Donnajt's 2012 Diary...yes I'm back!

Yummy Pizza!

Copied this from Lucy on the meal picture thread in recipes, it was delish

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Pizza & Salad (4 syns)
1/2 Warburton Square Wrap (4)
Tomato puree with a little water and mixed herbs
Pineapple, mushrooms, sweetcorn, onion, ham
HEB Mozarella cheese
 
Pizza looks gorgeous Donna, I'll maybe have to try that when I get a craving for pizza without the pineapple though - not my thing on pizza, even though I love it.

I doubt the GP will cut your tablets yet as you've only just started counselling, they should at least wait until that has time to have any effect. I hope the counselling helps you. I've done CBT before and found it quite good.

I think I'm going to try this cous cous bread and put some flavour into it as you suggest. Hope you have a good day tomorrow x
 
Red Riding Hood said:
Pizza looks gorgeous Donna, I'll maybe have to try that when I get a craving for pizza without the pineapple though - not my thing on pizza, even though I love it.

I doubt the GP will cut your tablets yet as you've only just started counselling, they should at least wait until that has time to have any effect. I hope the counselling helps you. I've done CBT before and found it quite good.

I think I'm going to try this cous cous bread and put some flavour into it as you suggest. Hope you have a good day tomorrow x
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Funny isn't it - I would rather have the pineapple than the ham lol!

Seeing doctor on thursday evening, keep your fingers crossed for me

Let me know how cous cous bread turns out - I think last time I made it I more cheese and sundried tomatoes
 
Hey Donna!

Firstly, well done on your week 2 loss, thats great and also Paul has done outstandingly! Although he is naughty for sabotaging you - I am the saboteur (is that the right word?!) in my household - I have been a naughty girl for 4 whole days - and when I fall, aint nothing going to make me stop, except myself - I can't help myself. But I am doing myself no favours because I am just maintaining my weight and I can't afford to do that yet. MUST TRY HARDER!

Sorry to hear you are still struggling with work - my friend works in Basildon for the Government, I think its job centre plus or something - and she gets all sort of cr!p to deal with too - ahh the Government!

Can you let me have Paul's recipe for the Thai Curry - I do love Thai food. Thanks hun.

That Pizza looks lovely too, I might try that myself. So Warb Squares are 4 syns? Are they thick? I have yet to try the Smash pizza, the thought of it puts me off, but I do love a pizza!

Take care of yourself hun and have a good week!

x
 
Charleybarley said:
Hey Donna!

Firstly, well done on your week 2 loss, thats great and also Paul has done outstandingly! Although he is naughty for sabotaging you - I am the saboteur (is that the right word?!) in my household - I have been a naughty girl for 4 whole days - and when I fall, aint nothing going to make me stop, except myself - I can't help myself. But I am doing myself no favours because I am just maintaining my weight and I can't afford to do that yet. MUST TRY HARDER!

Sorry to hear you are still struggling with work - my friend works in Basildon for the Government, I think its job centre plus or something - and she gets all sort of cr!p to deal with too - ahh the Government!

Can you let me have Paul's recipe for the Thai Curry - I do love Thai food. Thanks hun.

That Pizza looks lovely too, I might try that myself. So Warb Squares are 4 syns? Are they thick? I have yet to try the Smash pizza, the thought of it puts me off, but I do love a pizza!

Take care of yourself hun and have a good week!

x
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Happy Monday Charley - isn't it a lovely day here in sunny Essex! So glad I am home instead of stuck at work

The Warburton's Square Wraps are 8 syns, I only had half, everybody else (excl my 2 year old) had a whole one, I still think for 8 syns and a HEA of cheese its yummy. I didn't really like the smash pizza found it too smashy lol. The pizza using the Tesco Wholemeal Mix is pretty good but I found i had to add loads of extra flour so add your water sparingly. I also like pizza made on the wholemeal pitta

Off Slimming World I do a pizza casserole it's delish - you layer all your ingredients in a casserole dish, then sprinkle with cheese and top with french stick and another sprinkle of cheese - I am gonna have a dabble and SW this - there is a recipe for syn free scones i think they might work as a good substitute for bread...watch this space!

