Thursday evening, 31-10-24 and soup

Good evening, everyone!  

I've been a bit of a homey girl today, ending up with three portions of hearty chicken and soup mix soup, all thick and tasty and healthy and two loaves of bread, one the usual seeded wholemeal and the other with added garlic, cheese, olives and sun dried tomatoes (all chopped into bits.
So delicious!

Two portions of the soup and both the loaves, sliced, are now in the freezer and one portion of soup is in the fridge for tomorrow.

What I ate today

It was so nice to get back to porridge this morning after a summer without.

One healthy extra B and one syn for mixed seeds.

Later on, I had an apple.

What a messy plate and what a terrible photo but it was delicious!

Four syns for the hummus, one and a half As for the feta and one B for the wrap (I can have two Bs as a target member - actually, I can anyway but you know what I mean!

Later on, I had a couple of easy peelers.

This was delish.  Chicken, leeks, onion, pepper and mushroom with chicken stock, lighter creme fraiche and a bit of thickening granules.

I had planned to have bulgur wheat but found a portion of puy lentils and quinoa in the freezer so had that instead.

I have half of the sauce left but less than half of the rest but that's OK, I can put in lots more veg nd have it all tomorrow.

Three syns for evoo, two syns for thickening granules and two syns for the lighter creme fraiche

Dessert was a pear.

Summary

one and a half healthy extra As

two healthy extra Bs.

twelve syns

My meal plans for tomorrow:

B:  porridge, fruit, yogurt, seeds

L: chunky chicken and veg country soup with a good hunk of bread; fruit

D:  leftover chicken casserole with extra veg added, chips (definitely chips); fruit

Exercise:  Not much, I expect.  Classes start again next week.

The Extra Bit

Soup

One of the most powerful weapons in a slimmer's armoury.

It can be:

• very frugal  
• great for using up all sorts of leftovers
• really nutritious
• as varied as the world is round!
• a complete meal
• easily digested, comforting and warming
• herby, spicy, deeply savoury - packed with flavour
• suitable for all kinds of diet structures
• a great way to stay hydrated and full
• an easy way to stay nourished when you're feeling under the weather
• very freezable so you've always got a speedy meal when needed
• chunky or smooth - your choice
• a delicious way to get your fruit and veg

I could go on . . .

Do you make your own soup?