Thank you Sid and I know honey I am not giving up just yet don't you worry.
Ok so here' my food for the day
B:egg omelette with spring onions and toms
Snack: celery sticks
Lunch: Chicken goujons made with my oats some beaten egg salt and pepper
Snack: Nothing I was out shopping and eyeing up the chicken hot dogs
D: Stuffed sweet peppers in a creamy tomato sauce
While shopping in Tesco today I found this packs of little sweet peppers and instantly wanted to recreate a recipe my Hungarian grandma and after my mum used to make. Of course they're version contained rice in with the meat (and definitely not lean meat LOL) and sour cream to make the most delicious sauce. Dukan version turned out very tasty though, I was happy and polished my plate
Here's how to make it
12 sweet little peppers
500gr lean minced beef
one egg
one red onion
one small carrot
one red chilli or half or indeed leave out if you're not fond of spicy
one tin of chopped tomates
some formage frais
salt, pepper, paprika and stock cube
a small sprig of fresh parsley and one small spring of fresh dill
Step 1: Chop the onion and herbs mix in with the beef, add the egg, salt and pepper to taste. Give everything a good mix
Step 2: trim the stem off the peppers and scoop out the seeds. Push the meat mixture into the hollow peppers and arrange in pan. If you have any meat leftover form into meatballs and put aside for now.
Step 3: chop the carrot and add to the pan along with the tinned tomatoes. Add about 200 ml of water just enough to cover the peppers. You can add some low sodium stock or an oxo cube if you can afford the tolerates.
Step 4: carefully drop the meatballs on the top and simmer until the meat is cooked, it won't take long keep checking as the lean meat cooks very quickly you don't want it to dry out.
Step 5: Using a slotted spoon gently lift the peppers and meatballs out of the pan and carry on cooking the sauce until reduced and thickened. You can use a teaspoon of cornflour to thicken the sauce if you can afford the tolerates. Serve with the sauce drizzled over and sprinkled with some fresh chopped parsley. Enjoy xx