Extra Easy Voodoo's food diary and ramblings!

[X88B88]

Gah. The pasta n sauce didn't work.

It was more 'rehydrated' then cooked, the sauce all but disappeared and it was... tepid.

I think my cheap food flask will be better for keeping cold food cold, so I'll try a salad/couscous mix in it next time.

 

[HondaGirl]

Oh no! I was excited about that idea when you said about it as well! Never mind - worth a shot.

 

[X88B88]

LOL it could still work. I'll try it again someday with a decent food flask - and put more liquid in next time!

 

[kazbang]

Oh, no! That sounds so sad.

 

[X88B88]

It wasn't fantastic @kazbang Very disappointing.

Day 10
Thursday 5th May

Breakfast
One alpen light bar (HEB)

Snack
Banana
Apple
Grapes
Coffee mate (1½ syns)

Lunch
Salad
Salad dressing (1 syn)
Ainsley Harriot tomato and chilli Couscous (2½ syns)
Froot (dunno what yet, will get some on way to work)

Snack
Other HEB alpen bar

Dinner
SW burger with mustard and Sriracha ( 1½syns)
2 extra light triangles (part hea)
Vegetables
Weight watchers yog (½ syn)

Couple of coffees with skimmed milk for rest of HEA

Iced gems (5 syns)

Total syns = 12

 

[Erniie]

I was quite excited by the prospect too! Would be good for when you don't have a microwave or when someone decides to microwave fish pie in the communal microwave haha!

 

[X88B88]

uuugh fish pie! I don't even have a bloody fridge at work, never mind a microwave! Just a kettle for me, hence the copius amounts of mugshots and coffee mate!

 

[X88B88]

Hurrah! My soup maker has arrived!! I'm having my hair cut in an hour so will pop to the local fruit 'n' veg shop to get some leeks, then I shall be attempting Leek and Bacon soup.

OMG I hope this works...

 

[HondaGirl]

YUM! Good luck with your soupmaker I have some butternut squash so I'm going to make a spicy soup for next week (away this weekend). I love my soupmaker!

 

[Erniie]

Let us know how you get on with your soupmaker, I'm in 2 minds about them but everyone I know who has one raves about them! Leek and bacon sounds lovely too

 

[X88B88]

Right, had a bit of a tantrum as I couldn't get the damn machine to turn on! Eventually did it, gawd knows how, I'd been pressing the on button with varying degrees of pressure... Before I went to the shop I checked my cupboard for oxo and saw a packet. Should have checked the contents though as there was only one bloody cube instead of two! I have shoved a butter bud in there as well so... will have to wait and see now, 20 mins to go.

I'm betting the potato will be raw.

 

[X88B88]

Day 11

Friday 6th May

Breakfast
Banana
coffee
apple

Lunch
Bacon and leek soup!!

Erm, okay it's not the best tasting, bit bland as I really needed that other stock cube. Will have to experiment with it a few times I think, BUT IT WORKS!! It's definitely cooked, and it's so smmoooooth.. (supposed to have crispy bacon on top but I had run out)

Happy.

Dinner
HM Pizza
(Bfree multigrain wrap - HEB - I hope!)
Tomato pizza topping (negligible syn)
Ham
Pineapple
Spinach
Sweetcorn
60g low fat mozzarella - HEA)
Salad
Salad dressing (½ syn)
Weight watchers yog (½ syn)

Friday night!!!
Rice crispie squares - 6 syns
iced gems - 5 syns
salt or not crisps 6½ syns

Was still hungry so knockd up a quick carrot and cumin soup. lol

Total syns = 18½ (unless the wrap isn't a HEA then syns are 23½ Boo)

 

[Erniie]

That looks good! Bonus that the potato wasn't raw haha!

 

[X88B88]

Aaarrrrggg! Went to a city centre today with my daughter. She wanted KFC so I did some research and saw the BBQ pulled chicken ricebox for 4.5 syns. Sorted. Ordered hers then asked for mine only to be told "we don't do it"

Had to have the original rice box at 10.5 syns

So, Day 12

Saturday 7th May

Breakfast
Banana
coffee

Lunch
KFC stupid rice box 10.5 syns
Water

Dinner
H/M carrot and cumin soup
5 scan bran HEB
3 laughing cow extra light triangles part HE
3 slices wafer thin ham
Iced gems 5 syns

Total syns 15.5

Bah.

 

[jules1981]

Your food sounds yummy xxxx

 

[X88B88]

Day 13 - Sunday 8th May

Breakfast
Banana
coffee with milk from HEA

Lunch
HM mushroom soup (1 syn)
2 slices BB (HEB)

Dinner
Chicken
Mixed veg
Gravy (3 syns)
Müller light
Coffee with milk from HEA

Evening snack
Carrot and coriander soup
Iced Gems (5 syns)

Total syns = 9

 

[X88B88]

-1lb this morning, a little bit disappointed but I guess it's going in the right direction.

Day 14 - Monday 9th May

Breakfast
One slice BB (part HEB)
2 laughing cow light triangles (part HEA)
½ tin baked beans
Apple

Planned lunch
HM Mushroom soup in my new thermos! (1 syn)
Banana (half actually but the time I got rid of all the bruised parts!)

Post work snackage lol
one slice BB (rest of HEB)
2 laughing cow light (rest of HEA)
2 x pastrami

Planned dinner
Chicken
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Spinach
Gravy (1½ syns)
Iced gems (5 syns)

Snack. Dunno why I'm ravenous today!!
HM carrot and cumin soup

Total syns = 7½

 

[kazbang]

I like that you are counting up the days with this. I think I may take this approach!

 

[jules1981]

well done on your loss hun xxxx

 

[X88B88]

I like that you are counting up the days with this. I think I may take this approach!

It feels a bit big brothery. LOL but it's good for when I want to see my progress at a glance.

well done on your loss hun xxxx

Fankoo!