Budget Friendly Scarsdale Diet
On this, as on the basic Diet, always follow the Scarsdale Medical Diet basic rules. Check with your doctor before starting any diet plan.
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BREAKFAST EVERY DAY: 1/2 grapefruit or cantaloupe or fruit in season (choose whatever costs least) One slice of protein bread, toasted, no spread added Coffee /tea (no sugar, cream or milk) MONDAY Chicken Bouillon Dinner: Fish, fresh or frozen (depending on cost), broiled or baked TUESDAY Lunch: Fruit salad, any combination of fruits, as much as you want, on lettuce Dinner: Plenty of broiled, lean hamburger (inexpensive cut; if possible chopped at home after removal of all visible fat) WEDNESDAY Tuna fish or salmon salad (oil drained off)with lemon and vinegar dressing, on lettuce Dinner: *Lamb Stew THURSDAY Lunch: Two eggs, any style (no fat used in cooking) Dinner: Boiled, Roasted, broiled or barbecued chicken, all you want -(skin and visible fat removed before eating) FRIDAY Lunch: *Spinach Pie Olga Dinner: Fish, any kind, fresh or frozen, broiled or baked, or sauteed or poached SATURDAY Lunch: Fruit salad on lettuce,any kind of fruit you want, best market buys Dinner: Turkey or chicken, roasted, boiled or broiled SUNDAY Lunch: Cold or hot turkey or chicken Dinner: *Broiled or Grilled Round Steak SCARSDALE DIET – SUBSTITUTE LUNCH If you wish, you may substitute the following lunch for any lunch, any day, on the Scarsdale Money-Saver Diet. *One half cup low-fat pot cheese or cottage cheese, on lettuce. AFTER YOUR FIRST WEEK Repeat the daily menus here for your second week on the Scarsdale Money -Saver Diet, or if you like, you may substitute the week's menus of the basic Scarsdale Medical Diet, or one of the other Scarsdale Diets. |