10th February 2015
The cost of not
following your heart is spending the rest of your life wishing you had.
I've just had 9
hours sleep, perfect and I'm hoping my bestie hasn't given me her lurgy germs
because she looked absolutely dreadful yesterday!
We still managed to enjoy our afternoon tea
at Gluttons, Tettenhall, it was all very lovely, not the best I've had but
good, I do like my sandwiches and they were delicious, as were the maple syrup
and mustard sausages on sticks! I'm not
a big cake eater so I had a scone and I've eaten better. I did notice some of the meals coming out to
other people and it all looked very delicious. Our server was very attentive,
and I think that was part of the problem, she was a little 'too' attentive,
we're there to chat to eat other and eat cake, we'd have liked it all bought
out together we agreed so that we didn't have to keep being interrupted and
told what we were about to eat. That's
just us though, others may think differently!
Having said that they did sing
happy birthday to Lynne and AnnMarie and give them a little cup cake with a
candle in it which was lovely. I think I
can safely say, I ate my weeklies!
We've decided we'd
like to do afternoon tea again, so we'll be trying Cakes-A-Daisy, Cheslyn Hay
next I think. https://www.facebook.com/Cakesadaisy
So from today I
shall be on track again, have a beef mince curry made in the fridge, results of
the defrosted freezer the night before, I'm fancying salmon this week too I
think, and I have to say the one thing I did realise yesterday is how delicious
and satisfying the simple sandwich is! I
may make egg and mayo sandwiches for tea, then they'll be ready when I get back
from work, I even have some white bread in my kitchen that I only buy when
Lynne comes to stay. That's today's menu
sorted, ProPoints day it is then. I
fancy soup too, I have a tin of French onion soup I might have with my sandwich
or a cup a soup.
If all this talk of afternoon
tea has made you fancy a scone, remember you can, below is a recipe or if you
want a ready made one, according to the Weight Watchers app, a Costa scone is
10pp, Asda Cafe sultana scone is 9pp, Starbucks plain or fruit one is 7pp but
their berry scone is 12pp! M&S cafe
ones are 9pp. I always say 14pp for
scone with some butter or cream and a bit of jam, nom nom. That's the beauty of Weight Watchers, you
can eat cake!
Sultana scones – total 37pp (12 at 3pp each)
·
225g/8oz
self raising flour (19pp)
·
pinch
of salt
·
55g/2oz
butter (12pp)
·
25g/1oz
sultanas (2pp)
·
25g/1oz
caster sugar (3pp)
·
150ml/5fl
oz milk (1pp)
1. Heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
Lightly grease a baking sheet.
2. Mix together the flour and salt and
rub in the butter.
3. Stir in the sultanas, sugar and then
the milk to get a soft dough.
4. Turn on to a floured work surface and
knead very lightly. Pat out to a round 2cm/¾in thick. Use a 5cm/2in cutter to
stamp out rounds and place on a baking sheet. Lightly knead together the rest
of the dough and stamp out more scones to use it all up.
5. Brush the tops of the scones with a
little milk. Bake for 12-15 minutes until well risen and golden.
6. Cool on a wire rack and for extra
ProPoints you can serve with butter and jam and maybe some cream.
I might bake those
for mom and have lemon curd on them! Not
today though, way too busy in the week for baking.
Here's to a week of
wonderful weight loss on my scales, I'll be doing a collection too in meetings
this week for St Albans Primary School, after the arson attack last week
they're collecting things for a raffle to raise funds and I thought we could
have a collection too, every penny will help.
Have a great day
BeYOUtiful.
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