How this Fast Diet Lifestyle works: Eat these meals tomorrow, for a calorie total of less than 600. On another day this week, eat the meals from a different post, another day of eating 600 calories or less. Eat sensibly the other days of the week. That’s it: a simple way to lose weight and be healthier.

What does ‘green’ mean to you? Is green the color of envy? Green is the color of money. Does it evoke nature? To the physicist, green is a wave of visible light who’s length is 495–570 nm. To the envi-ronmentalist, ‘going green‘ means that you do what you can, at home or on the road, using green energy for a sustainable future. Ask a politician about the Green Party, just to see what they will say. Green is the particular color of Islam, found on flags and mentioned in the Quran. Artists know that green is a color made of varying combinations of yellow and blue, which makes it a ‘secondary’ color. Green is considered to be soothing. Hospital walls are painted green, as are the rooms back-stage to calm down the actors. Pastoral villages used to have a ‘green’ in the center, where townspeople could pasture their cows or outdoor meetings could be held. Green is the color of safety, as a green traffic light means that it is safe to proceed. A ‘Green Card‘ in the USA gives the holder permission to live and work in the country, even though they are not citizens. Green means many things to many people. It is my favorite color, even though Kermit The Frog said that its not that easy being green…

Our meals today feature two famously green food items: avocados and spinach. These meals are so good that others will envy your choices, but you will eat them with calm because they are beneficial for your health.

Guacamole Eggs: 145 calories… 11.4 g fat… 1 g fiber… 11 g protein… 5 g carbs… 45 mg Calcium…  PB GF Avocado and eggs are a very good combi-nation. Both are high in fat, but the plant fat helps to mitigate effects of the animal fat. Here, we use Haas avocados.

Three 2-oz eggs of which you will use 1½ eggs per person HINT: If you are serving one person, crack three 2-oz eggs into a small bowl or glass measuring cup. Whip up those eggs and pour half of their volume into a jar with a lid and put it in the ‘fridge for next week.++++ 3 Tbsp Guacomole, homemade** or purchased ++++ Optional: blackish coffee [53 calories] or blackish tea or mocha cafe au lait [65 calories] ++++   Optional: 5 oz fruit smoothie or berry-yogurt smoothie [88 calories]

**Guacamole: ……makes 1 cup…….. 1 jalepeno pepper, chopped [Remove seeds for less hotness] ++++ 1 cup diced tomatoes, canned or fresh ++++ 1½ avocados ++++ 1/3 cup minced onion ++++ ¼ cup chopped cilantro leaves ++++ salt + lime juice + hot pepper flakes to taste

Peel, seed, and mash the avocados. Stir in the other ingredients and mash again or pulse in the food processor.

Whisk the eggs with salt and pepper and pour them into a pan which has been spritzed with non-stick spray. Cook, without stirring or scrambling, until the top is almost set. Spread the guacamole on half of the eggs, then fold the omelette over. Serve with optional beverages. Mocha coffee would be the more traditional choice for a Mexican food theme.

Ham Florentine Crepes: 299 calories… 11 g fat… 5.6 g fiber… 15.6 g protein… 33 g carbs… 307 mg Calcium… PB Peter Christian’s Tavern was a very popular New Hampshire restaurant and their cookbook was a local best seller. The restaurant has closed but Peter Christian’s Recipes is a goldmine and it served as the source of this meal. Very easy if the galettes/crepes and Bechamel sauce are pre-made.

Ham Florentine Filling: makes 1½ cups ½ cup no-cheese Bechamel Sauce ++++ 1 cup ham in ¼” dice ++++ 1 cup [5 oz] cooked spinach, fresh or frozen ++++ ½ cup chopped celery ++++ ¼ cup chopped onion ++++ celery salt + dill + granulated garlic + basil Be sure to squeeze the spinach until most of the liquid is out of it. [save the liquid] Spritz a saute pan with non-stick spray and add some of the spinach liquid. Cook the celery and onion until onions are transluscent, adding more spinach liquid as needed. Add the remaining ingredients and cook on low heat until warmed through. 

For the Dinner: 2 galettes/crepes ++++ ¾ cup Ham Florentine filling ++++ 1 oz carrots + 1 oz cauliflower florets + 1 oz broccoli florets

Set the oven to 250 F. If the crepes are frozen, thaw and wrap in a tea towel. Put them in the oven as it warms. When the crepes are soft and pliable, lay them on a baking sheet, covered with the tea towel. Warm the Ham Florentine filling and spoon over half of each crepe. [I saved out a bit of the filling.] Fold the crepes over the filling and pat in place. Put the crepes in the oven until warmed through. Top with reserved filling before serving.