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Week 1 Sample menus for a 2000 calorie food pattern
We have prepared a sample
menu for a week for a 2000 calorie diet containing the recipes found in the Smart Start Recipes section.
The nutritional
analysis has also been provided. Use it as a guide to make changes in your eating habits or to plan your own menus with the Menu Planner found in the
Tools to Help You section. Averaged over a week, these menus provide all of the recommended amounts of food from each food group.
| DAY
3 |
|
Breakfast
|
| 1
1/4cup |
|
Puffed wheat cereal with |
| 2
Tbsp |
|
Raisins |
| 1
cup |
|
Low-fat milk |
| 1
small |
|
Banana |
| 1
slice |
|
Whole wheat
toast |
| 1
tsp |
|
Jelly |
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Lunch
|
|
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Ham sandwich |
|
2 slices |
|
Whole wheat bread |
|
1/4 cup |
|
Lettuce |
|
2 slices |
|
Tomato |
|
2 oz |
|
Ham, sliced |
|
1 oz |
|
American cheese slices |
| 1
Tbsp |
|
Mayonnaise |
|
3/4 cup |
|
Baked Beans |
|
1 medium |
|
Apple |
|
1/2 cup |
|
Low-fat milk |
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Dinner
|
| 3
oz |
|
Baked Spicy Fish |
| 1
cup |
|
Brown rice |
|
1 cup |
|
mashed, baked Sweet Potato |
|
1 tsp |
|
Ground cinnamon |
|
1/2 cup |
|
Turnip greens |
|
2 cookies |
|
Oatmeal Cookies |
|
1/2 cup |
|
Low-fat milk |
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Snack
|
|
1/2 cup |
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Apple sauce |
|
8 oz |
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Low-fat plain yogurt |
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All Day 3 Recipes |
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