The Real Life Cooking Strategy Guide Blog: England; Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Breakfast
Mincemeat Parfait
Preparation Time: about 5 minutes
No marinating needed.

Ingredients and Shopping List:

1 cup of Plain or Apple Yogurt
1 cup of Mixed Nuts
1/2 cup of Raisins
½ cup of Figs
½ cup of All Fruit Apple Jam
1 teaspoon of Allspice
1 teaspoon Ginger (optional)
1/8 teaspoon of Mace (optional)
1 cup of Grape Nuts
½ cup of Orange Juice

Equipment:

1-2 tall parfait or parfait-like glasses

Spoon the ingredients in by layers. For this recipe, you don't have to measure the ingredients out first, the amounts are just to give you an idea of how much to use. You can spoon the ingredients directly into the parfait glass (or whatever kind of glass you are using) without first measuring them out. Spoon in 3 tablespoons of yogurt first, then 3 tablespoons of the nuts, the 3 tablespoons each of the raisins and figs, then 3 tablespoons of the jam, then add 1/4 a teaspoon of each of the spices, then 3 tablespoons of the Grape Nuts. When you get to the Grape Nuts, then start all over again with another layer, until its about ½ inch from the top. Pour the orange juice into the remaining space. Take a knife or chopstick and stick in all the way to the bottom so that the orange juice will drain throughout the parfait.

Eat.

Note: The brain foods in this meal are yogurt, apples, and raisins.

Lunch
Imitation V8 Smoothie
and/or Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate Sandwiches
Soy Yogurt Waldorf Salad
Preparation Time: 15 - 45 minutes
Marinating required, which may be done 14 hours before or 1 hour before.

This meal has two options, the easy option and the more skilled cook's option. The easy option is just to make the Imitation V8 Smoothie, add a little cooked meat to the smoothie (to make up for the lack of a sandwich), make the Soy Yogurt Waldorf Salad; and forget about making the Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate. The more skilled cook's option is to make everything on the list, including the Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate. The Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate is harder than anything else we have cooked so far. So you can take the easy choice, if you have never used a skillet and don't want to learn how. What will you be missing? The pate is high in iron. Iron so gives the brain stamina when it is growing tired during intense sieges and long study times.

Imitation V8 Smoothie
Preparation Time 15 minutes
No marinating required.

Ingredient and Shopping List:

2 cups Tomatoes Juice
¼ cup of Shredded Fresh Carrots
¼ of Chopped Fresh Celery
¼ of Fresh Beets or Canned Beets
¼ cup of Fresh Spinach
½ cup of Fresh Parsley
½ cup of Fresh Lettuce
½ cup of Fresh Watercress
1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
1 tablespoon of Onion Flakes or Chopped Onions
1 clove of Garlic
¼ teaspoon of Salt
1 teaspoon of Basil (optional)
1 tablespoon of Sugar, or 1 teaspoon of Truvia, or Stevia (Stevia is not sold at Wal-mart; sold at health food store.)
1/3 cup of Water
½ cup of Cooked Meat (for the easy option, if you decide not to make the more skilled option of Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate).

Equipment:

Blender
1 or 2 glasses for the smoothie

Put all items in the blender. Blend for 2- 3 minutes. Pour into a 20 ounce glasses If taking the easy option, you're done. Drink. If taking the easy option. If taking the more skilled option, put the smoothies in the refrigerator for about a ½ hour and rinse the blender out very good. You will need it to blend the pate.

Note: for an even easier but less brain healthy option, instead of measuring out all of the spices, and sweetener, simply mix in 1/2 a package of The Original Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing Mix. It a powered mix that comes in a tear-able package. It contains great seasoning, but it also contains milk, so it will decrease the nutritional availability of iron in this meal.

Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate
Soy Yogurt Waldorf Salad
Marinating required.
Preparation Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients and Shopping List:
1 pound of Chicken Livers
1 cup of Tomato Salsa
¼ cup of Canola Oil
3/4 cup of Water
½ cup of Canned Black Beans
1/2 cup of Sour Cream
1 package of powdered Hidden Valley Ranch Buttermilk Dressing Mix
1 cup of Pre-cut apples or apples
½ cup of Raisins
½ cup of Walnuts
1 small container of Soy Yogurt
Slices of Any Kind of Bread

Equipment:

