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dudette2001uk
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Ooo!! That lemon sauce sounds lovely! Sorry to be cheeky, but you wouldn't post the recipe would you? Hope you're enjoying your week hun! Xx
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Hi Val, hope you had a good time! How was the weather? Well done on getting back on plan - hope you're having a good week. Mine seems to be going quite well, so far anyway!! x
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Of course I will - it was really quick and simple and tasted great!
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
Juice of half a lemon (I used the whole one, as I like it really lemony!)
275ml veg stock
1 garlic clove peeled and crushed
1cm piece of root ginger, peeled and finely grated (I used a frozen cube, as I didn't have any fresh)
1tbsp sweetener
1level tbsp cornflour
salt and pepper (don't think I used any, only just noticed it!)
Place the lemon zest, juice, stock, garlic and ginger in a pan. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes, until the lemon zest has softened. Stir in the sweetener. Mix the cornflour to a smooth paste with 1tbsp water and stir into the mixture. Heat gently, stirring continuously until thickened (only a couple of minutes in my case). Season to taste (if you want!) before serving.
I had cooked some chicken chunks and stirred it into the lemon sauce before piling it on some boiled rice... It says it serves 4, but we had it between 3. It's 4 syns for the whole sauce - syn bargain!!
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Well, I've had another good couple of days and last night's meal out wasn't a complete disaster!
Sunday:
B: Banana, mixed berries, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), apple
D: Cottage pie recipe from the One-pot cooking book, with broccoli, leeks and mushrooms, gravy (1.5 syns) and a bit of cheese on the pie (2 syns)
S: Mullerlight, 2xhifi light (HEB), Kitkat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 9
Week so far: 25
Monday: EE
B: blueberries, strawberries, banana, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), apple
S: Banana, activia 0%
D: mozzarella (2.5 syns), tomato salad (tomato, onion, coriander), Lasagne (no idea really on syns, but made with lean mince, and low fat cheese, so going to count 10 syns), salad
s: 1 hotel chocolat choccy (3 syns), 1 x hifi light (half HEB)
Syns today: 15.5
Week so far: 40.5
Sunday:
B: Banana, mixed berries, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), apple
D: Cottage pie recipe from the One-pot cooking book, with broccoli, leeks and mushrooms, gravy (1.5 syns) and a bit of cheese on the pie (2 syns)
S: Mullerlight, 2xhifi light (HEB), Kitkat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 9
Week so far: 25
Monday: EE
B: blueberries, strawberries, banana, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), apple
S: Banana, activia 0%
D: mozzarella (2.5 syns), tomato salad (tomato, onion, coriander), Lasagne (no idea really on syns, but made with lean mince, and low fat cheese, so going to count 10 syns), salad
s: 1 hotel chocolat choccy (3 syns), 1 x hifi light (half HEB)
Syns today: 15.5
Week so far: 40.5
dudette2001uk
I will be a Princess!
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Let me know what you think when you've tried it Sian!
Bah! Ache all over today - feel like the lurgy is just around the corner...
Oranges for breakfast - get some vitamin C down me!
Tuesday: EE
B: Pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), banana
D: Pasta and pesto (2.5 syns) with mushrooms
s: hifi light, alpen light (HEB), KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 8
Week so far: 48.5
Bah! Ache all over today - feel like the lurgy is just around the corner...
Oranges for breakfast - get some vitamin C down me!Tuesday: EE
B: Pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), banana
D: Pasta and pesto (2.5 syns) with mushrooms
s: hifi light, alpen light (HEB), KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 8
Week so far: 48.5
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Still fighting off the lurgy - it will be just my luck that it will appear in time for the weekend!
Hopped on the scales this morning (I know, tut!) and they appear to be showing a 1lb loss. I should be pleased with that, but it does seem to be coming off sooooo slowly!
Wednesday: EE
B: Orange, pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Pasta, pesto (4 syns), mushrooms, cheese (HEA), apple
D: Chicken, mushroom and potato curry with passatta, onions, spices and stock, boiled rice
S: 2 x hifi lite (HEB), mullerlight, KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 9.5
Week so far: 58
Hopped on the scales this morning (I know, tut!) and they appear to be showing a 1lb loss. I should be pleased with that, but it does seem to be coming off sooooo slowly!
