26th February 2018
Wake up and smell the endless possibility.
Oh I had a lovely day yesterday, I never got round to the 2
hours of housework – oops, I managed 5 minutes to clean the bath, then I put
bubbles in it, filled it with warm water, put smelly candles by the taps and
spent an hour soaking and listening to my audiobook instead, that did me way
more good. I have been a grown up this morning
though and I've ’lready stripped my bed, I’ll do upstairs today – honest!
Back to yesterday, what a lovely lunch we had, The Hollybush
(Little Hay Lane, Staffordshire, WS14 0QA), I was very impressed, even more so
because I’d used my Tesco clubcards to get vouchers, £2.50 got me £10 worth of
food, so our meal only cost us £30 total for drinks and tip once we’d used £80
of vouchers. Result. As always we had a giggle, my besties
realised they need to get me out more often when I started quoting Gibbs from
NCIS! Yeah, that was me who actually
said the words “Gibbs says there’s no such thing as a co-incidence” deep sigh,
shakes of heads then laughter. I think
this is what I will do when stuck in a quandary in the future, I will ask
myself “what would Gibbs do?” And if this
isn’t proof I need rescuing from myself, I don’t know what is.
4 hours of friendship and laughter was the best medicine
ever, plus as a super bonus, I got back to mom in a cracking good mood and we
enjoyed the rest of the day. Alfie even
got 2 walks yesterday.
The only negative was the 2.5lb I lost last week had
returned this morning, but I’m sorry, I don’t care, I enjoyed every morsel of
my 3 courses, I had macaroni cheese for my starter,
it was delicious, it’s a
new food to me believe it or not, probably only tasted it a few months ago for
the first time, now I’m hooked but aware of how high in points it is, so I need
to find me a healthy version. The Co-op one mom has is 18sp, this recipe is 12sp
a portion and lots of members have recommended it to me in the past.
Mac and Cheese
Serves 1, 12sp
1 large Tomato
4 sprays Calorie controlled
cooking spray
50g White pasta, dry
10g Plain white flour
200ml Skimmed milk
10g Low fat spread
20g Half fat cheddar cheese
1⁄2 leaf Bay leaf, dried
1⁄4 medium Onion
1⁄2clove Garlic
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark
6/200°C/fan oven 180°C. Place the tomatoes in a square baking dish and spray
with the cooking spray. Heat until skins start to crack. Meanwhile, bring a
saucepan of water to the boil. Add the pasta and return to the boil. Cook for
10 minutes or until tender. To make the cheese sauce, blend the flour with a
little of the milk and low fat spread in a non-stick saucepan, stirring until
smooth. Gradually add the rest of the milk. Drop in the bay leaf and bring the
sauce to the boil, stirring. Simmer for 2 minutes then remove from the heat and
stir in the Cheddar cheese. Remove the bay leaf. Drain the pasta and mix with
the cheese sauce and tip into the baking dish on top of the roasted tomatoes.
Gently mix together. Add onion and garlic and bake in the oven for 20 minutes
until crisp, golden brown and bubbling.
My main was an incredible lamb dinner with a Lancashire hotpot
too, oh yeah a meal on the menu that made it legitimate to have two mains in
one sitting. Then pudding was sticky
toffee pudding but it beat me, I couldn’t eat it. I know most people live for pudding but I’m
all about the mains and starters. I
believe we have two stomachs and one of them is for dessert, I think my pudding
stomachs broken because it fills up too quickly.
Mom’s weighed in this morning with me and agreed that we
both need to sort it out so hopefully that will help this week because her
biscuits and treats are killing me at the moment, usually I resist but I’m
finding it really difficult. She’s going
to have rations, I’ll give her a set amount each afternoon and once they’ve
gone they’ve gone. How she’ll feel about
that later is another thing, but we’ll wait and see.
We’ve agreed to sausage and mash with peas for dinner today
though. Penn Road chicken sausages of
course!
Yeah today’s gonna be a good day, even if there was snow
trying to fall when I woke, I’m not gonna let the weather change the days
vibe. Let’s get this day started
BeYOUtiful, however your weekend went – it’s Monday, let’s make it magic.
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