Menu Monday

Here's today's menu:

Post Workout
1 scoop whey
creatine
water

Ingredients:
whey (whey protein isolate, lecithin, natural flavor, whole oat flour, whey protein concentrate, guar gum, cellulose gum, salt, oat fiber, evaporated cane juice powder, honey powder)

creatine monohydrate

Breakfast
Oatmeal with pumpkin, almond milk, milk and egg protein, Stevia, walnuts and cinnamon
water

Ingredients:
oatmeal
pumpkin
cinnamon
walnuts
Stevia packet (inulin fiber, Stevia)

milk and egg protein (protein blend [calcium caseinate, egg white, whey protein isolate], vitamin and mineral blend [calcium phosphate, magnesium oxide, salt, potassium chloride, potassium citrate, ascorbic acid, ferric orthophosphate, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, d-calcium pantothenate, ergocalciferol, folic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamin hydrochloride, riboflavin, biotin, potassium iodide, cyanocobalamin], natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, papain, bromelain, sucralose)

unsweetened vanilla almond milk (purified water, almonds, tapioca starch, natural vanilla flavor with other natural flavors, calcium carbonate, sea salt, potassium citrate, carrageenan, soy lecithin, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, D-alpha-tocopherol [natural vitamin E])

Lunch
Chicken Barley Stew, minneola, 2 small plums

Ingredients:
chicken breast
pearled barley
black eyed peas
potatoes
carrots
red onion
garlic powder
sea salt
black pepper
reduced sodium fat free chicken broth (chicken stock, salt, flavoring, dextrose, autolyzed yeast extract, celery juice concentrate, carrot juice concentrate, onion juice concentrate)

minneola
plums

Diet Pepsi (carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, caffeine, citric acid, natural flavor)

Snack
yogurt with whey protein, strawberries, blueberries, walnuts, and Stevia
water

Ingredients:
plain nonfat yogurt (cultured grade A nonfat milk, pectin)
strawberries
blueberries
walnuts
Stevia packet (inulin fiber, Stevia)
whey protein powder (whey protein isolate, salt, lecithin, sucralose, natural and artificial flavor, carbogen, Enzyme Matrix™ [lactase, lipase, bromelain, glucoamylase, invertase, alpha-galactosidase, Protease 3.0, peptidase, amylase, Protease 4.5, Protease 6.0, Protease AM, CereCalase], aminogen [Patented Bioactive Polypeptide enzyme system])

Dinner
Pork loin with apple butter, broccoli, muskmelon, and fingerling potatoes baked with olive oil and spices

Pork loin* (Solution Ingredients: pork broth, potassium lactate, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, cornstarch, sodium phosphates, autolyzed yeast, salt, sodium diacetate)
broccoli
muskmelon
potatoes
olive oil
sea salt
garlic powder
onion powder
paprika
black pepper
apple butter (ground apples, white grape concentrate, lemon juice, cinnamon, allspice, salt)

Diet Pepsi (carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, caffeine, citric acid, natural flavor)

*I rinse the pork loin and remove the visible fat, but I probably don't get all of this solution out of the pork loin, unfortunately. Need to start shopping around for a better pork loin. I don't remember seeing anyone with pork at the farmer's market, but then again, I haven't been looking specifically for pork.

Snack
Homemade peanut butter cup

Ingredients:
Recipe coming this Wednesday, but it's made with 6 ingredients. Four of them are Whole foods, one is On the Fence, and one is Other. Come back Wednesday for the recipe! :)


Whole foods (foods with ONLY 1 ingredient): 32
Other foods (foods with more than 1 ingredient): 5
On the fence foods (natural, but more than 1 ingredient): 9

Percentage of foods this week that are whole/natural foods is 80% on the dot! Whoo-hoo - I made my goal!!