Good evening, one and all! Day three has finished and I'm still enjoying this week.
Adding my own veg and most breakfasts was definitely the way to go.
This week is not meant to be a challenge, it's not a 'how much food deprivation can I handle' kind of thing, nor is it an exercise in frugality (although it is fairly frugal). It is a way of making a temporary change in order to deal with cravings that were becoming more than a bit bothersome, adding some interest and learning a few things as I go.
So trying meals of a specific genre is definitely interesting and scratching an itch while the vegetables and fruit (and a bit of batter now and again), together with the number crunching, are keeping me satisfied that the week won't be too unhealthy. And doing at least some of my own meal prep is helping too. I do enjoy cooking.
It's been worth checking the swips when they are available because I'm finding some meals that will work really well with SW in the future.
I had an apple first thing before setting off for circuits.
For breakfast, I made savoury waffles, flavoured with grated carrot, some nutritional yeast and a small amount of finely chopped chorizo, topped with mushrooms and tomatoes.
I cooked the mushrooms in a tsp olive oil.
Altogether, including the oil and the apple, it was 350 calories, half a fibre hex, a third of an oil hex and two swips for the chorizo and nooch.
I had planned a tuna pasta bake for lunch before realising that I'd also planned fish pie for dinner and didn't really fancy double fish, so I had a steak and cheese bake for lunch instead.
With it, I had a little salad of mixed leaves, tomatoes, pepper, carrot, radishes and red cabbage with a dollop of 70% lighter salad cream which I added before remembering I shouldn't really. Oh, well!
Here's the nutrition and ingredient information.
The bake was 326 calories and swips unknown says the SW app.
I had mixed feelings about this one. The cheese sauce was nice and cheesy, there was a tasty, albeit gloopy. gravy and some little bits of steak. The pastry, properly cooked today, was crispy. I was thoroughly enjoying in until I encountered a fatty lump and then a bit of gristle. Some people like fat - I don't, never have done. I don't know anyone who likes gristle! That spoilt the experience for me so I have to score it only 4.5/10. That's a shame because 5 or over means that I enjoyed it and I really was enjoying it until that happened.
Fish pie for dinner and I added broccoli, sprouts and carrots (because that's what I have got).
It was very tasty. The cheese sauce was lovely, the potato topping was obviously reconstituted and needed a little bit of salt sprinkled over but I've never minded Smash, and the fish, what there was of it, was fine. Just not enough! But for £1.00, that's hardly surprising and it's one of the consistent things about this week
301 calories for the fish pie and four and a half swips.
I enjoyed the fish pie so I'm scoring over 5 but because of the shortage of fish, I'm giving it 5.5/10
Today's food, even with all the vegetables and a really healthy breakfast, was deficient in all areas except for protein and Nutracheck tells me that I'm well over on saturated fat. I'm not surprised! What is a surprise is how low the salt is, even allowing for that extra sprinkle on the mash I'm glad but I did expect it to be a concern.
Calories: 1049 (1900) - if I haven't lost weight at the end, I will be very miffed!!
Fats: 39.9 (74)
Carbs: 92.2 (255)
Fibre: 25 (30)
Protein: 48.9 (46.5)
Salt: estimated 3 (max of 6)
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