Daily Food Diary – Day 213 of 365

It is 213 Days since I began posting my Daily Food Diary.  😊🌹

I have completed SEVEN of the twelve months that I set out to post.  Every month I choose a different focus and for August I planned to do likewise.

Choosing a new focus is always a challenge and this month (August) has been the most difficult.  I drew a blank for the past week, I settled on making this a month to focus on weekly meal planning.  But our summers are notoriously short and meal planning is just too September Greige for me to get excited about.

So… I chose to go with COLOURFUL foods for August.   While our garden is struggling this year, we do have a variety of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, carrots, rhubarb,  and  several herbs to provide color (and healthy goodness) to our meals.  Of course, we also have access to all of the fresh colorful foods  available at our supermarkets and local Farmer’s Market. 

To kick the month off, I sourced out this short article which offers information on why a colorful diet is beneficial, plus the specific nutrients relative to each basic food color.

Eat the rainbow for good health – Mayo Clinic News Network https://share.google/13HbshB2dmRhHkj45

Daily Food Diary – Day 213

Breakfast:

(1) c coffee (2)

(1) c Cheerios (147)

(1/4) c milk (28)

Lunch:

(1) mango (135)

(1) kiwi (46)

Supper:

(1) Caesar salad (440)

(12) chicken wing flats (510)

(2) tbsp Frank’s Xtra Hot sauce (26)

(1) pinch of dried HOT pepper flakes

Total net calories: 1009

Net calorie goal: 1222 – 1009 = 212 under

*** Yesterday’s diet entries included the  yellow mango,  green kiwi and lettuce in the Caesar salad,  and the red of the pepper flakes and hot sauce.

That’s it for today.  Take care and have a great day!