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Filming, working out and power cuts
A bit of filming Did another little bit of filming this morning. I wrote three posts for the Guiness Partnership. The last one being on Valentine's, which is what they wanted to film - a little bit of talking, and making the main course. The Valentines one will be up...
Well, I’ve FINALLY finished it!
My daughter got married in June 2015, and as part of her wedding gift, I thought it would be nice to make her a quilt with a purple theme, like the wedding theme. I found some dark purple fabric leftover from making a skirt and one of her Dads shirts, and went hunting...
This week, free food and cold days
The last few days This week, the days are whizzing by extra fast! I don’t seem to be doing anything much except go to the gym, eat and digest! I’m being really good and recording every mouthful on myFitnesspal so I know accurately how many calories I’m having. A...
Two hours up the gym today, and still hungry after dinner
Just had dinner, and I'm still hungry! We had what has become a favourite, peanut butter noodles with loads of veg and a tiny bit of chicken. It was tasty, satisfying, but now, half an hour later, my tummy is rumbling again. I've started a 12 week program at the gym....
Savoury flapjacks, fragrant with rosemary, caramelised onions and sweet chilli, 15p
Do you have a savoury flapjacks recipe? Really tasty. Great for a grab and go breakfast, good in lunch boxes too. Men in particular seem to like these
An early start, millions of calories, old favourites and new discoveries
Had a lovely day today. It started off early as I woke up at 5:00am. Millions of calories At 8:00 I went off up to the gym for my set up meeting with my new coach for the next 12 weeks. One of the things he did was work out how many calories he wanted me to eat,...
Use it up meals, Roquefort tart, split pea soup. Soup just 13p
Use it up meals, Roquefort tart and split pea soup. The soup is the simplest one I know, only needs 2 ingredients
The New Year Diet
Well, here we are again, another January 1st, and all the usual resolutions apply. The next 12 weeks I've signed up at the gym I go to to their new program. In a couple of days, I'll be going to set up a 12 week program with them. They go through all your targets, do...
Sunny days, charity shops, handbags, puddings and good reads
Heathfield was heaving today, hardly surprising being Christmas Eve Eve. It was so nice to get out and about in some light and sunshine. I decided to have a wander in the town, partly for the sheer joy of it, partly to get a bit of exercise- so easy to vegetate this...
What I Love About Christmas Week
I love this week! Christmas Week, (I think of it in capitals!) the week before Christmas. It holds one of my favourite days, the shortest day. This means that Spring, is just around the corner, longer, warmer days, and an evening that doesn't make me feel shut...
Mixed veg Dahl that turned into Dahl soup
Had an experiment that turned out lovely today. I intended to make a Dahl, but it ended up as Dahl soup because I added too much water. There were the stalks and stems from an entire cauliflower in the fridge, and I thought it would make a delicious Dahl, with some...
Using up mincemeat – Mince pies, Mincemeat Muffins, Mincemeat Brownies and Mincemeat Ice Cream
A few days ago, I made some mince pies for the U3A Christmas meeting. I had bought a new large jar of mincemeat, but then remembered I still had 2.5 jars of the same size left from last year. So I dug out one of those and used that. I made some oil pastry, then used...