ermintrude
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Maybe they just have nicer spaghetti squashes in Canada 
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ermintrude
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Tuesday 27th - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & Toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns.
Lunch: Jalapeno hummus with carrot sticks, big bowl of salad & mixed veg
Tea: Morroccan chickpea soup
Snacks: Peaches, pears, apple, Muller light.
And this week I've lost 2 and a half pounds so 5st 4lbs in total Only 10lbs to my Xmas goal!
Breakfast: Coffee & Toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns.
Lunch: Jalapeno hummus with carrot sticks, big bowl of salad & mixed veg
Tea: Morroccan chickpea soup
Snacks: Peaches, pears, apple, Muller light.
And this week I've lost 2 and a half pounds so 5st 4lbs in total
Only 10lbs to my Xmas goal! 
lollypop1985
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well done :0
dirtydancing
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wow well done!
blackwidow
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its very likely they do taste nicer abroad.. all fresh stuff does - i love holidays abroad just to bite into their oranges and peaches etc cause they're just not the same here
the houmous sounds lush.. did you make it yourself? x
the houmous sounds lush.. did you make it yourself? x
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Well done Erm!
ermintrude
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Yep, I always make my own hummus and it's freeeeeeits very likely they do taste nicer abroad.. all fresh stuff does - i love holidays abroad just to bite into their oranges and peaches etc cause they're just not the same here
the houmous sounds lush.. did you make it yourself? x
I made some yesterday to take to college, one of my friends tried it on the train home, his eyes nearly popped out I think he liked it Recipe is here.
ermintrude
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No piccies today as Ive been at college all day so packed lunch food
Wednesday 28th - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & Toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns.
Lunch: Wrap stuffed with salad, cheese, jalapenos. 5 syns for wrap 1 HEXA and 1/3 HEXB for cheese. Big box of mixed veggies & salad.
Tea: Box of hummus & carrots on the train home (Free), then leftover Chickpea Soup when I got in at about 11:30pm (Free).
Snacks: Peaches, pear, apple - and 2 pints Heineken - 25 syns Gah! Stoodent life eh... 
First day back and lots of new faces. Had to socialise and get to know people. Has to be done.
Wednesday 28th - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & Toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns.
Lunch: Wrap stuffed with salad, cheese, jalapenos. 5 syns for wrap 1 HEXA and 1/3 HEXB for cheese. Big box of mixed veggies & salad.
Tea: Box of hummus & carrots on the train home (Free), then leftover Chickpea Soup when I got in at about 11:30pm (Free).
Snacks: Peaches, pear, apple - and 2 pints Heineken
- 25 syns Gah! Stoodent life eh... First day back and lots of new faces. Had to socialise and get to know people. Has to be done. 
ermintrude
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Well, back on plan again, until Satur-day-off which is, er, tomorrow... 
Thursday 29th - Green
Breakfast: Coffee 1 HEXA & fruit & yoghurt to catch up with yesterday's b*er, lalalalalaaaaaLALAllaalala...
Lunch: Jalapeno hummus with carrot sticks, big bowl of salad & mixed veggies - all Free.
Tea: Roasted acorn squash a la BritMum with my own long tried-and-tested chilli con carne O-M-G :drool: I had forgotten how good this chilli was, but with the acorn squash it was just D-I-V-I-N-E I have never tasted it so good! 1 HEXB & 3.5 syns for mince (as I only had lean lamb mince in), 1 HEXA for cheese, 1.5 syns for chocolate and 0.5 syn for tomato puree.
Snacks: Carrots, peaches, satsuma, more carrots. And a few carrots.
Soooo, roasted my squash like BritMum:
Came out looking yum but was a bit wary after the spaghetti experience - but they were fantabulous! Had an amazing texture, just like a really buttery jacket potato! I put a fair bit of salt in when they went in to roast and when they came out they had that amazing sweet-but-salty taste of a really, really great buttery jacket but NO BUTTER! Amazing!
