Purplebint's Diary

[Purplebint]

You could definitely syn the cheese, it might work out favourably anyway as it's really quite filling. Long gone are the days when I could eat a whole pizza, plus garlic bread, plus sides, plus fizzy drink.

My family prefer the smash base but I think that's because it visually a bit more like bread, I chucked a shedload of garlic pepper and oregano in my smash before I mix it up. It's a bit more stable as a base too.

I'm making mini smash pizzas for my group's taster night tomorrow

 

[Purplebint]

Planned food today

Breakfast - Green monster smoothie, with 1tbsp ginger, 1tsp aniseed and a dollop of yoghurt. It's lovely and spicy. (1/2 hexa)

Lunch - Roast chicken, marmite potatoes, balsamic carrots, mustard celeriac mash, roast broccoli and chickpea gravy

Snack- 2 x scan bran (1/2 hexb) with yoghurt and 1tbsp marmalade (2 syns)

Dinner - hot and bothered from gardening so have had another ginger green monster smoothie (1/2 hexa)

Drinks so far

1 mug black tea
2 large mugs green tea
1 coffee with hazelnut syrup
2 pints NAS

 

[Purplebint]

We had dinner for lunch instead

Roast chicken, marmite potatoes, balsamic carrots, mustard celeriac mash, roast broccoli and chickpea gravy

 

[hjanea]

Looks yummy!!
Chickpea gravy sounds interesting?

 

[Purplebint]

Looks yummy!!
Chickpea gravy sounds interesting?

it's from the Appetite for Reduction cookbook, really easy to make syn free, i just don't use oil or arrowroot.

Cook That Book: Silky Chickpea Gravy From Appetite for Reduction | Holy Cow! Vegan Recipes|Eggless Recipes|Dairy-free Recipes|Indian Recipes

 

[hjanea]

Thankyou, that looks really interesting (and a sneaky way to get more vegies into my DD!!).

 

[Purplebint]

Good for upping the protein too

Planned food today

Breakfast - Ginger green monster smoothie (1.5syns)

Lunch - Eggs, mushrooms and tomatoes.

Dinner - It's taster night at my SW group so no idea really, hehe I'm taking smash pizza slices

Drinks so far -

2 mugs green tea
1 pint NAS
250ml kefir (ss) milk (hexa)

Exercise -

School run - 4km
Cycling to SW group and back 2.5km

Syns used - a billionty at taster night

 

[Purplebint]

1/2 a pound off for me last night. I'll take that

Planned food today -

Breakfast - Porridge with hazelnut syrup (hexb)

Snack - 2 x Dark Rye Ryvita (3) with 1tsp clover (1.5 syns)

Lunch - 2 x thin sausages (1syn), 1 x poached eggs, 1 x large tomato and a handful of mushrooms.

Dinner - Slow cooked roast pepper bolognaise with spaghetti and cheese (1/2 hexa) followed by seconds of more spaghetti and bolognaise. All that walking gave me an appetite.


Drinks so far

1 x mug green tea
1 x can diet coke (first one in ages, was lovely but I'm ok with not having them all the time)
125ml kefir (ss) milk (1/2 hexa)
1 pint NAS squash
1 cup milky coffee (1.5 syns for the milk)

Exercise -
School run 1 and trip to shops - 4.93km
Slendertone belt 30 mins (just dug this out from the dust bunny kingdom to see if it helps my stomach muscles a bit)
School run 2 - 2km

Syns used - 6

 

[Purplebint]

Slow cooked roast pepper bolognaise, spaghetti, salad leaves and cheese

 

[Purplebint]

Breakfast - Ginger green monster smoothie made with kefir milk (hexa)

Snack - grazing on lime pickle and chunks of ham. Not particularly healthy but on plan at least

Lunch - Chips, mushy peas, mushrooms and toms.

