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Fortune_Smiles said:

It's funny you should say that @badmemory, that's exactly how I felt a lot of the time - not ill exactly but not totally well.  However, since actively avoiding UPF I have more energy and more motivation to get things done.  Scary really as our diet is largely UPF free so the small amounts we do eat seem to be having a disproportionate effect on me.  Thinking about UPF as a synthetic food substitute has put me off entirely.  And also made me feel less guilty about eating (and better able to moderate my intake of) home made treats.  Is this the magic bullet that will help me stay at a healthy weight?  Wouldn't that be lovely 😁

I think it makes me feel better - since I've got serious about it, I definitely have more energy. And pre-Covid and Olio, I used to bake my own bread and treats and eat plenty of homemade naughty stuff (because it was plastic-free if I made it) and stayed the same, very nice weight despite it (having been slightly heavier previously). I'm hoping I'll get back to that weight!

I am so pleased to find some fellow UPF bores on the site.  Although are we UPF bores if we don't find each other boring? 🤔😂

I don't think we can be! It does worry me though that we are such an echo chamber - and then you go out into the real world and people have huge debts and don't see a problem with it, and eat rubbish and don't see a problem with it, and don't care about the planet and don't see a problem with it.... We're such a nice, switched-on bunch here!

Fortune_Smiles

beanielou said:

That’s fantastic news for Mr FS. 

Cheery_Daff said:

Ooh, great news for Mr F! Looking forward to seeing how the trousers turn out too 😊

Thanks guys.  We might even get some income in January 🤞  I'm making these trousers @Cheery_Daff.  I've made them before and I like the 'lantern' style of them.  They are also super comfy.

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

scandimore said:

Very happy with my Panasonic sd-2511 breadmaker, use it most days. It has a separate compartment which you can put seeds or nuts into and it fires into the dough at the proper time. The only two slightly annoying things about homemade bread in a maker is (as well as it getting gobbled so quickly) it's a bit harder to slice straight and the dough hook / mixer thing makes a hole in the underside of the loaf. I guess I could wait until the dough was mixed but not baked and fish it out but I'm usually doing something else. Overall very good and only takes a minute to stick the ingredients in. Much better than the upf stuff from supermarkets. That's my tuppence in

Thank you @scandimore - that's really helpful.  I was thinking of getting a Pana$0nic.

Fortune x

badmemory

Isn't that a coincidence, I too have a Panasonc SD2511.  It has a realy good recipe book with it too.  I have a kitchencraft thing which guides the slices (& acts like a bread bin) but I'm on my second one now as DS usually slices the bread & has a tendancy to slice through the plastic.  I've got used to the hole in the bottom from the mixer blade.

savingholmes

Great news on the business won

Enjoy your crafts. We all have a project like that...

Swayingseaweed

We are TV free on a Friday. We got into the habit of automatically put it on and that was it. So we now have 1 night where the world is our oyster. I suppose every night could be...... but I do like to flob. I have also set 1 night aside that if I do have it on I do sewing or something similar.
Seaweed x 

CCW007

If you do buy a bread machine, I would echo the others and recommend getting a Panasonic.  I've had a few and the Panasonic is the best by a long way.  It does have a longer cycle (4 hours for white, 5 hours for wholemeal) than some others but the end result is worth the extra time and money. 

rtandon27

@Fortune_Smiles - I had a compact M0rphyRichards which was a perfect size for two people and I used at least twice a week for 10 years! It is now a discontinued model and sadly can't find something comparable that can be paused after kneading bread to remove the blade, set on a timer when going out to work and also has a cake function to make quickbreads such as banana loaf! - Would definitely recommend a compact model if you are only baking for two as it prevents over comsumption of carbs! - LOL - warm bread and cake is far too tempting!

Fortune_Smiles

badmemory said:

Isn't that a coincidence, I too have a Panasonc SD2511.  It has a realy good recipe book with it too.  I have a kitchencraft thing which guides the slices (& acts like a bread bin) but I'm on my second one now as DS usually slices the bread & has a tendancy to slice through the plastic.  I've got used to the hole in the bottom from the mixer blade.

CCW007 said:

If you do buy a bread machine, I would echo the others and recommend getting a Panasonic.  I've had a few and the Panasonic is the best by a long way.  It does have a longer cycle (4 hours for white, 5 hours for wholemeal) than some others but the end result is worth the extra time and money. 

rtandon27 said:

@Fortune_Smiles - I had a compact M0rphyRichards which was a perfect size for two people and I used at least twice a week for 10 years! It is now a discontinued model and sadly can't find something comparable that can be paused after kneading bread to remove the blade, set on a timer when going out to work and also has a cake function to make quickbreads such as banana loaf! - Would definitely recommend a compact model if you are only baking for two as it prevents over comsumption of carbs! - LOL - warm bread and cake is far too tempting!

Thanks for the advice @badmemory, @CCW007 and @rtandon27.  It's pay day this week so I'll see what's left after the bills are paid and, hopefully, have enough left over to buy a Pana$onic 😁

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

savingholmes said:

Great news on the business won

Enjoy your crafts. We all have a project like that...

Thanks SH.  It's nice to have a couple of clients in the bank 😁

Swayingseaweed said:

We are TV free on a Friday. We got into the habit of automatically put it on and that was it. So we now have 1 night where the world is our oyster. I suppose every night could be...... but I do like to flob. I have also set 1 night aside that if I do have it on I do sewing or something similar.
Seaweed x 

I've not had the TV on at all for the last few days @Swayingseaweed... but have got sucked into black holes on the internet instead 🙄  Must try harder 😆

Fortune x