After my big loss last week I wasn’t really expecting a huge loss this week, if any at all. Meal planning helped me get back into some form of a routine again, and eating salad again helped as I wasn’t eating so many carbs. I’m going to start sticking to more of a Gi diet now too as it will help a bit more because of the PCOS. I didn’t really use MFP again last week like i said I was going too, but I don’t think I did too bad as I’m getting back into the mindset of thinking before I eat …
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Meal Planning Monday – 22nd September
I’m enjoying being back into meal planning mode, and using up many of the items in my cupboard which I receive from my foodie penpals. Hubby even cooked one day last week – Wednesday! It mostly went to plan other than Friday & Saturday. We were out a little late on Friday and by the time we got home I couldn’t be bothered to cook so I just whipped up beans on toast for J (oops) and we had a cheeky takeaway once he had gone to bed (double oops). So on Saturday we had Friday’s meal as I’d already taken the …
A to Z of Family – K is for Kisses
I’m a few weeks behind on the linky now – I’ve just had other things come up, or I struggle to think of something for a certain letter, or I think of one then forget to write it down and can’t remember! I have gotten myself organised and now have a list so I will be playing catch up over the next few weeks. We all know kisses can be used for many reasons – to say hello, to say goodbye, to say sorry, to say I love you, to say thank you. Little man J absolutely loves kisses. He …
Recipe – Pork, apple & sage pasties (#GreatBloggersBakeOff2014)
When I watched The Great British Bake Off this week, I did actually consider doing the technical challenge. Then it got to the weekend, I still hadn’t gotten around to baking, and I have felt exhausted. So I went with a good old pasty instead. I wasn’t organised at all so it all started going wrong straight away. First of all, I decided to attempt my own puff pastry, for the first time! Bad idea. I think it was the mixing that went wrong; I tried rolling it out – no, didn’t work. I couldn’t rescue it either so it went …
Recipe – Black forest cupcakes
One of my favourite cakes has to be black forest cake. Chocolaty, creamy, and fruity – is there a much better combination? Using actual cream for these makes a delightful change from using butter cream. And you can’t have a black forest cake without cream, can you? They are absolutely perfect for afternoon tea with friends. Ingredients (makes 12) 150 g butter 150 g caster sugar 120 g self raising flour 30 g cocoa powder 3 eggs 300 ml double cream, whipped 12 black cherries Method Preheat oven to gas 4/350F/180C. Place cupcake cases into a 12 hole muffin tin. Cream together …