14th January 2017
Supporting another's success won't ever dampen yours.
I don't know how I ever lived without a dressing gown! It's the first thing I grab in a morning, and
yet for 45 years of my life I thought they were only needed for hospital stays,
now it's my most prized possession. On
really cold days I put the hood up, it's not a pretty sight!
Another cracking good meeting last night, over five stone
lost at Essington by those amazing members, we also had a good chat in the
meeting, I do love a good meeting, it's where the magic happens.
My poor lovely mom is in so much pain with her hip, seems
worse since she was man-handled into the xray machine, she screamed in pain
this morning at 4am as she tried to move in bed :( going to see if doc can give
anything stronger painkiller wise on Monday and hope they've had the results
back by then, they said 7-10 days, that'll be 7.
One of my members asked me about a recipe yesterday which
was 15sp each, I've found her a similar Weight Watcher version for half that,
thought I'd share it with you too, this would be nice served with broccoli. Then you could add some rice for extra points
or cauliflower rice. Talking of cauliflower
rice I tried doing it again yesterday and adding other stuff, that wasn't such
a success, I'll stick with it just as rice and onions, I wasn't so keen on it
with all the other stuff in.
Beef in oyster sauce Serves:
2, 7sp per serving
Preparation
time: 30 minutes (includes marinating) Cooking time: approximately 6 minutes
350g (12oz) lean steak (7sp for
rump)
2 tsp light soy sauce
2 tsp dry sherry or rice wine
2 tsp cornflour (1sp)
2 tsp oil (3sp)
3 tbsp homemade chicken or beef
stock
3 tbsp oyster sauce (3sp)
Garnish:
4 tbsp spring onions finely
chopped,
coriander leaves,
chilli
strips of radish.
Slice the steak across the grain
into 5cm (2’’) lengths. Blend the soy
sauce, sherry and cornflour together, toss the meat thoroughly and leave to
marinate for 20 minutes. Heat the oil
in the wok, until it is almost smoking, add the steak and stir-fry for 1 minute
– remove and drain.
Wipe the wok clean, add the
stock and oyster sauce, bring to the boil, &return the beef to the wok and
stir over a moderate heat for 2 minutes.
Arrange the meat on a serving plate, spoon over the sauce, sprinkle with
spring onions, radish strips and serve immediately garnished with a halved
chilli. Serve with rice or chips
– don’t forget to add the extra points.
We've had another layer of snow here in the night, I've been
out and thankfully it's the soft kind that's melting and not the icy kind,
it'll be gone in no time, the main roads are clear I can see from my window.
Now I've woke up thinking I'll cook this afternoon, I don't
normally bother on a Saturday, usually tired after a busy week and my massage
but I'm going to ask for oils to give me some get up and go, I'm fancying the
chicken meatballs and cauliflower mash, then tomorrow I can do the butternut
squash lasagne. My fridge is heaving! I managed No Count yesterday, I did have
crumpets twice but I won't buy any now for a week or so, curry beans on them
last night, love them. Fakeaway donor
kebab in a Weight Watcher pitta for lunch, I do love the Smart Points plan.
What can I say, I like eggs ;) it's not a bad plan is it!
Breakfast this morning, I'm thinking heck sausage sarnie,
nom nom and another mug of tea, this one's almost empty. Let's make this weekend matter, getting our
healthy on, focusing on the happy because there is always some happy in your
life if you look. Mom and I had a real
chuckle yesterday in the car, when I said to her;
"you're in pain ain't ya mom" and she replied "yeah, I try not to moan", I
couldn't resist and answered with "you're failing at that a bit at the
moment" we both
burst into laughter, had a quick cuddle which isn't easy in a car, then laughed
all the way up the road. If my mom can
raise a chuckle when she's in as much pain as she is, then we all can.
Here's
to a sensational Saturday BeYOUtiful, we've got this nailed!
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