10st10lbs' Diary - been away for far too long!

[10st10lbs]

For -Laura-:

Chocolate and apricot brownies
Makes 24 at 4 syns each, on any plan

3 1/2 oz/100g low-fat spread suitable for baking
8 level tbsp drinking chocolate powder
4 tbsp Splenda Granulated
2 1/2 oz/71g caster sugar
3 eggs
3 1/2 oz/100g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
9oz/255g dried apricots
1 tsp vanilla essence

Preheat your oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and line a 12x18in/30x20cm baking tin with non-stick baking parchment. Melt the low-fat spread in a pan, remove from the heat and stir in the drinking chocolate, Splenda Granulated and sugar. Add the eggs and whisk until well blended.

Sift in the flour and baking powder and stir. Chop the apricots, add to the mixture along with the vanilla essence, and mix. Pour into the tin and bake for 18-20 minutes or until just set (it will firm up as it cools). While it is still warm, turn the mixture out onto a board and cut into 24 brownies.

(I cut it into 16 by accident, left the big chunks on the table for those who wanted them with dessert, came back and took the plate away, chopping each of the remaining 7 into 4 pieces, so I got 28 bitesize pieces at 1.5 syns each!)

 

[10st10lbs]

Looks like Eid will be on Friday, so Happy Eid!! Hope you have a great time and try to let someone else do the dishes this time Enjoy yourself- it only comes once a year!

Kher mubarak Hope you have a lovely time too! Well, twice a year, technically xxx

 

[why_d]

For why_d:

Patatas bravas
Serves 4

Preheat your oven to 220C/425F/Gas Mark 7. Peel and cut 1lb 12oz/794g potatoes into bite-size cubes. Season and roast in your oven for 15-20 minutes, or unitl browned. Put a 400g can of chopped tomatoes, 1 chopped onion and 2 crushed garlic cloves in a pan and place over a medium heat. Cook for 10-15 minutes. Add 3 tsp sweet smoked paprika and 1 bay leaf and continue to cook for 5-10 minutes. Remove the potatoes from the oven and put in a warmed serving dish. Pour the sauce over the potatoes. Mix well and serve garnished with a handful of finely chopped fresh parsley.

going to make these this evening!! i take it you dont have to parboil the potatoes before roasting?

 

[-Laura-]

Thanks for that! Will definitely be giving those a go!

 

[10st10lbs]

going to make these this evening!! i take it you dont have to parboil the potatoes before roasting?

It doesn't mention it but would make a lot more sense! We ovened them for 40 minutes and then I ended up steaming and boiling them until they were soft enough! x

 

[10st10lbs]

Thanks for that! Will definitely be giving those a go!

No problem! Sorry it was so late let me know how they turn out! x

 

[why_d]

No problem! Sorry it was so late let me know how they turn out! x

oh yes! liked those! got plenty of sauce left so will be making them again! thanks!!

next time i'll def parboil tho, lol

 

[10st10lbs]

oh yes! liked those! got plenty of sauce left so will be making them again! thanks!!

next time i'll def parboil tho, lol

Glad you liked them! There are a couple of other sort of side-dish-y recipes on the same page, one is sauteed mushrooms I think, from what I can remember? If you like the sound of that, I'll be happy to post the recipe for you x

 

[why_d]

Glad you liked them! There are a couple of other sort of side-dish-y recipes on the same page, one is sauteed mushrooms I think, from what I can remember? If you like the sound of that, I'll be happy to post the recipe for you x

guess who have LOADS of mushrooms to use up... lol that would be great! thanks!

 

[10st10lbs]

guess who have LOADS of mushrooms to use up... lol that would be great! thanks!

LOL same here! So I made a mushroom, quorn chicken and sweetcorn omelette topped with some RF cheese xxx

 

[shell_y]

LOL same here! So I made a mushroom, quorn chicken and sweetcorn omelette topped with some RF cheese xxx

That sounds lush!

 

[Madferret]

Hiya hunni

Hope that you are ok and enoying your festivities

have a great day

T
x

 

[10st10lbs]

That sounds lush!

It WAS! Might make one for breakfast every day lol, gotta get back on track!

Hiya hunni

Hope that you are ok and enoying your festivities

have a great day

T
x

Helloooo Having a brill day, very tired now, legs all achy and don't know why! xxx

 

[10st10lbs]

Friday 10/09 - Eid.

_________________________

I drew a line and I bolded it. You all have to watch me from tomorrow! I know I can get back on track, I know I can, I know I can, and I will. Don't know whether or not to restrict my syns. I've done a max of 5 a day before when I've been naughty. I can do it again. I can, right?

Desperately need to make some super speed soup. Hoping we have all the ingredients in the house otherwise I won't be able to get away with it, the mountains of food we have left over are just mad. Took some pictures this morning of a few goodies, should I share them with you guys???

