Make 2013 a year to remember with Slimming World (Part 2!)

mich_city

Called into Aldi today, spent far less than my usual Tesco 'top up' shop.. cod was very cheap, £2.79 for two pieces, I usually only get river cobbler in Tesco which is a similar price, wont pay their price for cod!

Frozen king prawns £1.99, again miles cheaper.. As well as the fruit and veg am all stocked up on passata, tinned toms, rice, couscous etc

frogga

mich_city wrote: »

keeping meaning to make the syn free houmous on the SW site..

1 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
Low calorie cooking spray
400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
20-50ml water
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste

1. Place the sliced red pepper on a baking tray sprayed with low calorie cooking spray and roast until softened.
2. Once the pepper is cooked and cooled, place all the ingredients in a food processor and blend, adding more water if necessary to create a smooth paste.
3. Add salt to taste and serve with chopped up carrot batons or any of your favourite Free vegetable sticks!

I'd probably add chilli, lots of

Thanks for that Mich :beer: I've made houmous once before years ago but it was yuck I thought you had to put tahini paste and oil in it?

mich_city

frogga wrote: »

Thanks for that Mich :beer: I've made houmous once before years ago but it was yuck I thought you had to put tahini paste and oil in it?

i'm not sure as have never made it myself before.. have googled and found a few alternatives on minimims

Chick peas
Pinch garlic salt
Pinch cayenne pepper
Juice of one lemon
Pepper
FF natural yogurt

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from SW mag, makes a lot so perhaps half the ingredients..
2 x 400g cans chickpeas
2 garlic cloves
juice 2 lemons
300g fat free cottage cheese with onion & chives
200g roasted red peppers in brine from a jar

Whizz all ingredients until smooth in a food processor season with s&p garnish with smoked sweet paprika.

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1 can chick peas drained,
1 red pepper (slightly roasted so the skin comes off easily)
1 fat clove of garlic, or 2 skinnier ones
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 tbsp ff yogurt
paprika to garnish


think i'll go down the lazy route and use jar jalapeno or roasted pepper.. too much faff to roast and skin one.. and always use garlic paste

Skint_Catt

Yay! Week 1 Run 2 done of Couch 2 5k - didn't feel like it, but made myself & felt good afterwards! 2 more runs this week (Fri & Sun) then on to Week 2 :eek:

beanielou

I'm an Aldi girlie these days.
I so shudder at the amount I used to spend in Tesco.
I sometimes do an odd wee top up else where but basically Aldi has grown on me.
Being skint helps :rotfl:

I have no balance at all which is why the ladies at my yoga class raised the £££'s to buy my trike.

magicbucks

maman wrote: »

Tough luck peej, but you'll get there.:) Go and enjoy your anniversary and then battle on!

For free snacks I enjoy cold new potatoes. I often cook extra on purpose and plan to fry them but I find they disappear!

Another favourite is a FF cottage cheese. I put a couple of tbsps. in a bowl and mix with a chopped apple, eat with a spoon, good and filling.

If you can be bothered to prepare, having a SW quiche or frittata in the fridge is good as is Batchelors savoury rice with any salad veg chopped in.

Hi I'm with Amman on this the quiche is simple to make a d you can fire it in the microwave if you want to to heat it up a bit

I tend to have tinned salmon or tuna mixed with spring onion some peppers and some fat free dressing or a bit of hell and extra light mayo

On the sweet stuff I mix from age frais with canderel and also always have at least one pint of sugar free jelly made and in fridge they are really nice

Sorry for typos am on train

Skint_Catt

I do like Aldi, but my local one is the only supermarket in our town that charges to park so I resent paying that! Plus there are so many things I can't get there that I only go every other month or so unles I can get to one of the nearby town's Aldi's which are quieter & you don't pay to park.

beanielou

Pay to park at Aldi :eek:
That would irritate me no end.

TakeItEazy

Evening all, still here
Well done all you losers :A
Welcome to the newbies, this is a great place for motivation.

Been [STRIKE]fairly[/STRIKE] good food wise
Today
B - weetabix, milk, coffee, water
S - 2x apple with activia, 2x crackers (3) coffee
L - hm soup with slice wm toast (5.5), spoonful of savoury rice
T - slice wm toast, cheese, scrambled egg, warmed toms, BBQ sauce (1)
HEA - milk, cheese
HEB - weetabix, bread
Syns - 9.5

Back to my book love the hols so many books to catch up on as don't have time in term time.

tinofpeas

Well I've just made and ate the beef lasagne off the SW web site, and it was really nice, even the OH ate it and enjoyed it.

Better than last nights offering which he didn't like, the tomato and basil chicken from this months mag, I didn't mind it but would make a few changes next time.

Skint_catt - I've just done my week2 run2 of c25k today....how are you finding it? I've never really been a sporty/exesize person, but finding this sort of okay, although i resemble a big tomato when I finish.:p

Food today - EE day

B- weetabix with half milk and banana
S- 2xplums
L- left over new potatoes, mushrooms, beans, bacon, eggs
S- 2xsatsumas
D- SW lasagne - rest of HEA on cheese

Had 3 pints of water too, which is a massive improvement on nothing normally.

Just relised I haven't had any syn's - first time since doing SW :T- might have to have a treat to even that up