Eating Fruit for Dinner
Hi, I am partaking in the Cabbage Soup Diet (I know it's not the healthiest, but bear with me). I am on day one, which is fruit ONLY. Does anyone have any fruit suggestions for dinner? Typically I prefer savory dishes rather than sweet, so this is particularly difficult for me.
Furthermore, tomorrow is the veggies only day. I would love more suggestions for breakfast for that day.
I'd appreciate any input. Thanks!
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27 Comments:
Tomatoes are a fruit.
ProfessorChaos at 2:57PM on 08/03/09
Can you have Balsamic vinegar? If so, some berries soaked in some Balsamic and black pepper, and a little splenda.
DELICIOUS at 3:12PM on 08/03/09
Strawberry ice cream.
It's sort of a fruit, right? hehe
Doesn't really matter what you choose. Just resign yourself to the fact that you're probably going to be really hungry tonight. A mixed fruit salad might be the most interesting.
Veggie breakfast. Um...hash browns? Okay, a plain baked potato? Does corn count? You could make grits.
dbcurrie at 3:37PM on 08/03/09
@ dbcurrie - Yeah, I'm definitely going to be hungry. Good idea with the potato. I forgot, I'm actually allowed a backed potato with a "pat" of butter. Sounds delightul (NOT).
Anyways, thanks for the suggestions, and yes, corn is allowed =)
avideater at 3:41PM on 08/03/09
By the time you get to the day where you can have that baked potato, it will taste like filet mignon....You'll get the biggest potato you can find...
I did the Cabbage Soup Diet years ago and was ready to gnaw my arm off after the 3rd day...but good luck with it...
@dbcurrie's idea -I made myself fruit salads--variety, variety, variety...
When you tired of eating all the cabbage soup---here is another way to eat the soup. Puree half of it and add it to the remaining cabbage soup--the texture does change the taste of it & makes it bearable for the remaining days...
Italiancupcake at 3:53PM on 08/03/09
Any pit fruit will do, cut them in med thick slices, reduce balsamic vinegar, grill the fruit while schmearing the vinegar on them. You can also do this in the oven, just put the sliced fruit into a baking dish and pour the reduced vinegar on top and bake till med soft not mushy. As for tomorrow with the veggie, make a veggie burrito.
pjracz10 at 3:53PM on 08/03/09
@italiancupcake, I'm ready to gnaw my elbow off just thinking about this scheme. I love veggies and like fruits, but .... argh...
Are nuts a fruit or vegetable? I mean, don't all plant-derived foods have to fall into one category or another?
Beans? Like dried beans, refried beans, hummus...
I'm getting sympathy hunger.
dbcurrie at 4:04PM on 08/03/09
drill a hole in a watermelon, fill with vodka , then plug it back up, chill it, and eat!
keep eating 'til you're drunk enough to realize how dumb a cabbage soup diet is.
gastronomeg at 4:07PM on 08/03/09
@ dbcurrie - Yeah it's not the most comfortable/enjoyable thing I've put myself through, but ohh well. What's 7 days?!
I love beans, but unfortunately the diet requires you avoid them because they tend to be high in calories, even though they're good for you.
Being someone who truly enjoyes eating almost anything, this is tough, but day one is almost over.
Thanks for the help!
avideater at 4:09PM on 08/03/09
*Dying* @gastronomeg
alosha7777 at 4:12PM on 08/03/09
I eat fruit for dinner all of the time during the summer. Just don't do a/c and fruit will sound great.
I also eat plain baked potatoes.
HeartofGlass at 4:18PM on 08/03/09
What about adding fresh herbs to a fruit salad? Basil or mint? It's not very savory but at least it's a little change for your tastebuds.
I could never get through the days where you had to scarf down all of those bananas. Ugh! I do love that soup, though. I actually make it sometimes just to eat it as a soup, nothing to do with the diet.
meem21 at 5:52PM on 08/03/09
Can you have yogurt in a fruit salad? Just add plain low fat yogurt and a tablespoon of honey. Delicious.
elaine nan at 6:18PM on 08/03/09
@Heart, I've eaten fruit for dinner, but the idea that I have to eat nothing but fruit for all of one day and nothing but veg all the next day would drive me mad. I'd probably spend the whole time fantasizing about cheese or yogurt. But honestly, I like most veggies more than I like most fruits. So the veggie day would be a lot easier.
