bad blogger good food hopefully

I know I know bad blogger, however I have been visiting family and friends in bury st edmunds and cheshire as well as Stratford, which is beautiful.

Do you all find it as difficult as I when staying with people, trying to stick to plan. It is easy when going out somewhere, cafe, restaurant but at their home they cook fabulous food but nowhere near the plan. I look at it that once I am home I can get back onto the foods I am supposed to be eating to keep me in target. However easier said than done.
Once you get a taste of the things you are missing it is hard to stop. I am getting there and I am hoping to be within target. I know it will be even easier when I am back working at school as I will be in my routine then.
I have tried to help myself this week by making the Ferrero rocher's which are very yummy as a treat when I feel I need one. I am also making these for tasting session as I am trying to make lost of cards and practice piano to catch up, so little time to make the bakewell cake recipe I have found YUMMMMM

So here are the Ferrero rocher
2 weetabix, crushed
2 tablespoons of nutella
petit four cases


Melt nutella in microwave and add the weetabix and stir put a spoonful into each case and refridgerate. Makes around 18 treats. Mmmmmm

Pancakes....

 Well it's pancake day and my brothers birthday so Happy Birthday Dan and mmmmmm pancakes!!

Here is a recipe I shall be using this evening and will hope to post a piccie the next day if I am not too busy making goodies for friends of mine I shall be visiting YUM!

Magic pancakes

Syns-0 HEb - 1

· 35g Porridge Oats
· Vanilla MullerLight
· 2 eggs
· 2tbs Granulated Sweetener

· Muller and Fruit to serve

The night before you go to bed mix you 35g of porridge oats with your mullerlight, cover and place in the fridge
When you ready to cook them crack 2 eggs into the 'chilled' mixture, mix (I whisk as i find it easier) until a batter is formed, then add your 2tbs of sweetener and mix.
Heat your frying pan up medium to low heat and add a little frylight, drop 3 'blobs' into the pan and flatten a little (so there the size of little pancakes) fry for a few mins until dry and not sloppy and flip and cook for another few mins, do the same for the rest of the Mixture.

You should get 6 or more pancakes out of 1 lot of mixture.

I'm back

I am back and trying hard not to lose more weight which seemed to be happening until the weekend. Erm there were choices but they were lasagne or curry and brownies or cheesecake and I have to say the food was very yummy but not very slimming world based. I managed to have extra salad and extra vegetables when offered so feel good about that and plenty of water too. When you stay at other people houses it is real life and you just go with it, it's not happening every day so I was good until Fri evening and will be good tonight if I need any food that is, as still feel stuffed! I also have noticed my stomach was hurting Sat evening as if it was in shock over the richness of food it settled but maybe my body has got used to eating SW style? I am glad to be in my PJ's and chilling out at home (after feeding the cats) but will miss hubby's relatives and will miss the delicious food (will have to do lasagne and curry and chicken bake SW way so I don't miss it ;)

An interesting comment was made that one of the relatives had been to a meal cooked the SW way and he was surprised at how tasty it was and how it had lots of flavour. All I can say is I'm glad that new recipes are coming out all the time for me to try as I totally agree with him!

Anyhow here is a recipe for 1 Syn nutella cupcakes which are very yummy and have been made by many of our chessington members and was introduced by one of our chessington members too. So thank you Liz :)

1 Syn Nutella Cupcakes Recipe:

Cupcakes alone work out to 1 syn each & 20/24 =

Ingredients:
6 eggs
2oz self raising flour
couple drops of vanilla essence
2 tsps baking powder
14 tbsp granulated sweetener
Method
Mix the eggs and sweetener and vanilla essence in a large bowl with electric whisk, beat until it triples in volume (about 10 mins)
Sieve flour and baking powder and fold into mixture.
Share between 24 cupcake cases and bake at 200C for about 10 mins (Keep an eye on them)

Topping:

Melt 2 tablespoons of Nutella in the microwave for 30 seconds and top your cupcakes with them.....Only 1 syn each so you can have a couple with a cup of tea or some ice cream