Sick of carrying 2 hitch hikers about, so this is my diary

It sounds a very unusual combination :D (nearly did a :mad: by accident there - m'eyes are going lol)

I'm not sure what I think of mussels personally though, for all my adventurous ways with food I'm still a bit standoffish with fishy things... got to get myself on the fish week challenge soon to get me trying out newness too :)

Mn I've bought the 'Christmas made Extra Easy' book off ebay that I'm waiting on along with those hifi bars - hope it's got some nice ideas in it. Might make some stuff to take with me to parent's houses so there's some friendlier food available :)

Though I'm still subscribed to that baking mag that came out a few months ago with all the free silicone bakewake stuff - it's just told me the special issue for xmas includes free moulds for a gingerbread house that looks pretty tempting :eek: Really should get round to cancelling that, it's evil and pointless since I can't bake anything out of them - too many syns :eek:
 
LoChan1984 said:
It sounds a very unusual combination :D (nearly did a :mad: by accident there - m'eyes are going lol)

I'm not sure what I think of mussels personally though, for all my adventurous ways with food I'm still a bit standoffish with fishy things... got to get myself on the fish week challenge soon to get me trying out newness too :)

Mn I've bought the 'Christmas made Extra Easy' book off ebay that I'm waiting on along with those hifi bars - hope it's got some nice ideas in it. Might make some stuff to take with me to parent's houses so there's some friendlier food available :)

Though I'm still subscribed to that baking mag that came out a few months ago with all the free silicone bakewake stuff - it's just told me the special issue for xmas includes free moulds for a gingerbread house that looks pretty tempting :eek: Really should get round to cancelling that, it's evil and pointless since I can't bake anything out of them - too many syns :eek:
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Hey Lo,
Just did a little research on the Pasta and I think they might well be the right ones after all from Tesco, but will ask her just to make sure....I am a fish lover and not so much a seafood lover, but I will try anything once and what I loved about those was that all she did was add a little dill and wrap the bacon round the mussels and cook them in the shells and they were gorgeous, you actually wouldn't have been able to say it was mussels at all.
I have the Christmas made extra easy, don't know how much you paid for yours, but I am always happy to get you anything from group and post it to you anytime you want, anyway I love the book I do loads of recipes from it every year and they are really popular xxxx

Just going to get my book and will let you know what we have so you can have a look and I do recommend them for sure xxxx
 
Thanks for the offer :)

Think the book was about £12 with the postage - hifi bars were about £5 for one box! :eek: So I'm hoping they're bloody gorgeous lol
 
Ok so here is a list of what we are having :


page 8 christmas log
page 17 star biscuits we made them smaller and it worked out 2 for 2.5 syns
page prawn cocktail deluxe
page 32 salmon pate
page 50 stuffed pork wrapped in bacon
page 67 chestnut sprouts and honey glazed carrots
page 70 bay scented accordion potatoes
page 88 creamy baileys caramel cheesecake
page 102 mulled wine
page 106 spicy bean dip
page 108 prawn and chilli ginger cakes
page 110 salmon and mousse garland
page 112 cheese and cherry tomato tartlets...they are too moresome
page 122 devilled eggs

We have made a few more things from the book but I have just listed our Christmas day and Boxing Day menu items and every one of them was really yummy and really low in syns ...if they are high in syns we tend to just have a smaller amount and lower the syns accordingly ...and we stayed well within our syns and didn't feel we'd missed out on anything at all. Hope you love it as much as we do xxxxxxx









 
tillymax said:
Please tell me your menu for Christmas day. I've got the Christmas feeling today cos I saw the coca cola advert and then I've just read you're diary all about your Christmas menu being sorted.

I'm glad your foot's starting to improve :)
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Hey Tilly my menu for Christmas day is as follows

Breakfast :
1 Poached egg
2 Rashers of Bacon
a slither of smoked salmon
Mushrooms
Cup of coffee 1 syn

Mid morning fruity nibbles and low syn snacks ie the biscuits 2.5 syns

Dinner:
Starter: Seafood cocktail, smoked salmon and garlic and quark wheels, plus a prawn cocktail, with 1 slice of Brown bread (1/2 hexb) and thin scraping of butter/marg 1-2 syns

Main: Turkey Crown
Bay scented Accordion potatoes
Pigs in Blankets -made from morrisons sausages and bacon 1/2 syn for 2
Chestnut sprouts and honey glazed carrots 2-3 syns
Honey Glazed Gammon 1/2 syn
Roast Parsnips
Low Syn Turkey Gravy 1/2 syn

Dessert: For me it will be a small slice of the Baileys Cheesecake 3-4 syns

Tea:
Smoked Salmon Pate
Spicy Bean Dip
Devilled Eggs 1/2 syn each
Prawn and chilli ginger cakes
Salmon and mousse garland 1/2 syn
cheese and cherry tomato tartlet 1.5 syns
Turkey
Gammon
Pickles
Salad
Bread (1/2 hexb)
And maybe some cheese (Hexa)


That lot comes to 16.5 syns but I doubt very much I will eat it all lol and I might treat myself to a nice low syn sw baileys...

