Comments on: Menu Plan for Week of August 16, 2009

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:36:07 +0000

Hi Debbie, will stop by.

By: darnold23

darnold23 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:59:37 +0000

Hope to see you at Crock Pot Wednesdays on diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com this week. Thanks for posting. Debbie

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:42:11 +0000

Hi Cheryl, the peach and tomato salad is my absolute favorite for summer, and for bringing to potlucks. The peaches are unusually spectacular this year.

Thanks for hosting GFMS

By: cheryl

cheryl — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:06:30 +0000

Hi Liz,

the peach and tomato salad sounds divine. thanks for the idea!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:21:55 +0000

Hi Andy, some great suggestions. Interestingly, when I was looking at this week’s menu, my first thought is that it seems awfully vegan. And although I enjoy eating and preparing vegan dishes, it is a bit odd to have more than 1-2 nights as relatively vegan. Ah well, we are omnivores, and I think last week might have been a meat heavy week where I had picked up some carnitas at the store to serve in soft tacos.

I definitely eat a lot of eggs, continued to eat them even when people thought they were bad for you, still eat them as they are coming back into vogue. In addition to boiled eggs and deviled eggs, I make fritattas and egg scrambles w/ leftovers all the time. I plan to post some more egg recipes soon.

Thanks for visiting and commenting.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:56:36 +0000

Nice blog Liz! My 2 cents for your menu plans:

1) Eggs. I know you have them under “sandwich alternatives”, but don’t forget about them. Your diet is not too strong on the protein side, because the protein in chickpeas and grains is not complete. Eggs have top-quality whole protein. On the other hand, recent research has found that their cholesterol content is not too serious, because most of our cholesterol is made by our bodies, so exercise and a low-fat diet are more important for having a low level of it, than diminishing its intake. I would use even more eggs in your kind of diet.

2) An idea for tasty and healthy fish: prepare a bechamel (white) sauce, but sauteing onions with the butter first (removing the onions before mixing with the flour), adding some mustard while cooking, and finishing the cooking of the fish in this sauce. It tastes somewhat like cream, but with much less fat, and it has milk.

3) An idea for dips: mixing a bit of blue cheese and chopped pasley into low-fat cream cheese (try different brands/flavors).

Thanks for the tips you’re giving on this and other posts. See you around!