Phase 1:

Breakfast:
Pure Protein shake with Iced Coffee (Not sure I should be going this one... thoughts?? Stats: CAL: 160, FAT: 3g, CARB: 3g, FIBER: 2g, PROTEIN: 30g)

Lunch:
Salad with Bell Pepper and Mushrooms (2C)

Snack:
Soy Puffs or Bar

Dinner:
Cabbage and Asian Meatballs (leftovers)

Snack:
Pudding

Phase 1: Week 14, Day 6

Breakfast@8am:
EAS Carb Control Chocolate (spinach & lettuce smoothie)
Spinach & Lettuce <--too much lettuce at home, using it up before it goes bad, I really packed it in and still couldn't taste it
2 cups Coffee & Ice

Lunch@12pm:
IP Potato Puree <--I love this stuff!
Cauliflower (puree & 'rice') with Leeks
1 cup Chicken Broth <--adds 5 calories from 1 g protein, extra liquid turns the puree into a nice soup
Salad w/EVOO + Apple Cider Vinegar

Snack@4pm:
IP Chocolate Pudding
Zucchini (apple chips) <--sweet tooth today - hello TOM, I hear you coming down the road....
WF Apple Butter
1 packet Stevia & Apple Pie Spice

*Maybe I will get ~1.5mi walking in at the mall@6pm <--I am helping my cousin set up for her sons party this weekend

Dinner@8pm:
Chicken Breast
Green Onions

Breakfast: Coffee w/ Splenda & Chocolate Drink Mix

Lunch: Chicken noodle soup w/ 1 cup mushrooms & 1 cup mashed Cauliflower mixed in. Yummy....

Dinner: 8 oz lean ground turkey w/ 2 Cups Asparagus

Snack: Bar or pudding

Enjoy Your Day

Hi Liz! If you have time, can you share your Lunch recipe (meaning do you mix all that together) and what the Zucchini apple chips are? I've done the zucchini in the microwave that tastes like baked apples (yum) but wasnt' sure if this is something different. Thanks! Love your meal ideas each day.

Phase 1, day 2 (yeah....I'm new)

B - IP Chocolate drink & black coffee

L - 2 cups fresh spinach semi-sauteed in a pan with some chopped garlic & IP Tomato Basil soup poured over it.

I'm not sure about a snack or dinner yet. I'm still sorting through a sea of mylar

For lunch today, I had leftover Cauliflower Puree and leftover Cauliflower 'Rice' with Leeks that I mixed in with my IP Potato Puree, I added extra chicken broth for 'soup' consistency.
Here's the recipe for my lunch and each 'leftover' I used:

Potato Puree with Leftover Cauliflowers & Leeks
1. Microwave 1 cup Chicken Broth or water for 2 minutes (hot, not boiling)
2. Add in Potato Puree packet and mix with fork
3. Add in 3 spoonfuls Cauliflower & Celery Puree (leftovers)
4. Add in 3 spoonfuls Cauliflower Rice w/Leaks (leftovers)
5. Mix it together with fork, add extra broth or water to get desired 'soup' consistency.
While I made my breakfast smoothie I let it cool before I sealed up my bowl on my way out to work. Having leftovers/prepared veggies on hand makes it MUCH easier to get things done. I like to make extra big batches of my dinner veggies. It literally took me 3 minutes to make this, including 'cooking time'.

Roasted Cauliflower & Celery Puree:
^^Note, cauliflower is a more 'starchy' veggie, so I usually add a few stalks of celery to the puree since it's more of a 'free' veggie, the celery taste is mild (like celeriac/celery root, no surprise) and I actually prefer it. You can omit the celery and it's closer to a mashed potato taste.
1 Head Cauliflower
3-4 stalks Celery (optional)
4-5 cloves Garlic in the skin (I am a garlic fiend)
Chicken Stock, sea salt, black pepper, paprika, spices.
1. Loosely chop cauliflower & celery and place on an aluminum foil lined cookie sheet along with the garlic cloves and lightly spray with EVOO.
2. Bake at 350 ~20-25 minutes until cauliflower starts to brown.
3. (Easily) Peel garlic from the skin into a blender - add in the roasted cauliflower & celery & blend until smooth ~1-2 minutes. Be careful blending hot stuff, take the 'stopper' off your blender top to avoid 'explosions'.
4. I add in sea salt, black pepper, paprika, and chicken broth to get the taste & consistency I like.

