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blackwidow
Gold Member
have to admit, i love my lists.. do you write things down you've already done, just so you can cross it off?
youve just reminded me, ive not had any marmite in ages.. think it could be marmite on toast for supper
youve just reminded me, ive not had any marmite in ages.. think it could be marmite on toast for supper
ermintrude
Gold Member
Ohhhh yes, just so I can feel Ive achieved something :8855:
ermintrude
Gold Member
I'm getting behind:
Sunday 15th Jan - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1.2HEXA, 1HEXB, 1.5 syns
Lunch: Lentil & bacon soup 3 syns for white wine & bacon
Tea: Spicy tomato soup with Marmite cheese twists <0.5 HEXB for cheese
Snacks: Peach, Pear, Nectarine, figs, apple, carrots, cherries, Marmite cheese pinwheels <0.5 HEXB for cheese
O... M... G... :drool:
Marmite cheese twists... to die for... :drool:
Great for snacking but EVEN BETTER in your soup... like suet dumplings but with cheese! And Marmite! :drool:
A bugger to roll/twist though :sigh: I made half and half pinwheels and twists, the pinwheels didnt come out looking so good:
but still tasted great! Not burnt, just Marmite. Less Marmite next time. In fact less eggs next time too and I might stick it in the whizzer before baking. It was a MARE to roll flat and then roll up, impossible pretty much :sigh: I swear it was more 'dough-y' the last couple of times I made it, maybe the cottage cheese was less runny?
The twists I couldnt do twist-stylee as it was a bugger to get them to even stay in one piece. I tried rolling them into long sausages but they didnt look too great so I also did a few where I made crosses in them with a knife so they looked a bit twist-ier, and I left a few just flat strips to see which came out best.The flat ones burnt a bit but both the others were fine,the ones with knife scores in looked best I think
Yummo!
Sunday 15th Jan - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1.2HEXA, 1HEXB, 1.5 syns
Lunch: Lentil & bacon soup 3 syns for white wine & bacon
Tea: Spicy tomato soup with Marmite cheese twists <0.5 HEXB for cheese
Snacks: Peach, Pear, Nectarine, figs, apple, carrots, cherries, Marmite cheese pinwheels <0.5 HEXB for cheese
O... M... G... :drool:
Marmite cheese twists... to die for... :drool:
Great for snacking but EVEN BETTER in your soup... like suet dumplings but with cheese! And Marmite! :drool:
A bugger to roll/twist though :sigh: I made half and half pinwheels and twists, the pinwheels didnt come out looking so good:
but still tasted great! Not burnt, just Marmite. Less Marmite next time. In fact less eggs next time too and I might stick it in the whizzer before baking. It was a MARE to roll flat and then roll up, impossible pretty much :sigh: I swear it was more 'dough-y' the last couple of times I made it, maybe the cottage cheese was less runny?
The twists I couldnt do twist-stylee as it was a bugger to get them to even stay in one piece. I tried rolling them into long sausages but they didnt look too great so I also did a few where I made crosses in them with a knife so they looked a bit twist-ier, and I left a few just flat strips to see which came out best.The flat ones burnt a bit but both the others were fine,the ones with knife scores in looked best I think
Yummo!
ermintrude
Gold Member
Monday 16th Jan - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & mixed fruit 1HEXA
Lunch: Spicy tomato soup with Marmite cheese twists 1 HEXA for cheese
Tea: Spicy lentil and ginger soup <1 HEXB for extra virgin olive oil
Snacks: Peach, Nectarine, pear, figs, apple, 3 Finn Crisp w 2 LCL 1 HEXB, apple, pear
Breakfast: Coffee & mixed fruit 1HEXA
Lunch: Spicy tomato soup with Marmite cheese twists 1 HEXA for cheese
Tea: Spicy lentil and ginger soup <1 HEXB for extra virgin olive oil
Snacks: Peach, Nectarine, pear, figs, apple, 3 Finn Crisp w 2 LCL 1 HEXB, apple, pear
Lucia Lucia
Silver Member
Erm, whats in the cheese twists they look very yummy!
ermintrude
Gold Member
It's adapted from an idea in this thread. We've done all sorts of things with it This one is my latest experiment
The basic mix is:
- 1 x 300g pot fat-free cottage cheese (I use Tesco Light Choices cheese & chive)
- 1 x 88g pack Instant Smash
- 3 eggs
- 50g low fat cheddar
Mix it all up, knead it into a sort of dough and then do what you like with it - cobbler topping, cheese scones, dumplings, add more ingredients to it (herbs, Marmite) whatever you fancy.
For the twists I rolled about 1/3 of the mix out flat, spread a (very) light layer of Marmite on top and sprinkled with another 30g low fat cheddar/ Then I cut it into 9 strips and (tried! ) to roll them into twists. Thats where things got tricky! :8855:
I got the idea from the picture in this recipe, yeah mine didn't come out so neat... but I dont care cos they were OMMMMMnacious!!!! :drool:
Yeah, next time lots less eggs, probably bung it in the whizzer before I roll it out. (And there WILL be a next time )
This one is my latest experiment The basic mix is:
- 1 x 300g pot fat-free cottage cheese (I use Tesco Light Choices cheese & chive)
- 1 x 88g pack Instant Smash
- 3 eggs
- 50g low fat cheddar
Mix it all up, knead it into a sort of dough and then do what you like with it - cobbler topping, cheese scones, dumplings, add more ingredients to it (herbs, Marmite) whatever you fancy.
