Thursday, 04-02-21

 Good morning.  So sorry this is late.  For the first time in forever, I have overslept significantly!

I've weighed (usually I write this before weighing) and this week it is a maintain.  OK by me but I can feel a 'week on' thingy growing on me.  Should I go to calories, do another 'impossible' week (it's called something different now), go back to Body Chef for a couple of hampers or try something new like 'Mindful Chef' plus my own lunches and breakfasts.
What do you think?  Let me know in the comments.

Yesterday's photos:

The bacon and egg muffin for breakfast went down a treat.  One B, half an A and half a syn for some bbq sauce for some grated cheese and mmmmmmm.

Lunch was not a pretty sight but it tasted great.  I must make some more bubble and squeak at some point.  I forgot I had added a bit of Christmas turkey to the mix and the poached egg on top was the perfect touch.

For dinner, to go with the meatballs, I used half a pot of JD Seasonings Amatriciana mix.  I've never used this before - it's an Italian mix, a combination of parsley, black pepper, crushed chilli, oregano, basil, thyme, marjoram, sage and bay and it made an absolutely lovely sauce.  I definitely must get some more when I make my next JD order.

Half a pot is enough for two portions and the sauce included a can of chopped tomatoes, onion, red pepper, mushroom and peas to which I added the meatballs and a good tsp of marigold vegetable bouillon powder.  It simmered longish and slow and I managed to spoon off two smaller portions of the veg sauce before adding the protein noodles for the last ten minutes or so.

The saved portions will do as a topping for fish, chicken, a pork steak, etc.

Today's plans:

B:  toffee apple rice pudding
It's currently a 'thing' in the vlogging community to have rice for breakfast instead of cereal or oats, the idea being that rice is a free food on SW so you can save your bread or whatever for later.  Personally, I think it's all calories used anyway but it does add to my list of SW friendly breakfasts so - why not give it a go.  I intend using some caramel skinny syrup and a pinch of my apple pie spice mix, plus some chopped apple on top and, perhaps a dollop of natural yogurt as well.

If it works, I will post the recipe.

SW:  half a healthy extra A for 125 mls semi skimmed milk

L:  roasted tomato and lentil noodle soup; fruit

I found a roasted tomato and lentil soup in the freezer to which I will add the other half of the protein noodles opened yesterday and top it with some grated not-parmesan.  If it is very thick, I may dilute it with some chicken or veg stock or I may treat it more like a 'pasta' dish.

SW:  one syn for the noodles and half an A for 15g cheese

D:  hunter's chicken, actifry chips, tomatoes, peppers and mushrooms; yogurt

I already have the sauce, don't I (see above) to which I will add half a syn's-worth of bbq sauce.  The veg will just be mixed tomatoes, mushrooms, onion and peppers, spray fried in a pan.

Note to self - remember to put ice cream maker bowl in freezer.

SW:  two syns for some oil for the chips and one healthy extra A for cheese on the hunter's chicken, plus half a syn for the yogurt

Body Magic:  Day 11 of the 100 day challenge: a YouTube walking video

Summary:

two healthy As (including some milk for cuppas)

no Bs - which rather defeats the purpose of the rice pudding - except that I really fancy the idea anyway!

four syns