Thursday, 22-01-26

Evening, all!

Weigh in tomorrow but who knows.  I've been working it all week but it's always a bit unpredictable, I find.
Fingers crossed, please.

Slimming World now sells pancakes at Iceland.  They are not THAT bad for ingredients but in the time it would take me to go and buy them, I could knock up several batches using good, pantry ingredients and knowing exactly what's in them.

So - no brainer.

Half a healthy fibre choice for these pancakes, made with rye sourdough and buckwheat flour.  Buckwheat isn't on the list of healthy fibre choices.  Nor is spelt.  So I looked up the numbers (because that's what I do) and the results are at the end.  I am counting buckwheat flour as a fibre choice!

Plus one and a half swips for some maple syrup

To make this soup, I roasted some carrots and onions, put them in Thermione with last night's leftover veg, about two thirds of a can of chopped tomatoes, also in the fridge waiting to be used, two level tbsp red lentils, some water, some chicken stock powder and some salt (not much) and pepper.  I boiled it all up and then blended it smooth with a dollop of quark.

I reheated it to just below boiling (95) and had it just like that without anything else.  It was absolutely delicious.
What's in the bowl was about half and I thought I could have the other half later if I felt hungry (I didn't).
Then I had an apple and some grapes.

Completely swip free and it doesn't use any healthy extras either.

I changed the plan for dinner because I forgot to get any chicken pout of the freezer.  I did have some bacon in the fridge so use that and it was lovely.  I didn't have chips; I'll probably have some tomorrow evening.

So - one fibre for the roll, one swip for salad cream in the coleslaw and two and a half swips for onion chutney.

I'm posting this now but later I will have a nibble of cheese for my calcium.

Summary:

Healthy extras:  one calcium, one and a half fibres and no fats

Swips:  five

B:  fruit, if I want anything

L:  a bit earlier than usual because Alex is round for his cookery lesson and he wants to make a Yorkshire pudding wrap.  I might have some veg and beef with him or I might just have a salad.  I'll see how I feel when the time comes.

D:  steak, chips and coleslaw/salad

An extra bit.

Fibre in various flours per 100g variable, depending on various factors: (thank you, Google)

Buckwheat:  10-12g

Rye:  11-16g*

Wholemeal (wheat):  10-12g*

Wholemeal spelt:  9-11g

Oats: 9-10g*

Oat flour:  7-9.3g

The ones marked with a * are on the healthy fibre list, the others aren't (yet).  However, I am counting them all as healthy fibre except, maybe, the oat flour because I see no reason why not, do you?