Sunday, 21-04-19

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.