Thursday menu

1 cup of coffee with 1%milk and sweetener

1/2 banana

small piece of Colombian white cheese (see previous menu for more detail). about 1/2"x 1/2" x 1"

1/2 cup 1 minute oatmeal (dry measure); 10 raisins; cinnamon microwaved for 1 minute - with a little 1% milk and spray butter substitute.

Lunch: Dole Asian salad kit using half the dressing.
Coffee with milk.

Mid afternoon snack - hot chocolate made with 1 cup 1% milk warmed in the microwave; then added 1 TBSP unsweetened cocoa and sweetener.

1/2 apple before 40 minute walk.

Dinner: salmon with dill from the deli; quinoa and garbanzo salad with sweet onions and red peppers, fresh chopped basil, 1/2 TBSP olive oil, vinegar (can use lemon but I am allergic to it), salt and pepper.
Decaf for dessert.

Note: quinoa is a tiny grain (white or red) from the Andes which is the only grain with complete and properly proportioned amino acids (basic building blocks of proteins) necessary for humans. It cooks in 10- 15 minutes and is more nutritious than brown rice. It is very easy on the digestion. It is also glutin free which is good for people who cannot tolerate glutin found in other grains especially wheat products and flour. The taste is good, nothing strange. Something like brown rice or farina. The grains remain clean and separate so they do not get gooey when mixed into salad. It can be eaten as a morning cereal like grits. I do not care for the texture mixed with milk.