Cauliflower Rice with Leeks
1 Head Cauliflower
1-2 Leek Leaves
3 small Garlic Cloves
Sea Salt, Black Pepper
1. Grate cauliflower using a cheese grater into rice-size chunks, dice up leek leaves in small chive-size bits. Mince garlic and mix all together.
2. Place in a dry skillet over medium heat and let it cook ~10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add spices to taste.

Zucchini Apple Chips
I'm trying a new method today with the WF Apple Butter - wish me luck!
1 Zucchini
WF Apple Butter
Apple Pie Spice
1 packet Stevia
1. I use my mandoline to slice up a zucchini into thin 'chips' (the thinner the crispier they turn out)
2. Microwave/melt ~1-2tbsp WF Apple Butter and toss/coat the zucchini chips, then spread in a single layer on an aluminum foil lined cookie sheet. (You can also just spray with EVOO, which is what I usually do).
3. Sprinkle with Apple Pie Spice & 1 Stevia packet.
4. Bake at 350 for ~20 minutes.

Liz - Thank you for all the recipes and tips! You are an inspiration! Can't wait to try some of these. I made the spinach smoohtie yesterday - it was huge! I think I used too much spinach though. Will cut back next time and blend longer. Some of it was not totally pureed. I have a Pampered Chef slicer that I love to use on cukes, will try on the zucchini. Thanks again! Robin

When you do your mashed cauliflower, what do you count as your 1C or 2C? I've been doing 1C = 2 cups raw, but I'm thinking that might be wrong.

I usually count the whole thing as ~6 cups veggies, when I use cauliflower and celery. 4 cups ~ 1 medium/largish head of cauliflower - I use as much of the the cauliflower stalks as I can, and 2 cups ~ 4 stalks celery.

And just fyi, for any couponers who use Alternatives - I just signed up for the Pure Protein newsletter and got a printable $1 off coupon emailed to me. I plan on making MANY reprints of it.
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Phase 1-Alternatives

B: 2 whole eggs

L: Chocolate RTD

Dinner: 8oz Prawns with a little EVOO and salt and garlic and lemon

Dessert: 2 cups stewed ruhbarb w. a little zylitol sweetner(cant hack the stevia or splenda bleh!)

Late night Snack: Chocolate RTD w...dare i say it..Spinach????? So nervous about the taste being funky... but i guess i will never know till i try it.

Phase 1
Week 5, Day 3

Bfast: Pina Colada IP drink with lots of ice

Lunch: IP Leek soup made into a "wrap" with lettuce and cucumber.

Snack: IP vanilla drink with coffee as a frappuccino

Dinner: Lettuce wraps and cauliflower "rice".

Phase 1 going to the alternative plan, thanks to a cranky vehicle...
Breakfast: leftover IP potatoes
Lunch: chicken breast, lettuce, 1 cup cucmbers, and 1 cup broccoli
snack: EAS strawberry shake
Dinner: leftover IP tomato-basil soup, 1 cup bell peppers, 1 cup broccoli
Oh, and lots of herb tea!

Phase 1

Breakfast
Premium Protein Chocolate RTD w/spinach + I added cinnamon and it was really good ;-)

Lunch
Romaine + 2c. mixed veggies
IP vanilla RTD

Dinner
Cod with Ratatouille + salad

Snack
Health Wise Pizza Crunch Protein chips (just got them from Nashua Nutrition and there's really good - only 10g of protein though...but as an evening snack it sounds ok to me).

Have a great day!