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Message 1.Â
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 28th March 2011
Spring is finally here (yay!); the clocks have sprung forward; it's that time of year when spirits are lifted and hopefully the winter clothes are hidden away...
Welcome to our healthy living thread. Here, we discuss all aspects of healthy living, from losing weight to exercise to healthy eating to holistic living. The only things we don't discuss are actual weights and sizes, preferring the anonymity of X stones/. kilos so that we don't cause anyone to feel unwelcome here.
We have a number of related threads:
GEm's Gym (where we talk about the benefits of all exercise, not just those done in gyms!)
Katy's Cookbook (if you're stuck for ideas for tasty but healthy recipes)
The Rota Thread (where we take it in turns each Monday/ Tuesday to open a new thread). There are no takers for April, so hopefully some of you will sign up soon!
Let the conversation begin! -
Message 2
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Monday, 28th March 2011
Oh! You snuck in the link to our new thread when I was posting on last week's thread! Thanks for opening up Lost and I hope everyone has a good week.
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Message 3
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Monday, 28th March 2011
Thank you, Lost.
I have signed in for the rota and am feeling nervous already -- but I did promise I would, when life got a bit easier.
Tempting fate, that, isn't it?!
Supper tonight, with a friend here who has lost about 3 stone on the Idiot-Proof method.
Starter - prosciutto and fresh figs
Main - chicken in almonds and sweet red peppers, and spiced spinach. Yummy, and all above board and healthy too. Recipes on request.
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Message 4
Posted by LoopyLobes (U14384399) on Monday, 28th March 2011
Thanks for the new thread, Lost, and thanks to Birdy for your helpful Dukan comments on the old thread. I have the book, but have only flicked through it so far. I'll carry on for a while on the Idiot Proof Diet while I read it.
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Message 5
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Monday, 28th March 2011
I've been meaning to mention that I have tried both Sbury's and Tesco's bresaola. I much prefer Tesco. It is the same price.
Tesco cuts theirs thicker and you get a much better chew/flavour. Sburys cut it really thin and it is hard to find the flavour in the same way. I have eaten it two or three slices at a time otherwise I wouldn't have tasted it at all ... and wont bother to buy it again. -
Message 6
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Monday, 28th March 2011
Birdy have you tried the Dr Oetke's (sp?) egg white ? Packets of four ...
I have, and am not convinced, but maybe I am doing something wrong.......
But I do agree about the bresaola.
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Message 7
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Monday, 28th March 2011
No ..... some mornings I make my pancake with the yolk (like this morning I was presssure washing at the front of the house and needed some get up and go) but most mornings prefer the pancake without the yolk and MrB has a tiny fry up ... yolk, mushroom, tiny tomato and a little bit of my pancake! I save the yolks sometimes to have with bresaola if I want a snack later in the day. What do you use the packets of egg white for in particular?
I have had a protein (no veg) day today ... I'm asked to do it once a week, a bit like signing in to our thread once a week ... and have found it helpful to remind myself not to forget I am on an eating plan for the rest of my life. From the forum I gave you the link to it seems people who have got to the final stage find the one protein day a week a great help . -
Message 8
Posted by Katy Tulip (U2239809) on Tuesday, 29th March 2011
Hi everyone!
Late catch-up of last week's thread just now, so before anything else:
CONGRATULATIONS Birdy, fantastic news , I'm so pleased you've achieved what you set out to do. You're such a support and encouragement to everyone in these threads, it's lovely to read of your own succes. :D
Starter - prosciutto and fresh figs
Main - chicken in almonds and sweet red peppers, and spiced spinach. Yummy, and all above board and healthy too. Recipes on request.Â
Request!
Ta muchly, Ana.
Right, zooming off again. Bulbette is taking her driving test next Monday at 8.20 am (in a very busy part of town too), so we're getting some last practice lessons in during the morning rush hour (groan), leaving in about 10 mins after another strong coffee....
Koko,
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Message 9
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 29th March 2011
Thankyou Katy, I know how important encouragement is and so appreciate it myself very much :0))
I've lost weight successfully on two previous occasions but not kept it off long term and hope by following this plan I'll still weigh the same in four, five, six years time. In effect it's our 80:20 ratio for life ...when I get to the next stage it's two meals a week I can eat anything I like but for the rest of the week take care, no seconds, walk up stairs and walk fast for 30 minutes a day and drink lots of water ... oh and one day a week only protein ... fish, meat/onions ... and low fat dairy. But I have an intermediate stage first gradually reintroducing a full diet to get the body used to wholemeal bread, fruit, cheese etc. again.
