The Book of a Thousand Menus

A thousand menus for 1927 — sixty-seven weeks of breakfasts, lunches and dinners, reckoned to the calorie and the vitamin.

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Balanced Meatless Menus—Winter: Week Four

MONDAY

Breakfast

Stewed peaches

Whole wheat griddle cakes

Kaffee Hag or cereal coffee

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Whole wheat bread

Cream cheese

Endive

Fruit salad, fruit juice dressing

Dinner

Boiled potatoes, chopped parsley

String beans

Brussels sprouts

Salad: Combination vegetable, Thousand Island dressing

Apple tapioca pudding

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Stewed apricots

Corn muffins

Kaffee Hag or cereal coffee

Lunch

Omelet with current jelly

Salad: Romaine and watercress, mayonnaise dressing

Toasted Ry-Krisp

Cereal coffee

Dinner

Baked green peppers stuffed with chopped celery, onions and chestnuts

Carrots

Peas

Salad: Lettuce hearts, melted butter dressing

Custard whole wheat bread pudding

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Tangerines

Boiled brown rice with raisins and cream

Postum or Kaffee Hag

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Toasted rye bread spread with melted American cheese and watercress

Apple sauce

Dinner

Macaroni, Italian style (cheese and tomatoes)

Boiled Savoy cabbage

String beans

Salad: Lettuce hearts, strips of pimento, mayonnaise dressing

Lemon custard with meringue

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit

Shredded wheat, milk

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Coddled eggs on rye toast

Golden bantam corn (canned)

Celery

Olives

Dinner

Creamed tomato soup

Nut meats

Cauliflower

Mashed turnips

Salad: Lettuce and tomato

Orange jelly with cream

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Stewed prunes

Whole wheat toast

Kaffee Hag or glass of milk

Lunch

Split pea soup

Wheatsworth crackers

Salad: Lettuce, celery, apple and nut meats, mayonnaise dressing

Postum

Dinner

Potatoes au gratin (with cheese)

Boiled cabbage with white onions or scallions and green peppers. (Serve with butter or cream) Salad: Lettuce, boiled beets and grated raw carrots, mayonnaise dressing

Pineapple fluff

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Apples boiled with prunes

Graham muffins

Postum or Sanka

Lunch

Whole wheat waffles, with maple syrup or honey Fruit salad on lettuce with cream cheese ball, fruit juice dressing

Dinner

Baked potato, white or sweet

String beans

Creamed oyster plant

Salad: Lettuce, Avocado, sliced, and celery, French dressing

Banana bisque

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit

Coddled eggs

Graham muffins

Postum

Dinner

Macaroni and cheese

Red cabbage cooked with puffed raisins and apples Stewed golden bantam corn (canned) Salad: Lettuce, chopped boiled beets and carrots, mayonnaise dressing

Prune whip

Supper

Creamed tomato soup

Toasted sandwich of rye bread, filling of watercress, hard boiled eggs, pimento strips and mayonnaise Apple sauce

Kaffee Hag or Cocoa

Dried lima beans are rich in starch and protein. Prepare and serve as you would navy beans.

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