Sunday, 22-02-26 and a recipe idea

Good evening, everyone.

I enjoyed this very much.   The nice thing about keeping some bags of fruit in the freezer is that you can have a proper fruit salad - this one had mango, pineapple, blueberries, plums, blackberries and some fresh chopped apple.  
SW free.

Lunch.  The toastie had chicken, cheese (one calcium) and chutney (one and a half swips).  The bread was one fibre and I sprayed over a swips worth of oil before toasting.

During the afternoon, I had an orange and an apple

I so enjoyed this.

I slow cooked the beef (a tiny piece, the end of a bigger joint that I had cut into chinks - this was the pointy end) in water, beef stock cube a carrot and an onion.

The 'Yorkshires' were a dismal failure, flat as a pancake.  I used rye and spelt (I have no idea why because I knew I was swipping them so could have used white) and cooked them in an air fryer.

Six and a half swips and part of a healthy fats - what a waste!

However, the gravy was delicious and I will post what I did below.  It was swip free.

One swip for horseradish sauce.

Summary:

Healthy extras:  one fibre, one calcium and most of a fats

Nine swips

B:  avocado and egg on sourdough, tomatoes

L:  a small beef hotpot and veg

D:  hm ravioli using bits and bons from the freezer as filling

Exercise:  circuits class.

Ok, the gravy.

From the liquid in the slow cooker (made with water, beef stock cube, carrot, onion and the beef itself),  I removed the beef and set aside.  I removed the veg using a slotted spoon and put them in my mini blender.  I added some of the liquid and a bit of marmite for its savoury vibe and blended it as smooth as it would go.

I poured it into a small pan, heated to boiling and added one spoonful of Oxo stock powder (which thickens), garden vegetable flavour.

I was so surprised - it tasted really, really nice and it's swip free.

I have some more of the stock and I'm going to add more onion and carrot, cook until soft and make some more gravy for the freezer.  I'm not a great gravy fan but this was lovely!

I got the idea from this vlog.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDQKrwC93dg

Jane is very down to earth, calls a spade a spade and I am sure she has offended people from time to time.  However, I appreciate her straight talking, no nonsense approach and even when I disagree, I can usually see her point of view.  She is very much a Slimming World lady.