Good luck to Bulbette. I passed my driving test first time and count it as a feather in my cap as I was hopeless at passing exams ... MrBirdy who would be disappointed if he didn't come first in whatever exam he took had to take his driving test THREE times :0))) Not a lot of people know that!!! -
Message 10
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Tuesday, 29th March 2011
Book-marking.
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Message 11
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Tuesday, 29th March 2011
Hi Birdy-Westie
Meant to ask, how is the walking going with your knees? Do you find you are moving better without those ten bags of sugar / flour accompanying you everywhere?
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Message 12
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 29th March 2011
Yes ... thankyou Ana ... the knee has responded well to the op and physio afterwards and apart from me being nervous to kneel on it (clearing out drains, weeding, that sort of thing) it really is good now. I keep up the non load bearing exercises to keep it in good order and fingers crossed the surgeon thinks it should do me for 5 - 10 years before the arthritis will probably need further surgery. He removed fragments from within the joint ... no wonder it played up for so long!
I feel very fortunate, and yes, losing this weight was the single most important thing for me to achieve. When I carry the vacuum cleaner upstairs I can 'feel' my knees, so the less weight we all carry around the better! -
Message 13
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 29th March 2011
After the lovely weather of the last few days, it was murky here today - such a pity as we spent the day taking Pina Grigio around the Lleyn Peninsula. I don't think she had realise the rugged beauty there. We went to Aberdaron, the stepping off point for pilgrims to Bardsey, but found it still closed for the winter! We had not thought to bring a picnic, but at the third or fourth attempt found somewhere open to eat and enjoyed our panini. By this time it was cold and spitting with rain, so no walking as planned. It was lovely seeing her again, and putting Ambridge to rights, as if!
As for healthy eating .... well it could have been a lot worse!
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Message 14
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Wednesday, 30th March 2011
Helloooo anybody there?
I have had a great day today - I have finished eight cards that had all been started but not completed and am working on a ninth. Doing such work takes my mind off food!
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Message 15
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Wednesday, 30th March 2011
I'm here :0) On the motorway on the way home from Cambridge. We ended the day having a meal at Browns ... crab and avocado starter, grilled chicken and salad (instead of chips) and poached pear witha very small blob of icecream. A fairly modest meal but this morning I had a Millionaire's shortbread with 'toffee' on top. It was a lovely treat. It will be interesting to see if I maintain!
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Message 16
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Thursday, 31st March 2011
Hope your RL 'meet' went well, Fire-Pig.
Battling a cold at the moment, but mostly doing O.K. -
Message 17
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Thursday, 31st March 2011
Browns is good, Birdy. Did you know that it is on the site of the old VD clinic from way back when it was part of Addenbrookes Hospital?
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Message 18
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Thursday, 31st March 2011
Oh Prue, that made me laugh...
When I was a young thing one of our haunts, a pub with dance license in the basement of some offices, was reputed to be the site of a plague pit. Apparently lots of bones had been found when the offices went up in the late 19th century. It was a bit of a dive but we loved it. The post split Human League used to hang out there and we used to get a lot of innocent pleasure from studiously ignoring the posing girl singers who were really trying not to be ignored. I also managed to ignore them posing in a music shop by my school...
I put on just short of a pound this week, really not sure how or why as I have been behaving in an exemplary fashion and managed almost 20 K steps on Monday. Very strange, I had thought I'd be in a new stone zone. Oh well, I'll just have to keep on watching my carbs and bloods and walking the walk and it'll settle down...
KOKO
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Message 19
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Thursday, 31st March 2011
How frustrating PP ... this thread's mantra isn't Keep On Keeping On for nothing ... you'll have to raise one arm when you next weigh yourself :0))
Prue, we knew it was part of Addenbrookes but not which part :0)) We were pootling around in Jesus College looking at the oldest part which is the Chapter House off the cloister and a delightful chap said that in his day when he was an undergraduate there it used to be the loos! It is all being given a new lease of life and I asked what they were going to use it for and he said they hadn't quite decided. I said I thought they should serve coffee and chocolate cake to visitors and he said he thought that was a wonderful idea! -
Message 20
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 31st March 2011
Birdy, when you were in Jesus were you told about the ghost? My father was there as a student and apparently there is a ghost that can only be seen from the knees up, (knees at floor level now) as the floor level has changed since his day! Which would be worse a floating ghost because the floor level had been lowered or one with no feet as it had been raised?
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Message 21
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Thursday, 31st March 2011
No we weren't!! Though the porter looked pretty ghostly or should that be ghastly! We had to stand in 'his' lodge for a couple of minutes before he looked up from the computer screen! :0)
I see it is well documented on the internet ... and has made it into fiction. -
Message 22
Posted by orange pekoe (U9563764) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Hello again, everyone. I have well and truly been off the wagon, and feasting on all the goodies below. Not been in the right frame of mind for this thread, but even though I'm still not, I reckon it's about time I came back anyway.
