Week 19- food haul #1

This week I didn't go to group, I wasn't feeling too well. I think I probably did have a loss as I feel like I have and I have been on plan.

I'm on lates this week and I cannot be bothered going food shopping before or after work so I did my shop online.

And here is what I bought...

Freezer food- I went for the herbs, I haven't tried them before but I thought they would come in handy. And some frozen veg, convenient for when I'm in a rush and have not got the time for chopping veggies.

A selection of meats, planning on along pulled pork, steak and kidney pie, spaghetti bolagnais, possibly piri piri chicken and chicken curry.

And a selection of veg and salad to go with the meats.

Some speedy fruits to snack on.

Healthy extras, the soup and all bran are Bs and the milk and baby bel As.

Treats, love the flavoured coffee not tried these flavours yet, can't wait.

Can't do a shop without stocking up on my old favourite eggs. Can't live without them these days.

I don't mind every now and then doing an online shop but I do prefer going to super market so I can choose my food, I look for food the have the longest life and pick my fruit and veg and meats. It normally takes me a good hour to do a food shop but online it's mostly all saved and I don't go off budget and I stick to what I need.

Week 18- meat!

This is a little late, but when I went to group this week I didn't do as well as I thought I would, just half a pound off. I was hoping for 2 and my stone award. Which means no new make up for me just yet (treat). But onwards and upwards, must not let it get me down.

I thought I would share a little recipe that is inspired by one I saw on SW website.

Meatloaf

You need:

600g pork I used the stir fry version from asda because they are lean and already cut up into bits.

5 eggs, 1 for binding the meat together the rest boiled.

Approx 8 rashers of bacon, remove the fat.

Seasoning and some herbs of your choice I went for sage because I think it goes well with pork.

I put the pork into the food processor a bit at a time so that it cut up nice and fine like mince. Meanwhile I boiled 4 eggs.

I then put the chopped up pork in a bowl with a whisked up egg. Herbs and seasoned with salt and pepper. Mixed it all together.

I then took a silicone loaf mould and lined it with the bacon. Put a layer of the pork in the bottom approximately a centimetre thick. Layed the peeled boiled eggs across the middle, filling the sides up and covering the eggs up with the pork. Then wrapped the remainder of the bacon around the pork.

I put it in the oven for around 45-50 mind on gas mark 6.

This went down so well with my other half and I enjoyed it as abit of a snack or with a salad for lunch. 

Week 17- Aldi 5 favourites

This week was a good week, I went to group feeling good and voila! 2lb lost. Which means another 2lb and I get my stone award and I will treat myself to some new make up. Hopefully I will have it off next week then I can present a bit of a make up haul.

I thought this week I would show you my top 5 favourite food items from Aldi because I have been going there a lot lately. In no particular order...

5. The super 6!

So generally every week they have 6 items of fruit and veg that they have price dropped to something like 59p. Which I think is really good because you can get your free or speed foods really cheap although all the fruit and veg is reasonably priced anyway I do like to try something I wouldn't normally buy when it's in the offer like kewi or butternut squash.

4. Infusions salmon fillets.

These are so good, you get 2 salmon fillets that are already seasoned for £2.89. I like the Thai red marinade, I haven't tried any of the other flavours yet. All you do is put them in the microwave for 4minutes and they are done, you can grill or bake them if u like instead. They are really nice with some stir fry veg and noodles. I'm going to have mine this week with roast Mediterranean vegetables. And by the way free.

3. Egg poacher

I am loving my new egg poaching pan only £4.99. Reason being I am useless at making poached eggs, no matter how hard I try I just cannot get them right but then I got this little beaut. I used it for the first time at the weekend, all you need to do is pour a shallow pool of boiling water in the bottom of the pan, crack the eggs into each of the separate compartments on the next layer then put the lid on top. This steams the eggs, just left them for 3-4 minutes and that's it, perfect and syn free.

 

2. Moser-Roth finest chocolate 

All verities are are 7syns for a 25g bar and you get 5 per pack for £1.19. I love mint dark chocolate so I have been enjoying these as a treat mostly with a mint chocolate options got chocolate drink (2 syns). They come in a few other flavours, I think I will try the orange chocolate next.

1. Harvest morn Benefit light cereal bars.

You can have 2 of these as an HEB and come as a pack of 6 for £1.19. They have them in chocolate and fudge, summer fruits and, apple and sultana. I prefer these to the alpen light bars, and you get more in a box and they are cheaper.

If anyone does read my rumblings and also enjoy Aldi's slimming world friendly treats then please let me know so I can try for myself.