The Fresh Diet Day 6

Top left: breakfast. Top right: lunch. Bottom left: snack 1. Bottom middle: snack 2. Bottom right: dinner. 

Breakfast (8am): Whole Wheat Blueberry Waffles w/Blackberries & Cinnamon Pear Cottage Cheese

Awesomely delicious, no need for syrup or butter. I enjoyed finding pieces of blueberry inside the waffles. The fresh blackberries were again sweet, fresh and delicious. The cinnamon pear cottage cheese flavor was a little strange to me; can't say that I loved it. But the greatness of the waffles made up for the oddly-flavored cottage cheese. Serving size was appropriate and I felt pretty full after this meal. 

Lunch (12pm): Madiera Glazed Portabella Mushrooms & Swiss Cheese on Seven Grain Bread w/Baby Lettuce

The bread slices were a little soggy, probably due to the glaze. The swiss cheese added a nice bitter flavor to this sandwich. The mushrooms were good and the lettuce on the sandwich wasn't wilted. I would say the taste of the cheese overpowered the mushroom flavor. 

Snack 1 (2:30pm): Crispy Chicken Tenders w/Ranch Dip

Really good! Ranch dip tasted like ranch dip should, even though I'm guessing it was probably "Lite" or "Low Fat." The chicken was juicy. It was like beer & wings night, except without the beer (and minus about 8 other boneless wing servings). 

Dinner (5pm): Grilled Fillet of Ahi Tuna w/Ginger Miso w/Whole Wheat conchiglie Pasta & Roasted Artichoke Hearts

I just love TFD's fish dinners more and more each time! I'm a bigger fan of flakey white fish (like the bass), but this tuna was no slacker, and it was such a large, weighty portion of meat. How could you be hungry after eating this? The Ginger Miso sauce was SO good. The fairly plain wheat pasta got 100 times better when I mixed some of the sauce into it; it was a pleasantly sweet flavor. The roasted artichoke hearts were amazing. I've never eaten just a pile of them on their own. Usually they turn up in salads and sandwiches sparingly, so I really enjoyed their full tangy flavor eating a pile of them on their own. I really look forward to dinners now, they've yet to disappoint especially with their out-of-this-world fish entrees!

Snack 2 (9pm): Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Tasted very similar to the chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, but I think I liked these better. The soft texture of the cookie lent itself well to the chewiness of the raisins inside. Tasted more cake-y than cookie-y, but still very good. I had my brother and boyfriend try a bite. The BF liked it, my brother didn't. He didn't think the cookie was sweet enough and found it bland. To each their own, I guess.