25th July 2010 facebook email

25th July 2010

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. Don't wait for old age to wear purple - be eccentric now.

The focus of this weekend for me is forget about food, find something else to occupy your mind.

We had a lovely time yesterday, went for a drive, couldn’t decide where to go so everytime I got to the end of a road, I said “left or right mom” and she picked we ended up at an Buildwas Abbey, followed by Wenlock Priory, which were both lovely to look round and stretch our legs. If we’re honest, we were on the search a nice little tea room or coffee shop with a garden and a lovely view to sit and watch the world go by, but we couldn’t find one! So if you know of any let me know for future drives out.

It’s 5.15am and I’m just gonna give Alfie a quick whizz round the block then I’m jumping in my car to meet my brother to have an early morning walk up the Wrekin! Going early means we’ll still have a full day left to do stuff after our walk – good eh.

Fancy trying something different for Sunday lunch today. What about Garlicky Stuffed Chicken Breasts.

Serves 2, 5pts each

Preheat oven gas mark 6 farn ove 180oC
Combine 40g low fat soft cheese
1 garlic clove, crushed
handful basil leaves, chopped
season with black pepper

Place 2 x 125g skinless chicken breasts between two sheets of clingfilm and bash with a rolling pin to flatten slightly.

Cut a slit in each breast to make a pocket. Spoon the soft cheese mixture into each pocket.

Place 1 chicken breast, slit-side-down, on 2 slices Parma ham and roll the ham round the chicken tightly. Repeat with other chicken breast.

Mist a baking try with low fat cooking spray. Place the chicken on the baking tray and bake for 25 minutes. Meanwhile boil 250g new potatoes for 15 minutes, adding 175g green beans, trimmed for last 3 minutes of boiling.

Drain, arrange on 2 plates with the chicken and serve.

Alternative instead of soft cheese try blue cheese for a truly tasty yumminess, more points though.

Remember Life Starts NOW!

Are you living yet :-)