Friday 15th - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast (1 HEXA & 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: Salad, jalapeno hummus & carrot sticks, 2 Marmite bites (HEXA/B)
Tea: Quorn curry (3.5 syns for tomato puree, oil & pickle)
Snacks: apple, satsumas, Quorn slices, fat free yoghurt
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Saturday 16th - Extra Easy
Breakfast: coffee & toast (1/2 HEXA & 1 HEXB, 2 syns), apple
Lunch: Salad, cheese & jalapeno wrap with mixed veggies (5 syns for wrap, 1.5 syns for sweetfire, 1/2 HEXA for cheese)
Tea: Pinchitos morunos kebab with spicy wedges, veggies and salad (1 syn for 1/2 tsp oil)
Dessert: Dark chocolate and mixed berry mousse (6 syns)
Snacks: Blueberries, raspberries, cherries, apple, fat free yoghurt
BUT... Wine: 40.5
Saturday Syn Day again!
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Originally Posted by Ellebear
Mango salsa recipe:
Serves 4
320g mango chunks, diced
1 large red pepper, deseeded and diced
bunch of spring onions, finely chopped
1 red chilli, chopped
Mix everything together, add some seasoning and marinade in the fridge til you're ready.
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Ha haSo it's kind of a creative project as well as a healthy eating plan. I dont know whats going to happen in September when I go back to uni
I hope I can keep it up.
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Mmm yumm. Your food looks delish. I love the look of the curries and have bookmarked them. So you buy is it lime pickle? and use that in your curries? I love the look of the kebabs and must try and find that harrissa paste stuff. For the jerk - do you just use jerk seasoning or paste? x
I like Patak's mixed pickle best as I'm addicted to the karonda in it (the green pea-shaped thing) but you can use any. Harissa paste is free, I use Al'Fez but Bart's do one, Belazu do one, there's a Sainsbury's own version as well, I've got one but havent tried it yet. Or you can also make your own if you dig out a recipe.
The jerk I make my own:
Ingredients:
2 onions, finely chopped
2 tsp chilli paste
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp ground allspice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp ground nutmeg
Juice 1 orange
Grated zest and juice 1 lime
2 tsp Hot Pepper Sauce
2 tsp brown sugar
Salt & pepper
Method:
Fry onions gently in Fry Light for 10 min until soft
Add chilli paste, garlic, ginger, thyme, all spice, cinnamon, nutmeg and fry for 2 min
Add orange juice, lime zest and juice, hot pepper sauce and sugar
Simmer to a dark paste, season and leave to cool
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Mmmm yum your jerk looks lovely. I suppose the syns would be negligible as you're only spreading it over? I am planning on having an Ermintrude week lol.
Can I be really cheeky again??? What is that lentil salad thing you have done on page 1? Looks lovely. I have a bag of green lentils that need using up. xx
LOL I want an Ermintrude week too!!
Your thread is amazing. Loving all the lovely salads. It is really inspiring me
I have put harissa paste and pickle on my shopping list! xx
Everything looks so nice, you have given me some good ideas for my next weeks menu
It worked out at 2 syns for the whole recipe (for the 2tsp sugar), which made 3 kebabs.
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That's an adaptation of a Delia thing. Best to use whole or Puy lentils if you can, but if you use split lentils be careful not to let them go soggy, they'll only need a few minutes.
This is the recipe for Puy lentils:
150g Puy lentils
1 small red onion, finely sliced
2 medium cloves garlic, crushed
About 20 basil leaves, chopped
1 bay leaf
For the dressing:
1 - 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 rounded tsp powdered mustard
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tsp extra virgin olive oil (4 syns but serves about 3)
freshly ground black pepper
Put lentils and bay leaf in twice their volume of water, cover and simmer for 20-25min or until tender and all water gone.
Meanwhile cook onion & garlic in Fry Light for 5-10min until starting to soften
Crush garlic and salt in a pestle & mortar until creamy
Add mustard and work that in
Add balsamic vinegar and whisk it in
Add oil and freshly ground black pepper and mix well
When lentils are cooked mix them with the onion & garlic, basil leaves and dressing. Best served warm or at room temp.
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Here's today's diary:
Sunday 17th: Green
Breakfast: coffee and fruit (1 HEXA)
Lunch: Salad, cheese & jalapeno wrap with mixed veggies and Quorn slices (5 syns for wrap, HEXA for cheese)
Tea: SW Puy lentil & halloumi salad (1HEXB for Halloumi) with tenderstem and green salad
Snacks: Apples, satsumas, 1 Mullerlight cheesecake (1 syn)
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Hey, what wraps do you use? X
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