Snack - 1 x small Peppa Pig chocolate egg (don't judge me ) 4.5syns

Dinner - Waiting on the veg box to decide what to have. Decided on bolognaise stuffed peppers, with balsamic and olive oil (1/2hexb) roasted asparagus and a homegrown leafy salad with red onion, tomato and olives (1syn) and the other 1/2 hexb olive oil as a dressing.


Drinks so far -

2 mug green tea
2 mugs black tea (1 with 2 sugars for 2syns)
1 mug milky coffee with hazelnut syrup (1.5syns for the milk)
2 pint NAS

Exercise - 4km school run
Syns used - 8

 

[Purplebint]

Bolognaise stuffed peppers, with balsamic roasted asparagus and a homegrown leafy salad.

 

[Purplebint]

Breakfast - Ginger green monster smoothie made with kefir milk (hexa)

Snack - Ham salad made with some leftover leafy salad (part hexb)

Lunch - Stuffed roast peppers with 4 syns of cheese

Dinner - Garlic and herb roast chicken, swede chips and more leafy salad (part hexb oil dressing)

Drinks so far -

2 mug green tea
2 mugs black tea
1 mug creme caramel rooibos
3 glass NAS

Exercise -
School run 1 and trip to shop 4.2km
School run 2 2km

Syns used - 4

 

[Alycyn1980]

I found the recipe for sweet ones in the recipes section http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/254814-you-people-need-make-magic-oaty-pancakes.html, amended it a bit for savoury ones. I've put the recipe up - http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/255679-oaty-mcmuffins.html They were awesome

I am just reading through your diary and well done on your amazing weight loss

Your food looks amazing and I am going to be trying those Magic Pancakes Savoury Sytle, was a bit wary reading about them but they look awesome

 

[Purplebint]

Thank you!

I've done the savoury pancakes a couple of times since and they are pretty good, nothing like normal muffins really but better than nothing In fact I might have them over the weekend *scribbles on meal planner*

 

[Alycyn1980]

I would love to find a sugar free butterscotch, oh the things I could make with that.

Hi I was interested in the Sugar Free Syrup and did a search on the net for some other flavours and came across this site which I think may be a good find - Syrups and Spreads | Sugar Free Megastore

 

[Purplebint]

Awesome! 2.5lbs to go to my next stone award and I'll be buying some of these as my reward. Thank you!

 

[Purplebint]

Herby garlic chicken on a bed of roast peppers, turnip chips and leafy salad

 

[cheekychinchilla]

Congrats on your loss

 

[Purplebint]

Thanks Cheeky

I have the manflu today, not proper have to be in bed flu but the awful stinking cold that makes you feel like you should be. Shame there's no sick leave for SAHM's *grumps*

Anyway, it's not made much of a dent in my appetite. Instead it's making me want to eat all the things so I'm trying to ignore the 'go on have a biscuit' monster chatting in my head.


Planned food today


Breakfast - Ginger green monster smoothie with kefir milk (hexa)

Brunch - Poached egg, 1 large tomato and a handful of mushrooms.

Lunch/Snack - Balsamic roast asparagus (1/2 hexb)

Snack 2 - Chocolate cherry tofu pudding. 3 syns.

Dinner - Chicken cauli curry, brown rice with sweet potato and red onion bhaji and lime pickle

Drinks
2 cup green tea
1 mug black tea
1 pint NAS

Exercise
School run 4km

Syns used 3

 

[Purplebint]

Still have the manflu, I've been up early hours but will go back to bed in a mo.

Planned food

Breakfast - Porridge (hexb) with cherries and 1.5 syns of milk

Lunch - Hubby made me a SW grill up. 2 x sausages (1 syn), tomato, mushrooms, bacon and a dry fried egg. 2 syns of HP used too.

Dinner - Leftover chicken cauli curry and egg fried rice. Almond cherry tofu pudding.

Drinks
3 mugs green tea
2 mugs black tea with agave (1 syn)

Syns used 5.5