Erm's Photo Diary

[ermintrude]

Sunday 11th - Extra Easy

Breakfast: Coffee & Toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns
Lunch: Pear, leftover Keema curry
Tea: HFW's "Health in a Bowl"
Snacks: Apple, satsuma, Muller light

Looks pretty - tastes of pretty much naff all :

Is Hugh Fripperly-Whuppingass actually any good? This is the 2nd recipe of his Ive tried that is just bland, bland, bland. :sigh: Im a bit bummed as I asked for the River Cottage veggie book for Xmas as it got so many rave reviews, but of thw cuple of things Ive tried his stuff just doesnt TASTE of anything And his measurements are way out.

This was it before, just one gigantic pan of nonsense:

Tasted of nada, nowt, zilch. So I chucked a LOAD more stock in, loads of seasoning, half a gallon of Worcestershire sauce, after which it was, well, edible, but bladdy hell this sh*t isnt worth all the raving? Hope the rest of the book isnt like this?

Serves EIGHT? Eight what? Elephants? Ive got to eat this facking stuff til the other side of New year by the look of it:

One big, fat #FAIL

 

[KittenKat]

The snausages do need editing a bit, they're pretty dry as they are. The kebabs are fabbo though, a staple of mine now

I might try the snausages as they are but then also put a pan of home-made tomato and veggie sauce to go as well, and then finish the snausages off in the sauce, serve with rice and extra veggies.

 

[ermintrude]

I might try the snausages as they are but then also put a pan of home-made tomato and veggie sauce to go as well, and then finish the snausages off in the sauce, serve with rice and extra veggies.

Mmm tbh I dont think they'd stay together in sausage form, I think they would just mush up and turn into a sauce thickener

They were a little bugger just to lift from tray to pan etc, you can see on the plate how they are crumbling apart even though I was really careful with them They would not survive a pan of tomatoes!

Im on the scout for some other snausage recipes as this is the first I've tried and I like the idea but there must be a better base out there.

 

[cnicolaf]

Thursday 08th - Green

Breakfast: Coffee & Toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns
Lunch: Spicy jalapeno hummus with carrot sticks & salad 3 syns for dressing
Tea: Roasted BNS with black rice stuffing & mozzarella topping 1 HEXB for mozzarella, 1 syn for tomatoes
Snacks: None

Roasted some BNS:

Scooped out its innards and mashed them up with wild rice, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions garlic, spices god I cant remember what else but the stuffing was YUM!!! :drool:

Stuffed it, topped with cheese and roasted for 20 min:

Yummo!! :drool: And ENORMOUS! Didnt really need the superfree chips to go with it!

Gotta say it tasted a bit better before the final roasting though. i) the rice kind of dried out a bit and its a bite-y chewy rice anyway ii) Ive really gotta ditch the low fat cheese bollox Its all bollox isnt it, really... Might as well have just a *little* bit of the Real Thing, something ab-so-lute-ly ommmmmmmmmmmmm... :drool:

Am going to try this tonight! Your Photo Diary is my new fav food porn!!!

 

[dirtydancing]

thanks for the kebab recipe. will be making these on friday night.

 

[ermintrude]

Monday 12th - Green

Breakfast: Coffee & Toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns
Lunch: Leftover Frilly Whuppingass stuff <1 HEXB for ham
Tea: Egyptian red lentil soup with tortilla, chips & lemon & mint dip 5 syns for wrap, 0.5 syns for dip
Snacks: Apple, satsumas, Finn Crisp & LCL <1 HEXA, <1 HEXB & 2 syns

 

[JackieN]

that looks fab Erm I must make it I printed the recipe out last time then realised i had no lentils

xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[moonwatcher]

Leftover Frilly Whuppingass stuff

'Frilly Whuppingass' - love it!

:8855:

 

[JackieN]

'Frilly Whuppingass' - love it!

:8855:

hoe on earth did I miss that bit :8855:

loves you Erm

BTW I killed a plantain good and proper today. I was saving it to go black, which it did to be fair but it got hidden and forgotten with all thats been going on and its officially a gonna :cry: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[ermintrude]

Tuesday 13th - Green

Breakfast: Coffee & Toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns
Lunch: More Leftover Whuppingass <1 HEXB for ham
Tea: Man flu So even mooorrrreee soup rest of HEXB & 2 syns for ham
Snacks: Apple, satsumas, Bovril, Muller light, 3 mini Babyel 1 HEXA


No piccies cos DYIIIIIIING of manflu

 

[JackieN]

oh no Erm didn't realise you were poorly sweetie you take care won't you :bighug: :bighug: and hope you soon feel much better xxxxxxx

 

[ermintrude]

I've done it!!!

