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doingitanyway

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Your carrot biryani sounds lovely. I want to try some cauliflower rice this weekend but will have to buy it as I don't have a food processor.

It grates perfectly too

HairyHandofDartmoor

Does it? Maybe I should try that instead. How long would you cook it for, twenty minutes?

redofromstart

I'm the kind of idiot who always grates their fingers so I've never tried doing it that way. I grated some fingernail into the carrot last night

Engineer has been to sort the phone/internet issues out, master box had corroded. Interesting that it timed it for the changeover of services! No idea what or if we will be charged this time. It was £120 when the outside cable had perished so who knows. Anyway the boys are now glued to electronic devices instead of expecting me to entertain them. Like I have time for that. Youth of today

HHoD - you'd think so wouldn't you, but I drink to maintain my calories Actually I used to be quite chubby post babies but lost a lot of weight a few years ago so am usually a size 10 or 12. I used to live on toast and eventually realised it was the gluten and grains that caused the problems. I miss toast, but my joints are a lot better when I am not carrying a few stone too many around. If anything I don't eat enough now, and have a lot of nuts/dried fruit to keep my calories consistent. Like most of us I have a few Christmas pounds to shift again.

The carrot biryiani is my current favourite thing but I do have to be careful about eating rice. I might try and see if it works with the cauliflower.

Food shopping this morning, quacks for annual pill check (normal BP, and only overweight now according to BMI :j) and then a dash round to tidy before the engineer came. Probably lots of steps but I forgot to put my watch on as usual. MrL obliged with hard wood logs for the wood burner and a toilet seat (snapped the hinge with over enthusiastic cleaning the other day) which amused me in a food shop but saved me a trip into town.

MrsChaos

If your stock of coffee beans is running low, I picked up a 1.2kg bag in Mr L this morning. Works out at around £7.50 per kg and there are two varieties available.

ETA Makro £6.99/kg and Costco £6.50/kg (roughly) for ground coffee. I've resisted buying more because these are the regular prices, so no rush (I hope).

Sun_Addict

I always say I'd be a size zero if it wasn't for wine, but then I guess I'd eat snacks in front of the TV instead

I think all these vegetable alternatives to carbs are brilliant.

Enjoy the weekend

Seasidegal58

I’d just be happy being a size 14 again. The fake carbs, i.e. cauli rice, spiralised veggie “pasta”, has really taken off in the last few years - certainly cuts down the calories!

Glad that you got the internet sorted out. I always though of myself as not particularly reliant too much on “techie” stuff too much but goodness me the last time my broadband went down I really felt it! All my financial and household matters are done through the net now!

in_need_of_direction

My aspiration is to be a size 16 thereby accessing normal clothes sizes.

HairyHandofDartmoor

I'd be a size zero if it wasn't for chocolate, wine and cider SA :rotfl:.

Not many of us are happy with the weight we are. It doesn't help if you are vertically challenged like me, as the pounds have nowhere to go :mad:. What I wouldn't give to be two inches taller .

redofromstart

Evening all, a busy weekend for me but lots done. 14k of steps today without leaving the house!

I'll hopefully have a little time to catch up tomorrow night.

HairyHandofDartmoor

That's a lot of steps :T