Monday, 12-07-21

 Good morning!
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After another good day yesterday, it is 2/7 on plan this week.
However, I think I am going to count a week as from Saturday (weigh in day is Friday)  so last week was 4/7 which explains the small loss, doesn't it?   Hope this week is better.  I have some lovely meals to plan in and that always helps.

Yesterday's photos:

Breakfast was nice and simple.  I was going to have two slice of toast and two eggs but decided I was being a bit piggy, especially with a roast to come, so I had just the one of each and it was more than enough with a banana to follow.

Lovely roast dinner.  Yum.
It looks a plateful and it was a plateful but nearly half was vegetables, the meat was lean and the roasties were actifried in a measured amount of oil so all very SW friendly.

I had a couple of satsumas afterwards.

This was ginger chicken thighs (wings in the original recipe) and it was loads nicer than the recipe sounded.  Basically the marinade was garlic, yogurt, lemon juice, root ginger, tabasco and a pinch of sweetener, all mixed together.  Add the chicken and let it marinate for as long as you like (within reason).  Then just bake it in the oven.  Oooh, it was nice.

If you have access to the SW site, here's the link.

https://member.slimmingworld.co.uk/recipes/ginger-chicken-wings

Today's extras were two satsumas and two nectarines.

Today's plans:

B:  cooked breakfast - bacon, sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes
SW:  all free or speed apart from one syn for the sausages and, most likely, one for some bbq sauce

L: cheesy lamb toastie, salad; fruit
Using leftover lamb from yesterday's lovely roast and grated cheddar
SW:  one healthy extra A and one B

D:  roasted butternut squash risotto, side salad; kvarg
This is a recipe from the wonderful Slimming Eats site:
https://www.slimmingeats.com/blog/roasted-butternut-squash-risotto
I will adapt it a bit, of course.  I have some nice lamb stock from yesterday, I will use herbs that I have and perhaps cheese triangles instead of parmesan, although that last is doubtful as there's no gain there.  And I will probably add some shreds of leftover roast lamb to the mix as well
SW:  one healthy extra A and two syns for a tsp butter (for the flavour!) plus half a syn for dessert

Summary:
two healthy extra As
one healthy extra B
(perfick!)
four and a half syns