Good morning to you!
Because I took out a twelve week countdown at SW, I came home on Friday with a free copy of their new recipe book, Souper Soups. SW have a lot of recipe books and most of them are pretty good. This looks like becoming a favourite - there's some really delicious sounding recipes in it and, as soup is a go to lunch in the colder months, I'm really looking forward to trying some new recipes. Mind you, sometimes I wonder if they read this blog as there are several of 'my' ideas in it - I guess there's nothing new under the sun really!
Having said that, right at the moment I have a chicken noodle soup on the make. Most soups are pretty quick and easy but this one takes longer. I cooked a chicken leg/thigh joint in the slow cooker yesterday, this morning I stripped off the meat and all the throw away stuff (skin, bones, etc) is continuing to simmer to get as much flavour as possible from it and later on today I will throw in the veg to slow cook overnight, finishing it off tomorrow morning. Guess what lunch is tomorrow!
I do love a good soup.
(I should have used a firework divider yesterday but I didn't so here it is today instead - better late than never)
Yesterday's meal photos
I have no photo of breakfast because it was a dribs and drabs morning. I had some yogurt earlier (no syns) and then a small banana and an easy peeler with my coffee during the walk. Having got thoroughly damp and chilled during the walk, I was hungry when I got home so I had a café au lait (one and a half syns) and then a stick of celery.
This looks a big old plateful, doesn't it?
I baked (well, microwaved and ninja-ed) three smallish potatoes and had one and a half for lunch as planned. The rest of the plateful is pretty much speed with just a bit of super light mayo. I was hungry and really enjoyed it.
Then I looked at the other one and a half jackets, scooped out the potato to mash and top the cottage pie, gave the shells a quick spray and another six or seven minutes in Nelly the Ninja (yes, I've named her - after all, my Thermomix is Thermione!) and, lo and behold, delicious, crunchy potato skins. Very satisfying and no waste.
Dessert was a couple of small easy peelers.
I was going to say this was naughty but actually it wasn't. Yesterday was a hungry day - no, not actually hungry, more munchy. Anyway, I realised I hadn't had any healthy extra B so I toasted my healthy extra B bread and spread marmite on and it really satisfied.
Loads of lovely speed vegetables on my dinner plate.
I had no room for any yogurt so that was it for the day and I am really very chuffed that, despite feeling munchy, I held it all together and stayed within the plan. Pat on the back!
Today's plans
B: cooked breakfast
I'm having the works as a Sunday treat so I plan to have a sausage, bacon, egg, 'fried' bread, beans, tomatoes and mushrooms. Rather a plateful, I know, but OK now and again and all within the SW plan.
SW: three syns for one slice wholemeal
L: honey glazed pork steak, roasted parsnips, assorted veg; fruit
This is a SW recipe that is supposed to be accompanied by spring onion and red pepper mash but I want it it feel Sunday roast-ish so I will do roasted parsnips and some speed veg plus some bisto gravy (unless I can find some free gravy in the freezer - you never know!) Not potatoes though - yesterday was a bit potato heavy.
I think I am going to be lazy and use some frozen mixed veg instead of fresh. No point having it if I don't use it, is there?
Here's the link to the recipe, should you have access.
SW: the recipe says it is one and a half syns which will be for some honey and the gravy is two syns
D: cheese and onion toastie, salad; yogurt
The usual! It's a good way of using the healthy extras.
SW: two healthy extra As and one healthy extra B plus half a syn for hm onion chutney and half a syn for yogurt
E: A Lindsey class on YouTube. She has just uploaded a couple of sessions, I noticed yesterday.
Summary:
two healthy extra As
one healthy extra B
seven and a half syns
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