Sunday

Coffee and a no salt bagel

an apple

matzo and homemade mango salsa

handful unsalted peanuts

Leftover pork and vegetables.

Having no tortilla chips seriously cramps my style.  Chips and salsa is my comfort junk food of choice.  I can make salsa, no problem using the non-iodized salt.  But matzos are the best I can come up with for delivery.  MAngo salsa is a recipe i often use, it's no different, except for the matzos.

Monday night Restaurant

Breakfast: Oatmeal and coffee

pear

matzo and mango salsa

This evening we go to a restaurant.

After asking them to ensure my dish is cooked in seperate cookware, and asking if their vegetables are delivered fresh or frozen, I order. After explaining my medical situation of course.  We are assured.  They get it.  Here the menu must be no salt.  All the salt they have is iodized, the tools and utensils cannot be in contct with salt or dairy. Naming the disease produces real conversation, the "I am a waiter" tone disappears and its just people talking to people.

I have a plain baked potato, steamed broccoli, a steamed squash carrot zucchini medly, and a glass of unadvised wine.  It's good to feel like a person, a normal person eating in a restaurant with her husband.  There's no hiding the scar, but as I am not theone seeing it, I forget about it.  I forget that everyone else can see it.  We are at a steak restaurant.  The waiter is really nice.

Tuesday

Breakfast: Cream of rye and unsalted butter

Fresh tomatoes, rice

grapes and strawberries

3oz of oven broiled steak.  After smelling it last night and eating vegetarian, I wanted some at home.  Why go to a steak restaurant when you cannot eat the meat?  Steak restaurants often serve great vegetables, simply prepared.  The meat is the star, and the side dishes are for color. Nothing is more colorful than never frozen vegetables in big chunky pieces - just what I needed, sans seasoning of course.

Again I have steamed broccoli, baked potato, and salad.

and homemade apple pie

We make breadsticks from a recipie of my mother's friend, Paula.

Update on Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 7:39PM by The Urban View

We also made a pizza sauce

Roasted tomatos

roasted shallots

olive oil

sauteede onion

add tomtoes and shallots to sautee

1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Puree.

add raw garlic slices

black pepper

dried greek oregano (I grow this)

fresh sweet basil (I bought this)

and 1 Tablespoon sugar

Wednesday

A no-salt bagel

leftover homemade breadsticks

coffee and an apple

DInner: provencal beef, baked sweet potato, and spinach

Thursday

Breakfast: oatmeal, coffee

unsalted peanuts

leftover provencal beef and baked sweet potato

last of the homemade breadsticks