Mebbe popping in here will start sorting me out.
Big congrats to Birdy! And happy hellos to everyone. -
Message 23
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Friday, 1st April 2011
It's lovely to see you OP (thanks for your congrats) though I'm sorry you've not been able to eat as well as you would have liked. But that has happened and there's not a lot you can do about that .... but what you do this coming week is something you can influence and you've made a good start popping your head around the door.
Would you like to keep a diary of what you eat this week and maybe even post it here each evening .... just to get back into the habit of thinking about what you eat. Make this week the week you just begin to cut back on the foods you would rather not eat, don't try and be too clever, just try and influence what you pop into your mouse a little bit.
We'll cheer you on your way ... you know that :0))) -
Message 24
Posted by orange pekoe (U9563764) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Thanks Birdy : - )
Nice to be back, already! -
Message 25
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Good :0) I hope you have a better week. That switch in your head just needs sellotaping into position for a few days ... three days I reckon ... until you get back into the swing of things.
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Message 26
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Just a thought OP, what about popping your name down to open up in a few weeks time ... then that is a real commitment.
Just a suggestion.
Birdy aka Westie aka Old Nag!
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Message 27
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Just to mention to everyone that the Rota thread is really looking a bit naked at the moment. We have Ana this coming week and then zilch.
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Message 28
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Nope ... that isn't the link to the Rota Thread, but me trying to find out about this new Ambridge Lite programme ....
Here is the Rota Thread .... with OP opening up for us twice. Bravo cyber chum :0)))
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Message 29
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Welcome back OP, the first* of the month is always a good time to take stock, and to try to change things.
I have not been as careful as I should over the winter, and am determined to take more control over my life and not just drift along as I have been doing lately!
I am feeling very pleased with myself tonight as I have just finished making a birthday card for my DGD, she will be 5 on Tuesday. It is designed to be five nesting Russian dolls - the sort that get smaller and smaller. They each have dark hair, like her. Each is wearing a pink dress trimmed with pink ribbon, the first has a sign saying Happy Birthday and the second has her name. It is not my usual style of card, but I hope that she will like it, it has been a lot of cutting and sticking!
F-P
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Message 30
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Just because I'm here I'll write down what I ate today ..
Low fat cottage cheese and zero fat vanilla yoghurt (I find it a really refreshing way to start the day)
Elevenses
A pancake made with 3tbs oat bran and an egg white ... a pinch of salt and oregano
4 slices of low fat beef .... bresaola .... and 4 little tomatoes. Water.
Ö÷²¥´óÐãmade soup
1 slice of toasted wholemeal bread
Small piece of cheddar cheese
Cherry yoghurt ... low fat ... not zero fat
Teatime ... bowl of vanilla yoghurt
This evening ... onions, cod and prawns ... I made a white sauce with milk and sauce flour which needs no fat, and put a blob of low low fat cream cheese in it to melt and make a nice 'sauce'. Poured it over the onions, fish and prawns and baked them (in my Remoska) for a while until the fish looked cooked. I had cooked an onion chopped up in water in the microwave, drained it and then added it to the fish. Added pepper ... too much according to husband!
Steamed brocolli and asparagus.
Mango ... which had finally ripened ... and vanilla yoghurt ... it didn't 'go' well together. Must get in some zero fat plain yoghurt to go with fruit.
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That's me drawing a line underneath. No more food today. But, tomorrow is another day ..... YUM :0)) -
Message 31
Posted by orange pekoe (U9563764) on Friday, 1st April 2011
F-P, that card sounds gooooorrrrrgggeous! I'm sure she'll love it.
I've always loved Russian dolls. Gave a friend a sweet little bag for her birthday that had Russian doll fabric for the lining.
Thanks to you and Birdy for the encouragement to get back in the saddle. -
Message 32
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Friday, 1st April 2011
Fire PIg ... I missed your post ... sorry :0) Your card sounds most unusual and special.
Well ... I made it upstairs without eating anything else but am now sucking a cherry menthol Tunes to stop myself coughing! Honest :0)) -
Message 33
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011
Thanks Birdy and OP, I should have added our present to her is a pink dress! She requested a pink dress, pink shoes and pink ribbon - do you get the theme? Her favourite colour used to be purple, but she broke her ankle and when asked her favourite said purple so they put a H-O-R-R-I-D purple cast on it and when she said she had changed her mind about her favourite they wouldn't take it off!!!
