The following is the diet I followed for many years:
Breakfast choices:
Cold cereal sugar-free/sodium-free, like shredded wheat, puffed wheat,
puffed rice.
Hot cereal like oatmeal, cream-of-wheat, cream-of-rice, malt-o-meal.
No milk, sugar, or honey on cereal.
Fresh fruit like apples, bananas, oranges, grapefruit, pears, peaches, berries,
grapes, plums, cherries, but no melons.
Whole wheat toast, no jelly or jam.
Occasionally an egg, turkey bacon or Canadian bacon.
Fruit juice that is 100% pure juice not from concentrate and no sugar added, like
orange, grapefruit, or grape juice.
Cheese such as regular, cottage, or creamed cheese, no fruit or wine filled.
Noon lunch choices:
Salad, green, fresh lettuce or spinach, with cut fresh vegetables like
tomatoes, peppers, celery, carrots, mushrooms, olives, onions, cucumbers,
plus cottage cheese, blue cheese, or vinegar and lemon juice, but no sauce,
mayo, or salad dressing.
Salad with canned tuna, salmon, similar fish, chicken meat.
Salad, pasta, with vegetables, fish, or sliced meat, but no salad
dressing.
Whole wheat sandwich or half a sub sandwich with meat, fish, cheese,
vegetables, but no sauce, mayo, or salad dressing.
Vegetable soup, but no creamed soup or chilis.
Matzo cracker.
Pickle, not sweet sour.
Cheese again.
Fruit again.
Caffeine-free diet sugar-free soda. Dinner choices:
Meat, lean, like beef, pork, poultry, baked, roasted, grilled, but no
hotdogs or sausages.
Fish, boiled, baked, grilled.
Seafood like shrimp, clams, crabs, oysters.
Potato, boiled or baked.
Rice, preferably brown or wild rice.
Vegetables, green, like peas, beans, spinach, asparagus, broccoli,
cabbage, brussels sprouts, plus beets and cauliflower.
Limited yellow vegetables like corn, carrots, squash, yams, sweet potatoes.
Pasta, with cheese and homemade tomato sauce, but no packaged sauces.
Grilled hamburger with melted cheese, tomato slice, lettuce, on whole wheat
bun.
Grilled cheese sandwich.
Pizza, whole tomato slices instead of processed tomato sauces, meat,
vegetable, and cheese toppings.
Dry, dry red wine, no sweet wine. Dessert and snack choices:
Sugar-free gelatin.
Sugar-free cookies, preferably homemade.
Popcorn, air or microwave popped, no oil or butter.
Raisins.
Fruit again.
Caffeine-free diet sugar-free soda.