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  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,601 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    Change of plan for dinner last night as realised the beef and mushrooms takes 3 hours. Swapped to BNS and chilli risotto instead which was lush if a little too chilli 🥵 Two portions potted up for the freezer. Will do the beef today in the SC. 

    We are going to check out the community allotment this morning - could be something to get involved with 🤞🏻

    Hope the AB’s are making a difference @joedenise
    I’ve heard that film is good @strawb_shortcake so have added to my watchlist. 

    Food today:
    B - Blueberry wheats, blueberries, 0%vanilla yog - HEB, S, 1
    L - brown rice pot with pickles and feta, apple, banana - free, S, HEA
    D - braised beef and mushrooms, mash, broccoli - 2, S
    HEA - milk
    Syns - 3 plus a skinny bar so 7 total
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  • maman
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    Sounds like an allotment is a great idea @Coxy11, potential for mse food and Body Magic rolled into one.👍🏼

    Hope you're feeling a bit better @joedenise.🤔

    On plan today but out for dinner tomorrow. Although the pub we're going to usually has decent food on the menu, it's a good feeling that I don't need to worry and can choose whatever I fancy as I know I'm in target and no WI for some weeks. I'm planning not to leave it for the full 8 this time. I need to look at the calendar and plan for my most social times coming up like my birthday and 🤞🏼 some holidays when DH is finally fit to travel. 

    Today's plan-
    B- HEB toast, HEA1 milk for drinks, bacon, eggs (P), baked beans (F)
    L- LOs as yesterday (P,S,F)
    D- turkey meatballs in tomato sauce (P,F.S), spaghetti (F), HEA2 Parmesan
    Syns- 2? (it's actually less than that for my share of a jar of sauce)
  • joedenise
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    I’ve still not got any appetite so far today I’ve 20g oats made with water and a few grapes.  The antibiotics seem to be kicking in as I’m not coughing so much but it’s still painful to cough.

    I’ve had a cup of tea, a black coffee and a couple of glasses of water.

    Hope your mum is OK @Coxy11 but it’s a chest infection then treatment sooner rather than later to get it shifting.
  • bubbs
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    Evening all :smile:

    Hope the poorlies are feeling a bit better, glad the cough seems a bit better Denise,

    What a horrible day here, rain, rain rain and more bloody rain! Hope it's drier Friday when we are on the move, nothing worse getting soaked loading the car!

    Food today
    Picky plate, free

    Bubble and squeak, 2 sausages 1 syn, baked beans, bacon, Mushrooms and grilled tom, wholemeal roll hexb

    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • Bluegreen143
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    edited 28 January at 8:09PM
    Get well soon @joedenise!

    Made a lovely dinner slightly adapted from my new one pot slimming world recipe book I got thrown in when renewing (it arrived today). It was the recipe for a chicken pilaf but I did add a few extra spices and slightly varied the vegetables. Only 2.5 syn per serving (for toasted pine nuts). 

    B - overnight oats with strawberry and banana 
    (0.5 HEA whole milk / HEB oats / 0.5 syn maple syrup)

    L - pasta bolognaise lunch portion from the freezer 
    (free)

    D - chicken and veg pilaf with pine nuts
    (2.5 syn pine nuts)

    I have a lunch portion left of the pilaf so I’m already looking forward to having it tomorrow! 

    3 syns for the day. 
    Part time working mum | Married in 2014 | DS born 2015 & DD born 2018

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6542225/stopping-the-backsliding-a-family-of-four-no-longer-living-beyond-their-means/p1?new=1

    Consumer debt free!
    Mortgage: -£128,033

    Savings: £6,050
    - Emergency fund £1,515
    - New kitchen £556
    - December £420
    - Holiday £3,427
    - Bills £132

    Total joint pension savings: £55,425
  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 5,601 Forumite
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    Morning all,

    The SC beef and mushrooms was lush last night mmmm. Really enjoyed having mash too - can’t remember the last time we had mash. 

    We visited the community allotment yesterday and will sign up to join. Lovely people and a wide range of fruit, veg and herbs plus honey. They are also launching a vineyard this year - a 4 year project that DH is super keen to get involved with. 

    Food today:
    B - protein bagel, poached egg, spinach - HEB, P, S
    L - BNS risotto, satsuma, apple - free, S
    D - Tuna melt pasta bake - HEA, P, free
    HEA - milk
    Syns - skinny bar - 4

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  • milann
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    Coxy the allotment sounds brilliant.
    Hope everyone is feeling much better.
    I lost 1 lb today 😄 It’s not much in the grand scheme of things but it went on in small increments so I’m happy for it to come off the same way.
    Yesterday was porridge, berries, banana and milk. A toasted teacake with butter at my brothers house and a M&S jacket potato with beans cheese and salad whilst I was out. I did a lot of walking 👍
    Its ds birthday today and I’m out with him today…..cake will be involved and tomorrow we’re going for a nice meal when Dh isn’t working. I’ll get back on plan after the celebrations 👍
    January spends - £587.58
  • beanielou
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    Well done milann. 
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  • Coxy11
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    Excellent - well done @milann x

    We had a change of plan today. It’s SIL’s birthday and DS2’s as well.  DH agreed we’d meet SIL and wider family for coffee at a garden centre. They were all having full English but I couldn’t face it having had my bagel so I had a fruit scone! We then schlepped it to Canterbury to take DS2 out for late lunch of sharing nachos. 

    Not my finest hour. Now drinking herbal tea!

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  • Bluegreen143
    Bluegreen143 Posts: 3,704 Forumite
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    Well done on the loss Milann!

    Today’s meals:

    B - strawberry & banana overnight oats 
    (0.5 HEA / HEB / 0.5 - maple syrup)

    L - leftover chicken pilaf
    (2 - pine nuts) 

    D - chorizo pasta topped with feta 
    (HEA, 3.5 - chorizo)

    That’s 6 syns today. 
    Part time working mum | Married in 2014 | DS born 2015 & DD born 2018

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6542225/stopping-the-backsliding-a-family-of-four-no-longer-living-beyond-their-means/p1?new=1

    Consumer debt free!
    Mortgage: -£128,033

    Savings: £6,050
    - Emergency fund £1,515
    - New kitchen £556
    - December £420
    - Holiday £3,427
    - Bills £132

    Total joint pension savings: £55,425
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