The Maker's Diet

Several years ago I embarked on the Maker's Diet. It was tough, but I did it and lost a lot of weight. Well, the weight started creeping back up, so I knew it was time to go back on it. A dear friend decided to go on it with me. There is strength in numbers!

This time I decided I wanted to sit down and make a list of meals that I could refer to when it was time for meal planning. My friend and I sat down to tea and started to write. I have a Cajun background and she a Mexican background. What a wonderful list of meals we came up with! We modified our regular recipes and came up with a bonanza. Seeing such a long list of a variety of meals gave me more courage to start. I've been on it for three days and I've already seen weight loss!

I thought I would share those here including any recipes.

Here are the Phase One* meal ideas we came up with:

*It must be noted that we do modify the diet a bit in that we do eat cow milk products instead of goat milk products.

Breakfasts:

Omelet - eggs, peppers, onions, tomato, cilantro, cheese, green onions, spinach, sour cream. Saute the veggies in butter and season.

Smoothie - blueberry, strawberry, coconut milk, yogurt, honey & vanilla

Boiled eggs with turkey bacon

Fried eggs with avocado on the side

Cottage cheese with raspberries

Yogurt with strawberries or blueberries

Grapefruit

Quiche without the crust

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Lunches & Suppers:

• Lamb chops on the grill with mushrooms on a skewer and broccoli with butter (brush olive oil on the chops and mushrooms and season)
• Chicken Breast with Cauliflower & cheese sauce, cucumbers
• Tuna salad over lettuce with avocado, tomatoes & sunflower seeds
• Chicken salad over lettuce
• Fish with a Sundried Tomato Pesto
• Beef Sparerib Soup
• Tacos in Cabbage Leaves (replace the taco shell or tortilla with raw cabbage leaves)
• Grilled Fish with Lemon Juice
• Mexican Chicken Soup
• Grilled Steak with steamed carrots and Asparagus
• Beef or chicken stir fry (leave off the sugar laden sauce and use this recipe instead)
• Grilled chicken breast with grilled squash and coleslaw
• Grilled eggplant smothered in Italian sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 450 to melt cheese)
• Fajita Beef on salad greens with picante sauce, cheese and sour cream
• Roast cooked in crockpot stuffed with garlic. Serve with Artichoke and sauteed mushrooms.
• Spaghetti with meatballs or meat sauce served over Spaghetti Squash (this is a very cool squash whose cooked insides look just like spaghetti noodles)
• Ground beef Taco salad with tomato, avocado, cheese & sour cream
• Rosemary Baked Chicken with sliced tomatoes and peas
• Zucchini Boats
• Chicken Tortilla Soup (minus the Tortillas)
• Gumbo (sorry, no recipe here... it's a secret)
• Chicken breasts stuffed with Broccoli & cheese (these can be purchased already made & frozen at your grocery store freezer section) & salad
• Grilled Salmon with artichoke
• Hamburger patty with sauted mushrooms and articokes with garlic butter sauce

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Snacks:

• Almonds


• Sunflower seeds


• pumpkin seeds


• strawberries


• raspberries


• blackberries


• blueberries


• Smoothie


• carrots


• cheese


• coffee


• carrot juice


• Herbal teas


• Perrier


• cherries


• frozen peas


• avocado
• homeade lemonade sweetened with honey or Stevia