Our founder, Nicole Centeno, kept a food journal for a month. Here is the full, un-filtered, journal. Curious what Nicole discovered by writing in this journal? Check out her findings here.

Suddenly craving Splendid Spoon after seeing how much of our food Nicole eats? This week's meal plan can be found here (:

1/11

Breakfast:

Avocado with oranges, flaxseed, honey, coconut yogurt

Lunch:

Bean, kale, anchovy salad
Splendid Spoon Chana Potato Soup

Dinner:

Honeydew mint soup
Gluten free corn and buckwheat pasta with pomodoro sauce
Miso eggplant
Natural wine
Chocolate

1/12

Breakfast:

Splendid Spoon Cherry Chocolate Smoothie
Turmeric protein bite

Snack:

Popcorn
Waffle fries
1 glass of natural white wine

Dinner at Metta in Brooklyn

Carrots and seed butter
Lamb neck and herbs
Trout belly and cranberries
Pork chop with hominy fresh corn and herbs
Carrot sorbet with meringue and custard)
Orange wine
2 Negronis

1/13

Breakfast:

Dragon bowl - dragon fruit, seeds, coconut
Spinach salad - squash, fruit, seeds, spinach, ginger dressing

Lunch:

Barbecue pork and beans (probably some brown sugar in the beans); hot sauce
Whiskey

Dinner:

Arroz Caldo (ginger chicken and rice stew)
Lettuce and broccoli salad with carrot vinaigrette (homemade)
2 glasses of natural wine

1/14

Breakfast:

Some tuna salad from the boys’ lunch as I made it
Two turmeric protein balls

Lunch:

Splendid Spoon Lentil Kale Soup

Snack:

Rice and lentil crackers
Banana, apple slices

Dinner:

Leftover ginger chicken rice stew
Chips and salsa
Piece of chocolate

1/15

Breakfast:

Sauteed shiitake mushrooms with cilantro, kimchi, and tofu

Snack:

Turmeric almond milk latte
Açaí chia bowl with pistachio nuts, figs, and grapes

Lunch:

Tomato soup
Banana
Orange
Salted roasted cashews

Dinner:

Last of the ginger chicken rice stew
Chips and salsa
Piece of chocolate

1/16

Breakfast:

Coconut yogurt with raspberries, strawberries, oranges, pumpkin and flaxseed, honey, some avocado

Lunch:

Chicken shawarma plate with purple cabbage and tahini sauce

Snack:

Dry mangoes
Seed crackers, radish, and carrots with hummus

Dinner:

Bean, lettuce, and sweet potato tacos
Splendid Spoon Cacao Almond Smoothie

1/17

Breakfast:

Orange and apple w coconut yogurt, flaxseed, cashews

Lunch:

Splendid Spoon Garden Minestrone Soup
Rooibos latte with almond milk

Snack:

Banana
Splendid Spoon Lentil Kale Soup

Dinner:

Made by Colin - Veal, white beans and spinach, tomatoes and garlic and beans
Red wine
Chocolate

1/18

Breakfast:

Splendid Spoon AB&J Smoothie

Lunch:

Rice with squash carrots and sausage

Happy Hour w team:

White wine, chips, quinoa and squash and carrots

Dinner:

Olmstead appetizer: Lobster thermidor with crisp
Splendid Spoon Masala Khichri Soup plus some roast chicken

1/19

Breakfast:

Chia parfait w almonds

Snack:

Apple, pecans

Lunch:

Salad, chips and salsa, Splendid Spoon Chana Masala soup
Drinks with Court and Tommy - cider tasting

Dinner:

Gluten free pasta puttanesca, red wine
White wine

1/20

Breakfast:

Sausage, orange, banana

Snack:

Chips and salsa

Lunch:

Salad, meatball (breadcrumbs and egg in this)
Splendid Spoon Zucchini Puttanesca Soup

Dinner:

Chicken sausage, mashed potatoes (no milk or cream), green beans, roasted tomatoes
Orange

1/21

Breakfast:

Orange slices, sauteed mushrooms and kale with chili sauce and cilantro

Lunch:

Rice and tofu roll with carrots cucumber lettuce, pickled veg and seaweed sauce (must be some sugar in this sauce - it’s sweet!)

Snack:

Chips and salsa

Dinner:

Fish and rice noodle soup with carrots and celery ginger and chilies
Chocolate

1/22

Breakfast:

Berries orange coconut yogurt seeds honey

Lunch:

Tasting: Splendid Spoon Masala Khichri, Cumin Sweet Potato, and Red Beet Buddha Bowl Soups
Chocolate

Dinner:

Splendid Spoon Moroccan Lentil Soup
Mustard greens, broccoli, sunchokes, Salmon, chickpea pasta
White wine, cocktail (sugar in this - Cointreau)

1/23

Breakfast:

Apple
Quinoa seaweed almond snacks

Lunch:

Veggie Burrito bowl - beans corn tomatoes hot sauce

Dinner:

Chinese takeout - mapo tofu (tofu w spicy pork sauce), fried rice (realized egg while eating), beef soup w bok choy

1/25

Breakfast:

Banana orange flaxseed coconut yogurt honey

Lunch:

Broccoli, steak, greens, wild rice
Leftover Chinese - mapo tofu and fried rice

Dinner:

Murf’s birthday: Moules Frites, tequila
Crudités, dried Brussels sprouts, bite of peanut butter cake, Barbecue chips, seltzer, whiskey — not a great day for the belly! Felt exhausted.

