Mon. Aug 6th

Curry Tuna Fish Salad Wrap with Salad for Lunch!

Daily Tidbit:  We have all heard about switching to Whole Grains for better health.  Today I incorporated them into my Lunch and Dinner: a Whole Wheat Wrap at Lunch and Whole Wheat Couscous at Dinner.  But just eating Whole Wheat products can become monotonous, here are some other whole grains worth trying:

www.womansday.com/health-fitness/nutrition/6-great-whole-grains-124244

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Oatmeal with Walnuts & Blueberries

Breakfast: Oatmeal with Walnuts & Fresh Blueberries

½ cup plain Oatmeal (cooked in Fat Free Milk, in microwave)

2 tbsp of plain Walnuts

½ cup Fresh Blueberries

2-3 shakes Plain Cinnamon on top

5 oz. glass of OJ

Regular Coffee, black

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Curry Tuna Fish Salad Wrap

Lunch: Curry Tuna Fish Salad Wrap with Bacon & Arugula Salad
1 Medium Whole Wheat Wrap, stuffed with Curry Tuna Fish Salad, 1 slice of Turkey Bacon and some of the Arugula Salad (recipe below)

2 cups Arugula Salad (Arugula Greens tossed with Red Onion, Avocado, & Cherry Tomatoes with EVOO & Red Wine Vinegar)

2 Cornichons (little pickled Gherkin Cucumbers)

Water with Lemon
Regular Coffee, black

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Snack:  1/4 cup dry roasted, lightly salted Peanuts, Fat Free Milk

 

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Traditional Algerian Couscous

Dinner:  Traditional Algerian Couscous Dish

1 and 1/2 plates of Whole Wheat Couscous Grain topped with a Chicken Vegetable Tomato based stew, containing Potatoes, Tomatoes, Carrots, Onion, & Chick Peas, Tomato Paste, Water, Cinnamon, Paprika, salt/ pepper (made by my Mother in Law!)
White Wine

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Dziriate

Dessert:   1 Dziriate & 1/2 Gala Apple

I couldn't resist the urge to follow my Algerian meal with an Algerian dessert!
 

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RECIPES:

Tuna Fish Salad Recipe:
2 Cans of Tuna Fish (Chunky Light Tuna)
2 tsp of Yellow Curry
1 tbsp of EVOO
salt/ pepper

Note:  I wanted to add in Capers as well, but mid way through making it realized we had run out of them!

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