For the twists I rolled about 1/3 of the mix out flat, spread a (very) light layer of Marmite on top and sprinkled with another 30g low fat cheddar/ Then I cut it into 9 strips and (tried!
) to roll them into twists. Thats where things got tricky! :8855:I got the idea from the picture in this recipe, yeah mine didn't come out so neat...
but I dont care cos they were OMMMMMnacious!!!! :drool: Yeah, next time lots less eggs, probably bung it in the whizzer before I roll it out. (And there WILL be a next time
)
Lucia Lucia
Silver Member
thanks Erm
BritMumInCanada
Gold Member
I don't normally like smash, but those twists look damn good
lollypop1985
Gold Member
mmm i am dribbling at those twists, may have to get into the kitchen
ermintrude
Gold Member
ooh I cant really remember, I just bunged it in til it looked 'done'
about 15-20 min I think. That was at about 180C on my oven, but thats pretty meaningless as my oven is a funeral pyre, it does On or Off, there is no in-between
ermintrude
Gold Member
Thank you so much, marmite twists wohoo
Not so much of a twist for mine... More straws lol, here's mine
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Woo you like Marmite then?
:8855:
ermintrude
Gold Member
Ah theyre nothing like Smash, you'd never know thats what they were made of
I think they're better in soup than as a snack personally, although both are nice, but in a soup when they soak up the juices they really are most like a suet dumpling, ommm :drool:
ermintrude
Gold Member
Tuesday 17th Jan - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1HEXA, 1HEXB, 1.5 syns
Lunch: Spicy lentil and ginger soup <1 HEXB for extra virgin olive oil
Tea: er.... accidental
Snacks: Nectarines, pear, figs, apple, cherries, 3 Finn Crisp w 2 LCL 1 HEXB
Soooooo... was going out to a free comedy show I got tickets for... when I got there it was already pretty busy so I asked if I could pick up the ticket for my OH while I was waiting. No, I was told and a wristband mechanically stapled to my arm. So I hung around another 15min for the OH who was duly banded too and then we waited... and waited... to cut a long story short it was a total balls up and even though we arrived a good hour before loads of other people who seemingly had priority numbers to us I got in but the OH didn't, so I ditched my ticket and we thought we'd go for a meal somewhere instead seen as we'd gone to the effort of getting into the city and having a drink already.
Veggie Panorama:
Murgh Xacuti with pilau rice and tawa paratha - To. Die. For. :drool:
I was so stuffed after all this and never usually eat dessert anyway, especially in this kind of restaurant but the OH has a (very) sweet tooth and ALWAYS has to have dessert... so while he was looking at the menu this caught my eye and I just. Couldn't. Resist. :drool:
Ohhhhh my Gawwwwwwwd... almondy, milky... divine.... and even better when I nicked a bit of kulfi from the OH to stick on top...
Sooooooo... Syns? What iz synzzzz??? I no understand word?
Lets draw a line under that one then eh....
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Ahem. And now it is Wednesday. I have just weighed in for the week as a STS. (Yesterday I had lost a little over 3lb )
C'est la vie!
Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1HEXA, 1HEXB, 1.5 syns
Lunch: Spicy lentil and ginger soup <1 HEXB for extra virgin olive oil
Tea: er.... accidental
Snacks: Nectarines, pear, figs, apple, cherries, 3 Finn Crisp w 2 LCL 1 HEXB
Soooooo... was going out to a free comedy show I got tickets for... when I got there it was already pretty busy so I asked if I could pick up the ticket for my OH while I was waiting. No, I was told and a wristband mechanically stapled to my arm. So I hung around another 15min for the OH who was duly banded too and then we waited... and waited... to cut a long story short it was a total balls up and even though we arrived a good hour before loads of other people who seemingly had priority numbers to us I got in but the OH didn't, so I ditched my ticket and we thought we'd go for a meal somewhere instead seen as we'd gone to the effort of getting into the city and having a drink already.
Veggie Panorama:
Murgh Xacuti with pilau rice and tawa paratha - To. Die. For. :drool:
I was so stuffed after all this and never usually eat dessert anyway, especially in this kind of restaurant but the OH has a (very) sweet tooth and ALWAYS has to have dessert... so while he was looking at the menu this caught my eye and I just. Couldn't. Resist. :drool:
Ohhhhh my Gawwwwwwwd... almondy, milky... divine.... and even better when I nicked a bit of kulfi from the OH to stick on top...
Sooooooo... Syns? What iz synzzzz???
I no understand word? Lets draw a line under that one then eh....
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Ahem. And now it is Wednesday. I have just weighed in for the week as a STS. (Yesterday I had lost a little over 3lb
)C'est la vie!
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beckyn22
Silver Member
ooh I cant really remember, I just bunged it in til it looked 'done'
Lol thanks Erm - ours is like that too so 180 sounds about right! Looking forward to making these; thanks!!
xx
blackwidow
Gold Member
i saw the pics and was just about to ask for a recipe....... then i realised you were out nevermind haha! x
nevermind haha! x
