eat with judith - day one
cholesterol lowering diet 1
how to lower your cholesterol 
and lose weight

cholesterol lowering diet 1

Day one of eat with me for a week.  I am learning to lower cholesterol. I will begin today by posting everything I eat for one week.  I will also let you know other things I do that are helpful. It begins on day 1 and ends with day 7.  I know I am being watched so it will be difficult for me to cheat.  

Join me if you like.  If it is difficult for you, you can start with just breakfast for a few days then add lunch and finally, hopefully, dinner.  If you do just one of the meals a day, you will be doing something healthy for your body and your well-being.  Good luck to anyone who chooses to follow.

For those of you who need some good paleo diet recipes, these pages have many.

cholesterol lowering diet 1
Breakfast
with judith

This is my first time to use the mandarin sunshine blend, but it sounded good.  I am learning to be more creative.  In the small bags are grapes and strawberries which I froze a few days ago.

In my container I have kale and grapes and now I will add strawberries and all other fruit.  

Okay, looking yummy.

Ready to blend.  Remember to add chia seeds at this time if you like them blended in and you can add freshly ground flax seeds.  Always taste your fruit before add it to the container.  Sometimes fruit looks beautiful but is sour or tastes bad.  The last blueberries I bought were so sour I could not use them.  The smoothie will only taste good if fruit tastes good.

Sunshine Smoothie
A healthy choice on cholesterol lowering diet 1

Ingredients:

              kale or spinach (as desired)
      1     cup frozen grapes (I used black, but your choice)
      1     cup strawberries
   2/3     cup cherries (not level for sure) 
   2/3     cup mandarin orange blend (frozen fruit)
      1    T chia seeds
      1    T freshly ground flax seeds
1 2/3    cup water

Put ingredients into blender container.  You may add chia seeds before you blend or after.  I like to add them after, because I love the texture.  If you like smoother texture, blend the seeds with the other ingredients.  That's it. So fast, So easy,  Sooo good

cholesterol lowering diet 1
Lunch with judith

click for  here for instructions on making a delicious avocado sandwich.  An avocado sandwich can definitely help on the way to lower cholesterol. This sandwich has kale, tomatoes, avocados and sprouts on it. delicious

cholesterol lowering diet 1
Dinner with judith

For dinner, I had lentil soup.  It had lentils, quinoa, celery, onions, chicken and seasoning.

I made chicken and dumplings for my family.  It was such a plump little chicken that I was able to save a cup for my soup.  I did not eat any dumplings though.  They assured me the dumplings were very delicious. siggghhhh

Lentil soup with vegetables

Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

4 1/2 c water
3/4 c dry lentils
3 T quinoa
8 to 10 baby carrots
1 rib chopped celery
1 clove minced garlic
1 c chopped onion
1/2 t thyme
pinch of rosemary
1/4 t ginger
14 t sage
cubed cooked chicken
salt and pepper to taste
spinach leaves as desired
Simmer ingredients for about 30 minutes or until lentils and carrots are tender.  Turn off heat.  Add spinach leaves and cover until leaves are wilted. 
Serve

Lentils will help to lower cholesterol

• Lentils are high in protein
• Lentils are high in soluble fiber
• Low calories
• contain iron
• contain folate
• Easy and quick to prepare - no soaking required