Day 1

And we're off to the races!  Lunch today was light, since I had a job interview in the early afternoon and was rushed for time.  I was thankful to have the snack mix already together to throw in the car!

Breakfast

- Black coffee
- Overnight Oats with unsalted margarine, maple pecans and a sprinkle of cinnamon

Lunch

I made several extra hard cooked eggs to keep on hand during the week.  I learned how to make the perfect hard cooked egg from the Iowa Girl Eats blog.  She explains her method in a blog post for a recipe (it's in the middle of the post).  You can find it here.  If you make several, peel them right away, instead of waiting until you use them.  It's much easier to get the shells off.

- Large salad with chopped apple and hard cooked egg white
- Honey Apple Cider Vinaigrette (recipe from the Iowa Girl Eats blog here)
- Molasses Sugar Cookies (Thya Low Iodine Cookbook, pg. 110)
- Water

Snack

- Snack mix (see Recipes & Tips tab)
- Lundberg Cinnamon Apple rice cake

Dinner

- Tacos made with:
   white corn tortillas
   lettuce
   black beans (prepared frozen ones from pre-LID preparation, microwaved)
   corn
   Trader Joe's Fire Roasted Tomato Salsa
   Pineapple Guacamole (recipe from the Iowa Girl Eats blog here)
   Simple Truth ground turkey
   taco seasoning (mix made in the pre-LID preparation)
- Basmati rice (cooking method from the Food Network here)
- Orange slices
- Water

The taco seasoning recipe doesn't include any preparation instructions.  I added all of the mix to 1 pound of browned ground turkey, then added 2/3-3/4 cup of water and stirred.  I turned the heat down to simmer while I prepared everything else.

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