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 Three

MONDAY

Breakfast

Stewed Silver prunes

Whole wheat raisin bread toast

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Creamed tomato soup

Waldorf Salad, mayonnaise dressing

Rye or graham bread

Kaffee Hag

Dinner

Eggs a la King with mushrooms

Baked potato

Stewed tomatoes

Salad: Celery, lettuce and peas, mayonnaise dressing

Coffee jelly, with cream

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit

Dates

Boiled brown rice with cream

Postum or Kaffee Hag

Lunch

Vegetable Soup

Rye bread

Cottage cheese

Celery

Olives

Stewed prunes

Dinner

Riced boiled chestnuts

Boiled onions

String beans

Salad: Lettuce hearts with pimento strips, Thousand

Island dressing

Fruit cup

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Baked apple

Buckwheat cakes with maple syrup

Cereal coffee or postum

Lunch

Creamed potato soup with egg drops

Rye bread

String beans

Salad: Lettuce hearts, French dressing

Stewed silver prunes

Dinner

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Pecan and almond nut meats

Cranberry sauce

Boiled cabbage

Boiled buttered beets

Salad: Combination fruit with celery, cream mayonnaise dressing

Graham crackers

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Stewed peaches

Rice waffles with honey

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Lentil soup

Whole wheat bread

Boiled onions, buttered

Celery

Olives

Prune whip

Dinner

Spinach with hard boiled eggs

Boiled sweet potatoes

Carrots and peas

Salad: Romaine and chopped cooked beets, mayonnaise dressing

Peach mousse

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Stewed figs or prunes

Whole wheat muffins

Milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Plain omelet

Stewed oyster plant

Salad: Combination vegetable salad, French dressing

Sliced orange

Dinner

Lima beans

Buttered carrots

Boiled Spanish onions

Salad: Cole slaw with pimento cream cheese, French dressing

Pineapple cream dessert

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit or raisins

Whole wheat toast

Poached eggs

Kaffee Hag or cereal coffee

Lunch

Nut meats

Salad: Romaine and celery with French dressing (made with lemon juice)

Rye bread

Postum

Dinner

Sweet potatoes and prunes, New York style

String beans

Brussels sprouts, buttered

Salad: Lettuce, grated carrots and celery, mayonnaise dressing

Cup custard

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Sliced oranges and bananas

Blueberry (canned) muffins

Cereal coffee

Dinner

Chestnut cutlets

Cranberry jelly

Tomato sauce (use canned tomato soup for same) Boiled Spanish onions, butter sauce Carrots and peas Salad: French endive, celery and string beans, Thousand Island dressing

Olives

Almond bisque

Supper

Creamed celery soup

Rye bread

Snappy cheese

Lettuce

Olives

Baked apple

Those who are fond of lentils may boil or bake them after soaking. Season to taste and serve in the same combination as that given for navy beans.

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