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Valentine's Day Meals

Feb 2013
It’s Valentine’s Day, so we’re bringing you a healthy meal plan that features several recipes for two to share with your special someone.

Breakfast

Whole Wheat Breakfast Pizza

  • Calories450
  • Carbohydrates45 g

1 Whole Wheat Breakfast Pizza

1 ounce walnut halves (about 14 halves)

2/3 cup red or pink grapefruit sprinkled with:

  • 1 packet of artificial sweetener (optional)

8 fluid ounces coffee with:

  • ¼ cup skim milk
  • 1 packet of artificial sweetener (optional)
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Lunch

Quick Herb-Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese

  • Calories410
  • Carbohydrates56 g

1 cup Quick Herb-Tomato Soup

1 Spicy Grilled Cheese with sautéed onions and mushrooms made with:

  • 2 pieces whole wheat bread
  • 1 slice reduced-fat pepper jack cheese
  • ¼ cup mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoons diced onions
  • ½ teaspoon olive oil (for sautéing mushrooms and onions)

1 orange

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Afternoon Snack

Carrots with Peanut Butter

  • Calories135
  • Carbohydrates16 g

12 baby carrots

1 tablespoon reduced-fat peanut butter

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Dinner

Fish Fillets with Beet & Arugula Salad

  • Calories500
  • Carbohydrates53 g

1 3-ounce Fish Fillet with Fresh Rosemary

1 cup (packed) Beet and Arugula Salad with Feta

½ cup brown rice

1 cup roasted Butternut Squash (toss with 1 teaspoon olive oil, Herbes de Provence and freshly ground black pepper before roasting)

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Evening Snack

Greek Yogurt with Pomegranate Seeds

  • Calories140
  • Carbohydrates21 g

5 ounces non-fat strawberry Greek yogurt topped with:

  • 3 tablespoons fresh pomegranate seeds
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Nutritional Information for the Meal Plan

  • Calories 1635
  • Carbohydrates 192 g
  • Protein 91 g
  • Fat 63 g
  • Saturated Fat 12 g
  • Cholesterol 91 mg
  • Sodium 1765 mg
  • Dietary Fiber 36 g

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