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Meatless, to Gain Weight—Summer: Week Four

MONDAY

Breakfast

Melon

Raisins

Graham muffins

Milk, cocoa or buttermilk

Lunch

Vegetable soup

Strawberry shortcake with cream

Dinner

Scrambled eggs with chives

Boiled potatoes Corn on the cob Buttered beets

Salad: Endive or lettuce and cucumbers, French dressing

Peach mousse

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Melon

Raisins

BHUIT

Blueberry muffins

Milk or cocoa

Lunch

Creamed potato soup with egg drops

Asparagus

Fruit salad with cream cheese balls

Graham crackers

Dinner

Riced potatoes with butter

Omelet with mushrooms

Carrots and green peas

Lima beans

Salad: Lettuce and cucumbers, mayonnaise dressing

Ice cream

WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Grapes

Figs

Graham muffins

Milk or buttermilk

Lunch

Stewed onions

Baked potato

Watercress and cream pimento cheese

Rye toast

Fresh fruit

Dinner

Vegetable soup

Beet greens or spinach with chopped hard boiled eggs

Boiled new potatoes, butter sauce and chopped parsley

Rutabaga

Salad: Lettuce hearts, mayonnaise dressing

Banana whip

Iced cocoa or iced Kaffee Hag

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Melon

Grapes

Whole wheat muffins

Milk or buttermilk or cocoa

Lunch

Stewed new cabbage

Corn on the cob Butter beans

Endive and radishes

Rennet

Dinner

Mashed potatoes with minced onion and mushrooms

Corn on the cob Brussels sprouts

Salad: Romaine and tomato, mayonnaise dressing

Peach cup

Iced Sanka

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Berries with cream

Whole wheat gems with butter

Milk, cocoa or Kaffee Hag

Lunch

Spinach served with hard boiled eggs Cream or cottage cheese with chives Graham bread

Prune whip

Dinner

Cold beet soup

Creamed turnips Buttered carrots Stuffed baked potato Salad: Sliced tomato and lettuce, mayonnaise dressing Strawberries and sliced bananas, served with cream SATURDAY

Breakfast

Honeydew melon

Raisins

Corn muffins

Milk, cocoa or Sanka

Lunch

Vegetable soup with barley

Cottage or cream cheese with chives Boston brown bread Green peas

Radishes

Berries

Dinner

Spinach with poached eggs Graham or whole wheat bread Baked potatoes

Stewed tomatoes

Salad: Romaine and tomato, Russian dressing Chocolate cornstarch with cream

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Stewed rhubarb and prunes

Whole wheat raisin bread, toasted

Butter

Milk or Kaffee Hag

Dinner

Creamed oyster plant (salsify) soup

Riced potatoes

Butter beans

Carrots

Salad: Combination vegetable, Thousand Island dressing Pineapple delight

Iced cocoa

Supper

Carrots and peas

Strawberry shortcake with cream

Kaffee Hag

Lima beans and butter beans are very nourishing. During the summer season the fresh ones are in the market and they make a very nice addition to the menu of those who desire to gain weight. Do not cook them in grease but dress them with butter or cream after they are cooked.

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