ClaireL second chance diary

[Claire L]

Saturday,I love Saturdays!!

Today we get a puppy, she is coming from an animal home in Slovakia, she had been abandoned on the side of a road with her 6 brothers and sisters - so it's just waiting around to get a call to say they are on their way.

Am doing extra easy today after a couple of red days - feeling a bit overdone on meat!!

Breakfast - toast with banana (HEB)

Lunch- sort of a plough mans platter stylee thing- ham, cottage cheese, egg, tomatoes, cucumber, radish, pickled onion and 1 baby bel cheese (put 2on plate but only are 1- so just 2 syns or could be part HEA as I never have full allowance in milk)



Scrum my and I am totally full

 

[Claire L]

Dinner last night was a pasta and veg bake 6 syns for cheese

Today is extra easy again

Had poached eggs and toast HEB for breakfast

Not sure about lunch thinking mushroom soup

Sunday roast for dinner - 2 syns for gravy . 6 syns for glass of wine

 

[shrinki]

I think we have the same garden furniture!! Does you table double in size? It certainly looks like it tipped down!

Did the puppy arrive? Pics please!!!!

Happy Sunday!

PS I went out for two meals this weekend!
Michelin star restaurant on Friday and the one on Saturday is in line for one too. Heaven!!!

 

[Claire L]

Hi Jane sounds like you have had a great time - what did you eat and was it as good as you expected??

Our garden table is quite big - seats 8 but you can't change the size- bought it over here from some garden centre sort of place.

Well this pup has kept me busy - it's like having a toddler- everything in the house is now moved high out of puppy teeth range - steep learning curve for us haha!

On the plus side I haven't had much time to snack so I have been pretty well keeping to plan had really juicy burgers with chips and coleslaw last night - all SW style

Will be making more of an effort to come on minis and update my diary now especially as we have more of a routine with the puppy

Have some cubed pork shoulder so am thinking of goulash and rice for dinner

Back later

 

[shrinki]

Sounds like the puppy is keeping you busy!!!!

The restaurants were both fantastic. On the Friday, we had the taster menu (I had four courses - salmon, scallops, roast beef and then cheese. All beautifully prepared and titchy portions but each course matched with a huge goblet of wine!!

Saturday, I had salmon then tomato and basil with a mozzarella foam:




Then sea bass





And more wine! This was even better than Friday and is fifteen minutes walk from my house. Great views too!

Best thing is that I stuck to plan the rest of the week and still managed to lose a pound! And I lost four last week

 

[Claire L]

Drool drool the food sounds and looks great!!

So lucky living close to such fab restaurants. Hey Jane - how did you get on with your allergies - did they find out what you can / can't have??

Well I had pork goulash with rice. Very nice but I think I overdid the hot paprika - it was a little bit spicy for youngest son so he made himself an omelette!! (supervised of course)

Here's the goulash

 

[Claire L]

Extra easy today

Breakfast- banana, boiled egg

Lunch- ham baby bel light cheese x1 (part HEA)and SW coleslaw 1 syn in a whole wheat bread roll HEB

Dinner- chicken and pesto pasta 3.5 syns

 

[Claire L]

Well it's been a busy weekend and I was not 100% yesterday by any means due mainly to beer !! Tok the dog for her first 'long' walk, ended up at a little hutte, with a big bowl of water for pup large beer for myself and OH as reward!! Got home and had a couple more then sort of started picking at bits and bobs that are in no way SW friendly.

Ah well that was yesterday and today is a different day- so far good

Breakfast: mushrooms on 1 slice toasted whole wheat bread

Lunch: ham and cheese on second slice of whole wheat bread ( used both HEA and HEB) with cherry tomatoes, cucumber and picked onion

Dinner: SW keema curry with rice

 

[Claire L]

Bit better today. Extra easy again

Breakfast- mushrooms on toast 2 syns for Lurpak lighter

Lunch- rice, prawns, cucumber, peppers

Dinner- chicken chili with more rice! Jalapeño peppers, spring onion, sour cream 2 syns, cheese HEA very yum

Longish walk with the puppy- this is a mini break during the walk!!

 

[shrinki]

Long time no see! Hope all is well x

 

[Claire L]

He he Jane - I'm still here. And trying hard but just don't seem to have the time / motivation to write it all down . Eldest son graduates from school next week and puppy power is eating up all my spare time!! Will be back on the boards as soon as I can though