The Fresh Diet Day 11

Top left: Breakfast. Top right: Lunch. Middle left: Snack 1. Bottom middle: Snack 2. Bottom right: Dinner. 

Breakfast (9:50am): Fresh Fruit Salad w/Cantaloupe, Raspberry, Papaya, Banana, Pineapple & Banana Ricotta Cheese

More ricotta cheese, LOL!! Well, the raspberries were blackberries, there was no papaya in the mix, but the fruit was very fresh and sweet. There were maybe two pieces of cantaloupe that were kind of hard (cut from closer to the hard exterior), but nothing a little ricotta cheese dip can't fix! I used up all my cheese this time. I think the more I keep eating the stuff, the more I realize that they're using it as a cottage cheese substitution and I'm getting used to the taste and texture of eating it solo. Still like the cottage cheese better. Anyhow, they must have gotten a great batch of pineapple b/c my pineapple yesterday and today was among the best, sweetest and juiciest I've ever eaten. 

Lunch (12:30pm): Roasted Leg of Lamb on Seven Grain Bread w/Watercress & Minted Yogurt Dressing

The minted yogurt dressing is great! The lamb is tasty, albeit a bit chewy, but this is lamb we're talking about here. Maybe I'm living in the dark ages, but I've never eaten a juicy, succulent, dripping-with-au jous lamb meal. It's always been kind of dry to me. Seeing as the lamb is a rascal to take a bite out of, I would suggest they cut their bread slices a little thicker so the bread isn't falling apart when taking bites. Overall, the flavor is great even though I don't order lamb on a regular basis. It's good to mix things up a bit! 

Snack 1 (3:10pm): Mushroom Crown Stuffed w/Creamy Broccoli

Very refreshing snack on a very hot day after a very intense, sweaty cardio workout!  The mushroom was a little soggy, but not bad. Probably a good sign that they're actually washing their mushrooms  ;) It didn't taste like it had any spices on it. It just tasted like a mushroom with pureed broccoli on top. Seems like a fairly straightforward dish to make. It was served on a bed of shredded lettuce. 

Dinner (5:30pm): Turkey Breast Roast w/Ginger Jerk Sauce w/Creamy Herbed Quinoa & Lemon Roasted Green Asparagus

Turkey was astonishingly juicy! The ginger jerk sauce was awesome; super hot! Definitely made my eyes water and my nose run! I appreciated that the sauce didn't run all over the plate tonight. It was a thicker sauce than last night's pomegranate. My love, the creamy herbed quinoa made a return tonight and it was just as good as the last time I had it! Wish it were on the menu more often. My side faves so far are the quinoa and servings involving sweet potatoes. The asparagus was the best it's ever been tonight, probably because it was roasted with some kind of flavor (what I've been sayin' all along!). So yeah, the turkey was juicy, definitely not dry, and was very yum yum. 

Snack 2 (9:30pm): Maple Cheese Cake

Yes I know, I've ordered cheesecake three days in a row now, but I'm lovin' it! No worries, tomorrow is something distinctly NOT cheesecake  ;)  What can I say? It was reeeeeeally good, yet again. This one tasted more like classic cheesecake. I can't say I tasted a maple flavor at all, but that's okay because I LOVE CHEESEcake!