This chilli I've been making for years and you just can't beat it. I've not had it at all since I started SW in Feb and I'd forgotten how good it was. Only 100g mince each so would be 1 HEX and 1 syn if it was extra lean, but as I only had lean it was 3.5 syns and a HEX. Should've been a red day really but as I had hummus for lunch I b*llsed it up Thought about going EE but I wanted my cheese on top:
Ohhhh this was just *divine* :drool: I ate every last morsel, including the skin. Acorn Squash are now my new Jacket Potato (and celeriac my new Chips )
Im bloody hungry now just posting that... Not helped by the fact I currently have the slow cooker on making BritMum's sweet onion braised beef for tonight, so the room still smells delish of caramelised onions... :sigh:
Thursday 29th - Green
Breakfast: Coffee 1 HEXA & fruit & yoghurt to catch up with yesterday's b*er, lalalalalaaaaaLALAllaalala...
Lunch: Jalapeno hummus with carrot sticks, big bowl of salad & mixed veggies - all Free.
Tea: Roasted acorn squash a la BritMum with my own long tried-and-tested chilli con carne O-M-G :drool: I had forgotten how good this chilli was, but with the acorn squash it was just D-I-V-I-N-E
I have never tasted it so good! 1 HEXB & 3.5 syns for mince (as I only had lean lamb mince in), 1 HEXA for cheese, 1.5 syns for chocolate and 0.5 syn for tomato puree.Snacks: Carrots, peaches, satsuma, more carrots. And a few carrots.
Soooo, roasted my squash like BritMum:
Came out looking yum but was a bit wary after the spaghetti experience - but they were fantabulous! Had an amazing texture, just like a really buttery jacket potato! I put a fair bit of salt in when they went in to roast and when they came out they had that amazing sweet-but-salty taste of a really, really great buttery jacket but NO BUTTER! Amazing!
This chilli I've been making for years and you just can't beat it. I've not had it at all since I started SW in Feb and I'd forgotten how good it was. Only 100g mince each so would be 1 HEX and 1 syn if it was extra lean, but as I only had lean it was 3.5 syns and a HEX. Should've been a red day really but as I had hummus for lunch I b*llsed it up
Thought about going EE but I wanted my cheese on top:
Ohhhh this was just *divine* :drool: I ate every last morsel, including the skin. Acorn Squash are now my new Jacket Potato (and celeriac my new Chips
)
Im bloody hungry now just posting that... Not helped by the fact I currently have the slow cooker on making BritMum's sweet onion braised beef for tonight, so the room still smells delish of caramelised onions... :sigh:
ermintrude
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Bizarrely I bought it at the same time as the spaghetti squash in Waitrose. No idea why the spag one was so bland
the acorn one was ace!! Well, I didn't really eat it on its own, so I dont know how it tastes 'solo', but with the mince on it just had that amazing texture of a buttery jacket, and with the salt it just *made* it, was fab! Im gonna get some more next time Im up there before they run out (if they havent already) as they deffo keep for a while - I must have had this 3 weeks or more already, just hanging about in the kitchen and it was fine. Sooooo good, deffo making acorn chilli again! 
BritMumInCanada
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looks delicious Ermintrude, the acorn squash is yummy isnt it?
ermintrude
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Yeah it was soo good, the texture, mmmmm! Dont know why the spag one was off, maybe just a bad batch or something
Acorn squash now rule the kitchen Ive got your braised beef in the slow cooker now, this week is BritMum week, I think I've got about 3 of yours on the list this week
dirtydancing
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Erm loving your profile pic by the way.
Mumma K
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Honey directed me to your diary as another that is packed with pictures, recipes and inspiration have only just skimmed a few pages as at work on iPhone so it's difficult to read it all properly
I love that you try so many exotic things i've seen Eddoes about in the supermarket but would not have had a scooby what to do with them till now they are going on my shopping list along with Acorn Squash pronto
Now to find the nearest Waitrose
I love that you try so many exotic things i've seen Eddoes about in the supermarket but would not have had a scooby what to do with them till now they are going on my shopping list along with Acorn Squash pronto
Now to find the nearest Waitrose
