berries

Dinner

Pea and chilli soup

Baked cod with tomoatoes and new potatoes

Thursday Menu

Breakfast

Orange juice

Porridge with bramley apple and cinnamon

Boiled egg

Coffee

Snack

Apple

Lunch

Prawn salad

Wholemeal roll

Snack

Yoghurt with mixed berries

Dinner

Tomato soup

Lentil Dahl with naan bread

Poached pear

Wednesday Menu

Breakfast

Orange juice

Melon balls

Poached smoked haddock

Wholemeal toast

Coffee

Snack

Kiwi fruit

Lunch

Smoked salmon, cucumber and cream cheese bagel

Green salad

Yoghurt with poached rhubarb

Snack

Dried pears

Dinner

Celery with cream cheese

Steak, sautee potatoes and peas

Mandarin oranges

Tuesday Menu

Breakfast

Orange juice

Bacon, egg, tomato, toast

Coffee

Snack

Apple

Lunch

Salmon, green bean and new potato salad

Yoghurt with poached rhubarb

Snack

Dried Pears

Dinner

Tomato Soup

Poached Chicken, jacket potato, broccoli

Bananas flambe