Had a rubbish last few days, but back on plan today.
Breakfast - cheese and mushroom omelette , grapes and mug of tea - hea
Lunch - mushroom soup, banana - 1.5 syns
Dinner - tarragon chicken and veg smash pie. Cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, gravy - 1heb, 2 syns (gravy)
Blackcurrant mousse - 1.5 syns
Snacks- tea, grapes. Options -2 syns
Syns total 5
MUSHROOM SOUP - serves 4. 1.5 Syns per bowl.
2 onions finely chopped,
4 garlic crushed
400g mushrooms sliced
1litre veg stock
1 tsp thyme, 1 tsp rosemary
100ml sherry
Salt and pepper
Frylight a pan, add onions and garlic and heat until softened. Add mushrooms and herbs and cook for 2 mins, then add stock and simmer for 15 minutes, add sherry cook for 5 mins more . blend and serve with sautéed mushrooms
Tarragon chicken pie
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This one requires left over veg from Sunday roast for example.
Pack of instant mash
2 chicken breasts
Tsp tarragon
Salt pepper
Chicken stock cube or chicken Bovril
Chicken gravy granules
Garlic granules,
Onion powder
Cayenne or paprika
Chop chicken into bite sized pieces and fry in frylight. add tarragon.
Mash left over veggies and add to chicken When cooked . I had broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, sprouts and parsnips - mashed them into a mush and added to pan. Add veg stock cube and gravy granules and enough water to make to a sauce consistency . Add salt and pepper. Allow to cool. Mix instant mash to stiff like pastry add garlic granules/ onion powder / paprika etc or herbs to add flavour. Roll out and make a pastry like bottom and lid for a small pie dish. I did individuals like you get in a fish shop, but you could do a larger one. Fill with chicken mix, add Lid and bake for 15 mins .