Erm's Photo Diary

[dabhand]

Great thanks Erm..

 

[ermintrude]

Here we go, the spinach mix was yumsome:

And here it is before the sauce, I just used too much I guess:

 

[blackwidow]

thanks for sharing the recipe it sounds lovely! defo trying it! x

 

[ermintrude]

Sunday 8th Jan - Green

Breakfast: Coffee & toast with LCL & Marmite 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 1/2 HEXA
Lunch: Salad, 3 syns for dressing
Tea: Veggie curry 2.5 syns for oil & sugar
Snacks: Apple, peach, figs, satsuma, carrots, tomatoes

 

[dabhand]

Drool......

 

[joyfulspirit]

Erm, i skulk in the shadows and read your food diary becasue it's all so delicious (and plentiful!) so i went and bought meself some harissa paste entirely on your recommndation - my kids LOVED it! we had it spread on basics white pollock fillets and roasted with veggies and cous cous on the side wit salad.
thanksyou so much!!!
(i also bought tahini becasue i had seen it on here but haven't the foggiest idea how to use it! smells to good, ...)

 

[ermintrude]

Erm, i skulk in the shadows and read your food diary becasue it's all so delicious (and plentiful!) so i went and bought meself some harissa paste entirely on your recommndation - my kids LOVED it! we had it spread on basics white pollock fillets and roasted with veggies and cous cous on the side wit salad.
thanksyou so much!!!
(i also bought tahini becasue i had seen it on here but haven't the foggiest idea how to use it! smells to good, ...)

I read that as on BISCUITS! But hey, I like (experi)mental food :8855:

Tahini I used to use for hummus a lot but I dont need to these days as I uually make jalapeno hummus. I think 2 dsp's is a HEXB on Green? You only really need 1 dsp for hummus:

- 1 tin chickpeas, drained, (reserve the juice)
- couple cloves garlic, crushed
- juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1 dsp tahini
- salt & pepper

Whizz it in a processor with 3 or 4 tbsp of the chickpea juice to desired consistency, et voila! I use 1 tbsp jalapeno juice and about 10 jalapeno slices and a tsp cumin and omit the tahini for a spicy version. You can chuck all sorts in it though, carrot hummus is quite nice, Ive got quite a few hummuses in my diary.

You can also use tahini in sandwiches and stuff, its quite nice mixed with grated carrot and stuff, you doint need much and then you can also omit butter & stuff and save syns that way. It keeps for ages in the fridge.

 

[ermintrude]

Monday 9th Jan - Green

Breakfast: Coffee & mixed fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: Leftover veg & lentil soup
Lunch 2: Salad, 4 syns for dressing, and Finn Crisp with LCL Blue 1 HEXA & 1 HEXB
Tea: Good ol' smoky black bean soup
Snacks: Apple, peach, figs, satsuma, acrrots.

 

[JackieN]

:wavey: morning Erm hope its a good one that soup looks lush xxxxxxxxx

 

[shrinki]

Food looks delish as usual! :-D

 

[ermintrude]

Tuesday 10th Jan - Green

Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 0.25 HEXA
Lunch: Smoky black bean soup with grilled mushrooms 2 syns for mustard
Tea: Spicy lentil soup again. My freezer is exploding with Stuff and Ive got more Stuff coming on Thursday, so gotta get exploring the freezer
Snacks: Apple, peach, figs, satsumas, Sweetfire beetroot, tomatoes

But forgot to take a damn picture! Youre not missing much, I have this soup pretty much omnce a week Cos its so damn YUMSOME!!! :drool:

Aaaaanyway, WI this morning shows I've ditched 4lb of the Xmas weight, so just another 1/2 lb to chuck to be back to pre-Chrimbo weight, not bad, not bad...


Aaaaaand that means my main goal right now is to lose 5.5lbs to be out of the big Two Zero!!! Didn't realise it was so close! :bliss: I almost feel like, er, geting off the sofa...

 

[blackwidow]

thats brill news erm, well done xxx

 

[shrinki]

Yay! Congrats x

 

[dabhand]

Excellent, well done erm

 

[ermintrude]

Wednesday 11th Jan - Green

Breakfast: Coffee & mixed fruit 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 0.25 HEXA
Lunch: Spicy lentil soup still going...
Tea: Was supposed to be Jamaican jerk chicken with rice and peas, but owing to the state of my freezer and the pending Tescoo doooOOOOOMMMM!!!! I swapped it for Feta stuffed chicken in prosciutto with aaalllllll the veg I can drag outta the freezer to make Tesco space. Oh and a bubble & squeak cake I found lost and lonely in there 1 HEXA 2 HEXB for chicken & cheese, 3.5 syns for prosciutto. Shoulda thunk this thru before I snaffled the Finn crisp and WW cr*sps
Snacks: Apples, satsumas, banana, carrots, Finn Crisp w LCL 5 syns, 1 pack WW crisps 4.5 syns

 

[dabhand]

Looks good Erm... sorry to sound so dim but what's the Tesco Doom about?

 

[ermintrude]

Thursday 12th Jan - Extra Easy

Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 1.5 syns
Lunch: Broad bean salad 3 syns for mustard & HP
Tea: Lentil, spinach & bacon soup 4.5 syns for streaky bacon and white wine
Snacks: 1 pack Velvet Crunch 4 syns

 

[shrinki]

Ooo that feta stuffed chicken looks yum!!

 

[ermintrude]

Ooo that feta stuffed chicken looks yum!!

I just remembered I had a couple of glasses of wine with that, hic! So thats my syns outta the window

I tend to write my diary while its cooking, so by the time Ive polished it (and the wine) off Ive forgotten to add my syns My bad :whoopass:

Ive also just had a bacon butty - proper, crispy STREAKY FATTY BACON!!! :drool: And still only 1.5 syns a slice! How bargain is that?! :drool:

 

[shrinki]

Ohhhh,
Didn't know streaky bacon was only 1.5 a slice ;-). I defrosted some by accident and have avoided it. Bacon sarny is on the cards for tomorrow me thinks!