Been feeling much better, and even managed 100% on night shift working on a ward where they have a 1-2 hour 'dinner' aka midnight feast and sat there with my bottle of water whilst they munched through fresh baguettes, butter, olives, humus, cake, crisps, etc etc. Very proud of myself as fresh baguettes is one of my huge downfalls
Haven't wrote about my cooking escapades on here but have decided to as this will help me once I come off the diet.
We've started meal planning... this week we planned chicken enchiladas with brown rice, sausage, bacon and egg caserol (like american quiche) with beans, pork chops with potatos and fresh veg, home made pizza with chicken breast pieces as topping and home made potato wedges, turkey fillets, potatoes and fresh veg, tonight is roast salmon and brown rice.
I have also made home made mayonaise and peanut butter and oh, my gosh. How easy. Peanut butter is basically peanuts blended for ages until the natural oils are released and it begins to thicken up - no added oil! Use honey roasted and it tastes amazing, better than store bought and so much healthier.
Mayonaise was a couple of eggs, oil, some seasoning - i used cracked pepper, lemon juice to preserve and a smidge of paprika. Oh and some parmesan cheese. Took roughly 3 minutes to make and is now in a sealed jar in the fridge, healthier to make than store bought, SO much cheaper and took only a couple of mins
The next venture will be to make our own butter using raw cream from a farm. When we have more funds we're going to start getting raw milk and cream from farms rather than pasturized... we've done a LOT of research to make up our minds and it wasn't an easy decision.
In the summer we're going to try and clear the garden and grow our own veg - we used to and it was fab but now the garden is overgrown
We're also (when we have more funds) going to try to start buying meat etc from farmers and butchers and get a chest freezer so we can buy cheaper in bulk and always have what we need to make healthy 'real' food.
Anyway. just getting ready for another night shift. Wish me luck to resist temptation. xxx