On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:33:47 +0100, SteveR
> wrote:

>Melba's Jammin' > writes:
<snip>
>>All four breakfasts are from a booklet from a dietitian -- I left out
>>the portion sizes to make them look more "regular" than they do.
>>
>>How about dinner?
>>Chicken breast
>>mashed potatoes
>>steamed asparagus spears
>>green salad with tomato and dressing
>>fruit
>>milk
>>
>>That's a nutritionist-suggested meal, too. The chicken is a 3-oz
>>portion, the potatoes are a half cup measure and the asparagus is 10
>>spears. Four fresh apricots for fruit, and skim milk. Dressing is fat
>>free. Eminently edible.
>
>Milk with dinner? Half a cup of mash isn't much at all, and a 3-oz
>helping of chicken is *tiny*. What's in the dressing that makes it
>fat-free? Skimmed milk? Ick.

Just a comment on something I missed befo 3 oz is a serving of meat
and 1/2 cup is a serving of vegetables. I do stick to that myself.

>>Pork chop
>>Barley
>>coleslaw
>>Green beans
>>Milk
>>Apple Crisp
>>
>>Also a nutritionist-recommended meal. Also quite edible, not to mention
>>a lot of foods to put away.
>
>How much of each, though? And what do you do with the barley? Where's
>the apple sauce? I thought that *everybody* has apple sauce with pork.
>
>>I'd enjoy any of those meals, and I'm about as "regular" (shut up,
>>Sheldon!) as they come.
>
>They sound a bit small to me.
>
>The point is that I'm not really acquainted with American tastes
>anymore, and I'm looking for things that most people would eat, rather
>than a dietician's diet plan, and none of these sound quite right.
>
Tonight I had a lamb chop (4 oz with bone), spinach (1/2 c),
wheatberry pilaf with corn (3/4 c), Israeli couscous (1/2 c),
strawberries, and some chocolate graham sticks (graham crackers).
Tea.

Does that sound like what you'd expect?

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!