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FPK, not sure if it helps but some of our usual breakfasts include:

Tinned kippers, with boiled egg, wilted spinach and mushrooms
Bacon, eggs, mushrooms and spinach (could swap the bacon out for turkey bacon)
Scrambled eggs with spinach, spring onions, ham
Chia and flaxseed pudding https://www.marksdailyapple.com/chia-flax-hot-pudding/#axzz4HdolDAvB
Turkish brekkie - olives, feta, egg, tomato, cucumber, sliced meat
Chicken sausage, egg, spinach and mushrooms

We tend to eat a fair deal of eggs, which have been found to have almost no effect on blood cholesterol https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/healthy-eating/food-and-nutrition/protein-foods/eggs I've found since switching to a decent brekkie, I'm less hungry overall.

nursemaggie

We're all a bit serious this morning I thought we needed a laugh.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFWdjkN62zc

Softstuff

nursemaggie wrote: »

We're all a bit serious this morning I thought we needed a laugh.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFWdjkN62zc

That is great :rotfl:

FairyPrincessk

Nursemaggie :rotfl::rotfl:

What excellent ideas. Eating breakfast in stages is definitely fine in summer, it is term time when I struggle so I'm experimenting to have a plan for then. The flapjacks are sweetened with fruit (similar to Mrs LW's chocolate date concoction, which I vaguely remember!) so while high in sugar they're not as bad as they could be. I'm not too strict on sugar--I mainly cut it out of all tea and coffee, stopped adding honey to porridge and started being a bit more careful about it. The idea is these would be a portable snack I could scoff between lectures. At the moment I tend to have bought granola bars which are quite high in sugar and fat, so these would be a gentle swap. However, because they don't use syrup/honey etc. they may be crumbly. We'll see.

Excellent breakfast ideas--it is the protein that keeps me full without taking me ages to eat. At the moment I have two eggs scrambled with toast and fruit and the eggs themselves are fine. This morning I used oil instead of butter and measured it for the scrambling and sliced strawberries on my toast instead of slathering it in butter. With fresh chives from the garden on the eggs it was positively luxury. Softstuff your breakfast ideas sound fab. I'll add them to my repository.

We've also been to the greengrocers and picked out some luscious fruit for puddings this week, I can't wait


Right, time to do a bit of gardening.xx

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The recipe is headed in my cookery folder NAKED BALLS!!!!!

4.8oz pitted dried prunes
2,9oz raw cashew nuts
1,7oz seedless raisins or dried cherries.
0.6oz cocoa powder
2 teaspoons runny honey

Blitz all together until very finely chopped in a food processor. Either take out dessertspoon sized portions and compress them in your hands, roll into balls and pop on a plate or roll the whole amount into a log shape in some cling film and slice as you want to eat. Chill in the fridge and serve cold. They keep well in a Tupperware type box and are DD1s go to recipe for D of E walks as they are small, portable and very energy giving.

ivyleaf

Thanks for the video nm

Lyn those sound very nice despite the name

mardatha

My breakfast now is bacon, black pudding and mushrooms. It's terrific for blood sugar and low carb. Supper is scrambled egg on one slice wholemeal Hovis toast, with loads of gorgeous French butter. My weight stays steady despite the steroids I'm on now. I read many years ago that the low-fat diet thing is a myth and that it was found that people who had been low fat for years still died at the same rate and ages - and that depression was far higher in low-fat lifestyles. So I use that as an excuse to eat butter and cream - but no yoghurt or cheese. Bleugh!

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Oh I am cross! one of the prospective buyers who viewed the house while we were away ripped up the fitted carpet all the way along one of the bedroom doors, presumably to see what the floor was??? they could just have asked! and today on the local facebook page someone asked for a house and bungalow available in the village within viewing distance of each other and my lovely neighbour posted about ours and a bungalow available across the road whereupon the same person posted that the house was 'under offer'??? not so, we are considering offers but we are still on the market. How rude, this person is unknown to us how could she possibly know???

FairyPrincessk

Mrs LW I'm cross on your behalf. I'd complain to the estate agent who showed them around about the carpet. The naked balls sound really nice, but we may need a new name for them. I shudder to think how excited Hester will get...

The flapjacks turned out ok--they need more cinnamon, maybe nutmeg or something like that but they're edible as they are and once cool I think they'll be fine to wrap up, take to work and eat walking between classes.

I've just given the lemon tree its first feed, which comes in a very clever bottle that measures the food itself. There is a large chamber and then a smaller one with two safety caps. When the safety cap is loose on the smaller one but tight on the larger, you can squeeze the bottle, the smaller chamber measures the perfect amount which is then mixed into the water. It is the little things that please me, obviously

I know low carb works for many people--it was one of the few ways dad ever lost weight in his very long battle. I think it is tough to know what to do for the best, particularly when there are competing things to think about.

Right-new recipe tonight, paprika chicken with roasted veggies.

ivyleaf

Oh Lyn, how annoying about the carpet. :mad:

Is it possible that your house is being shown as "Under offer" on the estate agent's website?