I think that's pretty good...I may well have a few of the others on boxing day like the swiss roll for 3 syns ...very yummy xxxxxxx

Kelly and I actually sorted the menu 2 weeks ago, but I finalised it when I did the shopping last night as I wasn't sure I could get everything at the prices I wanted to pay lol...I admit it, I may not have got on with my mother but her bargain hunting rubbed off on me lol....why Pay full price when you can get it half price and freeze it lol

Oh got me 2 huge half salmons last night too for £10 a piece enough to feed about 6-8 people each...lovely jubbly lol xxx
 
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*waves*

I just wanted to pop in and say hi :) It's been a while, i've been so mad busy.... I've missedid you Lily!

I'll avoid the xmas talk though *dodges*
 
little_bubblez said:
*waves*

I just wanted to pop in and say hi :) It's been a while, i've been so mad busy.... I've missedid you Lily!

I'll avoid the xmas talk though *dodges*
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Missed you too, seems we've both been super busy and I have to admit I am starting to feel old can't stay awake these days lol

Love you're new piccie hunni, super sexy girl, you look bloody amazing, can't believe you're only half way there xxxxxx

Awww I love Chrissymas talk :(
 
xmas isn't my thing...not had the best experiences at this time of year.

But- saying that- I told my Canadian "mom" that if I win national Woman of the Year next year- I am spending xmas with her and her family, whether she likes it or not ;) heehee. xmas is a big thing for them, i'd love to just celebrate it properly, see what the fuss is all about, kinda thing :)
 
little_bubblez said:
xmas isn't my thing...not had the best experiences at this time of year.

But- saying that- I told my Canadian "mom" that if I win national Woman of the Year next year- I am spending xmas with her and her family, whether she likes it or not ;) heehee. xmas is a big thing for them, i'd love to just celebrate it properly, see what the fuss is all about, kinda thing :)
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I hated Christmas when I was a kid, not good memories, but since having my own kids I absolutely love it, I am worse than anyone, except maybe Mal :giggle:...when my girls were little we would wake about 5.30am Christmas Morning and then get all tetchy cos the girls weren't awake, my girls always loved their sleep, always had to wake them Xmas day lol, so when they weren't awake by 7.30-8am we'd go wake them lol and sometimes earlier if we couldn't wait :8855:
Hopefully it will all change for you too, hope you do your Xmas in Canada and I hope you grow to love it too xxxxxxx
 
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Mmmm, really looking forward to the xmas book arriving now - I'll just have to be careful not to make dinners for 8 and end up eating it all on my own :eek:

Love your avatar pic Tanya, as Lily said I can't believe you're only halfway along with your weightloss - you look amazing :D

I'm not sure exactly what I think of christmas... I dunno if I mostly look forward to it 'cause I take at least a week off work and can watch loads of crap on the telly lol And I like the shopping part :D

My OH isn't bothered - he ends up staying at home while I go round to a parent's house for dinner, and I probably only do that 'cause people want to see the only grandchild... Dreading them turning round and telling me it's finally my turn to host for the day, stressful :eek:
 
Thanks Lo :)

I still have my "apron" (my sexy gut :p) and my thighs are still really big, so when I see myself, I can see where I really need to lose it. But, I'm glad it's all coming off proportionally, everything is going down evenly *whew*

Last thing I wanted was A cup boobs and a mahoosive bum :p

Hope you've had a fab day Lily <3
 
Hey ladies, singing? Were you? Good job I'm a bit mutton then eh? :giggle:...I bet you're actually a very good singer sweetie xx
I am exhausted but really happy with my lovely gleaming house :D

Have spent a small fortune today too which also makes me feel good, love spending money, specially when it's someone else's lol
Got loads of the little awkward pressies sorted out today and a couple of the kids bigger ones too....oh and Mal and I bought ourselves a joint pressies (never could resist a bargain specially when it's something we both wanted lol), not a huge expensive pressie but Comet had the Dolce Gusto coffee maker we have been refusing to pay £90 for in their sale at £49, so we went and grabbed ourselves a bargain and bought the coffee's too....got to be careful about the syns so mine will be a real treat, well the chocochino one will be at 7.5 syns each cup :eek: but can have the skinny latte or the skinny cappucino at 2.5 syns and they are lovely too.
Well I am off to have a good look about then a bath and bed cos I feel like carp and am knackered.
Gonna be hit and miss over the next few weeks here as got loads of big family Birthdays and other events going on, but will be in and out from time to time.
Have a lovely evening all xxxxxxxx
 
Minimins didn't let me do hugs in my pm, tsch!

:bighug::bighug:

Hope you feel better soon hun, try not to wear yourself out too much with all the upcoming events xxxxx
 
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