thefinalcountdown
Silver Member
Will definately be trying those falafels at some point, they look yummy! Maybe with a bit of your hummus 
you have some really good ideas ermintrude x
you have some really good ideas ermintrude x
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ermintrude
Gold Member
Nooo the falfels came straight outta the recipe book! The hummus was my concoction tho
The hummus was my concoction tho 
WhitePigeon
Silver Member
Ooh, I love haloumi, may have to make those fritters - they look delicious!
old_user45
Silver Member
Humous was a-mezzin!! Thanks for the recipe.
ermintrude
Gold Member
I haven't been keeping up...
Monday 01st August - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast (1 HEXA & 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: WW wrap stuffed with cheese, salad and jalapenos with mixed veggies on the side (5 syns for wrap, 1 HEXA for cheese)
Tea: Back to boringness as I havent time to cook today:
Quorn Sundried Tomato Fillet (0.5 syns), with jalapeno hummus and salad.
Snacks: Apples, tomatoes, Quorn slices.
Monday 01st August - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast (1 HEXA & 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: WW wrap stuffed with cheese, salad and jalapenos with mixed veggies on the side (5 syns for wrap, 1 HEXA for cheese)
Tea: Back to boringness as I havent time to cook today:
Quorn Sundried Tomato Fillet (0.5 syns), with jalapeno hummus and salad.
Snacks: Apples, tomatoes, Quorn slices.
ermintrude
Gold Member
More boringness:
Tuesday 02nd - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast (1 HEXA & 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: WW wrap stuffed with cheese, salad and jalapenos with mixed veggies on the side (5 syns for wrap, 1 HEXA for cheese)
Tea: Stir Fry with Amoy Straight to Wok Noodles (free)
Snacks: Apple, Pineapple in Coconut Muller, another Coconut Muller, oh and a Muller cheesecake (1 syn)
Hopefully interesting food next time, its japanese pancakes for tea
Tuesday 02nd - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast (1 HEXA & 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: WW wrap stuffed with cheese, salad and jalapenos with mixed veggies on the side (5 syns for wrap, 1 HEXA for cheese)
Tea: Stir Fry with Amoy Straight to Wok Noodles (free)
Snacks: Apple, Pineapple in Coconut Muller, another Coconut Muller, oh and a Muller cheesecake (1 syn)
Hopefully interesting food next time, its japanese pancakes for tea
craftylucyloo
Gold Member
I have never tried halloumi. I have bought some of those turtle beans though but no chipotle so will just throw a chilli in. Going to make sometime this week. The fritters look faffy but great! x
ermintrude
Gold Member
Yeah the fritters were a bit of a faff, not sure its worth making them again. The potato cakes were better really.
Seriously, chuck jalapenos in instead of chillies, whizz them up or squash them in a garlic press or something, its the smoky vinegary thing that makes it so yum! Im making that bean stew again tonight!
Gotta stash load of chipotle paste from Waitrose the other day. You can get all sorts of different brands of it on ebay, although I've not seen the Discovery one.
Seriously, chuck jalapenos in instead of chillies, whizz them up or squash them in a garlic press or something, its the smoky vinegary thing that makes it so yum! Im making that bean stew again tonight!
Gotta stash load of chipotle paste from Waitrose the other day. You can get all sorts of different brands of it on ebay, although I've not seen the Discovery one.
ermintrude
Gold Member
Wednesday 03rd - Green
Breakfast: Coffee, Pineapple with coconut Mullerlight (1 HEXA)
Lunch: carrot & sugarsnap salad with veggies (1 syn for Hoi Sin sauce)
Tea: Vietnamese pancakes with Ginger & lime dipping sauce and salad (Mushroom banh khoai) 10 syns for rice flour, 3 syns for sugar (in sauce and pancake)
OHHHH my GODDDD this was GAWJUS!!! I was *so* not impressed as I was cooking it as it was such a faff, I couldnt get it the right size or thickness to roll over without breaking, then I couldn't get the round lettuce to not break up so had to use Romaine. I tested a bit and thought it tasted really boring, as did the sauce on its own - but Ohhhhh MYYYYY *together* they are DIVIIIINE...! :drool:
It' s supposed to be finger food (a lot smaller than I managed to make it ), you eat it wrapped in the lettuce and dip it in the sauce between each mouthful and the pancake just soaks up the sauce, the mix of chilli, soy and sweetness just ohhh Im slavering thinking about it!
The b/f refused to get messy eating it like finger food, stuck it on his plate, drizzled a measly tablespoon of sauce on it and ate it with a knife & fork the true, miserable, British way His loss! I got truly messy and loved it! Id make it again but with a different filling, its the pancake and the sauce that make it really. And I need practise at the right size/thickness
Snacks: Apples, satsumas, greengage, leftover hummus & salad, 3 Mini Babybel light (1 HEXA), 1 Muller cheesecake (1 syn).
This is the sauce:
And this is my pretty inept and messy attempt at the pancake :
But together, ommmmmm:
Very faffy though. Not an everyday meal. Needs practise!
Breakfast: Coffee, Pineapple with coconut Mullerlight (1 HEXA)
Lunch: carrot & sugarsnap salad with veggies (1 syn for Hoi Sin sauce)
Tea: Vietnamese pancakes with Ginger & lime dipping sauce and salad (Mushroom banh khoai) 10 syns for rice flour, 3 syns for sugar (in sauce and pancake)
OHHHH my GODDDD this was GAWJUS!!!
