23rd November 2017
You don’t have to wait till January to make changes!
I woke up feeling rough as yesterday, just your everyday run
of the mill head cold and sore throat rearing its ugly head! I sat at my desk feeling sorry for myself but
Alfie was having none of that, after throwing my toys out the pram I decided I
needed to go to my happy place, so a trip to Waitrose it was and as Penn Road
Butchers isn’t far from there, I popped in there too as I wanted to test his
flavoured sausage, came back with chicken breasts and lemon and herb
sausages.
This is what happens when I take time for what’s important
to me! 4sp per portion - Chicken breasts stuffed with chorizo, protein cheese,
olives & sundried tomatoes on a bed of roasted veg & garlic.
These are the ingredients I used;
Roasted vegetables – garlic, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms,
peppers
4 chicken breasts, Protein cheese 3sp, 20 black olives 2sp, Sundried
tomatoes 1sp, Chorizo 5sp, Oil 4sp
I did cook the veggies for a bit before adding the stuffed
chicken, must say the garlic wasn’t cooked enough but the rest was lush and I’ll
use the garlic in my slow cooker today so they won’t be wasted and the flavour
from them still made its way onto the chicken. The chicken breasts are the 10
for £12 ones and they are really big and filling.
I then set about my next creation, I wasn’t feeling well
enough to do anything much but cooking comes automatically and without thought
and I find it quite therapeutic. Carol
(my helper) had got me a bag of Orzo to try, never had it before so I decided
to use that and the sausages as meatballs.
I pan fried some diced chorizo (4sp) onions,
carrots and garlic then added diced mushrooms and olives, the put in 360g of
orzo (32sp) and covered with stock, I used a chicken and a vegetable stock pot
(4sp). I made meatballs out of the
sausages and cooked them separately as I wanted them crispy on the outside and
this was how it turned out. Really
tasty, mom loved her small portion, I had the orzo concoction with my chicken
breast for my tea. I’d already tasted
enough of the lemon and herb balls whilst at the meeting last night as I took
testers.
I’m going to make use of my slow cooker today, will show you
how it worked out tomorrow or later on instagram and Facebook. It’ll be worth finding five or ten minutes
this morning to come home to a tasty lunch.
Well after taking night nurse last night and gargling with
my Difflam oral rinse in the night (both kept in my bathroom ready for such a
eventuality), I feel a bit better this morning than I expected too which is
great when I have five meetings ahead of me.
I was again pleased with the results from last night’s meetings, 49.5 in
the first and 36 in the second, those that had embraced Flex had done fab, a
couple had maintained and there was a couple that were cautious of it because
they enjoy ready meals for quickness and because they don’t want to cook and it
helps them not think about food. This is
something we’re going to look at, change isn’t instant for everyone, the one
lady was going to batch cook some ready meals of her own and I’m going to work
with the other lady to find solutions. This
is a great example of how we are all so different. I heard again last night, I’m worried to get
on the scales because I can’t see how it has worked, I’ve eaten so well and
then they’d lost 3lb! Another line I’ve
heard a lot is, “eating eggs for breakfast has kept me fuller so much longer”, then
there’s the “I haven’t wanted to snack this week”. My favourite line though is most definitely, “I
love FLEX, it’s just the change I needed” because I know that means I’m going
to have lots of happy losers in my meetings ;)
Already this week my members have lost over 16 stone and I’m
only half way through my meetings, how fab is that! I don’t know about you but I want some of
that success which is why I’m going to make Thursday truly terrific! You up for that BeYOUtiful?
I almost forgot to tell ya (cos this is the most
important thing from yesterday!) I only got the yolk perfect on my poached
eggs, pleased as punch as was, see how good it is when you simplify your life,
when the highlights become something so simple, the other thing that made me
truly smile was mom telling me her dinner was delicious and Susan posting about
the stuffed chicken I’d given her “Well Beverley
Longsden that chicken was absolutely bloody beautiful!” I love it when
people enjoy my cooking. That’s me
smiling now and off to get ready for work.
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