Wednesday: EE
B: Orange, pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Pasta, pesto (4 syns), mushrooms, cheese (HEA), apple
D: Chicken, mushroom and potato curry with passatta, onions, spices and stock, boiled rice
S: 2 x hifi lite (HEB), mullerlight, KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 9.5
Week so far: 58
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Thursday: EE
B: Pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Leftover pasta and pesto (4 syns) with mushrooms and cheese (HEA), apple
D: Poppadom (4 syns), half portion chicken dhansak (6 syns), boiled rice, small glass wine (4 syns)
S: 2 x hifi lite (HEB)
Syns today: 18 (not bad considering I had a curry out!)
Week: 76
So, WI this morning and I lost the predicted 1lb. I am a bit disappointed, but at least it's coming off. I had a word with my C, saying I was a bit disheartened and she told me to keep going for a couple of weeks as I am and if it's still slow/non-existent, then we can have a rethink about whether I need to mix it up a bit more with some red, green or success express days.
I've booked my flights today, off for a week in the sun on 10 April. Got 6 more WIs before then, so setting myself a target of losing 10lbs before I go. Tough, but doable!
B: Pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mullerlight
L: Leftover pasta and pesto (4 syns) with mushrooms and cheese (HEA), apple
D: Poppadom (4 syns), half portion chicken dhansak (6 syns), boiled rice, small glass wine (4 syns)
S: 2 x hifi lite (HEB)
Syns today: 18 (not bad considering I had a curry out!)
Week: 76
So, WI this morning and I lost the predicted 1lb. I am a bit disappointed, but at least it's coming off. I had a word with my C, saying I was a bit disheartened and she told me to keep going for a couple of weeks as I am and if it's still slow/non-existent, then we can have a rethink about whether I need to mix it up a bit more with some red, green or success express days.
I've booked my flights today, off for a week in the sun on 10 April. Got 6 more WIs before then, so setting myself a target of losing 10lbs before I go. Tough, but doable!
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Had a lovely tea last night - very simple, but totally delicious! My OH cooked it, which was an added bonus.
He poached some chicken in water and about 6 tbsps of lemon juice, roasted some veg in the oven with whole cloves of garlic, the lemon quarters and fresh oregano and made potato wedges in the actifry with a few tbsps passata, cayenne pepper and smoked paprika. Delicious and totally syn free!
Friday: EE
B: Banana, mullerlight, alpen light (half HEB)
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), bbq sauce (1 syn) apple
D: Lemon chicken with roasted onion, courgette, mushroom, aubergine, tomatoes and spicy wedges with 1tbsp Hellman's lighter than light (0.5 syns)
S: 1 czech low alcohol beer (1 syn), 1 hifi light (half HEB), 8 orange matchmakers ( 8 syns)
Syns today: 10.5
He poached some chicken in water and about 6 tbsps of lemon juice, roasted some veg in the oven with whole cloves of garlic, the lemon quarters and fresh oregano and made potato wedges in the actifry with a few tbsps passata, cayenne pepper and smoked paprika. Delicious and totally syn free!
Friday: EE
B: Banana, mullerlight, alpen light (half HEB)
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), bbq sauce (1 syn) apple
D: Lemon chicken with roasted onion, courgette, mushroom, aubergine, tomatoes and spicy wedges with 1tbsp Hellman's lighter than light (0.5 syns)
S: 1 czech low alcohol beer (1 syn), 1 hifi light (half HEB), 8 orange matchmakers ( 8 syns)
Syns today: 10.5
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Made the scanbran curlywurly cake yesterday, as I'm determined to get some scanbran in this week, to see if it makes a difference! It was actually reasonably palatable - also looked through the scanbran recipe thread and am going to try a couple of others - cherry bakewell and maybe a coffee version with the Douwe Egberts flavoured coffees, which I have in the cupboard. I'm using the scanbran as syns, rather than HEBs, as I can't go without my hifis for long!!!
