Gourmet Diet

THE SCARSDALE GOURMET DIET

Follow Scarsdale Diets Basic Rules 1-10 (see SMD home page)

Recipes for dishes marked with an asterisk* appear on the recipe link on the bottom of this page.

As a special bonus,you may have 3 ounces of dry white wine with dinner daily, if desired, but only on the Gourmet Diet.

YOUR CHOICE: If you prefer on any day not to use the listed recipes for lunch or dinner, simply substitute the lunch or dinner from the same day of the basic Scarsdale Medical Diet (on the home page). As an example, you may use the SMD Monday Lunch instead of the Gourmet Monday lunch, and so on for every meal any day.

BREAKFAST EVERY DAY:
1/2 grapefruit or other fruit listed**
1 slice of protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea (no sugar or cream or milk added, sugar substitute may be used)

** Choice of Fruit for Breakfast Every Day:
Grapefruit may be replaced any day by any of the following fruits in season:
1/2 cup diced fresh pineapple or 1/2 mango or 1/2 papaya or 1/2 canteloupe
or a generous slice of honeydew, casaba or other available melon

MONDAY

Lunch:
*Borscht Suzanne
*Chef's Spinach Salad Gourmet
1 slice of protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea/demitasse

Dinner:
*Deviled Shrimp, served over
1/4 cup plain boiled rice
1/2 head lettuce, with
*Vinaigrette Dressing
1/2 cantaloupe (or choice of fruit from breakfast listing)
Coffee/tea/demitasse

TUESDAY

Lunch:
Fresh Fruit Salad -as much as you want. May use pineapple, melon, orange or grapefruit segments, pear, blueberries, strawberries, apple, etc.- your choice. Sprinkle with chopped mint leaves and lemone juice, if desired. Serve on lettuce leaves, and you may add watercress
1 slice of protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea/demitasse

Dinner:
Plenty of broiled steak, lean, all visible fat removed- broiled to your personal preference of rare to well done
*Celery au gratin
1/2 head lettice with lemon and capers
Coffee/tea/demitasse

WEDNESDAY

Lunch:
*Tuna (or salmon) Salad Gourmet
1 slice of protein bread toasted
Strawberries or raspberries or blueberries in season, with grated lemon peel
Coffee/tea/demitasse

Dinner:
*Lamb a la Proencale
*Broiled Tomato Supreme
Green beans, cooked
Cucumbers, radishes
Coffee/tea/demitasse

THURSDAY

Lunch:
*Eggs and Chicken Livers, farm style
Tomatoes, lettuce, celery, olives, Brussels sprouts or cucumbers
1 slice of protein bread toasted
Coffee/tea/demitasse

Dinner:
*Consomme Madrilene
*Baked Chicken Breasts Herman
*Spinach delight a la Lynne
*Peach with raspberries
Coffee/tea/demitasse

FRIDAY

Lunch:
Assorted cheese slices or wedges (your choice of fine domestic or imported cheeses)
*Eggplant Italiano
Sliced tomato with Belgian endive
Coffee/tea/demitasse

Dinner: ---Choice of:
*Cold Poached Fish Natalia (red snapper, striped bass, or other available fish) with
*Mustard sauce Henri
OR
*Lobster a la Nage
Cold diced fresh vegetables, all you want (carrots, cauliflower, celery, mushrooms, scallions, etc.)
*Baked apple Oscar
Coffee/tea/demitasse

SATURDAY

Lunch:
*Fruit Supreme
1 slice of protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea/demitasse

Dinner:
4 raw oysters or clams, with lemon wedge
*Chicken Bake Samm
Tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber
Vinaigrette dressing
1/2 grapefruit
Coffee/tea/demitasse

SUNDAY

Lunch:
Sliced cold white turkey wit htarragon mustard
*Salad Chinese style
1/2 broiled grapefruit sprinkled with chopped mint
Coffee/tea/demitasse

Dinner:
Broiled filet mignon
*Turkish zucchini
Celery, cucumbers, radishes
Coffee/tea/demitasse

SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET- SUBSTITUTE LUNCH
for any lunch, any day, on the Scarsdale Gourmet Diet.
1/2 cup low-fatpot cheese or cottage cheese, on lettuce
Sliced fruit, all you want , as exotic as you desire
One tablespoon of low-fat sour cream topping the fruit
6 halves of walnuts or pecans, chopped and mixed with or sprinkled over the fruit
Coffee/tea/no-sugar diet soda of any flavor

AFTER YOUR FIRST WEEK
Repeat the daily menus here for your second week on the Scarsdale Gourmet Diet....or, if you like, you may substitue the week's menus of the basic SMD,or one of the other Scarsdale Diets.