Charley you have been very naughty - you need to figure out what is your trigger...mine is clearly my husband but I don't see a divorce any time soon (thank god) and the kids rarely go away, if you misbehave again this week I shall have to send you to the naughty step...

Here's Paul's Green Thai recipe (its based on the Philadelphia recipe) there is loads of sauce left which is really good on pasta for lunch the next day

Green Thai Curry, Serves 2, per portion = 5 syns (these are huge portions so each less reduce syns)
120g Philadelphia extra light = 8 syns
2tbsp Thai Green Curry Paste = 2 syns
4 Chicken breasts (I only used two)
1 red pepper sliced
1 green pepper sliced
1 red onion, finely chopped
4 tbsp skimmed milk (from HEA)
Fry light


 Gently Fry onion and curry paste
 Add chicken and cook 8-9 minutes til chicken is cooked thru
 Add peppers and cook for a further 3-4 minutes
 Add philadelphia and milk to pan and stir to melt
 Serve with rice, really rich and creamy
 
Week 3 Day 4

Week 3:
Day 4: Monday 30 April 2012
Brunch: Slimming World Quiche (toms, mush, onions), Grapes, 1/2 banana
Dinner: Sticky Chicken (1.5 syns), Barney's Monday Night rice (adapted version), 1 syn
HEA: Milk
HEB: 4 Original Ryvita + salmon mousse (syn free)
Syns: Sticky Chicken (3 syns), Barney's Rice (1) = 5/15
 
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Slimming World Quiche

his was delish but pic doesn't do it justice

Quiche - using 2 of those pasta n sauce things, macaroni cheese
2 rashers bacon, cut into little pieces, dry fried
100g sun dried tomatoes (1 syn)
Mushrooms, dry fried and cut up
Red onion, dry fried

Cook pasta thing in micro, allow to cool, add extra ingredients, add small tub of cottage cheese, 6 eggs, beaten together then added to quiche mixture

Cook for about 40 minutes on 180

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I have a little experiment going on in my kitchen...Sticky Chicken (sauce "non SW" ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, chilli flakes, honey and soy sauce and very large quantities!!!)...its cooking and smells delish, at only 1.5 syns per chicken breast

Have just discovered Barney's Monday Night Rice so am adapting that as I don't have all the ingredients in

Watch this space for results...
 
Sticky CHicken...lovely but still a work in progress

3tbsp Tomato Ketchup (3 syns)
6tbsp Honey (6 syns)
2tbsp sweetner
2tbsp soy sauce
4 cloves garlic
Good sprinkle of chilli flakes
= 9 syns / 6 chicken breasts = 1.5 serving per breast

Mix the above, warm up in microwave for 1m 30secs, stir well

Place chicken in dish, coat chicken breasts with sticky sauce, cook on low for about 1 hr

*****Not perfect yet******Work in Progress*****

Next time I will score the chicken breasts and marinade for at least 12 hours before cooking

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Served with Barney's Monday Night Rice which was yummy even without peas or chicken, stirfry veg
 
Donna your food does look lovely I'm going to try that sticky chicken and marinade it. Left you a recipe on my diary for the minestrone (not that it requires much technique - more of a chuck it all in approach that I excel at.)

How are you today lovely? Were you at work?

xx
 
donnajt said:
Happy Monday Charley - isn't it a lovely day here in sunny Essex! So glad I am home instead of stuck at work

The Warburton's Square Wraps are 8 syns, I only had half, everybody else (excl my 2 year old) had a whole one, I still think for 8 syns and a HEA of cheese its yummy. I didn't really like the smash pizza found it too smashy lol. The pizza using the Tesco Wholemeal Mix is pretty good but I found i had to add loads of extra flour so add your water sparingly. I also like pizza made on the wholemeal pitta

Off Slimming World I do a pizza casserole it's delish - you layer all your ingredients in a casserole dish, then sprinkle with cheese and top with french stick and another sprinkle of cheese - I am gonna have a dabble and SW this - there is a recipe for syn free scones i think they might work as a good substitute for bread...watch this space!