AND!!!!

Woo-hoooo!!!!!


:bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss:

Partly down to being down with manflu so eating nothing but soup and drooling several pounds of snot out through the night no doubt...

(They even sent me a target badge as Id forgotten Id set that as a target SO had to hastily reset my PAT, as zat is quiiiiite some way off )

Soooooo in my book that makes it officially CHRIIIISTMAAAAASSSS as I have achieved my Crimbo target!

Wooooo so my next goal is to *still* be at least 7 stone lost by the beginning of Feb... 2 weeks off over Crimbo agghhhhhh :sigh:

YAY!!!!!

 

[JackieN]

Erm I am so proud of you you are proof keep plodding on follow plan (with the odd tweak ) and off it comes. 7 stone thats amazing sweetie it really is :bighug: fan bleddy tastic and well deserved xxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[sarah_lou1981]

I've done it!!!

AND!!!!

Woo-hoooo!!!!!

:bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss: :bliss:

Partly down to being down with manflu so eating nothing but soup and drooling several pounds of snot out through the night no doubt...

(They even sent me a target badge as Id forgotten Id set that as a target SO had to hastily reset my PAT, as zat is quiiiiite some way off )

Soooooo in my book that makes it officially CHRIIIISTMAAAAASSSS as I have achieved my Crimbo target!

Wooooo so my next goal is to *still* be at least 7 stone lost by the beginning of Feb... 2 weeks off over Crimbo agghhhhhh :sigh:

YAY!!!!!

Thats amazing, well done. You totally deserve it after all your hard work youre my minimins inspiration!!!xx

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[yazz_xo]

Egyptian red lentil soup

Pleaseeee share with us your recipe for that amazing egyptian red lentil soup (I have looked but can't see it anywhere on the thread, so sorry if you have already posted it)! Looks gorgeous

 

[charleybabes]

wow what an achievment you have done amazing!!...

hope you feel better soon...

 

[ermintrude]

Egyptian red lentil soup

This serves TWO *IF* you do it with chips, tortilla, dip etc - it would only serve 1 as a soup on its own.

Ingredients:
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 inch ginger, grated
- 1 medium/large carrot, coarsley grated
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp paprika
- 75g red split lentils
- 500ml chicken stock

- 1 tortilla, cut into wedges (I use Weight Watchers @ 5 syns - you could use a pitta as a HEX if you want)

For the dip:
- 300g Total 2%
- 10-15 large leaves mint, finely chopped
- Juice of a lime

Method:
- Preheat oven to 180C
- Sweat onion and a pinch of salt in Fry Light for a few min to soften
- Add garlic, ginger and carrot and cook gently for 2-3 min until softened
- Add cumin, turmeric and paprika for 1 min, stirring continually
- Add lentils and stir continually for 1 min until thoroughly coated
- Add stock, cover and simmer until cooked (about 20 min)
- Simmer uncovered for a few min to reduce a little if necessary

Meanwhile prepare tortilla and dip:
- Cut tortilla into wedges, spray with Fry Light, sprinkle with salt and a little cumin and bake for a minute or two until starting to brown round edges and crisp up very slightly. Turn over and repeat. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix yogurt, mint, lime juice and S&P and set aside

Serve with superfree chips/salad.

You can also have this as a soup with the dip stirred in. I did this the first time and dropped some superfree chips in to pad it out. Yum!

The lemon & mint dip totally makes it, its not so fab on its own, although still nice enough. Just the mix of flavours together really works.

 

[lentil2]

You may remember, I made the Egyptian red lentil soup a couple of weeks ago and loved it....so much so that I made it again yesterday but replaced the lentils with sliced mushrooms! 'twas lovely!

I'm currently signed off from work as I have broken my arm/shoulder and made this all with only using one hand and my left one at that! ( I'm right handed!) I used frozen pre chopped onions and fresh pre sliced mushrooms......it's that easy! Have to say, I only used mushrooms cos I didn't have any lentils in the cupboard and I can't just pop to the shops in my current state.
Oh yes....and I served it in squash, which my OH had loving sliced in two for me before heading off for work lol
So, yes, can thoroughly recommend this for taste and simplicity to make! Lol

 

[Loopeylou]

Wow that's an incredible achievement, well done xxx

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[clarri]

Blooming fantastic. You must be thrilled.
xx