IAIMTOBETHIN Food Diaries.......

[teresa32uk]

Hi there with regards to you having loads of courgettes i recommend the courgette and cumin soup with pasta.
The thread is on recipes for the soup but when i made it, i then poured it over some taghetelli and added cherry tomatoes really nice for extra easy or green days.

 

[iaimtobethin]

Hi there with regards to you having loads of courgettes i recommend the courgette and cumin soup with pasta.
The thread is on recipes for the soup but when i made it, i then poured it over some taghetelli and added cherry tomatoes really nice for extra easy or green days.

Thank you - that sounds like a fab idea - i can freeze it too i imagine? Not a fan of soup but to put it with pasta - fab!
x

 

[Meli]

Tuesday 29 June 2010



Need to look up recipies for courgettes, we have loads of huge ones growing in our garden. I put them in chillies, stir frys and bolognaise bit need to be a bit more creative....

Have you tried a courgette and potatoe soup...it's lovely! I also tried a Prawn and Courgette Curry Recipe from the Recipes thread and it was very tasty!

 

[iaimtobethin]

Just looking towards the coming week, a few menu idea for me.

1. Classic chicken curry with Smash onion Bhajis - Curry Heaven book

2. Courgette and cumin soup added to pasta, maybe sausages, onions, peppers and cherry tomatoes.

3. Masala Crab Cakes (although not sure what to have them with?) - Curry Heaven Book

4. Quick Smoked Salmon Kedgeree - Extra Easy cookbook.

5. Something with Diced Pork - Stir Fry / Curry?

6. Something with Lamb / Pork Mince - Kebabs and wedges?

7. Fish Pie.

Yum, SW is so great - so why to i go off plan so often! :sigh:

 

[iaimtobethin]

Thursday 1 July 2010

Extra Easy

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, 100ml SS Milk (1/2 a)

Snack
Pineapple, melon, strawbs, grapes, muller yogurt

Lunch
Tesco tin stewed steak, cauliflower, carrots, green beans and peas, potatoes

Afternoon snack
Boiled egg.

Dinner
Stir Fry - Beef, dried noodles, courgette, red and white onions, red pepper & mushrooms. Oyster sauce, soy sauce and veg stock cube.

Sofa Snacks
2 Ryvita, 3 Crackerbread (b)
2 Laugh Cow EXtra Light (1/2 a)
2 apples

Total Syns 0 - WHAT???

 

[iaimtobethin]

Friday 2 July 2010

Extra Easy - no cook day 1

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, Milk (1/2 a)

Lunch
Fish Pie from freezer (1/2 a for cheese)

Afternoon Snacks
Muller yogurt

Dinner
Chicken Dansak from Freezer
Rice

Sofa Snacks
2 small Packets of sweeties (max 24 syns)
2 WW sausages (1) , onions, egg, 3 ww brown danish (b)
Apples

Total Syns 25

 

[iaimtobethin]

Saturday 3 July 2010

Extra Easy

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, Milk (a)
2 WW sausages (1), leeks, onions, peppers, mushrooms, bacon, eggs.

No Lunch

Afternoon
Pineapple, melon, apples

Dinner
Chicken Dansak (6.5)
My own rice
2 onion Bhajis and 1/3 of a keema Nan (25)

Sofa Snacks
Apples
2 Weetabix, Milk (a)

Total Syns 32.5

 

[iaimtobethin]

Sunday 4 July 2010

Red Day

Breakfast
1 WW Brown Danish (half of B)
Sardines, bacon and scrambled egg, mushrooms.

Lunch
SW Quiche, veggies and 2 WW sausages (1), bacon. Pineapple, melon, strawbs, Muller yogurt.

Dinner
Pork steaks, 198g potatoes (b)
cauliflower, brocolli, carrots, green beans. 4 tsp Bisto Best Chicken. (2)

Snacks
Bacon, egg, mushrooms,
Alpen light (half of B)
apples, banana
3 babybel light (a)

Total Syns 3

 

[iaimtobethin]

Monday 5 July 2010


Green Day

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, Milk (a)

Lunch
Left over roast potatoes, veg, added onion and stock cube and stir fried. Melon/pineapple.

