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Meatless, for Reducing—Winter: Week One

MONDAY

Breakfast

Grapefruit, no sugar

Kaffee Hag or Postum

Lunch

Vegetable soup Bran muffins (1 muffin portion for one)

Peas and carrots

Celery

Fruit cup

Dinner

Baked potato

Cauliflower

Salad: Endive, grated raw carrots and sliced green peppers, cottage cheese dressing

Baked apple (no sugar)

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Oranges (no sugar)

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Carrot soup

Triscuits (two)

Boiled cabbage

Cup custard

Dinner

String beans

White turnips

Celery

Small portion of cream pimento cheese

Mixed fruit salad

Sanka

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Apple sauce

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Baked potato

Green peas

Fruit

Kaffee Hag

Dinner

Corn pudding

Spinach

Salad: Shaved cabbage, grated raw carrots and sliced green pepper, Thousand Island dressing

Fruit gelatin

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Stewed fruit (unsweetened)

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Succotash of peas and corn

Celery

Cup custard

Dinner

Cabbage and onions

Mashed turnips

Salad: Endive, celery, tomato and ripe olives

Baked apple (unsweetened)

Postum or Sanka

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Sliced oranges (no sugar)

Glass of milk or cereal coffee

Lunch

Cauliflower

Salad: Sliced hard boiled egg on lettuce or endive

Steamed apple (unsweetened)

Cereal coffee

Dinner

Green pea soup

String beans

Spinach

Salad: Hearts of lettuce, sliced tomato and green pepper

Lemon jelly (gelatin)

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Sliced oranges

Bran muffins (one)

Cereal coffee

Lunch

Coddled eggs (two)

Triscuits (two)

Boiled onions

Apple sauce (unsweetened)

Dinner

String beans

Baked green pepper stuffed with chopped carrots, peas and celery, served with sliced hard boiled egg

Salad: Fruit on lettuce

Cereal coffee jelly

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Boiled or baked apple (no sugar)

Glass of milk

Dinner

Vegetable soup

Bran muffins (one)

Stewed tomatoes

Salad: Lettuce, celery, green pepper and chopped apples, no dressing

Lemon gelatin

Supper

Baked potato, small portion of butter Celery

Sliced oranges

A small amount of starch may be consumed while reducing, and a little of this is permitted in these menus. Those who wish to reduce very fast can omit all potatoes, breadstuffs and other starches.

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