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invisibleyousee wrote: »

Hi All,

Does anybody have any ideas for breakfast? I'm following EE and struggling a bit - I'm not a fan of mushrooms or "big" tomatoes so breakfast of egg/potatoes misses out a "superfree" - I might have to try and get some cherry tomatoes and see if they cook okay!

Would a "breakfast" fritatta work? Thinking that that might be something I could do one morning and have half one day, half the next type thing...

I had cereal this morning with 1% milk, and have some milk for tea for the day...

Will have to put myself a list together for shopping later I think.

Bacon, egg and beans? Not a mushroom fan(morelike loath them, tomatoes too) Bacon peppers onion omlette?

poohbear59 wrote: »

I am not offended at all. I needed a bit of a kick to make me see where I was going wrong.:D ATM I am not driving and living in the back of beyond is making me very short on fresh fruit. In fact I have none left!! When I planned a supermarket delivery a friend offered to take me shopping but that has now fallen through and here I am with half a cabbage, an onion, some potatoes,[STRIKE]an orange[/STRIKE], and three peppers. I have lots of frozen vegetables but no fruit!

Last night I even persuaded DH not to make me my usual hot choccie as it is laiden with syns.
Today's dinner plan was veggie sausages, mash and lots of veggies but I don't have any veggie sausages so I am going to have to have a rethink.

I also didn't know about the peas!!:eek: Friday's dinner was going to be SW chips, eggs and lots of peas. Will sweetcorn or runner beans be okay instead of peas? We have lots of eggs ATM as the hens are very productive.

Omlettes spring to mind. Pity you don't have any pasta, there's the makings of a tuna bake...

evilsquid1603 wrote: »

just had another patronising interview at the job centre and I've ended up eating a bacon buttie, meat and potato pastie and a cornflake cake whilst waiting for DH to have his. feel even worse now!

You can pull today back - Flexi-syn it, it's only half the day gone after all. mmmm, meat and potato pasty...
tut Ms Squid, here I am with a salad...;) I could just devour a pastie.A Syn free Pitta steak bake tommorrow for me I think...thank you for the inspiration.
I wonder how many folk that do these Job Interviews have been through half the things we have.

rachbc

I have fruit and yog for breakfast, or fruit yog and alpen if I don't mind usign a HEB

I've also made mini fritattas in muffin tins and am thinking of those for breakfast too

gunsandbanjos

macpep1 wrote: »

Hi All :wave:

Well as I guessed, 2lb on!! Am not surprised, only myself to blame, however, today is the start of another week. Now its TOTM, my combination of dyno rod soup & lactulose are not helping my chronic constipation or piles so today I look about 6 months pregnant!!! I have docs on Fri so hopefully once and for all get my bowel problem/pain sorted, sorry if TMI, just needed to offload .

I am another scot who calls a spade a shovel, when my DS was born I said he had hands like shovels :rotfl:

I'm a fellow Scot:T Also prone to telling it like it, to my detriment sometimes!

See I have the opposite bowel problem, seeing as how we're talking poo:D I could poo for Scotland when I follow SW, it's only 1.30 and I've probably been 3 or 4 times already, is that TMI:o I do like a bit of poo talk:rotfl:

invisibleyousee

Thanks for ideas :-) I was veggie for around 15 years so the only meat I now eat is chicken very occassionaly (and that's more down to convenience when eating out than anything else!).

I think a fritatta with veggies in it will work well and will try that :-)

I wish peas were superfree, I could happily eat them all day!!

macpep1

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

I think you should try and stock up your freezer with lots of frozen veggies, they are going to be your saviour. Make a list of tinned items such as tomatoes, tuna, baked beans and stock up on these when you do a big shop.

I'm not a big fruit lover but I keep frozen berries in the freezer and mix them in with yoghurt. I don't mind fruit salad so if I have an apple, pear, kiwi and some melon I'll chop them all up together.

Happy planning!

I agree with Medmum, I keep (as a minimum) in my freezer, onions, cabbage, sliced mixed peppers, sweetcorn, mushrooms, brocolli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and Aldi frozen summer fruits, only £1.39 (and they do me 5 x brekkies with natural yoghurt)

Mediterranean_Mum

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

I'm a fellow Scot:T Also prone to telling it like it, to my detriment sometimes!

Don't you just look round sometimes and think who the hell said that - and OMG it was me!!!!!! - happens to me lots although have to say I've learned to tame it a bit over the years but yes, need to learn to engage brain before mouth!!!!

See I have the opposite bowel problem, seeing as how we're talking poo:D I could poo for Scotland when I follow SW, it's only 1.30 and I've probably been 3 or 4 times already, is that TMI:o I do like a bit of poo talk:rotfl:

Don't get me started.....

macpep1 wrote: »

I agree with Medmum, I keep (as a minimum) in my freezer, onions, cabbage, sliced mixed peppers, sweetcorn, mushrooms, brocolli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and Aldi frozen summer fruits, only £1.39 (and they do me 5 x brekkies with natural yoghurt)

Wow that's even more than I've got and I thought I had a lot in my freezer but yes totally rely on frozen veg and actually read somewhere that they're healthier because they retain the nutrients as they're frozen at their freshest.

macpep1

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

I'm a fellow Scot:T Also prone to telling it like it, to my detriment sometimes!

See I have the opposite bowel problem, seeing as how we're talking poo:D I could poo for Scotland when I follow SW, it's only 1.30 and I've probably been 3 or 4 times already, is that TMI:o I do like a bit of poo talk:rotfl:

I remember you from the flylady thread GnB, all I can say is my insides must be made of stern stuff :rotfl:I have eaten Dyno Rod soup every day as well as all my other veggies etc, lactulose at night before bed and am now on my third day with no poo funny thing is, last time I was at docs I had been twice in the morning which is unheard of (but it was a bit of the old diarrogey) and the doc said I was really bunged up !!!!!!????? Sorry I am talking a pile of poo now

gettingthere54

Any chance of telling me what a frittata is? How is it made and what do you put in it? :rotfl: It's my thickness coming to the surface again I don't really experiment with recipes so need a bit of a shove sometimes and I know you lovely ladies will come to my rescue!
Thanks in anticipation xx

Mediterranean_Mum

gettingthere54 wrote: »

Any chance of telling me what a frittata is? How is it made and what do you put in it? :rotfl: It's my thickness coming to the surface again I don't really experiment with recipes so need a bit of a shove sometimes and I know you lovely ladies will come to my rescue!
Thanks in anticipation xx

Spray a medium sized frying pan with frylight and put on the gas.
Chop up an onion and any other veggies that you fancy (fresh or frozen).
Add them to the pan and stir fry for a few mins.
Beat a couple of eggs with seasoning and a splash of water.
Add to the veggies and swirl around until the pan is covered with the egg.
Let it set without touching it.
Meanwhile heat the grill.
Sprinkle over the grated cheese.
Take the pan off the gas and put it under the grill and let the grill set the top of the frittata and toast the cheese.
Slide it out on to a plate.
Eat and enjoy!

Some people (and I think the traditional recipe too) add chopped cooked potato. I've done this if I've made it for an evening meal but can't face the thought of potatoes for breakfast.

rachbc

Foir mine i start by sauting onion (in spray obvs), adding whatever veg I have - usually spinach, mushrooms, sometimes leeks, pepper, courgette. I beat 8 eggs in a bowl, tip in the cooked veg, season well with salt and pepper and fresh herbs if you like. Then spray a muffin tin and pour in the egg mixture - bake at arond 180 for 20 mins or til set.

No cheese in mine so its free on any day :0)