I was *so* not impressed as I was cooking it as it was such a faff, I couldnt get it the right size or thickness to roll over without breaking, then I couldn't get the round lettuce to not break up so had to use Romaine. I tested a bit and thought it tasted really boring, as did the sauce on its own - but Ohhhhh MYYYYY *together* they are DIVIIIINE...! :drool: It' s supposed to be finger food (a lot smaller than I managed to make it
), you eat it wrapped in the lettuce and dip it in the sauce between each mouthful and the pancake just soaks up the sauce, the mix of chilli, soy and sweetness just ohhh Im slavering thinking about it! The b/f refused to get messy eating it like finger food, stuck it on his plate, drizzled a measly tablespoon of sauce on it and ate it with a knife & fork the true, miserable, British way
His loss! I got truly messy and loved it! Id make it again but with a different filling, its the pancake and the sauce that make it really. And I need practise at the right size/thickness Snacks: Apples, satsumas, greengage, leftover hummus & salad, 3 Mini Babybel light (1 HEXA), 1 Muller cheesecake (1 syn).
This is the sauce:
And this is my pretty inept and messy attempt at the pancake
:
But together, ommmmmm:
Very faffy though. Not an everyday meal. Needs practise!
hazysummer
Full Member
mm the pancake sauce combo looks and sounds great! Vietnamese food is delish - and unlike thai there's not too much coconut going on so better syn-wise
...wanders off to find Vietnamese cookbook....
...wanders off to find Vietnamese cookbook....
craftylucyloo
Gold Member
Mmmmm nom nom nom! More scrummy food. I'm not sure where my nearest waitrose is but I'll keep my eyes open. Need to buy more jars of the jalapeños as well. Xx
ermintrude
Gold Member
Thursday 05th - Green
Breakfast: Coffee & toast (1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: Snacky salad - bit of hummus, carrots, salad, fruit. Free.
Tea: Smoky black bean stew, 0.5 syns for chipotle paste (tbh it worked out a quaretr of a syn so not worth bothering really!)
Did it same as before but didn't whizz it, thinking Id give my body a bit of digesting to do Yummy but not so good as last time. I think you do need to whizz the tomatoes and spice/onion base even i you chuck the beans in whole. Still diviiiine with the sweetcorn relish though, the spicy, crunchy, chillied sweetcorn mixing in is deffo what makes it, ommm
Snacks: Apples, pear, greengages, blackberries in coconut Muller (this is a gorgeous mix btw! Better than the pineapple!) 1 Muller cheesecake (1 syn)
OK boring pic but it was really yummy!
And here's my yummy stew again:
Gonna try SW butterbean burger tonight I think
Breakfast: Coffee & toast (1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: Snacky salad - bit of hummus, carrots, salad, fruit. Free.
Tea: Smoky black bean stew, 0.5 syns for chipotle paste (tbh it worked out a quaretr of a syn so not worth bothering really!)
Did it same as before but didn't whizz it, thinking Id give my body a bit of digesting to do
Yummy but not so good as last time. I think you do need to whizz the tomatoes and spice/onion base even i you chuck the beans in whole. Still diviiiine with the sweetcorn relish though, the spicy, crunchy, chillied sweetcorn mixing in is deffo what makes it, ommm Snacks: Apples, pear, greengages, blackberries in coconut Muller (this is a gorgeous mix btw! Better than the pineapple!) 1 Muller cheesecake (1 syn)
OK boring pic but it was really yummy!
And here's my yummy stew again:
Gonna try SW butterbean burger tonight I think
craftylucyloo
Gold Member
Went into a local posh food shop today and they had chipotle saucebut no paste . I think I am going ot have to do an online shop at Waitrose. Desperate to get it now. x
. I think I am going ot have to do an online shop at Waitrose. Desperate to get it now. x
ermintrude
Gold Member
Chipotle sauce would be fine, no need to make it specifically paste.
craftylucyloo
Gold Member
Is it not syns though? How much would you use? x
ermintrude
Gold Member
Friday 05th - Green
Breakfast: Coffee and toast (1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: Waitrose chipotle bean chilli ready meal (3.5 syns) with mixed veggies. (This was YUK, SO not worth the syns )
Tea: SW carrot, coriander & butter bean burger with spicy sweet wedges & salad. Free, but rubbish. Really, really dry. The recipe said to serve with cheese in a bun but tbh they would have been better just grating the cheese and adding it to the burger mix. 50g grated low fat halloumi would have really moistened this up. If I did it again (which I probably won't) I'd warm it up in the oven in foil and then just take the foil off for the last 5 min to crisp up. 20 min+ in the oven dried it to death, but then my oven is crap...
Snacks: Pear, greengages, Quorn slices, satsumas. And the Saturday vino which I opened So I have to be On Plan Saturday now
Breakfast: Coffee and toast (1 HEXA, 1 HEXB, 2 syns)
Lunch: Waitrose chipotle bean chilli ready meal (3.5 syns) with mixed veggies. (This was YUK, SO not worth the syns
)Tea: SW carrot, coriander & butter bean burger with spicy sweet wedges & salad. Free, but rubbish. Really, really dry. The recipe said to serve with cheese in a bun but tbh they would have been better just grating the cheese and adding it to the burger mix. 50g grated low fat halloumi would have really moistened this up. If I did it again (which I probably won't) I'd warm it up in the oven in foil and then just take the foil off for the last 5 min to crisp up. 20 min+ in the oven dried it to death, but then my oven is crap...
Snacks: Pear, greengages, Quorn slices, satsumas. And the Saturday vino which I opened
So I have to be On Plan Saturday now
ermintrude
Gold Member
The Discovery paste is 1/2 a syn for a tablespoon. I only use 2 tsp amd it feeds 2-3 people so the syns are too negligible to count. I cant imagine the sauce would be a great deal different.
