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Mediterranean_Mum

lalamb wrote: »

Just popped in to say green day is going amazingly! I've just had some homemade veg soup. I got 4 packs classic soup mix veg from Tesco last night, they were reduced to(whoopsied) 10p a packet :j should've been £1.50 I think. I ended up having 2 bowls of it it was so nice. I just want to double check that chicken stock cubes are ok to have? I added a bit of chilli powder to it. Frozen the rest into portion sized amounts in the freezer. Will definitely be having lots of green days!

I also want to mention how surprised I am at how much money we are saving on SW. We went shopping last night and spend just over £200, but that got us a lot, my trolley was overflowing. We got loads of diced chicken breast - 15 packs to be precise sirloin steaks, a finest piece of beef, 3 whole chickens, 4 packs of steak mince, 4 packs of sausages(1syn per sausage and really tasty), a huge pork loin. Loads of fruit, veg, condiments, spices etc etc. We also had a few cheeky packs of chocolate but not for me I have to add! And, we had toiletries. It's really surprised me how much we are spending.

Does everyone else feel the same?

Lalamb, stock cubes are free!

I love it when the bulk of my shopping trolley is filled with fruit and veg - I feel so virtuous. My fruit and veg bill is usually about a third of my total shopping bill. The rest is chicken, vegetarian products, dairy and toiletries. I buy very few ready-made products now although always have some stuff in the freezer for the kids as I'm not always around when they come in. Bakery items are usually just wholemeal rolls, wholemeal bread and pitta bread (DS will only eat pitta!). I love the way my whole family are eating a more healthier diet these days.

Mediterranean_Mum

Soya mince has finally made it's way to Israel!!!! I finally found a veggie mince alternative which is new from Tivol. It's 5% fat and I'd love if someone could put it through the syn calculator for me and let me know how much I should be synning it.

400g bag - figures for 100g
calories - 149
protein - 18g
carbs - 8g
fibre - 6g
fat - 5g
cholesterol - 0

thanks

lalamb

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

Lalamb, stock cubes are free!

I love it when the bulk of my shopping trolley is filled with fruit and veg - I feel so virtuous. My fruit and veg bill is usually about a third of my total shopping bill. The rest is chicken, vegetarian products, dairy and toiletries. I buy very few ready-made products now although always have some stuff in the freezer for the kids as I'm not always around when they come in. Bakery items are usually just wholemeal rolls, wholemeal bread and pitta bread (DS will only eat pitta!). I love the way my whole family are eating a more healthier diet these days.

I know, my husband kept commenting how it's the most sensible shop we've ever done! We usually stop on the ready meal aisle and pick up a couple of bits, but I laughed as we were walking down the aisle and didn't pick up a thing :eek: We did eat pretty healthily before, but not on this scale, we've always been big chicken eater, always made my own curries, spag bol, chilli etc but it's the planning that's going into the weeks meals which is making a big difference I think.

I am definitely more reluctant to buy rubbish now. I was making a SW full english breakfast last week, my younger daughter asked if she could have fried bread, I tried to persuade her not to have it, I said do you realise all that oil is going into your stomach, she didn't seem to care. She is so thin anyway but that wasn't my issue it was just the fact that she was having oil. It's veg oil that I had bought before SW, will be glad when it's finished because I don't think I will need to buy it again.

Mediterranean_Mum

lalamb wrote: »

I am definitely more reluctant to buy rubbish now. I was making a SW full english breakfast last week, my younger daughter asked if she could have fried bread, I tried to persuade her not to have it, I said do you realise all that oil is going into your stomach, she didn't seem to care. She is so thin anyway but that wasn't my issue it was just the fact that she was having oil. It's veg oil that I had bought before SW, will be glad when it's finished because I don't think I will need to buy it again.

You can actually do a SW version of the fried bread using egg to dip it and then Frylight to fry it. It actually tastes way better than the oil stuff!!!

lalamb

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

You can actually do a SW version of the fried bread using egg to dip it and then Frylight to fry it. It actually tastes way better than the oil stuff!!!

Of course, why didn't I think of that..... eggy bread, it hasn't even crossed my mind since being on SW! She loves that, so do I, thanks for that.

Mediterranean_Mum

lalamb wrote: »

Of course, why didn't I think of that..... eggy bread, it hasn't even crossed my mind since being on SW! She loves that, so do I, thanks for that.

Glad to be of help

SwipernoSwiping

Try covering the eggy bread with cheese post frying pan ... cheesy eggy bread... Yummy. Doesn't need much either.

kandfs_mam

I'm so disappointed - I've had a tub of quark in the fridge since my last trip to Asda (we only have a Ts locally) and decided that I fancied a creamy pasta dish today for lunch.

I softened onions, garlic & herbs and added the quark and some salt but it was horrible! It had a really grainy texture - I'm not sure if I over heated the quark maybe? Anyway, more than half of the pasta is in the bin cos I just couldn't bear to eat it... I know it's a waste but I'd rather eat something I was going to enjoy. I've had an alpen light bar (1/2 HEB) and some fruit instead.

KissyKissyKaren41

:rotfl::eek:-- Awww poor old quark is getting a thrashing, I just love it with sweetener spread on dutch crispbakes (1.5 each) topped with juicy strawberries and pineapple is blooming gorgeous!!! loads hate it tho lol

Had a fab green day yesterday although wasnt well at all managed H/E'S and had 3 syns, today has been a red day

bran flakes
bacon egg toast tomatoes and mushrooms
liver and onions for tea as on my own and noone else eats it

had 6 mini eggs so 4.5 syns and an orange

so going ok today ....

I read a fab ditty the other day may have been on here, a dripping tap fills a bucket so hang in there with the little losses when you think a pound of fat is more than a big mug full that out of you a week is well worth celebrating xxx:T

maman

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

Soya mince has finally made it's way to Israel!!!! I finally found a veggie mince alternative which is new from Tivol. It's 5% fat and I'd love if someone could put it through the syn calculator for me and let me know how much I should be synning it.

400g bag - figures for 100g
calories - 149
protein - 18g
carbs - 8g
fibre - 6g
fat - 5g
cholesterol - 0

thanks

According to synsonline it's 1 syn per 100g if you buy it frozen but free if you buy it dried.