Erm's Photo Diary
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memmarmite
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Sweetfire beetroot sounds way too nice to actually exist. Must get to Waitrose ASAP!
ermintrude
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Aw poo, mine is from Tesco. Well it's still free in my mind. I've never been to waitrose but the more I read about it on here the more I fancy a look around the shop. Will wait til we aren't skinto before I suggest a visit
It is expensive for a lot of things, but not everything, and they do an Essential range that price matches Tesco. It's just that they stock a lot of poash stuff that you just wouldnt find somewhere like Tesco/Asda.
In fact the sweetfire is exactly the same price when I look, £1.49 for a 180g box.
evilpenguin
Not evil at all
We are going into town later and bf has agreed to a nose around waitrose! Anything else I should check out while I'm there?
dirtydancing
Gold Member
hope your keeping well erm.:bighug: missing you. Made your veg chlli again it is one of my favs now.
ermintrude
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Eeeeee Im all so behind! Been somewhat chaotic and off plan. Not many piccies. muchos beer
Friday 02nd Mar Extra Easy
Breakfast: Coffee & fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: Chicken & veg stew, carrot & chickpea mix leftovers 3.5 syns for butter & oil
Tea: Venison & coconut curry 6 syns for coconut & coconut water
Snacks: Baby corn, snap peas, carrot, sweetfire beetroot, wiiiiiiine oh crap knows how many syns that was
NOM!!!! This was gooood, not so much the curry bit which was fine but the venison ommmmm and the coconut ommmmmmmm!!! :drool:
Friday 02nd Mar Extra Easy
Breakfast: Coffee & fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: Chicken & veg stew, carrot & chickpea mix leftovers 3.5 syns for butter & oil
Tea: Venison & coconut curry 6 syns for coconut & coconut water
Snacks: Baby corn, snap peas, carrot, sweetfire beetroot, wiiiiiiine oh crap knows how many syns that was
NOM!!!! This was gooood, not so much the curry bit which was fine but the venison ommmmm and the coconut ommmmmmmm!!! :drool:
ermintrude
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So yeaaaaahhhhhh, as I was going out Sat I had my Saturday vino Friday (yeah, logical )
Saturday 03rd Mar Extra Easy
Breakfast: Coffee & fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: Chicken & veg stew, 2 WW sausages 1 syn
Tea: None. Was at gig. Food had not even occurred to me til I got to the pub to meet mates beforehand and found them all scoffing burgers & chips. I abstained And, ah, restricted myself to the beerio... 
Snacks: Carrots snap peas, baby corn. A LOT of beer. Gah!
)Saturday 03rd Mar Extra Easy
Breakfast: Coffee & fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: Chicken & veg stew, 2 WW sausages 1 syn
Tea: None. Was at gig. Food had not even occurred to me til I got to the pub to meet mates beforehand and found them all scoffing burgers & chips. I abstained
And, ah, restricted myself to the beerio... Snacks: Carrots snap peas, baby corn. A LOT of beer. Gah!
ermintrude
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Sunday 04th Mar Extra Easy
Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 1.5 syns
Lunch: Chicken & veg stew
Tea: Lamb tagine with merguez sausages 1.5 syns for oil, 3.5 syns for honey & prunes, 7.5 syns for merguez sausages. Fairly nom but not particularly worth the effort/syns.
Dessert: cheesecake 2 syns for flour & yoghurt. Pretty spewy, dont bother.
Snacks: Carrots, tomatoes, apple, cherries, nectarine, Quorn slices, Tesco sweetfire 3.5 syns
I'm sure there were quite a few syns in the lamb too but this was meant to be my Sat night dinner til I found out Fri I had booked months ago to go out Saturday :sigh:
Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 1.5 syns
Lunch: Chicken & veg stew
Tea: Lamb tagine with merguez sausages 1.5 syns for oil, 3.5 syns for honey & prunes, 7.5 syns for merguez sausages. Fairly nom but not particularly worth the effort/syns.
Dessert: cheesecake 2 syns for flour & yoghurt. Pretty spewy, dont bother.
Snacks: Carrots, tomatoes, apple, cherries, nectarine, Quorn slices, Tesco sweetfire 3.5 syns
I'm sure there were quite a few syns in the lamb too but this was meant to be my Sat night dinner til I found out Fri I had booked months ago to go out Saturday :sigh:
ermintrude
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Monday 05th Mar Green
Breakfast: Coffee & fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: None, out at hospital all afternoon
Tea: Er, lunch Spicy root & lentil stew. Then I was still bladdy starving so I had a big tub of Total 2% with a box of blueberries and honey on top 4.5 syns
Snacks: Snap peas, baby corn, tomatoes, Quorn slices, Muller with cherry underlay 1.5 syns, strawberries
So no piccie as it was a spazzy lunch out of a freezer box :sigh:
Breakfast: Coffee & fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: None, out at hospital all afternoon
Tea: Er, lunch
Spicy root & lentil stew. Then I was still bladdy starving so I had a big tub of Total 2% with a box of blueberries and honey on top 4.5 synsSnacks: Snap peas, baby corn, tomatoes, Quorn slices, Muller with cherry underlay 1.5 syns, strawberries
So no piccie as it was a spazzy lunch out of a freezer box :sigh:
evilpenguin
Not evil at all
Have you tried the total 0% that comes with the separate portion of honey, like a muller corner almost? You get quite a lot, I split mine with my bf and had it with chopped fruit for dessert last night :drool: I've not had the honey one cos I don't like honey, but the strawberry one is yum
ermintrude
Gold Member
Have you tried the total 0% that comes with the separate portion of honey, like a muller corner almost? You get quite a lot, I split mine with my bf and had it with chopped fruit for dessert last night :drool: I've not had the honey one cos I don't like honey, but the strawberry one is yum
Yeah but I much, much MUCH prefer the 2%, its soooooooo creamy!
