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Diets and Dietary Restrictions

It is very important to have a very good diet to stay healthy.Diets helps us to control our body weight and keep us out of diseases.Following is my dietary plan from  9 July to 15 July.
Breakfast
220 ml of orange juice
1/2 grapefruit
Snack
2 brown breads
2 boiled eggs
Lunch
Chicken spinach salad: 2 cups raw spinach, 4 oz grilled chicken, 1/4 sliced avocado, 1 tsp olive oil
Snack
1 six-oz latte
10 almonds
Dinner
1 portion of rice with fish curry

DAY 2
Breakfast
Broccoli rabe and egg toast
Snack
1 cup sugar snap peas with 1 oz goat cheese and fresh thyme, warmed in the oven for 3 minutes
Lunch
Shrimp salad: 2 cups mixed baby greens, 5 shrimp, 1/4 steamed avocado, 2 sliced hearts of palm spears, 1/4 lemon juiced, 1 tsp olive oil
Snack
1 green apple
250 ml milk
Lunch
2 roti and spinach curry
Dinner
1 small sweet potato, 1 cup sautéed spinach, 1/4 lemon, juiced, 4 oz grilled chicken

DAY 3
Breakfast
250 ml orange juice
Snack
5 carrot sticks
with 1 Tbsp hummus
Lunch
1 portion of pasta with grilled chicken and tomato sauce
1 oz Parmesan cheese
Dinner
4 oz grilled tuna steak
1 cup sautéed red cabbage

DAY 4
Breakfast
1 Beef patty
Snack
1 cup jicama slices
with 2 Tbsp tzatziki
Lunch
Tuna salad: 1 cup romaine, 1 diced plum tomato, 1/2 cup artichoke hearts,
4 oz canned tuna,
1 tsp olive oil
Snack
1 cup blueberries
10 almonds
Dinner
4 oz grilled pork tenderloin
2 cups bok choy sautéed with 2 tsp avocado oil
DAY 5
Breakfast
1 banana with 2 tsp almond butter and a dash of cinnamon
Lunch
1 Beef roll
Dinner
4 oz salmon baked with 1/4 lemon juiced, 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard, and 1 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 cups sautéed spinach
DAY 6
Breakfast
1 Veg patty
Snack
5 celery sticks with 2 tsp peanut butter
Lunch
Green salad with shitake bacon: 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas, 1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 1 pinch black pepper and sea salt, 6-8 large shiitake mushrooms, 2 cups torn butter lettuce, 1 Tbsp Parmigiano-Reggiano, 1/2 small clove garlic, 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, 1 Tbsp white balsamic vinegar.
Snack
1/2 grapefruit
10 walnuts
Dinner
Quinoa stuffed pepper
DAY 7
Breakfast
Scrambled eggs (1 whole egg plus 2 egg whites) and 1/2 tsp oregano
1/3 cup cooked quinoa
Snack
1 sliced red bell pepper
2 Tbsps guacamole
Lunch
Kale chicken salad:
1 cup kale with 1/4 lemon, juiced, 1 tsp olive oil, 4 oz grilled chicken, 2 Tbsps pomegranate seeds
Snack
1 cups air-popped popcorn
Dinner
3-bean chili.
Personal experience


In order to become a good chef you must know on how diets work and what does it mean to offer a healthy plate to the customer. My personal experience, i will continue to learn even more about healthy food and how to maintain a healthy body, but most importantly is to learn more on how to make different types of menus for different cultures and countries.


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