The Book of a Thousand Menus

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Meatless, to Gain Weight—Winter: Week Five

MONDAY

Breakfast

Stewed apples and prunes

Graham muffins

Eggs scrambled in milk

Cereal coffee or Postum

Lunch

Creamed parsnips

Salad: Lettuce, celery, green pepper and hard boiled eggs, Thousand Island dressing

Graham bread

Butter

Chocolate éclair

Dinner

Celery root soup, creamed

Kidney bean cutlets (same as chestnuts), tomato sauce Peas

Steamed Spanish onions

Salad: Cole slaw with sliced green pepper and asparagus tips, Thousand Island or sour cream dressing Chocolate blanc-mange with cream

TUESDAY

Breakfast

Sliced oranges

Dates or raisins

Graham toast

Poached eggs

Postum or cereal coffee

Lunch

Creamed celery soup Graham bread, butter String beans

Celery Olives

Cream puff

Dinner

Macaroni and cheese, tomato sauce Baked squash Peas Cauliflower, plain with butter dressing

Salad: Lettuce, celery, stuffed with cream pimento cheese, olives, French dressing

Apple stewed whole with black mission figs and puffed raisins, served with or without cream WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Sliced bananas and oranges with cream Baked French toast

Cereal coffee or Sanka

Lunch

Carrots and peas

Salad: Lettuce hearts with pimento, mayonnaise dressing Custard bread pudding with raisins Kaffee Hag or Postum

Dinner

Split pea soup

Potatoes au gratin (with cheese)

Mashed white turnips String beans Salad: Endive, celery and asparagus tips, Mayonnaise dressing

Prune whip

Cocoa

THURSDAY

Breakfast

Stewed peaches (dried)

Graham toast

2 soft boiled eggs

Kaffee Hag, cereal coffee or cocoa Lunch

Creamed potato soup with egg drops Graham bread

Baked winter squash with butter

Buttered beets

Celery

Pimento cheese

Apple or pear

Dinner

Lima bean soup

Egg nests in mashed potatoes Spinach Creamed carrots Salad:

Romaine, cooked string beans, sliced green peppers, mayonnaise dressing

Cup custard

FRIDAY

Breakfast

Apples stewed with prunes

Corn meal muffins

Poached egg

Cereal coffee or Postum

Lunch

Creamed onion soup served with grated American cheese

Baked potato

Stewed oyster plant

Sliced tomatoes

Tapioca custard

Cocoa

Dinner

Chestnut cutlets with mushrooms

Cauliflower String beans

Salad: Lettuce heart and celery stuffed with cheese

Pineapple whip

SATURDAY

Breakfast

Stewed apricots

Rye toast

Poached eggs

Milk, or cereal coffee

Lunch

Stewed corn and lima beans

Graham muffins

Salad: Lettuce hearts, pimento, mayonnaise dressing

Baked apple

Cocoa or cereal coffee

Dinner

Eggs in brown rice nests, tomato sauce

Boiled parsnips with drawn butter

Creamed celery

Salad: Endive, tomato and watercress, Thousand Island dressing

Birds' Nest pudding

SUNDAY

Breakfast

Baked apple with dates

Rice waffles served with butter and scrambled eggs Kaffee Hag, Postum or cereal coffee

Dinner

Baked nests of chestnut dressing filled with cooked Brussels sprouts

Cranberry jelly

Buttered beets

Creamed carrots

Salad: Lettuce, celery, sliced pineapple or Avocado, mayonnaise dressing

Spiced steamed pudding, vanilla sauce or hard sauce Sanka

Supper

Creamed green pea (dried) soup

Graham toast

Sandwich, filling of lettuce, pimento or Roquefort cheese and tomato

Halved peaches

Angel food cake

Cocoa

Butter may be used freely by those who desire to grow heavier. It is one of the most nourishing of foods. If it were not for the salt and water contained in the butter this fat would be as nourishing as olive oil.

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