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Balanced Menus with Meat—Summer: Week One
MONDAY
Breakfast
Muskmelon
Whole wheat toast
Glass of milk or cereal coffee
Lunch
Baked potatoes
Stewed onions, butter sauce
Salad: Watercress, with French dressing
Berries
Dinner
Broiled lamb chops
Green peas
New potatoes, boiled
Salad: Endive and cucumber, mayonnaise dressing
Honeydew melon
TUESDAY
Breakfast
Sliced peaches with cream
Whole wheat toast
Cereal coffee or a glass of milk
Lunch
Sandwich of whole wheat bread, filling of lettuce, hard boiled eggs and mayonnaise dressing
Berries
Dinner
Broiled steak
String beans
Plain boiled potatoes
Salad: Endive, tomato and watercress, Thousand Island dressing
Peach Melba
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
Cantaloupe
Crisp bacon
Graham muffins
Cereal coffee
Lunch
Omelet (plain)
Boiled onions
Olives
Radishes
Blackberries
Dinner
Broiled veal cutlet
Corn on the cob
Asparagus
Salad: Lettuce heart, olives, mayonnaise dressing
Pineapple cream
THURSDAY
Breakfast
Berries with cream
Coddled eggs
Bran muffins
Cereal coffee
Lunch
Melted American cheese on toasted rye bread
Salad: Endive and cucumber, French dressing
Cantaloupe
Dinner
Lamb stew
Baked potatoes
Corn on the cob
Green peas
Salad: Lettuce hearts, mayonnaise dressing
Fruit gelatin with cream
FRIDAY
Breakfast
Blackberries with cream
Buttered rye toast
Glass of milk or cereal coffee
Lunch
Poached eggs on green peas
Rye or graham bread with butter
Salad: Lettuce hearts, mayonnaise dressing
Dinner
Broiled halibut steak served with butter sauce, chopped parsley and thin slice of lemon
Baked potatoes
Asparagus
Salad: Watercress and sliced cucumbers, Thousand Island dressing
Muskmelon
SATURDAY
Breakfast
Cornflakes and blueberries with cream
Whole wheat toast
Cereal coffee or glass of milk
Lunch
Cottage or cream cheese mixed with chopped pecans, served on lettuce leaves
Whole wheat bread
Radishes
Fresh plums or apricots
Dinner
Broiled steak
Boiled potatoes
Brussels sprouts
Salad: Sliced cucumbers and tomatoes, mayonnaise dressing
Fruit gelatin with cream
SUNDAY
Breakfast
Honeydew melon
Blueberry coffee cake
Cereal coffee or glass of milk or Kaffee Hag Dinner
Stewed chicken
Green corn on the cob
Mashed potatoes
Salad: Sliced cucumbers and tomatoes, oil and lemon juice dressing
Strawberry mousse
Supper
Green corn griddle cakes (cooked on greaseless griddle) Fresh fruit salad with nut meats served on lettuce leaves, fruit juice dressing. Garnish with small portion of pimento cheese
Meat or fish may be permitted in every dinner, but those who wish to do well by themselves will not eat meat daily in hot weather. Eggs, or cheese, or milk, or nut meats or large servings of either lima beans or butter beans will take the place of meat.