Sunday
Following on with our low carbs, high protein eating and realising some of the foods we thought were good for us could be made better I am now adding sunflower and pumpkin seeds as well as a spoonful of crushed almonds on to my shreddies and soya yoghurt.
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| shreddies with soya yoghurt and added fruit and seeds. |
Monday
Went for a walk while I was in the town. A walk along the sea front, just for a change. It was lovely when I got out of the car, but as I walked along you could see the rain clouds closing in. Sadly they brought hail stones and they stung my face so I headed back to the car. Only managed two miles but better than nothing.
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| the hail coming in |
Tuesday
I took one of the portions of chilli con carne out of the freezer that I had cooked last week, Topped it with a lentil mash and browned it under the grill. A thoroughly enjoyable meal.
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| chilli con carne and lentil mash |
Wednesday
I went for a walk along the back road today. Have been up their with the twins a few times but have never gone all the way round. Was led to believe it was approx a four mile walk. So I just kept walking, four miles was actually six, thank goodness I had taken a bottle of juice with me.
Well I did warn you that this week was filled with food, not quite sure why but I don't seem to have taken much else this week. Tonight's tea was a fish and cauliflower mash.I cooked some potatoes and cauliflower and mashed them together. I fried off some white fish with peppers and onions with some spices then mixed the mash and fish together and browned it under the grill. It was served with green beans, and very yummy it was as well. I appreciate it does not look too pretty.
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| fish pie |
Thursday
Daughter No2 had taken a weeks holiday. She had wedding stuff to sort out and spent a few days in Glasgow with her chief bridesmaid and her daughter. She was trying on her dress and the bridesmaids all had a fitting as well.
She headed down to spend a few days here and so we made the most of a break in the weather and took Bob to do a bit of geocaching and played in two parks. We did offer to take the babies but Bob wanted to go without them.
Had the grandchildren to stay and spent a pleasant evening the four of us playing board games and the wii.
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| Bob has the GPS machine |
Friday
Was nice to get to spend some time with Daughter No2. Don't get to see a lot of her as more often than not she comes down at the weekends as she works during the week, but I work weekends so it is difficult to get quality time together, so today we went for a meal before she went back home.
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| dessert at Wetherspoons, they had nothing I could have |
Saturday
Carrying on with the food theme (sorry) I made some almond meringues just the two ingredients. Totally GI free with good nutrition from the egg whites and the almonds and handy for the odd snack.
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| almond meringues |
I am loving the food theme, it's making me hungry! The chilli with lentil mash sounds amazing. I have never managed to get meringues right, they are always a tad too crispy. #project365
ReplyDeletelonger but cooler is the secret with meringues, though a lot of people like them crispy, mine have a chewy centre.
DeleteI am going to be following a similar eating pattern when I finish my current diet - I find that it really suits me. Those meringues lookk good :) #365
ReplyDeletethats the main thing with a diet - it suits you. They meringues are delicious
DeleteOff to grab some breakfast now, you've name me hungry lol.
ReplyDeleteWe love fish pie here
I di warn you at the top....thought it was only fair.
DeleteSo glad you got to spend some quality time with your daughter. I really need to do that with my mum, I see her all the time but we never do anything in the way of a treat x
ReplyDeleteLife passes by so quick and I miss having time with the 3 girls, I really should make more time as well.
DeleteNice to get some food ideas! Almond meringues sound good and I love the menacing sea sky!
ReplyDeletehappy to share food ideas, 4 egg whites and 4 oz almonds, give it a go.
DeleteOooh the chilli sounds good! We love chilli con carne and I love the idea of having it with lentil mash. Sorry to hear that the hail stones got you. We love snacking on seeds and the meingues certainly look like a delicious treat x
ReplyDeletethe meringues are a great treat, totally sugar free, healthy fats and protein - and yummy
DeleteOoh that Chilli dish does look delicious! Loving you got to spend quality time with daughter number 2 this week Elaine. The diet sounds great!
ReplyDeleteit was nice and that bit different, who knows maybe I will even loose weight on it.
DeleteI lov the idea of lentil mash. We're trying to eat a bit healthly and I think if you add little changes to your diet your more likely to stick with it. Good luck!
ReplyDeletethats all we are attempting small changes to make a long term difference.
DeleteI'm very much a low carbs eater so your meals are looking supremely yummy!
ReplyDeleteit seems to be a popular way to eat, and they were very nice.
DeleteLentil mash sounds lovely. I am going to make some of that for my leftover chilli mince I have in the freezer.
ReplyDeletehalf potatoes half lentils and it works great, let me know how it goes.
DeleteLooks like a healthy week! I always lose loads of weight when I cut down on carbs.
ReplyDeletehere is hoping then, would like to loose some for the wedding in June
DeleteThe chilli and lentil mash sounds very tasty. Nice to catch up with your daughter when your work commitments usually prevent it.
ReplyDeleteit is nice to get chance to catch up, the years are passing by far to quick not to when we have the chance.
DeleteThat chilli con carne looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteSo much lovely food!
just the way it worked out, did not really plan al the food posts but did not photograph much else.
DeleteOh, lentil mash sounds lovely, I'm a vegetarian so always looking for tasty alternatives! And, those meringues look lovely, I've never attempted them. My grandmother made the most amazing meringues so I've always been a bit nervous of trying and failing to get them to taste like hers :)
ReplyDeleteI am sure your meringues would be lovely, go on give them a try
DeleteAh that's a lovely picture of your daughter, how exciting she's getting married! That chilli looks yummy x #365
ReplyDeleteYes the excitement is starting to build for the wedding now, have to say I am quite nervous about it.
DeleteLots of yummy food, my tummy is rumbling now! Love the sound of your chilli dish. How nice to spend time with your daughter.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to get chance to spend time with any of my children.
Deleteoh my goodness you are a meanie showing all these foods!! lentil mash sounds Devine! .. sorry i am late x
ReplyDeleteooohhh sorry, it should all be fairly healthy though. No problem at being late
DeleteLovely to get some quality time with your daughter, and gosh that storm cloud looks menacing, hope the hail wasn't too awful. Sorry this is late x
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to get quality time, no problem about being late, thanks for playing catch up.
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