OV Slimming Club Part 3!

[mizzy]

good morning everyone

hope everybody is feeling nice and positive this holiday weekend

i've still got to get weighed monday, it's a weigh and go class with it being a bank holiday

i've been working on my menu for my anniversary and so far it looks like this

cooked beef slices*
cooked ham slices with a mustard crust*
bistro salad with croutons
coleslaw
potato salad
beetroot salad
selection of bread rolls
mini bruschetta
vol au vents
breaded king prawn skewers plain
and sweet chilli with sweet chilli dip
egg and bacon quiche (made by my mum)
Lasagne (dh's speciality)
garlic bread slices
hot new potatoes with chives
crisps
nuts
dips and crudites

mini choc eclairs
mini pavlovas
trifle
fresh fruit plate
anniversary cake
birthday cake (dh's birthday!)

* i'm cooking the joints of meat myself the day before*

now all i need something simple for my veggie guest but not sure? and the children are having thier own buffet in the den which is going to be their v.i.p lounge[msneek]with no adults allowed[msnoo]

what do you think?

Mizzy

[janny]

Sounds great Mizzy I am sure your guests will have a ball as well as a feast.What about some of the green sw receipes such as roasted veg couscous or a veg lasagne . There is a lovley finger food receipe called Spicy chickpea ball with yougurt relish or of course a frittata or a mushroom pate


My food diary for yesterday (Original)

weetabix + fruit HE B +A
Jacket pot with quark +beans HE B

Lamb skewers with spaghetti squash,sugar snap peas red peppers and salad
Rhubarb + nat yog 1/2 syn
2 dark ryvita 3 syns
3 mini babybel light HE A

3 litres of water

am I getting this right experts?

Have a good holiday week end all I am expecting my sons and his family to descend -can't wait

Janny jacket pots and beans are only free on green days so only one can be your hC b??[msnsmile]

[mizzy]

thanks for the idea of the veggie food Janny, i think i'll add cous cous to the list because it's nice and easy[msnwink]

i'm not sure about your food diary at all Janny, it'a little confusing for a red day

what's spagetti squash?

your jacket pot would be a B choice as would the beans? so i'm confused there too, because with the weetabix that would make 3 b choices

if spagetti is the pasta type then i would have said this day works perfectly for a "green" if you had a weighed amount of lamb

hope i havn't confused you too much

Mizzy

[thornton]

Before I got to your posting Mizzy I was thinking the same, it looks good for a green day, depending upon the amount of lamb on the skewers. I would have thought what Janny has put done as HO Bs would be free on a green day. The meat would be the HO B and if there was more than the amount allowed then the rest would be syns.

I stand to be corrected.

Your menu sounds good Mizzy, I assume the coleslaw and potato salad will be made with the low syn mayo etc. As a veggie dish you could make a pasta quiche or a frittata.

Now off to do the shopping as our visitors have just left, DH has gone sailing and then I am off to dog agility.

Karen, the pictures of Lily are gorgeous.

Have a good holiday weekend everyone, and will check in later.

[janny]

Thanks girls its the HE that get me confused.[msneek]So will sort that.
Mizzy Spaghetti squash is a veg similar to butternut squash and is free (i think)

[mizzy]

either way it's going to be ok Janny

if you count it as an original day the one extra healthy B = 6 syns and you will still be well within your syns for the day but i would have gone green for the day

have you tried making the chips yet Janny?, the're a nice alternative to a jacket spud

Jill, i'm buying in as much as possible, the caterer that i was going to use is booked for the day but is still helping me with some things, so she's going to provide the salads and some desserts, i'm not a coleslaw, potato salad sort of person and the beetroot one is ok for me

Mizzy

guilty of typing at the same time Janny, yes butternut squash is free on both days[msnsmile]

[janny]

I have tried making the chips but my oven is so bad I never seem to have success with them even if I buy ready done oven chips for Martin they never cook properly .Can't wait to move to get a good oven (amongst other things )

Well my migraine has gone at last, fingers crossed it won't come back as sometimes happens[msnscared] Missed lunch though as i still felt [sick] so had an early tea[msnwink]

Had a good day today, green day diary....

fruits, yog and special k = 2 syn and 1 HC b
skinny latte x 2 = 2 x HC a's
huge spanish omelette with onion, mushroom, peas and new potatoes
muller lemon cheesecake 0.5 syns
HiFi bar = 1 HC b
got more fruits and yog for later[clap]
Lots of water[angel]

Hope everyone has had a good Saturday[msnsmile]

[mizzy]

really pleased to hear that you're feeling better now Julie[msnsmile]

i've had another fantastic day

red day
usual brekkie of toast and jam
cheesy omelette with bacon and red onion
yogurt
banana
rump steak and roasted veg
mini honeycomb bites

total syns 6.5[angel][angel][angel]

Mizzy