Afternoon
Batchelors 99% FF Thai Noodles


Dinner
Quick and Easy Kedgeree - Extra Easy book.
Haddocks (B) probably only a 1/3 of HE
Rice, Onion, curry powder, green lentils

Sofa Snacks
Pudding Rice, milk (a)
Apples
2 Ryvita, 3 crackerbread (b)
3 Laughing cow EL, 1 Babybel light (a)
(Dont know whether i am being naughty splitting my HE but i cant eat 5 Laughing cow)
1 x Alpen Light (3)


Total Syns 3

 

[iaimtobethin]

Strange things are afoot, not feeling very hungry past 2 days. Feel more positive and happy in myself - maybe this is why - i dont know, anyhoos......

Tuesday 6 July 2010

Extra Easy

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, Milk (a)

Lunch
Leeks, onions, mushroms, courgettes
3 Tesco Meat Free Sausages, Scrambled egg and beans

Afternoon
Few bits pineapple, Muller yogurt.

Dinner
Chilli. Onion, courgette, peppers, pasatta, tin toms, extra lean mince. Rice.

Sofa Snacks
Apples, 2 ryvita & 3 crackerbread (b) 2laughing cow extra light (2). 2 x Alpen Lights (6)

Total Syns 8

Weigh in tomorrow. Going to cinema in the evening so green day me thinks so i can have 2 x HEB. Take 2 alpen lights, grapes, curly wurly and maybe some starburst. 17.5 syns max hopefully.

 

[iaimtobethin]

Weigh in: Lost 4 pounds

Wednesday 7 July 2010

Green Day

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, Milk (a)

Lunch
Smash Buttery, beans, 2 Meat Free sausages, Egg.
Apples, Strawberries.

Dinner
Jacket Potatoe, Pasta N Sauce.

Cinema & Evening Snacks
2 Alpen light (b)
Curly wurly (6.5) Starburst (12)
2 ryvita & 3 crackerbread (b)
2 Laugh Cow EL & 1 babybel (a)
Apples

Total Syns 18.5

 

[iaimtobethin]

Thursday 8 July 2010

Extra Easy

Breakfast
Apple, pineapple, melon, banana

Lunch
Quiche. Leeks, Onions, mushrooms, bacon and 2 Morrisons Sausages (1)

Dinner
Chicken stuffed with 2 laugh cow el (half of a) and wrapped in bacon.
Roast tatties, cous cous with onion, red pepper, courgette and tomatoes. Cauliflower, carrots, green beans and broccoli. 4 tsp Bisto Best Chicken granuels. (2syns)

Sofa Snacks off out to watch darts so before i go:-
apple, melon, pineapple, muller yogurt, and taking with me (they bring out food at half time)
Scan bran cake (b) + (2syns)
banana & 4 clemintines
babybel (half of a)

Total Syns 5

 

[Meli]

Well done on the 4lb loss- you are doing so well! Keep it up

 

[iaimtobethin]

Friday 9 July 2010

Extra Easy

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, Milk (3)

Lunch
Roast pots, cauliflower, brocoli, onion, carrots, cous cous, bacon. Veg Oxo cube.
Melon / Pineapple.

Afternoon
Apple, 2 clemintines

Dinner
Spag Bol - Freezer
Onion, mushrooms, courgettes, tin toms, pasatta, chilli, mince. Spaghetti
42g LF Cheese.

BB Sofa Snacks
2 packs of sweeties (24 syns max)
Hmm a B leftover, maybe magic porridge?

Total Syns 27

 

[iaimtobethin]

Saturday 10 July 2010

Extra Easy

Breakfast
Rice Pudding, S Milk (a)
4 clemintines.