I resisted all temptations when making my bedtime drink last night, a good thing!
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Message 34
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011
Purple was very 'in' a few years ago .... our daughter's bridesmaids were in pale purple, it being the choice of her future sis in law. Not my favourite either!
Well done for getting upstairs without nibbling ... you can put a tick and a smile on the day.
Today is the tomorrow we were writing about yesterday .... I'm off to a good start of this maintaining m'larky as I am still at the half stone marker which is my aim. I have a few pounds either side of it to 'play' with.
I'm not sure if I mentioned on this thread that we spent Wednesday in Cambridge and had tea with a nephew and his American wife and we were given hot cross buns with lashings of peanut butter on them .... that the morningI had had a millionaire's shortbread and in the evening a meal out .... (my one meal a week where I can eat anything ... though I was careful ... poached pear was lovely) and as expected the scales reflected my lovely day out, but two days on they have gone back to my half stone mark. Phew.
Have a tasty day everyone :0))
I am really into new territory here as the maintaining is the thing that has tripped me up in the past. -
Message 35
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011
Hope you had a good day in Cambridge... I love that place (even though my allegiance is to the 'other place'!)
Maintained weight this week... feeling reasonably positive about that, especially since I was out last weekend and succumbed to a delicious pizza, the first I've eaten in a long time. Ö÷²¥´óÐã-made pizza really is comfort food in every sense of the word...
However, since then I have been quite good and am approaching the great swim next Saturday feeling fairly positive. It will be good to be able to say 'I've done that!' -
Message 36
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011
Hope you had a good day in CambridgeÂ
We did thankyou :0) We met in Cambridge (I was doing a secretarial course and one of my brothers was the chaplain at the college OH was at) and so it has very special significance for us. We went to hear our niece in law (is there such a thing?) sing at a lunchtime concert and 'did' our favourite Fitzwilliam museum and went to Jesus College. We were chatting with a don type person there who said in his day the Chapter House (which is now being restored) used to be the loos, and they hadn't decided what to do with it in its new restored state. I said I thought it looked perfect for a place to should serve coffee and cake to visitors. He thought it an excellent idea :0)))
Blackbird still singing .... he begins at 6.00 in the morning and sings all day long! -
Message 37
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011
I love it when they serve coffee and cake in restored surroundings... one of my favourite coffee shops is situated in the crypt at Gloucester Cathedral! I do love Cambridge with all the beautiful old buildings. Am going back to Oxford this summer for a day and am looking forward to that enormously. It will be all the better for being able to peruse my favourite cake shop there (Maison Blanc) without succumbing to any of its treasures!! All the benefit of sight and smell and none of the calories!!
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Message 38
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011
Sadly our favourite cake shop Fitzbillies has closed! Though recently their cakes weren't as good as they used to be.
Anyone we know who visited Cambridge used to bring us back these .....
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Message 39
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Saturday, 2nd April 2011
Just giving an encouraging wave to everyone.
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Message 40
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
Waving back, Birdy! Just had my porridge for breakfast with raspberries... absolutely delicious!
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Message 41
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
Just passing the Village Hall and saw Lost waving .... so popped in to weigh myself and phew, I'm maintaining the weight I want to be.
Soft fruit with porridge .... I've never tried that. Thanks for the idea. I experimented yesterday making my oat bran into porridge and I have to say it was lovely. MrB and I are regular porridge eaters but Dukan has us eating oatbran, which is just the husk. I believe porridge oats/bran mop up cholesterol in the gut. The manufacturers make similar claims, so perhaps there is truth in it.
At the stage in this diet plan that I have reached I have to include 3tbs of oatbran every day and some people simply stir it into yoghurt but I don't fancy that and have been making pancakes. Now that I know it makes nice porridge I'm glad of your suggestion to have it with fruit as demorara sugar is a nono for me at the moment as it works as a trigger to other sweet things ... I'll have some fruity yoghurt with it ... we don't have any soft fruit here at the moment.
A lovely sunny day ... our lawn got its first haircut yesterday so we are feeling very smart. A bit like after you get out the vacuum cleaner and wizz round .... it always looks better.
KOKO everyone. -
Message 42
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
As you know, I was a late convert to porridge. I found it bland and tasteless, but when I was trying to lower my cholesterol and reduce the amount of bread I was eating, I thought I ought to try it. Having it with sugar or honey is a no-no for me as a diabetic, so I experimented with different fruit to add a hint of sweetness and some texture/ flavour. I tried bananas and strawberries, but found both of those a bit too sweet. Raspberries have a tartness that I found went well with porridge.
