The Fresh Diet Day 9

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

Breakfast (12pm): Mango Stuffed Honey Wheat French Toast w/Raspberries & Banana Ricotta Cheese

The honey wheat toast bread was excellent!! It was so deliciously sweet and perfectly toasted; to die for. The mangoes on the inside were so-so. I would have preferred to have just the toast, but perhaps I'm just not the biggest fan of mangoes. They tasted a little bitter to me. The raspberries were fresh and delicious. I dipped some of them in the ricotta cheese. Now here's the question: it was such a large serving of ricotta cheese, am I supposed to eat the whole thing if I don't use it all up as a dipping agent? I didn't think I should, since I've never just outright eaten a cup of ricotta cheese before. I mean, it was good and everything, but straight up ricotta got a little monotonous in my mouth. I wouldn't sit down and eat a hunk of cream cheese. So I'd say I consumed about 1/2 - 3/4 of the container and then decided to give it a rest. Well, do YOU eat plain ricotta cheese? 

Lunch (2:30pm): Sloppy Joe Sub on Whole Wheat Bun w/Crunchy Asparagus & Fresh Marinara Sauce

Very good! I could be wrong, but it tasted like it was made from the ground turkey used in my turkey chili last night. I think the marinara sauce was mixed into the meat because there was no sauce visible topping the sandwich nor was there a little container of it. It was really good! The crunchy asparagus was interesting, but it would have been good even without it. 

Dinner (6:30pm): Greek Style Meatballs w/Feta Cheese, Mint, Parsley & Roasted Bell Pepper w/Roasted Sweet Potato & Green Beans w/Toasted Almonds

These were definitely the best meatballs I've ever eaten. Now, don't get too excited because I'm not a meatball connoisseur or anything, but the little hunks of feta cheese and bell pepper popping up in some bites were just grand. The sweet potatoes were delish. I would bet they were cubed and roasted in the oven perhaps with some EVOO. The green beans were very good and crisp. The almonds were fine, although there weren't very many of them in the mix. On the plate, it didn't look like a lot of food, but it definitely took me over 20 minutes to eat it all and I'm still totally full as I write this. 

Snack 1 (9:15pm): Cherry Vanilla Cheesecake

Very yummy! I'm really appreciating the variety and taste of all the different kinds of cheesecake. Haven't had a bad one yet! This one tasted distinctly more cherry than vanilla.

Snack 2 (11:45pm): Chicken Apple Sausage w/Horseradish Dip & Cucumber Spears

I know, I'm eating late at night, but I woke up really late today. Because I got around to eating it so late, the cucumber strips were a little soggy. They'd have been fine if I'd eaten them eight or so hours ago for snack number one. The sausages were delicious and sweet. If I ever find chicken apple sausage in the store, I'll definitely be buying some to grill. The horseradish dip was also quite yummy. I do love horseradish dips. There's this one AMAZING cheesy horseradish dip up at a restaurant I love in northern WI called The Golden Pines. I could have even gone for more "kick" in the horsey dip, but it was good; very spreadable if it were to be paired with crackers. I did think that the sausage was so good on its own it didn't need a dip, but I enjoyed a few pieces of it with and some without the dip. The dip also worked well on the cucumber spears.