Friday, 14-01-22

 Good morning!

I had a go at making those hash browns yesterday, using a can of new potatoes, an egg and an onion.   I also used half a tsp olive oil for one syn but that was optional.
How did it go?  Well, I thought they were rather nice, they were certainly very easy to make and, I think, are quite adaptable.
You finely chop an  onion and I also softened it in the microwave with half a tsp oil (one syn).  You grate all the potatoes, dead easy, add the softened onion, one beaten egg and seasonings, mix well and then form patties.  I pushed the mix into a heart shaped cookie cutter and that worked well.
I put three of them on a lined baking sheet, sprayed them and baked them for around 25 mins on about 180, until they were nice and browned.  They came out well.
The other seven I open froze and then bagged so I'll see how they come out next week at some point.  It might be better to bake and then freeze - I have to find out.
Because I used some olive oil, they come out as half a syn for five so, unless I have four or five (unlikely), I'm not counting them as having any syns.

So easy and very nice so I suspect they will be a regular make from now on.!

Weigh day today.  Fingers crossed.

And finally - I won't be around for a couple of days because I have a friend visiting over the weekend and I'm not going to be taking meal photos with a visitor in the home.  It just doesn't feel polite really.
But I will definitely be back on Monday (probably later in, not early morning) and on Saturday morning I hope I can post a quick weigh in update and a few photos from today.

Yesterday's meals:

A scrummy breakfast for a cold and frosty morning!

The lentil burrito bowl was just as nice second day, either hot or cold.
I mixed the leftovers (spicy lentils, rice, kidney beans and corn) with a bit of lighter crème fraiche (I can afford the syns) and the chipotle paste and constructed the quesadilla with a WW wrap and about 35g grated cheddar.  There was a bit of mixture left over so I had that cold on the side (you can see it at the front of the photo).
Oh, my word, delicious!

Later on, I had two easy peelers.

This was the chilli beef.  It was OK - but I won't make it again.  I've tried other chilli beef recipes and not really been overly excited about any of them, to be honest.

The kvarg afterwards was nice!

Today's plans:

B:  boiled eggs and toast dippers
On Facebook, there was a thread about how you can 'boil' (cook) eggs in the actifry and I want to give it a go.  It could be a totally dismal failure!
SW:  one healthy extra B

L:  leek and potato soup, grated cheese; fruit
The soup is bubbling away as I type and smells lovely!
SW:  one healthy extra A

D:  salmon, chips and peas; fruit or yogurt
SW:  one and a half syns for some seafood sauce and one syn for oil to cook the chips in.  If I have yogurt, it is half a syn.

E:  Kettle exercises (exercises I do while waiting for the kettle to boil)

Summary:
one healthy extra A
one healthy extra B
three syns

From the freezer:
bread
salmon
peas

BUT
into the freezer - leek and potato soup, hash browns Oh well, can't win 'em all.