3rd July 2017
It's not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It's necessary!
Anyhow
back to the good part of life, lovely chilled out day yesterday, I
had me a bit of a clothes shopping trip, filled those new wardrobes
of mine I did. I've got to go food shopping today because I'm
cooking in the meetings this week, can't beat a bit of hands on in
the meeting and a taster.
The
rest of yesterday was very relaxed, I actually feel asleep in my
chair and we were in bed before 9, after watching tele all night. I
did have an hour in the garden and finally got round to sweeping up
the yard, it was a mess.
I've
already done an hours work before starting my blog and I know today
is gonna be a productive one, once I get going, I've had my pint of
water, now got me a big mug of tea. Shopping and cleaning is mostly
on the agenda today, the cleaning is my new workout, it might not be
as enjoyable as a walk in the countryside but the rewards of having a
nice tidy house are almost as good.
It's
Monday, time to think about the week ahead and food etc, with what I
spent yesterday on clothes, I better start using the freezer
contents, it's 22 days to payday – oops!
Skint
eating, I think we can all relate to that can't we, one of my members
got a bit upset on Saturday because she hadn't lost weight and part
of the reason was she was skint and couldn't afford to buy healthy
food. Now I know some of you are probably saying 'you can eat
healthy cheap' and you can but it's not as easy as it is to eat
unhealthy cheap! We need to look more into eating grains and pulses
because they are cheap, a vegetarian diet is cheaper because meat is
usually the most expensive thing on the plate. I love couscous and
it's only £1.20 per kilogram in both Asda and Sainsbury's (I've just
looked) that would make loads of meals and it's so easy to cook, I
just add one of those stock pots to the water and get it to melt
first, or a stock cube, then add to the couscous, put a lid on and
leave for 5 minutes. Cooked. You can serve it with anything you'd
serve rice with, I like it with a fried egg on top, but then again I
like everything with a fried egg on top :)
Yeah
let's start sharing our cheap meal ideas, egg fried rice is another
goodie, any veggies you have thrown in with rice and an egg, nom nom.
I think I might have a go at this recipe from the Tesco website
although the points are high, it could be tweaked;
Vegetable
couscous
serves
4, 16sp per serving
200g couscous (20sp)
450ml
chicken stock, hot
50ml
olive oil (16sp)
50ml
balsamic vinegar (3sp)
1tsp
caster sugar (1sp)
1
red onion, cut into wedges
1
red pepper, de-seeded and sliced
1
large courgette, sliced lengthways
100g
vine cherry tomatoes
200g
canned chickpeas, drained (7sp)
100g
sultanas (16sp)
salt
& pepper
Pre-heat
the oven to 200°C.
Place
all the vegetables in a large roasting dish and drizzle over the olive
oil and the balsamic
vinegar. Add seasoning
and the sugar and toss well to combine. Roast for 20-25 minutes until
soft and starting to colour and caramelise.
Meanwhile,
place the couscous
in a large heatproof
bowl. Bring the stock
to a boil in a
saucepan over a medium-high heat. Pour the stock over the couscous
then cover the bowl with clingfilm. Allow to sit for 5-6 minutes
until the stock has been absorbed.
Remove
the clingfilm and fluff the grains with a fork. Remove the vegetables
when ready. Spoon the couscous into serving bowls and top with the
vegetables. Serve immediately.
Anyway
I need to get on or I'll end up playing on the computer for ages and
I don't have time for that. Here's to making Monday matter.
BeYOUtiful
– we got this!
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