Also went on our dog walk yesterday and avoided lemon drizzle cake - which is my absolute favourite - so I felt very virtuous.
Had another delicious dinner - felt really naughty too - made the sknny cheese fries again - recipe here: www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/306385-omg-look-what-i-found.html , but with small gammon chunks instead of bacon and lots of extra jalapenos - delicious!
Saturday: EE
B: Banana, blueberries, mullerlight
L: Leftover chicken, wedges and roasted veg
S: Scanbran cake (2 syns)
D: Skinny cheesy fries (HEA) with courgettes, mushrooms, aubergine, tomatoes, chicken
S: KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 7.5
Week so far: 18
Also went on our dog walk yesterday and avoided lemon drizzle cake - which is my absolute favourite - so I felt very virtuous.
Had another delicious dinner - felt really naughty too - made the sknny cheese fries again - recipe here: www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/306385-omg-look-what-i-found.html , but with small gammon chunks instead of bacon and lots of extra jalapenos - delicious!
Saturday: EE
B: Banana, blueberries, mullerlight
L: Leftover chicken, wedges and roasted veg
S: Scanbran cake (2 syns)
D: Skinny cheesy fries (HEA) with courgettes, mushrooms, aubergine, tomatoes, chicken
S: KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 7.5
Week so far: 18
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*TMI ALERT!!!*
I can highly recommend Scanbran if you need to 'get things moving'!!
Another goodish couple of days - felt very virtuous yesterday, as I was in London for the day and a colleague suggested pizza for lunch - sorely tempted, but stuck to my guns and said no - we ended up going to a Vietnamese restaurant, where I had chicken (and picked all the bits of skin off with chopsticks!!) with mushrooms and boiled jasmine rice. Seemed pretty similar to chinese chicken and mushroom in terms of potential syns, so going to count it the same!
Sunday: EE
B: Banana, blueberries, mullerlight
L: Leftovers - chicken and wedges and roasted veg
D: The same!! (Lots of leftovers!!)
S: kitkat (5.5 syns) 2 x scanbran cake (4 syns), Hifi light (half HEB)
Syns for day: 9.5
Monday: EE
B: Banana, lemon alpen light (half HEB)
L: Chicken and mushroom (5.5 syns) with jasmine rice
S: Apple
D: Pasta with chicken, courgettes, leeks, mushrooms, passata, cheese (HEA)
S: Kit Kat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 11
Week so far: 38.5
I can highly recommend Scanbran if you need to 'get things moving'!!
Another goodish couple of days - felt very virtuous yesterday, as I was in London for the day and a colleague suggested pizza for lunch - sorely tempted, but stuck to my guns and said no - we ended up going to a Vietnamese restaurant, where I had chicken (and picked all the bits of skin off with chopsticks!!) with mushrooms and boiled jasmine rice. Seemed pretty similar to chinese chicken and mushroom in terms of potential syns, so going to count it the same!
Sunday: EE
B: Banana, blueberries, mullerlight
L: Leftovers - chicken and wedges and roasted veg
D: The same!! (Lots of leftovers!!)
S: kitkat (5.5 syns) 2 x scanbran cake (4 syns), Hifi light (half HEB)
Syns for day: 9.5
Monday: EE
B: Banana, lemon alpen light (half HEB)
L: Chicken and mushroom (5.5 syns) with jasmine rice
S: Apple
D: Pasta with chicken, courgettes, leeks, mushrooms, passata, cheese (HEA)
S: Kit Kat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 11
Week so far: 38.5
dudette2001uk
I will be a Princess!
Evening hun! Your food sounds lovely for the last few days...I always get food envy when I read other people's diaries, lol!
Oooo, I made the Peking lemon sauce...it's absolutely divine! I used slightly less stock so it only serves 2, but at 2 syns per portion it really is worth it! Think it's going to be a new favourite Now to find an orzo recipe for my other new thing this week!
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Oooo, I made the Peking lemon sauce...it's absolutely divine! I used slightly less stock so it only serves 2, but at 2 syns per portion it really is worth it! Think it's going to be a new favourite
Now to find an orzo recipe for my other new thing this week! xx
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Pea on legs!
