New Year, New Start?? - Slimming World Support Thread

maman

I never buy baking potatoes sary, just look for the biggest in the bag and then like denise said if I need 2 I do that. I rarely do online shopping so I try to choose bags with large potatoes as they're better for chips too.

I always make my own stir fry sauce denise. My favourite with chicken is 2 tbs of honey and a tbs of soy. I cook the stir fry in that then add a good shake from a bottle of lime juice before serving. 😋

joedenise

I always buy a sack of potatoes from my local farm shop - pay about £6.50 for 25 Kg bag so cheaper than the local SM.   Definitely get a good selection of different sized potatoes.

Also buy onions by the sack (or box depending on what they have at the farm shop at the time), although they work out a bit dearer than SM are much nicer onions and a good size - always find the SM ones really small and end up having to use at least 2 or 3 rather than just one!

Like the sound of your stir fry sauce maman.  Another one to try!  Think I'd be lost without my bottles of lime and lemon juice - always have one or the other if not both in the fridge!

bubbs

Want a laugh?

Just said to dh , think i will and go brush all the snow off the car and cover the windscreen because if it freezes will be a nightmare at 6.30 in the morning, Ok he says , mind you don't slip, then adds i need to get to work in the morning 🤣🤣🤣 we are still giggling. Cheeky sod! not do you want me to do it for you?

bubbs

I am still using potatoes i got from the company shop last time i went when i got loads of stuff, they were 20p should have got more of the Ocado ones in a brown bag they cook lovely and when i mash them for dh they are all fluffy

maman

Thank goodness they invented remote control otherwise he'd have you changing the channels for him bubbs. Don't you just love them?? I'm sure he knew you were doing it for Body Magic! 🤣

bubbs

maman said:

Thank goodness they invented remote control otherwise he'd have you changing the channels for him bubbs. Don't you just love them?? I'm sure he knew you were doing it for Body Magic! 🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣that made me laugh, it was the way he added it on the end and burst put laughing

Roast pork dinner

joedenise

I've decided to do yorkies again tonight so an extra couple of syns I'd not accounted for earlier!  We've also got mashed swede, brussels roasted carrots, peppers, onions & potatoes.  Chicken has just come out of the oven and smells gorgeous, added a nice spice rub to it before cooking, so resting now while the yorkies cook.  Looking forward to dinner tonight more than usual!

bubbs

Hope you enjoyed Denise, i always rub something on the skin, even though we don;t eat it, usually an oxo cube

maman

Would welcome views on slow cookers. I've got a crockpot that's years old. It still works fine so no urgency to do anything. I mainly use it for batch cooking Bolognese, chillis and soup. When I was washing it today DH suggested we get a new one as it's really scruffy. Should I just replace like for like or are there better ones around? 🤔

joedenise

I've got a crockpot too maman and it too is getting scruffy but it still works so can't see much point in replacing but when it gets to the stage of replacing it I think I'll likely go for one of the ones that have a metal inner than you can use to sear meat on the cooker rather than having to use a frying pan to do it before throwing into the slow cooker.  Having said that it's only when I do beef stew I bother with browning the meat anyway so it may well be not worth the extra cost but at the moment I don't need to make the decision.

I tend to use my pressure cooker more than the slow cooker these days particularly since I've been using dried beans rather than tinned ones most of the time and I'm not really sure they cook properly in a slow cooker.

Sorry - not much help there really!  Just some thoughts.