Week of April 14th

Last week was good, but I need to reduce the nuts amount. They give me canker sores. We have this notion of 'garmi' (which literally means something hot) and 'sardi' (which literally means something cold) in Iranian old medicine, and surprisingly it is very common even nowadays. Ask any Iranian born and raised in Iran about if something is hot or cold, and most probably they will know what you are talking about. All said, nuts are considered very hot, and apparently my body does not like it. So I need some cold meals to balance everything. Examples of cold ingredients are watermelon and barley. To get rid of the sores, I am trying a lot of watermelons in my smoothies, and I will also have barley soup.

Here is the smoothie plan:

1. Watermelon Smoothie
2. Watermelon Smoothie and Strawberries
3. Berry and Watermelon (without cinnamon which is hot)
4. Mango, Berry and Banana
5. Banana - Oat Smoothie

Here is the lunch plan:

1. Tahchin
2. Salad Olivieh
3. Soy Marinated Chicken
4. Chicken Vesuvio
5. Cesar Salad