A typical eating day

TODAY'S MEALS: ( time to consume -30 min. and no more)
8AM
breakfast - english muffin( butter) w/ 2 scrambld eggs
two bowels of Raisin Bran w/ 8oz whole milk
orange juice
( I was lucky to get quick visit to coffee shop for a coffee after)

10AM  1 Ensure Plus

12 noon
lunch - vegetable lasagna
1 whole wheat roll w/ butter
salad with 1000 island drsng
cherry oatmeal cookie

3PM  1 Ensure Plus ( this was a chosen extra - we are allowed 1 PRN Ensure a day)

5PM
baked chicken breast
1c. rice with butter
1/2 cooked vegetables
2/3c. kidney beans in sauce
8oz chocolate milk
vanilla pudding packet

8PM
1 Ensure Plus
8oz apple juice
1 golden apple w/1 packet peanut butter

all meals are followed usually by a short fresh air break incl. in a 1 hour Close Observation ( C.O.) period that runs for 1 full hour after all meals - must be in common areas near nurses

meals and days vary on a 30 day rotation - biggest challenge sometimes is getting it all down in 30 min. exactly.