by pattij » Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:28 pm
Thank you for asking. I start off in the morning with two servings of cooked oatmeal and one cup of wild blueberries. I have this every morning, but can change berries to have half blueberries/strawberries or half blueberries/raspberries. For lunch I have either leftovers from dinner (rice, potatoes, beans, lentils, whole wheat pasta, chili, full plate salad with all kinds of greens and veggies, lentil stew, bean burgers, quinuo dishes, etc.) I do not have any oil, nuts, avocados, soy,etc. as that is the part I follow with Dr. Esselstyn. I try to have at least six servings of greens everyday. Yesterday for lunch I had leftover lentil stew with potatoes, carrots, celery, peas, tomatoes, and spinach. I made it in my insta-pot. For dinner yesterday I had sautéed vegetables (onion, yellow squash, garlic, tomato, spinach) on brown rice. I sautéed in water. We love our spicy potato recipe and have that once a week. We usually have pizza once a week also. I use Engine 2 pizza crust and pile on spinach, mushrooms, red, green, orange peppers, red onion. We use nutritional yeast to put on top of sauce. It is soooo good. I do not drink coffee. I drink water. I drink some ginger tea or hawthorne tea once in a while. I may make muffins (just with oats, oat bran, flax seed, applesauce, banana, baking powder, raisins) once every three months or so. I do not usually bake as I prefer to eat larger portions of my lunch and dinners. I make the 321 salad dressing with balsamic vinegar, mustard, and maple syrup. So I do get some sugar from that. I buy corn tortilla's and make corn chips. They do not have any oil in them. I do not use oil at all. I also make chips from Ezekial tortilla's. I use Ezekial English muffins and bread at times. I get all my recipes from Dr. McDougall's Starch Solution and Dr. Esselstyn's How To Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. I have been following this program faithfully for five years now and just do not know why my cholesterol is this high. I am thinking I should not eat fruit, but I really like fruit and I know it is good for you. Summertime I love cherries, watermelon, nectarines, plums, berries, etc. Again, I do not eat meat, dairy, fish, oil, nuts. I hope this helps. Thank you for your time.