Glass or Microwave-safe bowl for marinate
Skillet (preferably not a non-stick skillet; if non-stick you'll have to get someone to show you how to cook with non-stick cookware) and stove top
1 bowl with about 1 cup of ice in it
Blender
Bowl for the Soy Yogurt Waldorf Salad
Bowl for cooked Chicken Livers

Wash chicken livers and put them in glass or microwave-safe bowl. Cover them with the salsa and let them marinate in the refrigerator for 1 – 14 hours.
Pour the salsa marinate down the drain.
Wash the chicken livers again.
Put the oil in the skillet. Turn the stove top on medium.
Let the oil get hot for about 5 minutes.
Put the chicken livers in the oil. Cook for about 4 minutes on one side.
Turn them over to cook on the other side for about 4 minutes.
Fill the skillet with water,and let the livers cook for about 20 minutes, until most of the water has boiled out of the skillet.
While the livers are cooking, open up your pre-cut apples or cut up your apples.
Mix the apples, raisins, walnuts, and soy yogurt together. Set aside for later.
Remove the chicken livers, and the remaining water and oil from the skillet.
Put them all in a bowl of ice for about 5 minutes.
Put them in the blender along with the powdered ranch dressing mix, sour cream and black beans.

Blend for 3-4 minutes.

Take a knife, spread the pate onto your sandwiches.

Get your smoothie. Put your salad and your sandwich on a plate.

Eat.

Note: The brain foods in this meal are either spinach and beets, or chicken livers.

Note: This recipe will make enough pate for about 7-10 sandwiches.

Note: This chicken liver recipe is a super iron recipe. Iron increases the brain's endurance. If you want to increase the availability of iron in the pate you can substitute soy yogurt for sour cream, but it may dramatically change the taste. CAUTION: NEVER TRY TO INCREASE BRAIN PERFORMANCE WITH IRON SUPPLEMENTS; only use iron from food sources. An iron overdose is lethal.

Note: Soy yogurt usually contains sugar. Stevia is healthier. But, soy yogurt made of stevia has yet to be offered by any American company.

Dinner
Tea
Beef Wellington Pot Pie
Vanilla Ice Cream with Plums
Preparation Time: About 10 minutes
No marinating needed.

Pot pie courtesy of avlxyz at http://www.flickr.com/photos/avlxyz/

If you didn't make the Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate for lunch you can just heat up the pot pie, change the ice cream to Italian ice and add plums, and you're done. What are you missing? The pate is high in iron, so it gives the brain stamina when it is growing tired during intense sieges and long study times. But, you still have the plums. Plums are good for the brain because help the iron in meat absorb into the body better. Ice cream interferes with the body's ability to digest iron, so since there is not as much iron without the pate, you should switch the ice cream to Italian ice. Italian ice is like ice cream , but it contains no milk.

Ingredients and Shopping List:

1 Frozen Beef Pot Pie
Leftover Chicken Liver Liverwurst Pate from the lunch recipe before this
Vanilla Ice Cream or Italian Ice
Fresh Plums or Canned Plums
1 Tea Bag of Regular Tea, preferably decaffeinated (Regular tea is black tea.)

Equipment:

Microwave or regular oven
Paper towels or wax paper for covering microwaving food.
1 cup for the tea

Don't completely follow the instructions on the pot pie. We are going to thaw the pot pie, add the pate and then fully cook the pot pie.
Microwave the pot pie for about 1 minute.
Cut a small hole across the side of the pie crust. Peel the crust 1/2 way back.
Spread in the chicken liver liverwurst pate.
Put the crust back on.
Finish cooking the pot pie, either in the microwave or in a regular over.

Prepare the tea.

Put plums on top of your ice cream or Italian ice.

Eat.

Note: The brain foods in this meal are chicken livers, plums, and lean beef.

Note: Cooking the pot pie in an over or toaster oven will make the crust come out crunchy and tastier. You must be very careful not to start a fire if you are cooking a pot pie in a toaster over; don't leave it unsupervised.

Note: If you know how to make crust, you can make a brain healthier crust with whole grain wheat flour. To make the pot pie filling, fill the whole wheat crusted pie pan with canned beef stew, and then mix in 1 tablespoon of whole wheat flour, unless you know how to make pot pie filling from scratch.

Note: Natural chicken livers grown without pesticides etc... are healthier, but they are impossible to get at Walmart, and hard to find elsewhere.

Note: Vanilla ice cream and canned plums contain added sugar and pot pies may contain sugar. Stevia is better, but no American company makes ice cream or pot pies using stevia.