Carrots for brekkie were actually pretty good.
Black tea is a taste I'm aquiring.

Smoked mackerel wilted spinach and walnuts for lunch is sounding good!
Local beer festival tongiht and tomorrow but I'm planning on a glass of red or two instead.

good work c, I'm having carrots for brekki with hummus 🙂

So, nothing !, is forbidden

human flesh is contraindicated

Re tea – I find lighter teas like Darjeeling are a lot nicer without milk than standard British brews. Or light green tea, or chinese style for that matter.

Barnes did you get beaten up a lot at school?

I'm going to do a quick tea bag shop at lunch I think, Tetleys not cutting it 🙂

Green tea is where it is at.

Barnes did you get beaten up a lot at school?

mainly when I tried to bite people

Can i have the pack please, forgot to put my email address in last time 🙂

m_ottley hotmail com

its all about mint tea 😀 mmmm

Barnes did you get beaten up a lot at school?
mainly when I tried to bite people

How about when you incessantly needled people with rubbish comments and never shut up? 😉

How about when you incessantly needled people with rubbish comments and never shut up?

it's OK, you already confessed to being non violent

thanks alexxx

11stone12.5 this morning its going in the right direction.

Alexxx – mint tea – ew. mouthwash.

Oh yeah I forgot to weigh myself. 10 stone 19 but that is after a lot of water.

10 stone 19

AKA 11st5 ??

10st 19 is 11st 5 isn't it?

Sorry typo 10.1 🙄

Well, that didn't take as long as I thought it would.

Day off then today, unexpected, for the previoulsy mentioned reason.

Got back late lunchtime, but didn't have anything prepared….

It was at this point I heard the bread and cheese calling me 😯

But !, I resisted and made the following, only took about 10 mins.

Diced 2-3 inches of cucumber
Finely chopped half an onion
Diced a Tuna steak

Whacked the tuna steak pieces, onto a greased tray and under the grill

Put the diced and chopped cucumber and onion into a bowl

While the tuna was cooking I made up some more of the dressing I usually use for salad.

Olive Oil at a ratio of around 3:1 (2:1 if you prefer your dressing to be a little less viscous) with lemon juice or white wine vinegar.
So 30ml oil, 10ml lemon juice
Also added 10ml of dijon mustard and finely ground fresh black pepper, to taste, maybe a pinch of salt.

Whisked the oil, juice, mustard, etc, in a bowl.
That was the dressing done.
You might make a larger quantity and store it in the fridge for a few days.

Once the tuna was cooked, I added it to the cucumber and onion in the other bowl
Dressed with the, err, the dressing 🙂

Done !.

The point was, I resisted the easy choice of a sarny, and 10 mins later, I had something I really rather liked, and it got me out of a spot.
I'm a few days into this now and I don't want to waste my efforts so far.

😉

I reckon that if I had the time in the morning, I could make this up and take with me to work.

Solo

Solo, spot on

I think one of the points of this plan is that if you take the time to actually think about what you are eating rather than just going for the convenient option you will generally make better choices

Richmtb.

Exactly. I'm using this to widen my culinary horizon, and I aint scared of a little bit of work in the kitchen if thats what it takes to shed a few lbs, along with the cycling, of course.
😉

Ta

Diced 2-3 inches of cucumber

ahem, you do know that's a fruit don't you ?

SFB, do all these little tiny internet victories over strangers ever really make you happy?

Well, its public, I had forgottent that cucumber is classed as fruit.

I imagine that I'll now expand to the size of a planet and then explode.

It was nice knowing you all 🙁

***was going to ingore SFB today, he is still sore from being proved to be silly about the forbidden comment, and he doesn't know if this is my one day in 7. Just ignore him***

Still, at least I've had my memory jogged, alternative to cucumber wont be difficult, next time. Shredded fresh lettuce to replace cucumber in the above post. mmmmmm

😉

S

he is still saw from being proved to be silly about the forbidden comment, and he doesn't know if this is my one day in 7.

sore ? Forbidden 6 days a week is still quite forbidden…

Just ignore him***

easier said than done it seems

did a walk this morning up coniston old man with only a bottle of water and a bit of last nights dinner for breakfast 😀

chunky chicken with a light chicken stock cube crushed over it spinach and peas 😀

roasting hot day today, I haven't given up on this thread just the weekend needs more attention for fun times!

What's the thoughts on bulgar wheat??? I know that Cous cous is off???

Just had some delicious lamb with borlotti beans:

Grilled lamb steak with the following:

½ onion, peeled, chopped
1 garlic clove, peeled, chopped
½ tomato, chopped
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
100ml/3½fl oz chicken stock
200g/7oz canned borlotti beans, rinsed, drained

Heat olive oil in a frying pan and fry the onions and garlic for 2-3 minutes, or until softened. Stir in the tomato and tomato ketchup and cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Stir in the chicken stock and borlotti beans and simmer for 6-8 minutes.

From the BBC

It was very good.

Hi Alexxx, I'm glad you're sticking with the thread 🙂

Its been super hot, here in east anglia today.
I've started preparing some beans with an eye on Chargrilled tuna with dressed beans. If its any good, I'll post it.

I'm also planning to post a curry-style mix/garam masala type thing I've been working on
🙂

I dont have scales, but I feel as if things are defo going in the right direction
Keep up the good work
😀

Capt Jon.
Interesting recipe, cheers for the link. Good Idea to hunt out recipes on the beeb.
😉

S

soaking beans tonight 8)

Good one BB. I'm doing the same, its the first time I've ever prepared beans. Curious to see how much they enlarge.

I've got canellini and pinto beans under an inch of water.

I looked all over for borlotti beans, but to no avail. Even tahini paste was difficult to find, until I found some in holland & barratt.
never bean there before
😉

Excellent !

S

add a few more inches of water!

Will do, Thanks Dave
😀

just checked my beans….my water has gone!

Best top it up then, I've just done the same.

Just as well we're posting, others will see how it works, then.

🙂

I looked all over for borlotti beans

they have them ready to eat in cans in Sainsburys 🙂

Slight problem – I don't do cooking. 😳

Suggestions welcome please 🙂

Suggestions welcome please

kidnap a cook 🙂

suggestion – do cooking

kidnap a cook

Brilliant idea! Who?