Evening hun! Your food sounds lovely for the last few days...I always get food envy when I read other people's diaries, lol!
Oooo, I made the Peking lemon sauce...it's absolutely divine! I used slightly less stock so it only serves 2, but at 2 syns per portion it really is worth it! Think it's going to be a new favourite
xx
Hi Sian,
Glad you enjoyed the Peking Chicken - it's lush isn't it?!! Let me know what you found for your Orzo - how about this, amended for SW? Orzo pasta salad with spinach and feta recipe - All recipes UK
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Pea on legs!
Right, need to catch up on my food diary - not had a very successful week, after I cooked some sausages which had been in the freezer for far too long - dodgy stomachs all round in the Spanx household!!
Tuesday: EE
B: Pineapple, mixed berries, mullerlight
L: Leftover pasta from last night, cheese (HEA)
D: Sausages (yes, the offending ones!), SW chips, mushrooms, green beans, peas
S: KitKat (5.5 syns), hifi light (half HEB)
Syns today: 5.5
Wednesday:
B: Mixed berries, mullerlight, banana
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA)
D: Pasta, pesto (2 syns), mushrooms
S: Apple, satsuma, few pretzels at book club (going to say 10 syns)
Syns today: 12
Week so far: 56
Tuesday: EE
B: Pineapple, mixed berries, mullerlight
L: Leftover pasta from last night, cheese (HEA)
D: Sausages (yes, the offending ones!), SW chips, mushrooms, green beans, peas
S: KitKat (5.5 syns), hifi light (half HEB)
Syns today: 5.5
Wednesday:
B: Mixed berries, mullerlight, banana
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA)
D: Pasta, pesto (2 syns), mushrooms
S: Apple, satsuma, few pretzels at book club (going to say 10 syns)
Syns today: 12
Week so far: 56
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Woohoo! 2lbs off this morning!
I was very surprised to be honest, not because I haven't had a good week, just because it doesn't seem to have been coming off very easily at all, so I expected a pound at the most. Lovely surprise though, so I celebrated by buying the new SW Asian cookbook - it's absolutely brill - lots of fab recipes, all of which look very easy to cook. Trying the first one tonight, on the hob at the moment and smells great!
I saw a friend today I haven't seen for a few weeks and she greeted me by saying 'I can see the diet's going well!' so that was a great boost too - bring on next week!
I was very surprised to be honest, not because I haven't had a good week, just because it doesn't seem to have been coming off very easily at all, so I expected a pound at the most. Lovely surprise though, so I celebrated by buying the new SW Asian cookbook - it's absolutely brill - lots of fab recipes, all of which look very easy to cook. Trying the first one tonight, on the hob at the moment and smells great!
I saw a friend today I haven't seen for a few weeks and she greeted me by saying 'I can see the diet's going well!' so that was a great boost too - bring on next week!
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Really nice dinner last night - made a burmese chicken curry out of the new SW Asian cookbook. Felt a bit strange having a curry with noodles and chopped egg, but it was lush and only 1 syn per portion!
Friday: EE
B: Banana, pineapple
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), bbq sauce (1 syn)
S: Apple, tangerine
D: Burmese chicken curry (1 syn) with mangetout, courgettes, mushrooms, with noodles
S: G&T (2.5 syns), 175ml wine (6 syns), orange and choc hifi (HEB)
Syns today: 10.5
Friday: EE
B: Banana, pineapple
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), bbq sauce (1 syn)
S: Apple, tangerine
D: Burmese chicken curry (1 syn) with mangetout, courgettes, mushrooms, with noodles
S: G&T (2.5 syns), 175ml wine (6 syns), orange and choc hifi (HEB)
Syns today: 10.5
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Hmmm, lots of food diary to catch up on, let's see if I can remember!!!
