Good evening, everyone!
I was so pleased with one and a half pounds off at group this week. Now to keep the motivation high over the coming week or two.
Another vlog I really enjoy watching and get a lot from is Claire Marie Howard.
Claire's vlogs cover weight loss, lifestyle, holidays, recipes, she does a few sponsored posts but not that many, she's a successful Slimming World girl and she has a very engaging way about her, making her vlogs really watchable.
Oh, and she's also doing Couch to 5K - good for her.
The blurb at the beginning says:
Hi welcome to my channel I’m Claire I’m wife of Mark and Mummy of Harrison and Joshua I’ve created this channel because I love making video memories of our life together. I’ll be sharing videos on lifestyle and eating I follow slimming world, our Holidays and general family life including our current home renovation.
(The renovation is now pretty much done)
This is her latest vlog, at time of typing. Take a look and see what you think.
(The renovation is now pretty much done)
This is her latest vlog, at time of typing. Take a look and see what you think.
What I ate today:
Half a healthy extra B
A sausage and throw it all in pasta bake that ended up really delicious.
Three Heck chicken Italia chipolatas, some more hpme made passata from the freezer, onion, pepper, mushroom and I had a few baked beans so I rinsed off the sauce and added this. Also Italian all-rounder seasoning, garlic, chicken stock powder and some cheese on top.
Phew - really filling so no need for fruit through the afternoon.
Three Heck chicken Italia chipolatas, some more hpme made passata from the freezer, onion, pepper, mushroom and I had a few baked beans so I rinsed off the sauce and added this. Also Italian all-rounder seasoning, garlic, chicken stock powder and some cheese on top.
Phew - really filling so no need for fruit through the afternoon.
One healthy extra A and one and a half syns.
The duck I used for dinner had been sous vide cooked and was still in the sous vide bag - it came with a Hello Fresh meal and I subbed chicken for some reason; I can't remember why now.
I reheated the contents in the bag, then strained off the liquid and sort of syphoned off some of the stock from under the fat.
(I have kept the rest of the stock with the fat hardened on top and might use it (the fat) to make roasties on Sunday).
I reheated the contents in the bag, then strained off the liquid and sort of syphoned off some of the stock from under the fat.
(I have kept the rest of the stock with the fat hardened on top and might use it (the fat) to make roasties on Sunday).
I pulled the meat off the bones and semi shredded it. There's enough left for something else tomorrow.
The sauce was . . .
two plums, stoned and roughly chopped
one tbsp demerara sugar (3 syns)
vinegar (I used sherry vinegar)
splash water
pinch cinnamon
pinch of chilli flakes
pinch salt
(all to own taste)
I put all of the above into a pan, brought it up to a simmer, cover and let it simmer on very low until the plums had softened adding more water as necessary. Then I blended it to a puree.
Then I added:
around 30mls duck stock (no fat)
some soy sauce to own taste
It was simply delicious, quite sweet and sour-ish.
For the actual meal, I used toasted sesame oil (one tsp = three syns) to stir-fry onion, carrot, pepper and broccoli while some noodles were cooking.
When the noodles were cooked, I added some of the shredded duck and the sauce to the vegetables, strained the noodles and combined the two.
When the noodles were cooked, I added some of the shredded duck and the sauce to the vegetables, strained the noodles and combined the two.
Totally scrummy and a real Friday evening treat.
I had some grapes for afters.
It came to six syns - I don't syn cooked fruit - but there's some sauce left so I'm going to say five syns and the other syn will go with the left over sauce.
Summary:
one healthy extra A
half a healthy extra B
Six and a half syns
Tomorrow's meal plans:
B: bacon, egg, mushroom and tomatoes
SW: syn free
L: shredded duck wrap (or pitta or whatever), salad; fruit
I'll reheat the duck and the sauce and load it into whatever I choose tha have in the bread line.
SW: one healthy extra B, one syn for the sauce.
D: spag bol, side salad; fruit
The sauce is from the freezer.
SW: one healthy extra A and one syn if I have salad cream
Exercise: gardening and a walk
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