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| Potato Salad - Syn Free on Slimming World ,Extra Easy made with Quark |
Family are away camping and I opted not to go due to Hay fever and back ache. I watched lots of TV last night whilst having a can of ready mixed gin and Tonic 5.5 syns and a bowl of cherries ( Syn Free)
Most of the programmes were weight loss ones. Super sized vs Super Skinny followed by a Programme about Weight Loss disasters including a Lady who had a Gastric band and since then has seizures. The programme was presented by a presenter who had lost weight with the traditional diet and exercise route.
Well the programme gave me food for though and stopped me picking on things I should not!
Today I have a Barbecue followed by and engaging party. So I am aiming for a syn free day until I get to the engagement Party. It is nice to be invited to a Wedding related party where I am not working as a
Toastmaster Master of Ceremonies or Celebrant - a busman's Holiday..
It is not even 9.00am here yet and I have emptied the dishwasher, had breakfast and made a potato salad > I have used quark for the dressing: hence the title slimming staples. I brought the quark some weeks back when I committed to Slimming World. Have not really researched what to do with it. I think it is horrible on its own.. so why did I by it..It is a bit like Ryvita or Cottage cheese. A diet does not have to filled with staples that make you gag or put you off at least. or worst still the ones that stay in the fridge till they can nearly walk out on their own. So I am challenging myself to a more diet staple recipes so beating of beating-my quarkaphobia.. (I could always just not buy it.. But this is more fun for you to read!.
The potato salad was made like this
Potato Salad - Syn Free on Slimming World ,Extra Easy made with Quark
- Maris Piper Potatoes peeled and boiled. and chopped roughly . ( I usually keep the skin on but wanted a certain aesthetic for the summer occasion
- Parsley and mint .. From my Garden - chopped finely
- Artichoke heart - chopped
- One yellow pepper - chopped
- 6 gherkins or pickled dill cucumbers - chopped
- A half a red Onion. Chopped
- Quark
- Salt and black pepper
I don't measure and weight syn free foods just put-them all in a bowl and mix
So back to the topic of today. Yes I have considered a wieghtloss surgery and hope it will not be necessary.. as you can tell I love my food and cooking and would not like the restrictions and would also feel like I had taken a easy option ( which I am aware it really is not)
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