Good morning.
I began the sourdough yesterday and fed it when I woke up this morning - I find that's the best time to do all those routine things as I remember them then! I like this way - no discarding. That always irritated me although there are some good recipes out there for crumpets, pancakes and the like. As they wouldn't work with Slimming World, they're not an option right now though.
After trying the SW peppercorn sauce over the weekend, I did a brief review as a separate post. Not one I will be buying again, I'm afraid.
Second day of the freezer challenge and already a few gaps are showing in the monsters - great! I'm pleased that every meal today has something frozen.
Today's plans are:
B: porridge with yogurt and fruit
It seems to have turned a bit colder again so this will go down a treat! Also, the fruit will be from the freezer
SW: half a healthy extra A for the milk and a B for the oats
Speed: pineapple, blueberry
L: feelgood fishcakes with a salad and a garlic mayo dressing
The fishcakes are from the freezer and I will get them out to thaw through the morning as I'm not sure how well they will cook from frozen. The dressing is just very light mayo with some garlic puree and maybe a wee bit of seasoning.
SW: one syn for some mayo and 1/2 syn for some grated cheese in the fishcakes
Speed: letture, tomato, grated carrot
D: lentil and vegetable ragu
I made this a while ago and didn't have it then so in the freezer it went. I hope it's nice and should certainly be 'healthy'.
SW free
Speed: not sure specifically because I made this a while ago but I remember it has plenty of speed in it.
Ss: fruit
Speed food
I think I might be getting a bit lazy with my speed food. Speed is those fruits and vegetables which are 'very low energy dense foods' (that was a quote) and one is encouraged to have at least a third of your meal as 'speed', either as an integral part of the dish or added - and the idea is not to have, for example, a bowlful of your favourite chicken and pasta and then a salad on top of that but to reduce the amount of pasta and replace it with speed. It's a good way to make sure you get your fruit and veg and the handbook is very explicit about which are counted as speed and which are not so there's no potential for confusion there.
It's not always possible but it's an aim.
So, for a while, I'm going to list my speeds for each meal, just to highlight it to myself. Speed can be frozen so it works with the freezer challenge
I hope the starter gets going and performs as it should, Joy - I shall feel a great sense of responsibility if it doesn't!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I'm sure it will. It's actual bread that bothers me but your instructions are very clear and I can 'see my way' through them - if you see what I mean.
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I think that's where some people at my group are going wrong. They are having what, to me, are gargantuan portions of rice or pasta, and then eating a separate helping of speed thinking that makes everything okay.
ReplyDeleteI have been very off plan for the last couple of weeks so have gained a couple of pounds ( we have had some building work done, and now the new kitchen is being fitted). I don't like it, so I've gone back to writing down everything that I eat, and making more of an effort to make something proper to eat, despite not having a kitchen, and foodstuffs, pots, utensils etc being in boxes.
I can't comment on your other blog as it comes up with a warning when I try, but I've discovered that there's no problem with this one.
Common sense would say that if it is 'as well as' it is extra calories.
DeleteIt's very difficult without a fully functioning kitchen. It will be lovely when it's done though, won't it.
Sometmes, qwith the other blog, a window then opens to a rather nasty porn site. If you close it quickly, my blog should be behind it, still there. I have no idea why it does this and blogger doesn't seem interested in sorting it out. It's a right pain and I'm really sorry!
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