International Diet

THE SCARSDALE INTERNATIONAL DIET

Follow the Scarsdale Diet Basic Rules #1-10 precisely.

Recipes for dishes marked with an asterisk* appear on the recipe link on the bottom of this page.

YOUR CHOICE: If you prefer on any day not to use the listed recipes for lunch or dinner, simply substitute the lunch or dinner from the same day of the basic Scarsdale Medical Diet (on the home page). As an example, you may use the SMD Monday Lunch instead of the International Monday lunch, and so on for every meal any day.

BREAKFAST EVERY DAY:
1/2 grapefruit or other fruit listed**
1 slice of protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea (no sugar or cream or milk added, sugar substitute may be used)

** Choice of Fruit for Breakfast Every Day:
Grapefruit may be replaced any day by any of the following fruits in season:
1/2 cup diced fresh pineapple or 1/2 mango or 1/2 papaya or 1/2 canteloupe
or a generous slice of honeydew, casaba or other available melon

MONDAY - AMERICAN DAY

Lunch:
Shrimp cocktail (4 medium shrimp, 2 tablespoons cocktail sauce)
*American Vegetable Salad
1 slice of protein bread, toasted
1/2 cantaloupe
Coffee/Tea

Dinner:
*Marinated Barbecue steak
*Mushrooms and Cabbage in Wine
*Watermelon and Strawberries in Rose Wine
Coffee/tea

TUESDAY - JAPANESE DAY

Lunch:
*Japanese vegetable soup
*Tuna Shimi
*Mandarins Oki
Japanese tea/any tea/coffee

Dinner:
*Tori Shrimp and Chicken
*Bean Sprout and Green Pepper Salad
1/4 cup plain boiled rice
*Fruits in a mold
Japanese tea/any tea/coffee

WEDNESDAY - FRENCH DAY

Lunch:
One hard cooked egg
*Marinated vegetables
No-sugar applesauce on apricot (fresh or water packed)Coffee/tea

Dinner:
*Artichoke Provancale
*Chicken a l'estragon
*Celeri au jus
*Poire glacee
Coffee/tea/demitasse

THURSDAY - ITALIAN DAY

Lunch:
*Pickled Eggplant and Cheese sticks
Salad greens, all you want, with vinegar and lemon dressing
*Peach with Raspberry Sauce
Coffee/tea/ espresso

Dinner:
*Baked stuffed mushrooms
*Veal Napolitane
1/4 cup boiled white rice
*Zuccini Stew
Coffee/tea/ espresso

FRIDAY - SPANISH DAY

Lunch:
*Eggs Gitano
Carrot Sticks, 4 Spanish Olives
1 slice of protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea

Dinner:
*Gazpacho soup
*Zarzuela
1/4 cup cooked white rice (plain)
Sliced orange sprinkled with coconut
Coffee/tea

SATURDAY - GREEK DAY

Lunch:
*Tomato soup with Scallions
*Feta Spinach Salad
1 slice protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea

Dinner:
*Lamb with Dolmas
*Boiled Vegetables with lemon juice, vinegar and chopped mint sauce (sauce may be used over lamb, dolmas and vegetables)
*Meringue Pear
Coffee/tea

SUNDAY - HAWAIIAN DAY

Lunch: *Clear Lemon Soup
*Mixed Salad of Pickled Vegetables
1 slice baked ham (1 ounce)
1 slice protein bread, toasted
Coffee/tea

Dinner:
*Lomi Salmon
*Bean Sprouts Salad
Broiled zucchini flavored with garlic salt
*Pineapple Surprise Aloha
Tea/Coffee

SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET- SUBSTITUTE LUNCH
If you wish, you may substitute the following lunch for any lunch, any day, on the Scarsdale International Diet.
One half cup low-fat pot cheese or cottage cheese, on lettuce
Sliced fruit, all you want, as exotic as you desire
One tablespoon of low-fat sour cream topping the fruit
6 halves of walnuts or pecans, chopped, and mixed with or sprinkled over the fruit
Coffee/tea/no-sugar diet soda of any flavor

AFTER YOUR FIRST WEEK
Repeat all menus of the daily menus here for your second week on the Scarsdale International Diet, or if you like, you may substitute the week's menus of the basic SMD, or one of the other Scarsdale Diets.


THE SCARSDALE INTERNATIONAL DIET RECIPES