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!