Wednesday, 07-01-26

Hi, everyone.

Now we SW-ers can use our healthy fats choice for avocado, here's just a couple of simple tips.  

First of all, the 'Savers' or 'Value' avocados you can get in the main supermarkets are pretty small but one whole one is pretty much one fats choice, meaning you don't have leftovers if you don't want them.

Secondly, if your avocados seem to be going a bit over, halve them, scoop out the flesh, smash it with seasonings and a splash of lemon or lime juice and freeze in 80g portions.  Works a treat and they freeze fine!

And I've had another thought too - seeing as wholemeal flours are now a fibre choice, maybe I can have a go at making a version of tattie scones.  I'm going to give that a go and see.
(I could anyway, I could have swipped - just saying! )

What I ate today:

Breakfast - smashed avocado, toast and tomatoes - really tasty.

One fibre choice and one healthy fats choice.

A portion of leek and potato soup from the freezer with a dollop of Greek yogurt, some grated cheese and some mixed seeds.

The soup was SW free, as was the yogurt, the cheese was three swips and the seeds were one swip (because I'd already allocated my calcium and fats choices).

Afters was a couple of tiny easy peelers.

This was so good.  I used two portions of bean and veg chilli and one portion of white bean cheese sauce, all from the freezer plus two sheets of lasagne.
I spiced up the bean and veg with some soy sauce, Henderson's relish and tomato puree plus some chicken stock powder.  I added extra cheese to the sauce and 'built the lasagne - red sauce, sheet of lasagne, red sauce, sheet of lasagne, cheesy sauce.  I covered the dish with foil and baked it for twenty mins in the air fryer.  Then, when it was dinner time, I sprinkled over more cheese, recovered, baked for fifteen mins, took off the foil and gave it five more minutes to brown the top.

I had half of it with some coleslaw and it was so good and very filling.

The red sauce and the lasagne were free and there was one calcium choice of cheese per portion as well as one swip for salad cream.

Afters was a couple of easy peelers.

Summary:
Healthy extras:  one calcium, one fibre and one healthy fats
Swips:  five 

Tomorrow's plans:

B:  potato pancakes (aka tattie scones - yes, I had a go), egg, bacon, tomatoes and mushrooms

L:  soup, maybe a salad

D:  second portion of lasagne with salad or veg

And fruit

Exercise:  one of Lindsey's WOW (Workout of the Week) videos

The third part of the Slimming World plan is SWIPS, formerly syns.  SWIPS stands for Slimming World Independence Picks.  Yes, it is a silly name but better, on balance, that the usually misunderstood 'syns'.

Apart from the name, there are very few changes apart from the ongoing changes as manufacturers change the ingredients in their brands/foods.  If in any doubt, check.  Check anyway from time to time.

I try to use my swips (between 5 and 15) to add flavour to my meals rather than as ultra processed snacks but that is a personal choice, not a part of the SW programme.