Squid with salad and New Potatoes

A Simple Syn Free  on extra easy meal ( Slimming World)

Saute  the squid in vinegar or lemon juice add garlic back pepper and salt.. Served with salad and New Potatoes

Slimming Sorld Squid and New Potato Salad 

Slimming staples and I do not mean Weight loss Surgery

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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I made noodles with steak mushrooms and peppers and carrots today using  oil to wipe around non sick pan.. .5 tsp so 1 syn the lot.

 I use one whole pepper and .5 lb of steak one carrot some onions and seasoned with thyme pepper and salt. I Used rice noodles this time.

Eggs are free on Slimming World but not cream Eggs

Only one of these Eggs are free on Slimming World

Well I have been fortunate to remain the same for two weeks at slimming world. And I think I have been good. However I have innocently and assumed I knew my sin values and even went so far as convincing myself that since eggs are free on slimming world I would poetically include Cadburys Cream Eggs. what a shock to be told they have a syn value of 9 syns. These appeared in the fridge as part of an Approved Foods order. a discount food store where Hubby’s ups on pickles and Naan bread. My slim health concious husband will only eat one and my 5 year old does not like  them so I am not sure of their purpose in the fridge. Anyway although I did order the Cream Eggs  I can only blame myself I know better really and have a choice in what I put in my mouth and wither I count it or not. I am determined to syn every single food item in the house. So I cannot delude myself. I started tonight and found to my shock that my daughters innocent chocolate pancakes were 7.5 syns and the small can of gin and tonic was 5 syns Now called Syn and Tonic .  I now know that I will have to try harder to track all my Syns and concentrate on free food as and super foods.  I have also looked at my slimming world recipe books for inspiration and alternatives to my naughty and worse still uncounted foods. On Slimming World no food is banned  it  just has to be counted.  In contrast my lovely slimming world silent partner Sarah lost a whopping 4.5 lbs this week and is slimmer of the month. She is less blaze about the while thing and it shows. so I am armed with  my slimming worlds books especially the Slimming World syns book and will be reporting back on my findings on the labelling project.  If you would like to cheer me on please your comments and subscribe to my blog or follow me on Twitter . If you would like to sponser me and raise money for the Ms Society please  click on the link.

Well I have been fortunate to remain the same for two weeks at slimming world. And I think I have been good. However I have innocently and assumed I knew my sin values and even went so far as convincing myself that since eggs are free on slimming world I would poetically include Cadburys Cream Eggs. what a shock to be told they have a syn value of 9 syns. These appeared in the fridge as part of an Approved Foods order. a discount food store where Hubby’s ups on pickles and Naan bread. My slim health concious husband will only eat one and my 5 year old does not like  them so I am not sure of their purpose in the fridge. Anyway although I did order the Cream Eggs  I can only blame myself I know better really and have a choice in what I put in my mouth and wither I count it or not. I am determined to syn every single food item in the house. So I cannot delude myself. I started tonight and found to my shock that my daughters innocent chocolate pancakes were 7.5 syns and the small can of gin and tonic was 5 syns Now called Syn and Tonic .  I now know that I will have to try harder to track all my Syns and concentrate on free food as and super foods.  I have also looked at my slimming world recipe books for inspiration and alternatives to my naughty and worse still uncounted foods. On Slimming World no food is banned  it  just has to be counted.  In contrast my lovely slimming world silent partner Sarah lost a whopping 4.5 lbs this week and is slimmer of the month. She is less blaze about the while thing and it shows. so I am armed with  my slimming worlds books especially the Slimming World syns book and will be reporting back on my findings on the labelling project.

 If you would like to cheer me on please your comments and subscribe to my blog or follow me on Twitter . If you would like to sponser me and raise money for the Ms Society please  click on the link.

Slimmer of the week at Slimming world

I was slimmer of the week at Slimming World today!

As this was not my regular group and the one in the evening I did not think I would qualify so this made it even more special.

 I lost  3lbs making my loss with slimline world. 6lbs and I lost a stone prior to that. I found it easy to get on track with extra easy loving eating all the fruits and vegetables as free food speed foods.  So it was super great to get more speed foods for the prize. How this works is that  each member brings a piece of fruit into the group and this is given to the person with the highest loss.

So another week and I should definitely have lost a half a stone.

Squash, Chickpea, and Red Lentil Stew Recipe - Syn Free

 This recipe without the peanuts is free on Slimming World. I did it the pressure cooker.. did not take the 6 hours recommend.. just 20 mins.

Squash, Chickpea, and Red Lentil Stew Recipe - Delish.com:

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