Simon (Bolero's) Food Diary

[bulldogdaisy]

Aww that's sweet about your Grandma :0)
Hope you've had a good day so far!

 

[wilberforce]

Just been reading few your diary , your doing great mate keep it up . Nicked some food ideas too leeks and cheese sauce sounds right up my street .
keep it up mate

 

[moonwatcher]

Well done on the pound off!

It must be quite exciting unearthing the family information. I always think that about the programmes they show on TV about archaeological digs, where they find something they weren't expecting, and it changes their whole perspective on what they are looking for and seeing. Not quite the same I know, but I should think the feeling is probably similar - that feeling of discovery!

 

[bolero982]

Thanks all.

Oh certainly! That's half the joy of any field of history really...there's always something new out there to discover, and there's always something that will challenge your preconceptions. It's as much a voyage of discovery as anything else, and the fun of digging around for that next piece in the puzzle is so very addictive.
I do find family history to be such a fascinating and rewarding thing. I've always loved history myself (everyone's known since we did the Egyptians at school when I was 7 that history would be my life), and being able to relate members of your own family to the events you read about and study makes it feel so much more real. I've just been sorting through one of my wills, that was written in 1776...and I can't help but wonder how the will's writer thought about the revolution in the American colonies and things like that. It really personalises the past.

 

[bulldogdaisy]

Wow you decided about it all at a very young age then! That's great! Amazing how old that will is as well! You must really get a buzz from doing it!

 

[bolero982]

The oldest will I've got is for a chap who died in 1654. Quite an "interesting" bloke, really (family historians tend to prefer the more colourful characters, as there tend to be more records surviving about naughty people )...he got drunk once in 1619 and wandered around Margate doing acts described as being "too shameful to be spoken". If you didn't know better, you'd think it was something going on last week.

 

[bulldogdaisy]

Haha..now that does sound interesting :0)

 

[bolero982]

Morning all. Stomach is a bit off again today, although I think that's the last lingers of Monday's problem combined with me having had meat a few times this past week...so it's back onto the pescetarian diet properly today. Trying the ratatouille pasta bake I made tonight, and probably going to make pizza tomorrow seeing as I've managed to get hold of the Quorn pepperoni slices. Yay.

Edit: Changed my mind...decided to have the pasta bake for lunch (it was yum) and make pizza for dinner tonight.

Breakfast
Cadbury's Raisin Brunch Bar - 4pp

Lunch
Ratatouille Pasta Bake - 8ppWarburton's Square Wrap - 4pp

Dinner
Homemade Pizza
- Hovis Wholewheat Bread Flour (200g) - 17pp
- Reggae Reggae Sauce - 2pp
- Asda Lighter Mozarella (134g) - 7pp
- Sainsbury's Good For You Red Cheese - 4pp
- Quorn Pepperoni (50g) - 3pp
- Mushrooms - 0pp
- Onions - 0pp

Snacks Etc.
WW Bakewell Slice - 2pp
WW Digestives - 2pp
Laughing Cow Sandwiches - 4pp
Walkers Squares (3 bags) - 9pp
Skinny Cow Ice Cream - 5pp
Lion Bar Ice Cream - 5pp

Daily Points Used: 59 of 59
Weeklies Used: 17 of 49

 

[bulldogdaisy]

Boo to the upset stomach,hope it settles back down again for you soon!
Yummy day for you food wise..enjoy and I hope you have a good weekend :0)

 

[Jaly]

Hope your stomach feels okay again soon! xx Enjoy your weekend! That pizza sounds delicious! (shame it'd be all of my dailies in one meal though, lol!)

 

[bolero982]

Homemade pizza is always yummy. Shame about the points in bread flour though, as you say. Not sure if a shop-bought pizza base would be any less pp, although I've recipes somewhere for WW pizzas that are around 11pp for the pizza...so expect I'm just being a bit greedy with the amount of flour I'm using.
I'm letting my mum make it today...largely because last time I ate most of the mozzarella before I'd finished making the pizza dough. lol

 

[Jaly]

Haha! I love mozzarella also! In fact, you've inspired me, homemade pizza it is tonight for me too I'd never be able to eat a whole pizza though, shop bought bases are around 5-6pp each for the small/medium ones and 6pp for half a large one though 'Jus rol' do a new roll-out pizza pastry base which looks interesting, I may give that a go at some point

 

[bolero982]

Yay! Enjoy. So far that's three of us I know making pizza tonight. Won't rest until everyone is making it. hehe.

Aye, I've heard about the Jus Rol one and know a friend's tried it...never thought to ask how it came out though, but it's hard to go wrong with pizza. It's amazing even when it's bad! lol.

 

[hannata]

the jus rol stuff is okay... much prefer home made

200g is a lot of flour, I usually make mine with about 100g

 

[bolero982]

Aye, I think you advised me to do it with 120g Han. Think I'm using a different yeast, though (the one I've got is made up in 1/4 pint of warm water before use), as it's coming out far too wet with less than 190g. As I've got a few points, I tend to just be greedy rather than fiddle with the yeast.

 

[bulldogdaisy]

Homemade for me tomorrow though it's with a wrap ;0)

 

[bolero982]

Morning all. I've done my usual trick of no breakfast, so am having an early lunch instead.

Lunch
Quorn Turkey Square Wrap (x2) - 12pp
Walker's Square Crisps - 3pp

Dinner
Quorn Cheese & Leek Escalope - 7pp
WW Oven Chips (2 portions) - 9pp
Heinz Five Beans - 9pp

Snacks Etc.
WW Bakewell Slice - 2pp
Skinny Cow Chocolate Ice Cream - 5pp
WW Chocolate Mousse - 3pp
Quorn Turkey Square Wrap (x2) - 12pp
Walkers Square Crisps - 3pp

Daily Points Used: 59 of 59
Weeklies Used: 6 of 32

 

[bulldogdaisy]

Shame on you ;p
Morning ..hope you have a good day :0)

 

[Jaly]

Hope you've enjoyed your day! Tutut at no breakfast though

 

[bolero982]

Morning all. Got a bit of a case of the blues this morning, but I'm sure it will pass before long. Ah well...crack on with those wills later. I left it last night half-way through one that was written when Charles II was king, which is a bit of an odd experience. It's going on about a manor in Rushbourne (which I believe is just outside Canterbury), so shall have to make plans to visit there in the future as there's still buildings on the site of the old manor.

Not sure what to have to eat today...toying with the idea of scampi for tea, as I've got a shed-load of bags of it in the freezer, along with a Light Choices baked potato that's calling to me. Maybe with a small tin of spaghetti hoops...sounds like a meal. Tomorrow, then, I might make pizza again, just to use up the other half a pack of the Quorn pepperoni I've got.

Breakfast
Activia Coconut Yoghurt - 3pp

Lunch
Pitta filled with Quorn Ham
- Warburton's Brown Pitta - 5pp
- Quorn Ham (1/2 pack) - 2pp
- Ketchup - 1pp
Walker's Square Crisps - 3pp

Dinner
Wholetail Scampi (11 pieces) - 8pp
Light Choices Baked Potato - 6pp
Spaghetti Hoops (215g) - 3pp

Snacks Etc.
Cider (2 pints) - 14pp

Daily Points Used: 45 of 59
Weeklies Used: 0 of 26