Charley you have been very naughty - you need to figure out what is your trigger...mine is clearly my husband but I don't see a divorce any time soon (thank god) and the kids rarely go away, if you misbehave again this week I shall have to send you to the naughty step...

Here's Paul's Green Thai recipe (its based on the Philadelphia recipe) there is loads of sauce left which is really good on pasta for lunch the next day

Green Thai Curry, Serves 2, per portion = 5 syns (these are huge portions so each less reduce syns)
120g Philadelphia extra light = 8 syns
2tbsp Thai Green Curry Paste = 2 syns
4 Chicken breasts (I only used two)
1 red pepper sliced
1 green pepper sliced
1 red onion, finely chopped
4 tbsp skimmed milk (from HEA)
Fry light

? Gently Fry onion and curry paste
? Add chicken and cook 8-9 minutes til chicken is cooked thru
? Add peppers and cook for a further 3-4 minutes
? Add philadelphia and milk to pan and stir to melt
? Serve with rice, really rich and creamy
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Hey Donna!

8 syns is not bad for a pizza wrap. Especially if you keep your syns low during the day. I agree with you on the smash front, I tried the cheese scone things that people rave about, I must have been making them wrong because they were exactly that...wrong! They saw the inside of my bin. I have yet to try the wholemeal bread mix for pizza, I think I might have a go. I lurve pizza!

Your casserole pizza sounds interesting, how do you eat it?! The non-healthy version sounds outstanding!!

You ask me about my trigger - alas I think it's me, I sabotage myself, I just get this "oh **** it" thought in my head and then that's me off - and boy do I go! I become a greedy animal and I don't stop until I feel sick. I feel no guilt whilst I an eating or afterwards, The only time I get emotional about my overeating is when I get on those scales for weigh in and I feel annoyed with myself. I dont appear to have a trigger, I have a lovely life with my boyfriend, I like my job, we earn ok money, we have no children, no responsibilities. The only thing that is an issue is that I am like 8 stone overweight. It's not an issue to Mick, but I know it's not a healthy weight, and I hate not being able to wear half my wardrobe and all those things I mentioned in my diary, plane seatbelts, knickers falling down, bras digging in - those things bug me, surely these things should make me change my ways.. Health wise I am reasonably fit and I have no health problems...yet.

Sorry Donna I didnt mean to use your diary for my life story! But you said trigger, I don't have a trigger to fall off the wagon but I do have the catalyst to keep trying, and with the support of you and all the other lovely ladies on this site, I find it easier to get back on zee wagon.

Thanks for the Thai recipe, fantastic you can use phili, I never thought of using that. I will get some Thai paste in next weeks' shopping.

Night night dpnna x
 
Week 3 : Day 5

Week 3:
Day 5: Tuesday 01 May 2012
Breakfast: Natural Yogurt, 1tsp Honey (1), Banana
Lunch: Leftover Rice (1)
Dinner: Zizzi's Chilli, Tomato & Prawn Linguine (link to follow) (1syn sun dried toms)
HEA: Milk
HEB: Alpen Light Cherry Bakewell bar
Syns: Honey (1), Rice (1), SDT (1), Muller Coconut & Vanilla Greek Yog (1/2) = 3.5/15
 
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forgot...

i had a 20 minute power walk

i had my annual work performance review today and was told i am an outstanding member of staff (its so nice to say something nice about work)

...finally did anyone watch the urban fox programme on channel 4 last night? its being filmed on the sheltered housing scheme i manage
 
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