And actually, one of my favorite ways to eat potatoes is red ones, boiled in the skin, cooled just a little and eaten with just a tiny bit of salt.
dbcurrie at 6:18PM on 08/03/09
At least it's summer and there are lots of fruits and veggies in season. Think about how much it would suck if you did this in January.
beth1 at 6:58PM on 08/03/09
@dbcurrie--oh, I agree, I'm not into mono-dieting myself.
@avideater--are you making the soup? I hate to say it, but I was in a play years ago, and I still remember how one of the actresses was on the diet, and she had to eat alone--we all cleared the room because of the smell of her soup in the microwave.
HeartofGlass at 7:00PM on 08/03/09
OOoohhh..mono-dieting. That sounds like it could be a new fad. Actually, I read somewhere, years ago, that someone proposed that people eat like wild primates (allegedly) do, where they pretty much eat one thing at a time until that resource is used up, then they move on to the next. So they get to a bunch of fruit trees and they hang around there and eat the fruit until it's gone (or they get chased away, or need to move for some other reason), and then they find something else...maybe a bee's nest full of honey...and when that's gone they move on to whatever they find next.
I don't recall what the interval was for the one type of food on the diet, but you wouldn't be eating two things at dinner. It makes sense that you'd lose weight on a diet like that because you'd be bored to death with each item and decide being hungry was better than eating another meal of whatever it is. But it would also mean no herbs, spices, soups, stews, etc. It was more like raw apples one day and then maybe poached chicken the next and lettuce the next.
After a couple weeks of that, either you'd go mad or you'd get some vitamin deficiency disease, which is probably why it never caught on.
So, hmmmm...in comparison, a day of fruits and a day of veggies doesn't sound that bad. Particularly if that fruit is doused in votka. :-)
dbcurrie at 9:10PM on 08/03/09
I think avocados can be classified as fruit too.....
flavacrisp at 11:07AM on 08/04/09
nuke a sweet potato (or yam) for 6 minutes, then sprinkle brown sugar, a "pat" of butter, and a little maple syrup (REAL maple!) and mash with a fork. the flavors go perfectly with roasted brocolli.
colordiva02 at 12:33PM on 08/04/09
Make an Avocado, papaya and pink grapefruit salad...for the dressing simply use some of the juice from the grapefruit mixed with a tablespoon of good honey. It's not overly sweet; the avocado keeps it sort of on the "savory" side of things...but technically it's all fruit! DELISH.
juliebugsmama at 12:49PM on 08/04/09
Looking at the various websites on the diet, I think the intention of the diet on the first day is that you eat "fruit flavored fruit". No tomatoes on Day 1. Certainly nothing starchy, like potatoes or yams. Or fatty like avocado. On Day 1 you can have as much soup as you'd like. Cabbage likes apples. I'd suggest cutting the apple that you find the most tolerable into cubes and sprinkling it over your soup like croutons. Pears or Asian pears would probably work too. Or make julienne of green papaya and put the soup over it like noodles.
Amandarama at 5:12PM on 08/04/09
i think a fruit salad would be best. maybe a baked apple for something seemingly solid and warm.
blizcheetah at 6:19PM on 08/04/09
I find apples rather filling. Slice one up in very thin slices and you'll probably trick yourself into thinking you're eating more than just one apple.
sarar at 6:40PM on 08/04/09
The last time I tried a leek soup fast I had to stop after a day due to symptoms of either low blood sugar, low iron or both. Maybe I hadn't had enough iron to begin with, but either way, I decided to just cut back on the bad stuff for a while and lose weight gradually. It worked.
These things can be slimming but only for a day or two until your digestive tract fills up again.
yayfood at 10:05PM on 08/04/09
Yes, I agree about the apple. Use a crispy apple, like a Gala, Fuji, or Pink Lady, and cut it into thin slices. If your diet permits a little added sugar, mix together a teaspoon and a half of sugar and a few shakes of cinnamon and nutmeg, and dip your apple slices in that. It's been a favorite snack of mine since I was very small.
sandn8r9 at 10:06PM on 08/04/09
My husband makes a fruit salad with melons, cilantro and jalapeno peppers at this time of year. He lives on it. Pick the fruit you like and try this. Melons, apples, mangoes, grapes,apples-whatever fruit you like.
janaatwg at 10:58PM on 08/04/09
so JUST fruit??? good for you! I couldnt do it for long.
Grilling fruit tastes surprisingly awesome.
- pineapple
- oranges
- tomatoes
- pink grapefruit
- lemons
experiment with this application and let me know how it goes :)
@janaatwg - For sure! Melons in particular are awesome with savoury applications...but she can eat ONLY fruit!!!?
hungrychristel at 11:12AM on 08/05/09