1/26

Breakfast:

Bonito rice ball, sesame and banana smoothie

Lunch:

After the museum: Fries and pate, glass of white wine

Dinner:

Rice noodles with mushrooms, sesame, scallions cilantro, lime and miso-Dashi beef broth
Chocolate
Natural wine

1/27

Breakfast:

Splendid Spoon AB&J Smoothie

Lunch out with Grover:

Half turkey sandwich with shallots and peppers on gf bread, chips.

Dinner at Chez Ma Tante Brooklyn:

Oysters, duck breast, turnips and carrot, apple hazelnut kohlrabi, chicken sausage (I think egg white in this), prosciutto, natural wine

1/28

Breakfast:

Some tuna while making kids lunches
Splendid Spoon Green Mango Smoothie

Lunch:

Splendid Spoon Zucchini Puttanesca Soup

Snack:

Splendid Spoon Moroccan Lentil Soup
Chocolate

Dinner:

Cod and rice noodle soup with ginger and greens
Tortilla chips

1/29

Breakfast:

Banana orange flaxseeds pumpkin seeds cashews honey

Lunch:

Splendid Spoon Garden Minestrone soup
Chocolate

Dinner:

Tofu and brown rice with kale, beef broth and jalapenos
Chocolate

1/30

Breakfast:

Splendid Spoon Chana Potato Stew

Breakfast meeting at some horrible place in Union Square:

Breakfast potatoes and chicken sausage
Rooibos tea with almond milk and honey

Dinner:

Cod stew with risotto rice, shrimp, chili peppers, sweet potatoes and kale
Natural wine
Chocolate

1/31

Breakfast (in-air)

Apple, banana, cashews
Tomato juice
Terra chips

Lunch - a Taco joint in SF

Chips salsa, chicken mole taco
Tasting for work- overnight oats, loads of different grains beans veggies and rice noodles
Chocolate

Dinner

Cilantro rice, beans, mango salsa
chips and guacamole

2/1

Breakfast

Potatoes kale cauliflower salsa chayote Brussels sprouts chicken
Chocolate reishi drink

Lunch at SF Airport

Gluten free fried chicken, papaya salad, turmeric rice (sugar in sauce)
white wine, terra chips

Dinner

Risotto with shrimp and cod
Sip of rum

2/2

Breakfast

Kale acai banana almond milk smoothie

Lunch

Bloody Mary
Rice noodles with chicken, sesame seeds mushrooms and gochujang sauce, miso dashi broth

Dinner

Steak, butternut squash, chimichurri, arugula with lemon pine nuts and pumpkin seeds
Tortilla chips
White wine

2/3

Breakfast

Oranges banana flaxseed pumpkin seed honey

Lunch

Arugula butternut squash chimichurri and Splendid Chana masala stew, some tuna with cornichon

Snack

Acai bowl w banana kiwi chia pumpkin seeds

Dinner

Natural wine, lentils arugula quail, rose cider
Protein ball: Maca pumpkin seeds dates

2/4

Breakfast

Oranges banana flaxseed pumpkin seeds cashews and honey
Steamed almond milk w honey and maca and chaga

Lunch Tasting

Splendid Spoon Carrot Lentil Curry, Leek and Turnip Chowder, Red Lentil Dal, Kabocha Congee Soups
Chocolate chia cookie: coconut sugar...and oats! :(

Dinner

Clams w chorizo onions and tomatoes, arugula and butternut squash
White wine

2/5

Breakfast

Oranges, cashews, bananas, pumpkin seeds, flaxseeds, honey

Lunch

Inside of an Italian sandwich: mortadella, prosciutto, red peppers and lettuce (some mayo)
Truffle chips
Chocolate chia cookie: same as the day before - there were two! Ah!

Dinner

White rice with pea shoots garlic, duck, rice bun (pretty sure these have sugar in them)

2/6

Breakfast

Splendid Spoon Carrot Lentil Curry Soup

Lunch

Nori hand roll w butternut squash brown rice and cilantro
Cacao banana maca almond milk smoothie

Dinner

Splendid Spoon Kabocha Congee (pumpkin seeds kabocha brown rice and coconut milk)

2/13

Breakfast

Nuts and trail mix

Lunch

Splendid Spoon Chocolate Cherry Smoothie
Chocolate
Chicken jerky (no sugar)

Dinner

Endive salad with chicken, fries, white wine

2/14

Breakfast

Japanese pear

Lunch

Cobb salad without egg and dressing

Dinner

Prix fixe dinner - gimlet, orange wine, oysters, crab tagliatelle (few bites, very rich), filet mignon w bone marrow, bread crumbs, and turnips, crudo

2/15

Breakfast

Splendid Spoon Cherry Chocolate Smoothie  

Lunch

Kelp noodles with mushrooms and kale, almond milk smoothie with coconut and blue magik algae

Dinner

Filipino rice bowl with sweet sausage
Beef with polenta, white wine

2/16

Breakfast

Splendid Spoon Moroccan Lentil soup

Lunch

Broccolini w harissa, chamomile tea, couple bites pork belly and grits, sun chokes with anchovy butter and breadcrumbs

Dinner

Vodka grapefruit, white wine, steak frites, escargot, carrot salad, mousse and pate a choux (pastry), baguette w butter

2/17

Breakfast

Red lentil soup

Lunch

Charred broccoli, green piri piri rice, bok choy, rooibos tea, bacon

Dinner

White Bean and chicken stock soup
Bitter chocolate

If you're craving Splendid Spoon after reading about what Nicole eats, check out this week's meal plan here!