After reading several articles recently about the importance of sleeping on dieting, I turned over and nodded off at seven AM, and didn't wake until 11, which isn't great on the exercise front but hopefully means I've caught up a little on any residual sleep debt.
Because I have today off, I decided to have porridge for breakfast, made with skim milk and a small handful of sultanas. While the milk was heating I chopped up the last of my rhubarb, and put it in a freezer container along with a few generous measures of raspberries, reserving enough for my meal. I stewed the raspberries and rhubarb over a low heat, with a little water, about two teaspoons of pear extract, and a drop of orange oil, and ate it with the porridge and a little vanilla yoghurt.
I chose the optional lunch today, which was a skimpy combination of cheese on a long grain roll (which was supposed to come with fruit chutney - I substituted caramelised onion relish and grilled the pieces for a couple of minutes), a cup of diced two fruits, tropical nut mix (predominantly sultanas and raw cashews), the oft-recurring soy nuts, a quite nice rice pudding, and a delicious ricotta spinach 'cake' that was more like a mini fritatta.
For dinner I tried the meatloaf - although the meat was somewhat rubbery and had a manufactured texture, the mashed potato was really delicious and the gravy wasn't bad. I think this will probably be an option I order every few weeks. - Alex
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