This was yummy too Jen, lemon version of the Spanish Orange Cake on the SW website

Oh and have you tried the fake Pimms? I thought it sounded foul, but had to eat my words when I tried it today, really wasn't bad at all

They look good too.

I have to admit I'm not very adventurous with trying new recipes, I feed 4 other people so it's easier to adapt the things we already ate before SW... fakeaways, spag bol, curries etc. I think i make an effort to try a new meal once in a while. 

Do I need to get my cheque book out soon then Jen? 

Possible lol 3 wks to test (I'm starting to feel nervous now ) and 1/2 pound which will be gone on Thursday evening

I've just had Teriyaki Mackerel on toast.

But for tea I will be having simply mushrooms in a tomato and basil sauce tossed over some penne pasta.

I love pasta with tomato based sauces, i add onions, garlic, peppers, herbs and chilli (I like a bit of spice) I have it all the time with chicken and salad.

I'm really trying hard to cut down on the quantity of food I eat and at the same time keep eating things I enjoy. Like you I love all the above especially chicken, but I now try to only buy free range organic chicken from M&S as I'm hoping it's better quality and treated and also I do think the chicken tastes of something. Next week I shall start my salad run.

Do you or anyone else have any great recipes (preferably online) for pasta and rice based salad dishes - you know the kinds where you have say the rice and then in it you have chopped veg of varying types?

I can then just add a chicken breast or a couple of legs or maybe a nice piece of grilled salmon.

I liked this when i tried it, although i did leave out the sausages.. It's not really a salad but its, one pot rice dish

ingredients

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 450g chicken thigh fillets, cut into bite-size chunks
• 6 Quorn sausages, sliced
• 1 red, 1 green and 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
• 2 courgettes, roughly chopped
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 250g long grain rice
• 450ml chicken stock
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• A handful of fresh parsley, chopped

method

1. Heat a large pan sprayed with low calorie cooking spray. Add the onion and fry for 10 minutes to soften. Stir in the chicken and Quorn sausages and carry on cooking over a medium heat for 10 minutes.
2. Add the peppers, courgettes, thyme, lemon zest, chopped tomatoes, rice and stock and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the lemon juice and season to taste. Leave the jambalaya in the pan for a few minutes to soak up any remaining liquid. Serve sprinkled with some freshly chopped parsley.

- See more at: http://www.slimmingworld.com/r...sthash.GhvDxukd.dpuf

Cheers Jen.

Would this be good cold - for say packed lunch?

It would seem so, but just checking.

I had it hot, but i dont see why it couldnt be cold too

I like pasta, tuna, sweetcorn and lighter than light mayo cold with salad 

Or i mixed my pasta sauce tonight with pasta and put that in my fridge for tomorrow lunch time... I do prefer that warmed up though.

Well, we can take the weight as reached then 

As for the driving test, I guess a few nerves are bound to occur but I'm sure you will pass 

I had driving lessons but I decided I would never make a good driver, well driver tbh  

Moonie i felt like that for a while but carried on having lessons and something just clicked into place, it just became a lot easier... I really hope i pass, having to book again and wait will be a right pain in the butt! Plus will be handy over the school hols if i pass

Jen, I wouldn't have made a good driver tbh. A danger to myself and everyone else on road or pavement  

*crosses everything for a first time pass*  

Today I picked up some knock down red and green chillies along with some Sainsbury's best of prawns. Will be doing a chilli, prawn and mushroom combo tonight. 

This may be of interest

http://time.com/3950235/healthy-eating-habits-diet/

Most of that is along the same lines as slimming world  

Oh and prawns?! 

Just eating it and I used two chillies, one red one green. The prawns are there but not in your face. The heat is at a nice level.

Good experimental dish from what's in the fridge.

Just finished and it worked well. Not overly hot, prawns worked and the mushrooms (cut thickly) added a different element. Finally used a handful of penne pasta with the remainder of some tom sauce.

I lost 0.5lb this week Jen, (which was pretty good given I had a couple of evenings out and a wedding do where I didn't count the gin and processo syns!) Hope you do the same, good luck for tomorrow x

Thanx Supes, 0.5lb is good after all that! I've been running around like a looney this week and been pretty good so fingers crossed i make target tomorrow 

I didnt get my 1/2lb.... I lost 1.5lb!

Oh wooo hooo Jen 

Well done 

Thanx Moonie

Well done, Jen!

Thanx Yogi  

Nice one Jen    

I was happy until i went to the NHS calculator (I'm still thinking of going another 1/2stone) and they're telling me I'm overweight!!! BMI 25 lmao.... I guess they dont account for boobs!!! 

Sod your BMI, you have done fantastically well.

Three and a half stone is 22 kg. That's like two suitcases of on-board airplane luggage ... pack yourself two suitcases and try carrying them round all day!

Uber well dones to you xx

I've gone another half stone for the same reason Jen, want to be v comfortably in the 'healthy weight' range with room to spare ....although my boobs have all but disappeared

And now I'm on my lappy Jen

Thanx guys 

That's my worry! The last few lbs have defo come from there 

Think I'll see how i get on this week... I went and tried on some clothes tonight and i can fit into my target size so that made me happy

WHOOP, WHOOP, I needed 0.5lb off to get my 4.5 stone award and  1.5lbs  to get to target last night and lost 4lbs I also was voted the winner of my group's Woman Of The Year 

I'm inspired to get back onto SW. I was sooooooo good for sooooo long but I've taken my foot off the pedal for a few months - got the taste for bread again. It's such hard work getting the pounds off but so easy to put them on again.

Well done Supes and Jen.

Soozy! I'm pretty sure your posts were one of the reasons I started sw

Thing is though, anything over the 'Healthy' range is going to show up as 'OVERWEIGHT' regardless as to whether it's one ounce, one stone or one ton!

I've been given TWO boxes of Thornton's  chocolates for my birthday, (and money to buy more), It would be rude not to eat them....wouldn't it?

Agree Soozy, once you're 'in the zone' it's really not difficult to get it off, however, keeping it off is another matter. I'm determined this time 'though, that I will keep going to SW every week. That makes me sound/feel like a right saddo, but I just know if I don't have the discipline of standing on those scales every week that it will start creeping on again. I do the 'weighing' now, took some effort to persuade me to be a 'helper' (can't say social team, that really, really makes me sound like a saddo LOL) but I actually really enjoy it and it's only an hour and a half a week out of my life