Lunch
Huge Salad, Salmon, new potatoes, boiled egg. Salad cream extra light (1)

Dinner
Shahi Murgh - "Curry Heaven Book".
Chicken, natural yogurt, spices, corriander.
Vegetable Curry
Courgette, onion, carrots, cauliflower. Curry Sauce:- tin of toms, tin of mushy peas, curry powder, other curry spices.
Free Onion Bhaji's
Onions, curry powder, cumin, cumin seeds, turmeric, little bit of smash to combine.
Rice.
Raita:- natural yogurt, salt and pepper, tomatoes, cumber, onions (thanks Meli)


Sofa Snacks
Curly wurly (6.5)
2 weetabix and milk (a)
Apples, clemintines

Total Syns 7.5

 

[Meli]

You can combine some FF Natural Yogurt or Quark with chopped cucumbers, tomatoes and onions and add salt and pepper and put this on top of the rice. It's called Raita and is quite nice with the rice.

 

[iaimtobethin]

You can combine some FF Natural Yogurt or Quark with chopped cucumbers, tomatoes and onions and add salt and pepper and put this on top of the rice. It's called Raita and is quite nice with the rice.

Thats a wicked idea Meli - Thank you!
x

 

[iaimtobethin]

Just completed a mammoth but satisfying task - 15 black bags of 18 - 20 clothes to the clothing bank - seeing as i will never wear them again . Just size 16 and under left in the loft / wardrobe. Yee Hee!

Sunday 11 July 2010

Extra Easy

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, Milk (a)

Lunch
Bacon, mushroom, onion omlette. Baked Beans

Afternoon Snack
2 Apples and 2 Clemintines.
Batchelors 99%FF Thai Noodles

Dinner
Pork Steak and 2 WW sausages (1)
Roast tatties. Cauliflower, brocoli, carrots, green beans and peas.
4 tsp Bisto Best Chicken Granuals (2)

Sofa Snacks
Melon, Strawbs, pineapple
3 WW Brown Danish, Egg, bacon.
3 Jack Daniels & diet Coke 7.5

TOTAL Syns 10.5

 

[iaimtobethin]

Monday 12 July 2010

Extra Easy

Breakfast
Pudding Rice, Milk (a)
apple, melon, pineapple, clemintines

Lunch
Leftovers from sunday dinner. Potatoes, veg onion stir fried with veg stock cube.

Afternoon
Quiche. Leek, onion, mushroom, bacon, tomatoe, cottage cheese, eggs.1 WW sausage (1/2)

Dinner
Pork stir fry. Leeks, courgette, onion, red pepper, mushrooms, noodles, soy sauce, oyster sauce, veg stock cube.
Mini milk (1.5) - My 4 year old wanted me to have one with her - oh all right.

Sofa Snacks
Scan Bran Cake (b)
2 x Options hot choc (4) forgot the sweetener though!
2eggs
Pineapple, apple.

Total Syns 6

 

[iaimtobethin]

Tuesday 12 July 2010

Red Day

Breakfast 1
Pineapple, strawbs, apple, muller yogurt.

Breakfast 2
Bacon, Pork Steak, egg, mushrooms, 1 tbsp Ketchup (1)

Lunch
Salmon, large salad, leaves, beetroot, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion.
SW scotch egg:- 2 WW sausages (1), 14g cous cous (2.5), egg. 1 Tbsp Heinz Extra Light salad cream (1)

Dinner
Chunky sausage and chicken one pot.
2 WW Saus (1), chicken, onion, carrots, peppers, chicken bovril, curry powder.

Sofa Snacks
2 weetabix, milk & babybel (a)
2 Ryvita, 3 crackerbread, 3 laugh Cow EL (a)
Alpen Light (3)
Fruit!

Total Syns 9.5

Really dont think i have lost this week, scales showing STS. Shame cos i havent done anything different, havent gone over syns just maybe too many extra easy days?. I just dont seem to be able to loose every week. Once a month was my norm before i started food diaries on here. 6 weeks till holiday............... Not gonna feel so motivated going into next week. Ho hum, will see what scales show tomorrow, might get a suprise.