14th April 2016
A happy life consists not in the
absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
So apparently me and some of my members
are having a 21 day challenge! We're
giving up the junk! Fancy joining us, can you give up the junk for 21 days - no biscuits, cookies, cake,
doughnuts or muffins. No sweets (candy), pastries, chocolate, white bread, ice
cream, crisps, fizzy pop or fast food! Are you brave enough to try? It'll certainly make us feel a lot healthier
for sure, I did my first day yesterday! I ain't gonna lie, I don't think it'll be
easy for them, especially as I'm not one to eat those things and I found myself
thinking about wanting something "nice" last night, but it did stop
me, so that's a good thing.
My eating didn't go to plan yesterday,
I went to buy the two ingredients I wanted to make the two recipes I had and
Asda didn't have either, I tried Co-op on the way home and they didn't either and
I didn't have time to go elsewhere, so I ended up eating a delicious pastry
topped stuffed mushroom which one of my members had picked me up from
Morrisons, that was 4sp, we had it with a lot of veg and salad, unfortunately
although it was tasty, there wasn't enough of it, so I ended up eating some
leftovers from the night before. This is
why I have to have my meals planned and ready, otherwise I end up eating
something that's not satisfying and that's going to lead me to wanna eat more!
So I need to get today sorted before I
leave this house because today is my busiest day and it's going to be busier
than usual as we're going paperless in the meetings today, so it'll be a
challenge for sure, add to that I haven't had a great night thanks to middle
aged flushes and hormones and we've got ourselves dangerous territory, so I
need a plan! As soon as I've finished
typing, I'll off to see what's in the freezer and get lunch ready, I did pick
up a ready meal I could have for tea, it's one of the new Weight Watcher No
Count meals, chicken and leek pie, onion 8sp if counting. That'll be perfect for tea.
And thanks to the 21 day challenge,
they'll be no nipping down the chippy or into KFC, which is what I wanted to do
after listening to the tales at the scales, it's so hard sometimes listening to
my members tell me what they've eaten, it makes me fancy it!
Hey Ho, here's to a good day, a last
minute planned eating day, a staying on track day and a surviving the chaos
day, but above all a smiling day ;) You in BeYOUtiful?
Ooo I nearly forgot! One thing that can help us with our no junk
challenge is the deal I sorted with a man that can yesterday (thank you Terri
for giving him my name and calling me) From Thursday until Sunday night this week, the Fruit & Veg hut at
the Hollybush garden centre (WV10 7LX) will give you 10% off your shopping on presentation of your membership
card! This is a trail run to see how it goes, so let's hope you all show him
what a great idea it is and get on down there so we can get more offers. PLEASE
show them your card before they start ringing up your shopping otherwise
they'll have to start all over.
I do fancy these though, like
cauliflower cheese I do!
Cauliflower cheese cakes
SERVES 4 ~ Prep time 20 mins + chilling ~ Cook time 1 hour ~ SmartPoints
8 per serving
650g potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 fresh bay leaf
500g whole cauliflower
100g Weight Watchers Reduced Fat Mature Cheese, finely chopped
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp plain flour
1 egg, lightly beaten
4 slices Weight Watchers White Danish bread, blitzed into crumbs
Calorie controlled cooking spray
4 tbsp ketchup
Put the potatoes and bay leaf in a pan. Cover with water
and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer.
Put the cauliflower in a colander set over the pan. Cook
both for 25 minutes.
Drain the potatoes, discard the bay leaf and add the
cauliflower to the pan along with the cheese
and mustard. Season and mash. Shape into 8 patties; chill
in the fridge for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. Put the
flour, egg and breadcrumbs onto separate plates. Dip the patties in the flour,
egg and crumbs, in that order.
Put the patties on a large baking tray misted with
cooking spray and bake for 30 minutes until piping hot and golden.
Serve 2 cauliflower cakes per person with 1 tbsp ketchup
each and some freshly steamed vegetables on the side.
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