Please please please please please, I really need to get back on track. I don't want to be off plan all weekend, Eid was ONE day and I already made it into two with Friday night's meal. Please help

xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[loungelizard]

Ali, you KNOW you can do it

 

[10st10lbs]

Saturday 11/09 - Green

Breakfast
- Activia FF peach yoghurt
- Activia FF vanilla yoghurt
- Water

Snack
- Pear

Lunch
- Omelette with mushroom, sweetcorn, onion, coriander, quorn chicken and 50ml skimmed milk (1/7 HExA)
- A few spoons of rice (0.5 syn)
- Banana

Snacks
- Cucumber, carrot, lettuce, pepper, green bean, beansprout and potato salad
- Chickpea, tomato, onion and coriander chaat with tamarind sauce (1.5 syns)
- Pepsi Max
- Black coffee with Canderel

Dinner
- 1 plain Weetabix (1/2 HExB1) and 1 chocolate Weetabix (1/2 HExB1 + 1 syn) with 300ml skimmed milk (6/7 HExA)

Snack
- 10 cashew nuts (1/2 HExB2)
- 4 Mikado (2 syns)

Total syns: 0.5 + 1.5 + 1 + 2 = 5 syns

 

[Meli]

Hope you had a nice Eid. We ended up going to our close friends house in Bradford and we stayed the night, so really need to draw a line under it and start fresh on Monday too! Worse thing is that I have WI tomorrow, so will be really happy if I manage to pull a STS!!!
Hope you are doing better and back on plan today.

 

[10st10lbs]

Sunday 12/09 - Green

Late breakfast/Early lunch
- Hot water with fresh lemon juice
- Baked beans in tomato sauce with quorn steak strips and onion
- Activia FF vanilla yoghurt, poured over chopped up pear, topped with a crumbled chocolate and apricot brownie (1.5 syns)

Snack
- Robinson's NAS Summer Fruits squash
- Activia FF cherry yoghurt
- Banana
- 10 cashew nuts (1/2 HExB1)

Then I found out we were off to my aunty's there was a glimmer of hope in that I was expecting there to be rice and/or salad, which there ALWAYS is, but today...

Late lunch
- Meat gravy (3 syns) with a dash of fresh lemon juice, a sprinkle of coriander, and a tsp of fried dried onions (I know I have seen syns for this somewhere so will search tomorrow) with naan (6 syns)
- Fruit salad - apple, pear, banana, orange, red grapes and white grapes
- Robinson's NAS Blackcurrant squash

Late dinner
- 1/2 sachet Ainsley Harriot's World Kitchen Mexican Rice with quorn steak strips and baked beans in tomato sauce, served on a bed of lettuce, with cucumber
- Robinson's NAS Peach barley

Snack
- 30 cashew nuts (1/2 HExB1 + HExB2)
- 350ml skimmed milk (HExA)

Total syns: 1.5 + 3 + 6 = 10.5 syns

 

[10st10lbs]

Monday 13/09 - Green

Breakfast
- 1 plain Weetabix (1/2 HExB1) and 1 chocolate Weetabix (1/2 HExB1 + 1 syn) with 250ml skimmed milk (5/7 HExA1) and a chopped banana

Lunch
- Hashbrown made from grated potato, onion and egg, with salt, basil and cayenne pepper and 21g RF cheese (1/2 HExA2)
- Baked beans in tomato sauce
- Green beans and cucumber
- EL mayo (0.5 syn)

Snack
- Coffee with 50ml skimmed milk (1/7 HExA1)

Dinner
- Pear
- Rice (3 syns) with potato and boiled egg
- Lettuce, carrot, cucumber and green bean salad with chicken (1/4 HExB2)

Snack
- Tea with 50ml skimmed milk (1/7 HExA1)
- 4 Mikado (2 syns)
- 15 cashew nuts (3/4 HExB2)
- Activia FF mango yoghurt

Total syns: 1 + 0.5 + 3 + 2 = 6.5 syns

20 mins of abs workout DVD done, wanted to be doing half an hour each night but not sure how that will work out...

Meeting a couple of friends for coffee tomorrow, will probably be hungry too... What's the best place to eat out on a Green day? Don't want to have a sandwich, maybe a salad? But not too boring... considering making my own lunch and taking it along but I'm trying to prove to my friend you can still eat out and lose weight. Don't want to treat myself to something as the weekend was one big treat and I know I can go without it! I would normally go to Tesco and pick up a box of prepacked melons and grapes, but don't like that disgusting taste when fruit hits coffee - eughhh!

Any suggestions most welcome xxxxxxxxx

 

[Meli]

Meeting a couple of friends for coffee tomorrow, will probably be hungry too... What's the best place to eat out on a Green day?

Any suggestions most welcome xxxxxxxxx

I normally have a baked potatoe with Baked Beans from the Trafford Centre or Lowry Outlet from the Spuds place and that way I can choose something healthy, while my friends can have anything else.