Day 5:  Wednesday 22nd May, 2013.

Slept well.  Amazing.  I hardly ever sleep through the night and this morning I didn't wake up until 5.30am.  Feeling good and swelling diminishing daily.

On today's menu was a Mixed Bean Salad, made from tinned mixed beans, together with snipped chives, mint and an oil and lemon dressing.  Served it with a mixed green salad.  It was OK and tasty enough, but I felt cold afterwards and a bit shivery.  I think next time I will warm it a little before eating.

Pineapple is an essential  fruit according to the 'A' blood group plan. It helps with the digestive processes and is highly beneficial.  I like pineapple very much, but fresh pineapple is too strong for me and tends to cause blistering of my gums, so I decided to use tinned pineapple in juice instead and make a Pineapple & Turkey Spicy Casserole for my evening meal.  Here is the recipe:

200g  Cubed turkey breast

50g    Sliced carrot

100g  Chopped onion

120g  Tinned pineapple (in juice), cut into pieces.

2 tsps.Turmeric

1 tsp.  Ground Cumin

1 tsp.  Ground Coriander

A piece of fresh ginger root, finely grated.

Fry spices and onions in a little olive oil, then add diced turkey and fry until coloured.  Add a pint of vegetable stock and simmer until the turkey is tender.  Add the pineapple and stir in.  At this point I transferred the mixture to a casserole dish and put it into a preheated 180C oven for half an hour.  I was very pleased wit the results.  The casserole was filling and tasty. I couldn't eat it all. I served it with some steamed asparagus and purple sprouting broccoli, but not on the same plate.

I also enjoyed a bowl of sweet and salty popcorn later this evening, which is very moreish indeed.  I am still finding the eating plan easy to work with and enjoying the experience.

Incidentally, I have calorie counted all the foods I have consumed throughout this excursion, via an online diary, and every day has finished on 1,000 calories, or thereabouts.  I have mentioned before that this is a healthy eating plan rather than a slimming diet, but it looks like there could be weight loss benefits too.  Here's hoping.  I am certainly not starving myself and not at all hungry.  Fingers crossed that this continues.