Thursday evening, 21-11-24, a new book and an Advent Calendar with a Difference.

Evening, everyone.

I'm quite excited.  I had totally forgotten that I had pre-ordered the new Pinch of Nom book until I got an email today saying it was on its way. 
It's now sitting, new and pristine, on the table beside my chair and I'm really looking forward to a good browse through when I've sent this.

Weigh day tomorrow morning - will I have lost some of last week's gaintain?

Today's meals:

My Oat Pantry flavoured porridge oats arrived yesterday and I chose to start off with the fruit crumble and custard one.  Sounds nice, doesn't it?  The bumph says:

Infused with the sweetness of raspberries, tanginess of blackcurrants, and the comforting warmth of apple, our Fruit Crumble & Custard Porridge is a delightful twist on your morning routine. Mixed with wholegrain rolled oats and a hint of custard, it’s a nutritious and satisfying breakfast bowl that’s reminiscent of your favourite crumble dessert.

And it was delicious.  I added a bit of sweetener and made it with water because I usually do.

Now to try it in other ways - maybe baked oats tomorrow.

Filling too - I had the easy peeler and left the apple.

One healthy extra B and one syn for some chia seeds.

The last of the broccoli and chick soup.  Today I added in 30g grated cheddar and let it melt in plus some mixed seeds sprinkled over.

That was it - I was stuffed!!

One healthy extra A and one syn for the seeds.

I made a basic penne arrabbiata and stirred in half a can of sardines in olive oil, roughly broken up.  

I strained the oil off the fish (and have kept in), using one tsp to soften the onion etc.

A dollop of yogurt and a side salad finished it off nicely and I had an apple for dessert.

Two syns for the evoo and one and a half syns for the sardines (because of being canned in olive oil.

Summary:

one healthy extra A

one healthy extra B

five and a half syns, all from heart healthy oils

Tomorrow's meal plans:

I won't be using my extra syns tomorrow as I have a few 'events' coming up in the next week or so.  I may eat up to my fifteen syns though.

B:  baked oats (not sure what kind yet but using the fruit crumble and custard oats)

L:  cheese and onion toastie, salad; fruit

D:  cheesy fish cakes (using the other half of the sardines), nice, big salad; fruit

Exercise:  rest day

The Extra Bit:

A different Advent Calendar

This is definitely an advert.  :-)

My lovely friend, Lindsey, who owns and runs the Shimmy 'n' Groove exercise company that I use for all my fitness classes has brought out an Advent Calendar with a difference.
You don't need to be local, you don't need to be a Shimmy 'n' Groove client, all you need is to be on Facebook because that's the platform she is using.

She is uploading twenty five fitness activities on December 1st so we can use them as an Advent Calendar by opening one a day or we can look at the lot and organise them into our own extended routines for Advent.

The price for all this is just £2.50 - an absolute bargain. 

If you would like to buy this Calendar with a Difference, drop her a message on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/lindseyinuk

and she can send you paying in details and add you to the group