Cook 90 2020

March 3 menu:

Breakfast: banana cacao nib whole wheat pancake with raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds; maple pepper smoked salmon; avocado

Lunch: forgot to eat lunch

Dinner: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

March 2 menu:

Breakfast: banana cacao nib whole wheat pancake with raspberries, blueberries, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds

Lunch: vegetable curry (garlic, onion, tomato, chick peas, carrots, teff, spices); 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); maple pepper smoked salmon; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

March 1 menu:

Breakfast: banana cacao nib whole wheat pancake with raspberries, blueberries, and banana; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter; maple pepper smoked salmon

Lunch: no time for lunch today

Dinner: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds

February 28 menu:

Breakfast: banana cacao nib whole wheat pancake with raspberries, blueberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds; scrambled eggs with cayenne, cumin, and mixed peppercorns

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: sardines; quinoa with high protein Silk, strawberries, sour cherries, rhubarb, no-fat Greek yogourt, cacao nibs, coconut, and pumpkin seeds

February 27 menu:

Breakfast: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 2 black bean brownies with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: veggie stir fry; mushrooms; spicy roasted potatoes; banana cacao nib whole wheat pancake with peanut butter


I'm going to try not to eat any cheese for one week. I have zero interest in giving up cheese permanently. I have zero interest in prolonging my cheese fast even beyond the initial seven days. But cheese seems to have become my go-to food every time I feel the need to beef up a meal. I LOVE cheese. But enough is enough. I need to get a better balance back into my diet. I'm hoping seven days without cheese will be long enough to remind me that truly: there are other foodstuffs out there!

I almost gave up on this plan already. My mother called EMS tonight (again--the way we've been going lately we're going to end up having to put all the local paramedics on our holiday card list before long!) because my father was hallucinating again. But when the paramedics arrived, he was lucid and refused to go with them. Then I told myself I couldn't possibly deprive myself of cheese when I'm stressed like this. But in the end I held it together and made myself a whole wheat pancake instead.

February 26 menu:

Breakfast: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, cacao nibs, coconut, and pumpkin seeds

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 2 slices aged gouda; 2 slices black pepper cheddar; 1 slice low-fat Swiss; 2 black bean brownies with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: apple baked with cashews, raisins, cranberries, cacao nibs, coconut, and cheddar

February 25 menu:

Breakfast: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, cacao nibs, coconut, and pumpkin seeds; 1 slice low-fat Swiss; maple pepper smoked salmon; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 2 slices aged gouda; 2 slices black pepper cheddar; maple pepper smoked salmon; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter; 1/2 banana with peanut butter and chocolate chips

Dinner: baked eggs; fried mushrooms; veggie stirfry (onion, zucchini, tomato, herbs); half apple baked with cashews, raisins, cranberries, cacao nibs, coconut, and cheddar

February 24 menu:

Breakfast: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, cacao nibs, and sunflower seeds; 2 slices black pepper cheddar; maple pepper smoked salmon

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 1 slice aged gouda; 1 slice low-fat Swiss; 1 slice cheddar with onion; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: baked eggs; 1 slice aged gouda; 1 slice black pepper cheddar; maple pepper smoked salmon; avocado; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter, banana with peanut butter and chocolate chips


I'm pretty much guessing at what cheeses I ate when. I tried to keep my portion sizes small. But there was a lot of cheese.
I have been working out more lately. I need to consume more calories to allow for that. But probably more of those additional calories should be coming from something other than cheese!

February 23 menu:

Breakfast: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 2 slices aged gouda; 1 slice low-fat Swiss; maple pepper smoked salmon; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: chicken fajitas; 2 slices aged gouda; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

February 22 menu:

Breakfast: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter; maple pepper smoked salmon

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 2 slices cheddar with onion; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: baked eggs; apple baked with chashews, cranberries, raisins, cacao nibs, coconut, and cheddar

February 21 menu:

Breakfast: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 2 slices aged gouda; 2 slices cheddar with onion; 1 piece maple pepper smoked salmon; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: ratatouille with spicy potatoes and parmesan; quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, coconut, cacao nibs, and pumpkin seeds; 2 slices aged gouda; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

February 20 menu:

Breakfast: slept through breakfast because I had stayed up all night playing a game instead of going to sleep

Lunch: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, almonds, no-fat Greek yogourt, coconut, cacao nibs, and pumpkin seeds; 2 slices aged gouda; 2 pieces maple pepper smoked salmon; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); baked eggs; 3 slices black pepper cheddar; 1 black bean brownie with Rainforest Nut Butter

February 19 menu:

Breakfast: quinoa with high protein Silk, raspberries, cranberries, blueberries, blackberries, no-fat Greek yogourt, almonds, and pumpkin seeds

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 2 slices black pepper cheddar; 2 pieces maple pepper smoked salmon; 2 black bean brownies with Rainforest Nut Butter

Dinner: chicken fajitas; banana with no-fat Greek yogourt, raspberries, cacao nibs, and coconut

February 18 menu:

Breakfast: banana cacao nib whole wheat pancakes with rhubarb, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds

Lunch: skipped because I ate a ridiculous amount of food for breakfast

Dinner: baked eggs; roasted asparagus; 2 black bean brownies with Rainforest Nut Butter; 2 slices black pepper cheddar; banana with no-fat Greek yogourt, raspberries, cacao nibs, and coconut

February 17 menu:

Breakfast: banana cacao nib whole wheat pancakes with cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, no-fat Greek yogourt, and pumpkin seeds

Lunch: salad (mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, avocado, hemp seeds, nutritional yeast, no-fat Greek yogourt); 3 slices black pepper cheddar; 3 slices aged gouda; half an apple

Dinner: chicken nachos; apple baked with cashews, cranberries, raisins, cacao nibs, coconut, and cheddar


This cold weather is making me want to sleep and eat all the things.