Just like the real thing but only 1.5 syns for a giant pot or 0.5 syns for a small pot, then I just add my own honey or whatever! Ommmmmmm!!!! :drool:Also a little bit cheaper to do it this way
evilpenguin
Not evil at all
I'm not allowed to buy the massive pots of it cos I never eat it all! So it's actually more economical for me to get the little pots. I like the 2% stuff too but they only do the 0% one with the fruit portion. Could probably add my own fruit jam to it or something! Can you get little pots of 2%?
ermintrude
Gold Member
Ah right, no Ive only seen them in big pots They do last a coupla weeks in the fridge though even once they're opened. Haha I love it, Ive usually got 2 pots in the fridge at once Ill get 2 meals out of one pot (sauce/dips etc) and then polish the rest of for yummage
They do last a coupla weeks in the fridge though even once they're opened. Haha I love it, Ive usually got 2 pots in the fridge at once Ill get 2 meals out of one pot (sauce/dips etc) and then polish the rest of for yummage
evilpenguin
Not evil at all
Nah I didn't think they did little pots of it See I never experiment with sauces or anything so would just be eating it as a snack, there's only so much yoghurt one girl can eat. I think I'm better off with the syn free stuff anyway, cos once I start adding Options to it the syns get quite high
See I never experiment with sauces or anything so would just be eating it as a snack, there's only so much yoghurt one girl can eat. I think I'm better off with the syn free stuff anyway, cos once I start adding Options to it the syns get quite high
ermintrude
Gold Member
Tuesday 06th Mar Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1.2 HEXA 1 HEXB
Lunch: Chicken & veg stew 0.5 HEXB for chicken
Tea: Mexican Tomato & Bean Soup
Snacks: Baby corn, snap peas, tomatoes, nectarine, pear, cherries, 3 Alpen Light 0.5 HEXB & 6 syns Got all snackathonic and figured Id HEX it, totally forgot about both the toast and the damn chicken in the soup
Nommy soup though! Had two bowls so none left for lunch
Breakfast: Coffee & toast 1.2 HEXA 1 HEXB
Lunch: Chicken & veg stew 0.5 HEXB for chicken
Tea: Mexican Tomato & Bean Soup
Snacks: Baby corn, snap peas, tomatoes, nectarine, pear, cherries, 3 Alpen Light 0.5 HEXB & 6 syns Got all snackathonic and figured Id HEX it, totally forgot about both the toast and the damn chicken in the soup
Nommy soup though! Had two bowls so none left for lunch
ermintrude
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Wednesday 07th Mar Green
Breakfast: Coffee & fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: Randomness cheesy, basil-y mustard-y salad 1.5 syns for mustard, 1 HEXA 0.3 HEXB for Wensleydale
Tea: Veggie chilli 0.5 syns for chocolate
Snacks: Pear, cherries, nectarine, snap peas, baby corn, tomatoes, Quorn slices. Bit of pongy cheeeeeeeese on a scrap of toast 1 HEXB for bread, 0.7 HEXB & 2.5 syns for Epoisses. Nom! :drool:
Breakfast: Coffee & fruit 1 HEXA
Lunch: Randomness cheesy, basil-y mustard-y salad 1.5 syns for mustard, 1 HEXA 0.3 HEXB for Wensleydale
Tea: Veggie chilli 0.5 syns for chocolate
Snacks: Pear, cherries, nectarine, snap peas, baby corn, tomatoes, Quorn slices. Bit of pongy cheeeeeeeese on a scrap of toast
1 HEXB for bread, 0.7 HEXB & 2.5 syns for Epoisses. Nom! :drool:
ermintrude
Gold Member
Spicy tomato & bean soup
Ingredients:
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 4 or 5 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 or 2 chillies, deseeded & finely chopped
- 1.5 tbsp ground cumin
- 600ml veg stock
- 200ml passata
- 400g baby tomatoes, chopped
- 125g black beans, soaked overnight (or 1 tin, rinsed & drained)
- 2 tbsp oregano
- pinch sugar (or Splenda)
- juice of 1 lime
- salt & pepper
Method:
- Fry onions for 5 - 10 min until soft & golden brown
- add garlic, chillies & cumin and stir for 1 min
- Add stock, passata, tomatoes, beans, oregano & sugar, season with salt & pepper and simmer, covered, for 30-40min or until beans are cooked.
- Add lime juice & season to taste
