Good morning.
Firstly, the pasta and sauce. No, no, no! Never again. It was not nice and made me feel a bit sick. It might have been a time saver but it was a calorie waster. Urgh.
Right, having got that off my mind . . .
. . . and on the other hand, the chicken fajita loaded chips was absolutely gorgeous and I will post about it separately. Tasty, satisfying and deliciously spicy. The perfect antidote to a yucky lunch! It's just a shame I forgot about taking a photo - I must get back into the habit.
Eileen, you were right. Pinch of Nom does indeed have a Hunter's Chicken recipe which looks reasonably simple and for which I have just about all the necessary ingredients. The only thing I don't have is the buffalo wings hot sauce (whatever that is - buffalos don't have wings, do they!) but I bet I can sub - maybe one of my readers has a suggestion?
Today's plans: going a bit traditional in a SW way for Easter Sunday!
B: Hot cross bun baked oats
There's a recipe on the SW site which won't be accessible if you're not a member and also another version appeared on out local group's closed Facebook page so I'm taking a sort of average and cutting out some synny stuff but basically it is baked oats with cinnamon and some Mullerlight lemon yogurt. I will also add some blueberries for a bit of a fruity burst instead of sultanas and there won't be any 'icing sugar for dusting' which strikes me as a waste of syns! The 'bun' bit is a bit misleading as it's won;t be bun-like at all but I am hoping it has that sweet-spice flavour.
SW: one syn for the lemon yogurt and a healthy extra B
L: Well, on the plan it says 'a brunchy sort of thing' so I guess that will be tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon, egg and a SW sausage. If I hadn't already used my B, I'd have piled it all into a roll or pitta but I have so I won't!
SW: free
D: lamb shank with veg and Jersey royals
The lamb is a frozen Aldi lamb shank in mint gravy I've had it before and it is really very nice as well as being good and low in syns. I was going to have it just with veg but yesterday, when I went shopping, Morrisons had some bags of Jersey royals. Bloomin' expensive but you don't get them for long so I gulped and took the plunge. In the week I've been away, the garden mint has just exploded and there's loads so - home made mint sauce! Lovely and all traditional too! I can't wait.
SW: two syns for the lamb
Ss: trying for none but if I do succumb it will have to be some cheese as I have no designated health extra As today Probably some dairylea which, I am ashamed to say, I could eat by the spoonful!
Frugality has taken a bit of a back seat this Easter Sunday but given I haven't been providing my own food for much of this month and a fair bit of last month, I think a bit of a spashout is absorbable and it is very Back On Track.
Ooohhh mint sauce. I LOVE mint sauce and though I don't eat lamb, I am happy to have it on any gravy dinner,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are well back on plan so keep it up!
I think I am, thanks, Eloise. Everything is so much tastier than the addictive, processed, carbohdrate-y stuff too. WHy do I keep forgetting this?
DeleteI love mint sauce too. It's nice with chicken too, I think.
xx