I'm not sure I would like it as much without fruit, but the days when I have porridge for breakfast how now become 'treat days' in my eyes and if I had the time, I would have it every day! -
Message 43
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
P.S. The porridge is made with either water or skimmed milk (or a mixture) and is really creamy even like that, so I don't feel hard-done-to in any regard!
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Message 44
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
Some people put cinnamon on it.
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Message 45
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
Some people put it straight in the bin...
I'm one of them, I can't abide the texture of porridge. Tried it sweet (treacle, honey, dried fruit, fresh fruit), savoury (marmite in porridge, grated cheese in porridge, tinned chopped toms in porridge, lots of pepper in porridge) Aways yuck. One of the good things about my diabetes is that because oats give me quite a high blood sugar (and yes I know they're not supposed to but they do) I no longer have to aspire to eat the damned stuff for health reasons. Huzzah.
Had a trying on clothes morning.
Two pairs of trousers on their way to the charity shop. They didn't look very nice because they were too big. Used to be that they fitted but didn't look very nice because I was too big.
Got into a dress I thought I was keeping for sentimental reasons and found I fitted into a pair of black linen trousers I had forgotton I possessed. Wedding dress (which is black with white polka dots) now too big, when my bod stabilises at a weight it likes I'll get that taken in, it's a nice dress) There are a couple of tops that are fitting again too, one a very nice boat neck in a pale leaf green that will go beautifully with the denim side fastening three quarter length trousers that no longer have the camel hoof effect when zipped up (was that TMI?)
All in all a lovely morning :0)
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Message 46
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
Just to report that it IS possible to have roast lamb without half a jar of redcurrant jelly! :0)) I've just had one teaspoonful and shared it out with each mouthful of meat. Roast veggies .... no gravy, no spuds (as I'm not good at only a few of them and I'm only meant to have spuds/pasta etc once a week at the mo) and no gooseberry pie and cream.
Earlier I had the porridge with red cherry yoghurt and it was fine. I wouldn't shove past regular porridge and demororararara sugar for it, but a perfectly acceptable food. -
Message 47
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
Westie, have you tried mashed celeriac? It's a demon to peel but if you make quite small cubes it cooks in about the same time as potato and mashes well. Any leftover is loverly fried as celeriac cakes with grated cheese on top. Very mild celery flavour. A new staple in my diet.
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Message 48
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
Oh! I missed you Primrose. You dont' mention trying bacon and eggs in your porridge!!!!! We had an American family to stay when we were children and my mother was horrified when they all shovelled their fry-up into the middle of their porridge! :0) She got them to remove it and they then put marmalade with the bacon and I subsequently tried it and discovered that that comnbination is lovely.
Well done you for sorting out your clothes and how wonderful to be able to wear anything again.
Celeriac is on the shopping list. We grow Jerusalem artichokes and they sound like a similar faff, but well worth it. Something that sounds very odd is cauliflower mash instead of mashed spuds. I put it on top of mince the other day and almost fooled myself! After it was mashed I stirredin a little low fat cream cheese. I am only to have pasta/spuds/rice etc once a week at the moment, so like to try and find alternatives. So thanks for that. -
Message 49
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
ooh, how lovely PP. I had just said to OH that I was now wearing things a size smaller than previously, he was suitably impressed!
I am trying to be glad that I wasn't given any chocs today! It is not easy! I was given two cards today - the first time for years that I have had TWO cards! YP had made his last Monday. He goes to Welsh classes and they were taken for conversation to a meeting of Merched y Wawr (Don't know the exact translation but it is something like a Welsh medium WI) Somewhat to their surprise they had to sit through a cardmaking demonstration, then try making one themselves. He said the cards weren't anything like the ones I make.
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Message 50
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Sunday, 3rd April 2011
"We had an American family to stay when we were children and my mother was horrified when they all shovelled their fry-up into the middle of their porridge!"
Porridge is not dissimilar from grits, and that's what they do with grits. Grits are everybit as appetising as they sound. I think they're made of cornmeal, which seems a dreadful waste of a potentially delicious ingredient (griddled polenta with chilli bean sauce and grated cheese anyone - nom nom nom..) They also put sweet syrup on their bacon, I think that's from the Dutch settlers over there, I've had savoury pancakes in Holland served with 'stroop', a treacle like syrup. It's vile, I don't do sweet and savoury either.
I am very pleased with the fittingness of clothes, it has put a spring in my step.
Fire-Pig, do the Welsh WI really segregate their membership by size? Can't help thinking you'd get nicer jam and cakes at the Welsh Medium WI than the Welsh Slender WI, but not as nice as at the Welsh Reubenesque WI...
PP
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