Jaly's Diary of a Snackaholic! 26pp/day :)

[Jaly]

Your profile pic is gorgeous Purple I try to average 1500cals ish, this week (Mon-Sun) for the 4 days is only around 1360 but the weekend should even things up

Just invested in some quark to treat myself to cheesy pasta tomorrow, yum

 

[Jaly]

Weeklies Remaining: 43/49
Calorie count (so far today): 1603cal
Portions of fruit/veg: 7
Pro points (so far today): 35pp/32pp

Carbs: 227g
Protein: 88g
Fat: 34g
Sat Fat: 17g
Fibre: 31g
Sugar: 92g

Exercise:

10mins dancing
15 min walk
Chasing kids at park

Breakfast: 3pp/211cal

Low-fat natural yoghurt (2pp/69cal)
Tbsp grape nuts (1pp/35cal)
Frozen fruit salad (0pp/38cal)
Blueberries (0pp/19cal)
Apple (0pp/50cal)

Morning: 4pp/160cal

Frozen yoghurt tube (1pp/38cal)
Special K cereal bar (2pp/80cal)
Babybel light (1pp/42cal)

Lunch: 6pp/231cal

Aero bubbleball (I love these so much!) (3pp/96cal)
1/2 wholemeal pitta bread (2pp/80cal)
Ham (1pp/36cal)
Blueberries (0pp/19cal)

Cheesecake: 5pp/278 cal (could be eaten as a mousse without the cereal bar base I suppose but it tasted delicious with it , think I'll omit the banana if I make it again too.) Delicious though! Felt very luxurious and as if it should be around 900 calories
125g Quark (2pp/86cal) (17g protein!)
Cereal bar (I used a weetabix milk choc one) (2pp/80cal)
2 heaped teaspoons hot choc (1pp/43cal)
Banana (0pp/53cal)
Vanilla essence (0pp/8cal)
Sweetener (0pp/8cal)

Dinner: 9pp/407cal

Wholewheat pasta, ham, low-fat cheese (9pp/341cal)
Brussel sprouts (0pp/29cal)
Mixed veg (0pp/37cal)

Evening: 8pp/330cal

Half packet of Walkers baked crisps (1pp/50cal)
WW fromage frais (1pp/48cal)
Tesco trail mix (coconut, flaked almonds, dried apricot + raisins) (4pp/135cal)
1 weetabix + tiny splash of semi-skimmed milk (2pp/97cal)

 

[Purpled]

I've never tried quark! Is it like cheese spread?

 

[Jaly]

It's a bit like soft cheese but has a more tangy flavour, it really doesn't taste fat free and can be used in the same way as soft cheese (stuffed in a chicken breast and wrapped in parma ham and spinach, yum!)

 

[nessa123]

Can u use it in desserts too? Xx

 

[Jaly]

I haven't tried it but I assume so, it tastes just like soft cheese You may need a bit of sweetener though, I know my aunt's used it in cheesecakes before 85p for a 250g tub in Sainsburys/Tesco, it's usually with the shelf continental cheeses rather than with the cheese spread!

edit/ Meadow Churn Quark 250G - Groceries - Tesco Groceries - it says ideal for baking so I suppose you can

 

[Jaly]

My aunt says she mixes it with hot chocolate powder for a chocolate mousse type dessert, mm, may have to give that a go

 

[Jaly]

Bought some vanilla extract, bananas, hot choc powder and calorie free sweetner to make a chocolate mousse tonight using the quark, yum

 

[nessa123]

Bought some vanilla extract, bananas, hot choc powder and calorie free sweetner to make a chocolate mousse tonight, yum

Sounds great!! Xx

 

[Jaly]

Quick Fix Cheesecake | Lose Weight Look Fab going to try this i think

 

[mrsgosling3]

I used to sweeten quark with sweetner and lemon juice and put it on carrot cake made with scan bran - was very nice

 

[Purpled]

I may purchase some to make a creamy pasta!???
Would that work?

 

[mrsgosling3]

http://www.weightwatchers.co.uk/util/art/index_art.aspx?tabnum=1&art_id=13791&sc=3021


1. Creamy bacon pasta - nine ProPoints

Sauté half a diced courgette, two (20g each), chopped bacon medallions and some garlic in calorie-controlled cooking spray. Cook 60g (dry weight) wholemeal pasta, drain and return to pan, adding 80g quark and courgette and bacon mix. Serve with 2tsp (10g) grated parmesan.

Prawn and smoked salmon pasta

ProPoints(TM) Value: 11
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

No time to cook? This delicious pasta dish will take you only 30 minutes to create.

Ingredients
300 g ( ) pasta, tagliatelle or linguine
150 g ( ) snow peas
125 g ( ) low-fat quark cheese
3 tbs ( ) Weight Watchers , Sour Cream
400 ml ( ) skim milk
150 g ( ) smoked salmon, sliced into strips
150 g ( ) Prawn, king, cooked, thawed if frozen
2 cup(s) ( ) cherry tomato, (halved)
3 tsp ( ) fresh dill, plus extra to garnish
Instructions
Cook the tagliatelle or linguine in a large saucepan of boiling, lightly salted water according to pack instructions, until tender.

Meanwhile, simmer the snowpeas for 4-5 minutes until lightly cooked, then drain well.

Put the cheese, sour cream and milk into a saucepan and heat gently, stirring with a whisk or wooden spoon until smooth.

Drain the pasta, then return it to the saucepan and add the snowpeas, salmon, prawns, cherry tomatoes, dill and sauce. Season with a little black pepper. Stir together over a low heat for about 2 minutes.

Share between 4 bowls and serve, garnished with a little more chopped fresh dill.

 

[Jaly]

I recommend just using low-fat soft cheese for pasta because Quark has a bit of a yoghurt like taste tbh.

Made a cheesecake, tasted so good that I ate it without taking a picture/letting it set, opps It was very filling too!

The chocolate 'mousse' without the base would only be 3pp for a huuuge portion, definitely recommend it. You could use options hot choc to change the flavour and add fruit for a very indulgent tasting dessert

 

[nessa123]

I recommend just using low-fat soft cheese for pasta because Quark has a bit of a yoghurt like taste tbh.

Made a cheesecake, tasted so good that I ate it without taking a picture/letting it set, opps It was very filling too!

The chocolate 'mousse' without the base would only be 3pp for a huuuge portion, definitely recommend it. You could use options hot choc to change the flavour and add fruit for a very indulgent tasting dessert

I wonder if you could use it on top of a trifle instead of cream? or is it a bit too cheesey for that? Xx

 

[Jaly]

Yeah, I think that'd work well actually it tastes very mousse-like if you add sweetener and vanilla x

 

[icklerockchick]

Yeh I like quark for deserts like cheesecake but for savoury I always prefer soft cheese which is pretty low in points anyway and doesn't have that strange tang to it! It's quite nice in a crust less quiche though just quark eggs and whatever else you fancy chucked it - nice hot or cold x

 

[moonwatcher]

The cheesecakes and mousses sound really good Jaly. I haven't bought Quark for a while - might get some next time I go shopping - I have some flavoured Options in the cupboard which I don't particularly like as a drink, but think they'd go well in something like this.

 

[Jaly]

92g of sugar, I should probably watch that I'm going to make a mini quark quiche with what's left in the pot tomorrow I think Yum!

1603cal, 43/49 weeklies left for Sat/Sun

 

[bulldogdaisy]

Lots of yummy treats :0)