Saturday: EE
B: lean bacon, poached egg, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, sautee potatoes (frylight), brown sauce (1 syn)
D: Takeaway - chicken dhansak (6.5 syns), boiled rice, chips (5 syns)
S: 2 x hifi light (HEB), tangerine, apple
Syns for day: 12.5
Sunday: EE
B: Banana, strawberries, mullerlight
S: small piece of vegan flapjack (no idea, going to say 10 syns)
L: Baked potato, cheese (half HEA), beans
D: Pasta bolognaise, with onions, passatta, courgettes, mushrooms, parmesan (half HEA)
S: Hifi choc and orange (HEB)
Syns today: 10
Monday: EE
B: Banana, apple
L: Leftover pasta bolognaise
D: Chicken, wedges, green beans,BBQ sauce (1 syn)
S:kitKat (5.5 syns), Hifi Light (Half HEB), slice weetabix cake (4 syns)
Syns today: 10.5
Week so far: 43.5
Did get quite a lot of body magic in though - long dog walks on Saturday and Sunday and 2 hours walking yesterday - let's hope that helps!
Saturday: EE
B: lean bacon, poached egg, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, sautee potatoes (frylight), brown sauce (1 syn)
D: Takeaway - chicken dhansak (6.5 syns), boiled rice, chips (5 syns)
S: 2 x hifi light (HEB), tangerine, apple
Syns for day: 12.5
Sunday: EE
B: Banana, strawberries, mullerlight
S: small piece of vegan flapjack (no idea, going to say 10 syns)
L: Baked potato, cheese (half HEA), beans
D: Pasta bolognaise, with onions, passatta, courgettes, mushrooms, parmesan (half HEA)
S: Hifi choc and orange (HEB)
Syns today: 10
Monday: EE
B: Banana, apple
L: Leftover pasta bolognaise
D: Chicken, wedges, green beans,BBQ sauce (1 syn)
S:kitKat (5.5 syns), Hifi Light (Half HEB), slice weetabix cake (4 syns)
Syns today: 10.5
Week so far: 43.5
Did get quite a lot of body magic in though - long dog walks on Saturday and Sunday and 2 hours walking yesterday - let's hope that helps!
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Well, it's been a pretty uneventful week, although entirely on plan, so hopefully I will see a loss at WI tomorrow. I did have one good point to the week - I'd encouraged a friend I don't see very often to try Sw when she was moaning about her weight a few weeks ago - saw her today and she's lost 9lbs in 4 weeks, just by following the diet plan in the magazine - well done her!
Tuesday: EE
B: Mullerlight, strawberries, melon
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), BBQ sauce (1 syn), apple
D: Pasta bolognaise with extra veg
S: Hifi bar (HEB), KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 6.5
Weds: EE
B: None - not hungry!
L: Baked potato, beans, BBQ sauce (1 syn), banana
S: Tangerine
D: Pasta with chicken, courgettes, leeks, mushrooms, aubergine, passatta, herbs and spices, parmesan (half HEA)
S: hifi light (half HEB), vanilla mullerlight, KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 6.5
Thursday: EE
B: Pineapple, strawberries, ww yoghurt
S: Lemon alpen light (half HEB)
L: Leftover pasta, parmesan (half HEA)
D: Roasted veg (butternut squash, courgettes, aubergine, leeks, mushrooms, red onion) and chicken curry, boiled rice
S: KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 5.5
Syns for week: 62
Tuesday: EE
B: Mullerlight, strawberries, melon
L: Baked potato, beans, cheese (HEA), BBQ sauce (1 syn), apple
D: Pasta bolognaise with extra veg
S: Hifi bar (HEB), KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 6.5
Weds: EE
B: None - not hungry!
L: Baked potato, beans, BBQ sauce (1 syn), banana
S: Tangerine
D: Pasta with chicken, courgettes, leeks, mushrooms, aubergine, passatta, herbs and spices, parmesan (half HEA)
S: hifi light (half HEB), vanilla mullerlight, KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 6.5
Thursday: EE
B: Pineapple, strawberries, ww yoghurt
S: Lemon alpen light (half HEB)
L: Leftover pasta, parmesan (half HEA)
D: Roasted veg (butternut squash, courgettes, aubergine, leeks, mushrooms, red onion) and chicken curry, boiled rice
S: KitKat (5.5 syns)
Syns today: 5.5
Syns for week: 62
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