Wednesday 11th August

morning - piece of chicken, onion and tomato frittata

lunchtime - left over chicken wing

afternoon - grapefruit

dinner - salmon (lemon & dill) with broccoli and stirfry of green and red cabbage

green tea & water all day

evening - a couple of chicken pesto muffins: chicken mince, a couple of eggs, onion, any other bits of veg, instead of herbs this time I threw in some pesto, then into a muffin pan - 500g (1lb) mince =12 muffins.

Do you think you could post this to the recipes section? It sounds awesome!

*cue creepy music*

Friday 13th August

morning - coffee

midday - salad of mesclun, chicken, avocado and orange

evening - beef stew with mushrooms, carrots, stock, celery, onion, thyme & parsley

Weather is like spring atm... garden is going really well.

morning - turkey meat and 2 soft (fried) eggs - I really like the taste of turkey legs

late lunch - salad of chicken fried up with fatty bacon, mixed with half a chopped apple and some of my mayo (with a dash of balsamic), on a bed of baby mesclun, baby spinach and baby rocket. If my rocket wasn't so nutty I'd have added some walnuts. As it was, I kept thinking I was eating bits of nut. Would be good with addition of celery (a waldorf with chicken and bacon).

I got the idea from MDA - he has a very similar salad there using bacon, avocado & chicken thighs but with a vinaigrette http://www.marksdailyapple.com/bacon-chicken-and-avocado-salad/

dinner - fish fried in butter (yes I know) but it was really really good

drank lots of green tea with jasmine today, as well as water

Monday 16 & Tuesday 17 August (ate the same thing each day)

morning - breakfast omelette with baby spinach

lunch - big salad of mesclun, baby spinach, celery, capsicum, grated carrot, baby cos, with salmon and a boiled egg, balsamic dressing on top

evening - large pink steak with brussels sprouts and red and green cabbage

later - berries

Thursday 19 August

I'm getting right into my saved fat tubs these days - I'm doing the same kinda thing I do with oils (and used to do with butters) which is bottle them with garlic, herb mixes, etc. So I now have beef & bacon fat, duck fat with herbs, and a variety of 'drippings' with assorted flavours that I use often. Makes life easy peasy. Also making stuff like the pesto and tappenades and putting in ice-cube containers in the freezer.

morning - just coffee

lunch - usual big salad - this time cos (romaine), mesclun, tomato, cucumber, celery, red capsicum, spring onion stems (scallions?) with thinly sliced rare steak (the marbled kind) that had been seared in a bacon & dripping mix

afternoon - a few macadamias and treated myself to another coffee

evening - beef and broccoli cooked with spring onion, thai basil, coriander (cilantro), mint, chilli and a tad of coconut milk

later - going to have some strawberries (local berries) which are sweet but not nearly as sweet as the frozen blueberries I've had the last few days.

Saturday 21 August - federal election here

morning - coffee

lunchtime - a meat muffin. This time I used beef mince, leftover veg and fat from yesterday's turkey, eggs, pepper and grated zucchini and carrot, thyme and a little pinch of cinnamon (I reckon a teeny tad gives warmth to a meat dish). Froze some for work lunches/breakfasts

evening - lamb chops 'marinaded' by covering each side with lemon thyme and oregano for a couple of hours before barbequing, served with a big salad with walnut oil

yeppers - going to eat some strawberries later (honestly they are the best buy around right now)

drank really weak early grey all day, plus water

I think I wanted the cheese because I've been checking out other fora where they eat more dairy - put the idea into my head