Really good day - went to the gym and done housework, feeling rather proud of myself. I haven't written my food out yet so I'm not sure of syn values but today has looked like:
Red Day
Breakfast
Alpen (HEXB1)
Milk (HEXA1)
Lunch
Home made leek and potato soup - 2 syns on red
Wholemeal Roll (HEXB2)
Snack: 1 Jumbo Cheese Snack a Jack - 2 syns
Grapes - free
Dinner:
Homemade Pork and Apple Casserole (on the SW site at the mo)
Rice - not sure of syns but won't have much
So I've had a pretty low-syn day - if I'd planned slightly better I would have made today an EE day but I didn't, oh well! I'm sure that even if I compared what the syns would be on all three plans they would probably come out at the same kind of number, but what is the main thing for me is that I went to the gym, my house is nice and tidy, and I've eaten homemade meals for lunch and tea, and not snacked. For a weekend this is a miracle for me - and I was kind of naughty at the buffet last night, a few mini spring rolls etc but again I'd pre-empted it and ate beforehand so again, yes, naughty, but I'd broken the habit of turning up at a party starving and then demolishing the buffet.
Have just checked the print out of the recipe for pork and apple casserole, from the SW site archive, and to my shock it says FIVE syns on red!!
I can't see anything that would account for so many syns and so I'm thinking that maybe it is an old recipe from when stock cubes were synned, can anyone see anything that I can't from this list of ingredients:-
Lean pork fillet
2 medium onions, chopped
2 sticks celery, chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 medium cooking apples
85g green lentils
2 veg stock cubes
1 bay leaf
S&P
Really can't see anything there to account for the syns - unless I am wrong in thinking that stock cubes are now free? I'm not sure on syns for lentils but honestly wouldn't think they were that bad! All help with this appreciated, as usual x