FOURTH, _you’re ready to start diet ... and begin planning your meals from the Knox Choice-of-Foods diet lists on the pull-out chart following page 18_. It’s easy to do ... and to show you just _how easy_ it is we’ve done this sample menu for one day based on the 1200 CALORIE PATTERN: BREAKFAST THIS AMOUNTS TO _Knox High-Protein Gelatin Drink_ Made with ¾ cup Orange Juice 1½ Fruit List Choices Soft Cooked Egg 1 Meat List Choice Buttered Toast 1 Bread List Choice 1 Fat List Choice Milk 1 Milk List Choice Tea or Coffee (no milk or sugar) Free Choice “BETWEEN-MEAL” SNACK 30 Minutes before lunch—Knox Drink made with 1 cup Bouillon (see recipe page 10)—Free Choice (you do not have to count it in your daily calorie pattern). LUNCH THIS AMOUNTS TO Vegetable Plate with Minted 1 Vegetable List Choice Carrots Spinach, seasoned with vinegar 1 Vegetable List Choice Celery Hearts 1 Vegetable List Choice Bread and Butter 1 Bread List Choice 1 Fat List Choice Orange Cream ½ Milk List Choice Tea or Coffee Free Choice “BETWEEN-MEAL” SNACK Knox Drink made with ¾ cup 1½ Fruit List Choices Grapefruit Juice DINNER Lean Ground Beef Pattie 3 Meat List Choices Baked Potato with Lean Meat Juices 1 Bread List Choice Buttered Beets 1 Vegetable List Choice 1 Fat List Choice Perfection Salad with Low-Calorie Free Choice (you do not have to Salad Dressing count this in your calorie pattern) Banana 2 Fruit List Choices with Milk ½ Milk List Choice Tea or Coffee Free Choice ALSO NOTE THESE SPECIAL MENU HELPS 1. When a recipe serving is listed as “Free Choice” it means that you may eat 1 serving without having to count it in your daily diet pattern. 2. Use the milk in your meal plan to drink, in coffee, on cereal, or with other foods. 3. Serve vegetables plain or with part of the meat or fat choice for seasoning. You may wish to use together the vegetables, milk, and meat choices in your meal plan. This way you can make soups, stews, or other dishes in which you combine several foods. 4. Measure all foods on the Bread List after they have been cooked. 5. Eat the meat or fish prepared for the family as long as no fat or flour has been added. Meat juices, with the fat removed, may be used with your meat or vegetables for added flavor.