Weezl and friends Phase 2 -giving it a whirl for Shirl! Testing meal plan for a month

windowshopper100

weezl74 wrote: »

wow thank you, and hello and welcome :T:T:T

I do have a few questions on my back-burner,

:eek::eek: Blimey, you lot have thought about this haven't you. I'd hate to see your output when you get the wok burner and the fan oven going.

Seriously, I'll look forward to researching these - I'll learn me a thing or two myself.

Also, where did you get to on the Omega 3 debate? I know there was speculation on the ins and outs some pages back (probably only a couple of hours ago with the speed of this thread) but I'm not sure what conclusions you drew. If you've got any questions ...(like I haven't got enough already .)Sorry if its raking over old ground.

Back soon.... err, well maybe not that soon.
Cheers
WS100

PS - I do understand re no time pressure.:)

weezl74

morning arty

glad you have no hangover!whatcha makin with the chickpeas? using liquid from the red pepper jar in lieu of some of the oil makes the red pepper houmous much more WW friendly...

I will let you guys know as soon as I've sent off these bits of work to my clients

Hope everyone's well, I'm chugging along with planner 3 while fergie naps

artybear

weezl74 wrote: »

morning arty

glad you have no hangover!whatcha makin with the chickpeas? using liquid from the red pepper jar in lieu of some of the oil makes the red pepper houmous much more WW friendly...

I will let you guys know as soon as I've sent off these bits of work to my clients

Hope everyone's well, I'm chugging along with planner 3 while fergie naps

I really want to make the red pepper houmous it looks nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom-I thought that although it was quite oily, as a treat it would still be ok now and again! Mr arty will eat it all up too.

Mind you the diet went out the window at half past midnight when I was merry and ate a burger from a burger van (:eek: I'm surprised I dont have food poisoning:p)

weezl74

windowshopper100 wrote: »

:eek::eek: Blimey, you lot have thought about this haven't you. I'd hate to see your output when you get the wok burner and the fan oven going.

Seriously, I'll look forward to researching these - I'll learn me a thing or two myself.

Also, where did you get to on the Omega 3 debate? I know there was speculation on the ins and outs some pages back (probably only a couple of hours ago with the speed of this thread) but I'm not sure what conclusions you drew. If you've got any questions ...(like I haven't got enough already .)Sorry if its raking over old ground.

Back soon.... err, well maybe not that soon.
Cheers
WS100

PS - I do understand re no time pressure.:)

ahhh omega gate! fondly I remember it :rotfl:

the plot went a bit like this:

realised we were low in omega 3

read that in the west most people are good for O6 but O3 is in the wrong proportion.

researched different nuts and fish.

Initially went for 6 large cans pilchards in tom sauce. Realised this ate up way too much of the budget, sadly.

read that rapeseed oil contains from memory 8% O3

used pumpkin seeds in the nut butter to provide more, and found that there were scant amounts in some of the other things on the menu.

Mr arty worked out minimum quantity of oil required to fulfil o3 needs (something like 1.9 litres over the month?).

Built that into the recipes.

omega gate phase 2, it was observed that there might be destruction of the valent o3 above certain temperatures.

a few people researched what temps these might be. results inconclusive, but some said baking at gas 4 would probably still be ok.

So changed a few recipes so that the oil is added at the end/drizzled onto the finished dinner.

Result, at least 1.9 litres (or whatever it was!) is now consumed raw.

Also we have pumpkin seeds.

As planner 3 the vegan one contains more seeds, I'm guessing it's still ok for o3, but I realise I haven't analysed o6 in either planner which may well come back to bite me on the @rse!

Howzat for a summary!!!!

windowshopper100

Ideal. I'll knock up a paragraph and call it question 6.
Cheers
WS100

ETA - Sorry, I don't mean to imply it's easy to just knock up a para on a complex issue, not when I know what's gone before. Just at work and typed it quickly without thinking.

Lesley_Gaye

have had a very busy few days and only had time to have the briefest of skims so don't have much idea what is being talked about at the mo.

hope everyone is Ok

Off to catch up

Lesley_Gaye

weezl74 wrote: »

the cals are per entire meal ie inclusive of what we're saying to serve it with ie the onion tart plus the potatoes plus the veg.

Or the apple curd plus the homemade bread.

edit: Lesley that is right isn't it?

I usually freeze baked things after cooking, and the scones defrost very well, but don't defrost the wheat based things in a microwave as they can go a bit stiff

don't know if this has been answered now as I am catching up with 7 pages, but yes, the calorie count (and the other nutrition info) is for the whole meal

weezl74

windowshopper100 wrote: »

Ideal. I'll knock up a paragraph and call it question 6.
Cheers
WS100

ETA - Sorry, I don't mean to imply it's easy to just knock up a para on a complex issue, not when I know what's gone before. Just at work and typed it quickly without thinking.

aw thanks, you're very thoughtful, but don't worry, you didn't sound dismissive-just concise, a quality I could grow in!

Hello Lesley, I missed you

Hope RL is a bit less stressful. Don't forget potty's offer to go break some legs for you

Lesley_Gaye

queen_of_string wrote: »

Just a quick suggestion for when these things are upsetting you.

When something is upsetting you or frustrating you, it tends to affect all of you, blocking you from moving forward or acting effectively. One thing you can try is only allowing it to affect one tiny part of you. You can pick your own part.

For expample, something is "doing your head in", try allowing it to only do your tiny toe in. Get all the feelings concentrated in your toe, and if you notice them creeping back, send them back to your toe. It's weirdly effective, easy to learn and can allow you to get on with what you need to do.

what a great tip. I have forwarded it to someone in need of stress busting and will try and remember to do it myself when I'm feeling under pressure

weezl74

artybear wrote: »

I really want to make the red pepper houmous it looks nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom-I thought that although it was quite oily, as a treat it would still be ok now and again! Mr arty will eat it all up too.

Mind you the diet went out the window at half past midnight when I was merry and ate a burger from a burger van (:eek: I'm surprised I dont have food poisoning:p)

arty I looked up the redpepper houmous and I make it that one 25g serving (enough for 2 slices of bread) is only half a point.

So that's pretty good I think?

Sorry, what I'm responding to is you saying it might have to be a rarer treat item, and I was thinking that at half a point it might be more doable than at first it seems, IYSWIM? :rotfl: