Diary of a bouncing back ww'er

[mrsgosling3]

Libby, it isn't spicy, honestly, it's more of a smokey bbq flavour.
You'd be able to do the wreath no problem, looks impressive but so easy. In fact, I've decided to start it tonight. 2 tins of sweets (I've got heroes & roses) £4 each in Asda at the moment a bow & cellophane. Sorted x

So what do you do? I'm very tempted to make one for MIL to go with her hamper we are doing

 

[mrsgosling3]

And if you are interested my hubby makes wonderful fajitas...no sauce mix - it just chicken, onions, peppers, chilli, garlic, coriander and lime and then you can make it to taste. I love fajitas so much

 

[Hazykay]

So what do you do? I'm very tempted to make one for MIL to go with her hamper we are doing

I thought there's no point in trying to describe it and wait until I did one so you can see for yourself. Takes about an hour to do, so I did it tonight while watching tv. What an exciting life I lead, sitting in front of the telly on a Saturday night!!
Shape a wire coat hanger into a circle, cut a length of curling ribbon (I find it's strong enough to hold sweets) tie it onto hanger then attach each sweet. Thats the hard bit, trying to describe how to attach them. I should have done a video & uploaded it. You get the end of the sweetie wrapper and loop the ribbon then put wrapper into the loop and pull tight. Tie 2 more loops then attach next sweet. The bow is from poundland so its cheap to make but looks better than giving someone a tin of sweets xx

 

[mrsgosling3]

That is a brilliant idea we are going to steal it if this ok x

 

[Hazykay]

That is a brilliant idea we are going to steal it if this ok x

Steal away, ideas are for sharing!! Once you know how to do it, it's easy. I get people from my work asking me to do them as presents for their family. I can make around 20 a year!! The trick is to tell people that they untwist the sweetie from the wreath leaving the wrapper on, that way it's never empty. Does that make sense? xx

 

[sarahloub1]

I used the squeezy bottle of old el paso chunky salsa. 3 pp's for the whole bottle so 1/3 of a bottle is 1pp :-D sainsbo's are doing it for £1 just now, happy days x

thars great thanks ill be havn that this week x

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[Hazykay]

A bit of a hectic day today. Caught up with the housework & ironing, my son had a remembrance parade with the Cubs, went food shopping, babysitting my friends 2 boys, made dinner then started tomorrows dinner & made a pot of soup. Phew, I'll be glad to go back to work tomorrow for a rest!!

Breakfast 8pp
Special K yogurty 6pp
Milk 2pp

Lunch 14pp
M&S chicken and bacon toastie from the cafe (was ok, wouldn't have it again)

Dinner 10pp
M&S dine in for £10
Lemon & parmesan topped chicken, minted new potatoes

Snacks 18pp
Tunnocks caramel wafer 4pp
Walnut whip 4pp (I'm right into these just now)
Wine 8pp
A cheeky wee baileys with my friend 2pp

Total 50/28. No weeklies left

 

[sarahloub1]

your food always looks so nice i love that you post pics xx

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[teacheronww]

Wow...baileys is only 2pp!!! Never knew that. Always avoided because I assumed it would be high. You've made my day how big a measure can you have for 2pp?

 

[Hazykay]

your food always looks so nice i love that you post pics xx

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Thank you, I hope you get some ideas and at least the pics give you an idea of what the meal looks like xx

 

[Hazykay]

Wow...baileys is only 2pp!!! Never knew that. Always avoided because I assumed it would be high. You've made my day how big a measure can you have for 2pp?

Yep, 2pp's for a 25ml measure but 2 measures is 5pp. Vodka, gin etc are 2pp's for 25mls, 4pp's for 2 measures, 6 for 3 measures etc. but Baileys are 2pp's for 1, 5pp's for 2, 7pp's for 3, 10pp's for 3 etc
My friend likes Baileys so I had one with her, to be sociable of course lol x

 

[teacheronww]

Sure it would be rude not to ...thanks for that. Still a little bit higher than vodka but it's one of my favourite things, especially around Christmas

 

[sarahloub1]

Thank you, I hope you get some ideas and at least the pics give you an idea of what the meal looks like xx

do you weigh your pots cooked or raw?? iv decided this week im filling my plate with veg and i lov pots but dont think you get many but you look like you get more x

 

[Hazykay]

Sure it would be rude not to ...thanks for that. Still a little bit higher than vodka but it's one of my favourite things, especially around Christmas

Christmas is the only time that I have one. Today was different, but it's NEARLY Christmas lol x

 

[Hazykay]

do you weigh your pots cooked or raw?? iv decided this week im filling my plate with veg and i lov pots but dont think you get many but you look like you get more x

I weigh mine cooked but today I used the nutritional value on the back of the packet. I find that new potatoes you get more. Sometimes I cut bigger ones into smaller pieces so it looks more lol x

 

[teacheronww]

Christmas is the only time that I have one. Today was different, but it's NEARLY Christmas lol x

I like your thinking

 

[sarahloub1]

I weigh mine cooked but today I used the nutritional value on the back of the packet. I find that new potatoes you get more. Sometimes I cut bigger ones into smaller pieces so it looks more lol x

i always manage to get 3 or something but ill buy smaller one from now hahaha im starving looking at your food. defo changed my way of thinking for next week xx

 

[sarahloub1]

I weigh mine cooked but today I used the nutritional value on the back of the packet. I find that new potatoes you get more. Sometimes I cut bigger ones into smaller pieces so it looks more lol x

sorry how many grams do you have?? x

 

[Jaly]

Wow, sounds like a busy day!

Have a fantastic week Hazel x

Oooh, walnut whips! Haven't had one for years, mmm!

 

[Hazykay]

sorry how many grams do you have?? x

Anywhere between 225g-270g is 5pp (new potatoes)
Anywhere between 210g-255g is 5pp (old potatoes).
Sometimes I have 4pp's 166g-209g (old)
or 175g-220g (new)
It depends on what I'm having for dinner, how hungry i am and how many pp's I have. In fact, for tonights meal I bought the baby pearl ones from Asda, you get loads of them for your points :-D x