Day 1 Monday 20/08/07

Breakfast

Cup of tea (semi skimmed goats milk)
1 x banana
1 x glass of apple, kiwi and lime smothie.

Daytime

1 cup of vending machine white coffee
1 large latte from Costa (these will have to go)
1 x salami and salad sandwich on homemade organic wholemeal loaf with pumpkin seeds, pine nuts and sesame seeds.
- should have taken a packet of dried fruit

Eve Meal

Mousaka style dish as follows

½ stick of cinnamon and teaspoon of black peppercorns fried in 1 tbs olive oil
½ red onion and a large clove of garlic
250 grams minced lamb
2 mushrooms
1 yellow pepper
all fried off
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
4 carrots
2 bay leaves and a shake of dried oregano

simmered for 20 mins

placed in a baking dish topped with parboiled sliced waxy new potatoes topped with 250ml goats yoghurt and finished in the oven for 20 mins

fried aubergine on the side (in garlic and olive oil)

Greek style salad to serve (leaves, red onion, tomatoes and kalamata olives) dressed in olive oil based vinaigrette with a half clove of garlic and small shake of sea salt.

half a bottle of red wine with it (Italian Zinfandell)

pros.
- about 6-7 veg portions at least, uses olive oil & garlic, red wine.

cons.
- lamb is a bit fatty, portion control (but I only had a third of a dish and saved a portion for the freezer).