Category: Food/ Recipes

I’ve been prepared to do this post the last 2 Fridays but leave it to the last minute then something comes up. Once again I’ve left it to the last minute (5pm) so let’s hope I get this published. The girls go back to school next Tuesday so hopefully normality will return soon. Don’t forget if you miss me too much you can always check out my videos on YouTube – I’m posting 2 “day in the life” vlogs a week, plus other assorted videos.

So what have I been eating the last few weeks.  Still lots of easy meals as Kevin was away and it’s school holidays. Just over a week ago I made the commitments to go (processed) sugar free again.

Breakfast included a few cheese & pineapple jaffles….

cheese melted on a roll…

cheese & hummus quesadilla…

cheese & tomato on toast….

and as a break from cheese…. a fresh juice….

a hot cross bun I dug out of the freezer…

There were also a few green smoothies, but they just aren’t as appealing in the morning when it’s cold.

Lunches included many salads. It’s been great as Amy’s been making them for us.

   

But there was also pita bread….

rice paper rolls…

a roll with quorn and salad…

and a lovely low sugar lunch at Leanne’s….

Dinners included a not-very-nice prepared Indian meal….

a very rare fast food veggie burger (after a LONG day in Sydney)…

Potato gnocchi in a cheese sauce…

Honey Mustard Quorn & Potato….

Nachos…made by Amy….

Homemade pizza….

Quorn & Veg stir-fry….

Frozen pizza… which I didn’t enjoy….

A mystery quorn & rice meal…

Stir fried veggie & brown rice….

Open veggie burger…

 

And there was a lovely apple cake made by Amy….

Do your eating habits change with the season? I used to always have a lot of soup in Winter, but this year it’s still all about the salads (unless it’s freezing cold).

Let me start by saying my diet hasn’t been the best over the last two weeks. Once I started eating more sugar, things spiraled out of control quite quickly. So on Sunday it’s back to sugar free for me.

With the cold weather I’ve gone off having a green smoothie for breakfast, and with eating sugar again my food cravings have been all over the place. Breakfast did include some green smoothies.

I also enjoyed some corn thins with hummus and cheese.

cheese and hummus quesadillas.

cheese and pineapple jaffles.

a provencial quiche when out for breakfast at Bondi.

a hearty breakfast of baked beans, scrambled eggs and mushrooms.

and for a very special (and naughty) treat… an ice chocolate (first one in well over a month!).

Lunch included many of the usual salads.

a couple of wraps.

A vegetarian patty wrap from Subway.

A vegetarian pie from Pie Face.

A cheese & salad roll.

and Minestrone Soup with a side of cheese on Turkish bread.

Dinners included takeaway Vegetarian Noodle soup.

Frozen pizza – which really wasn’t too nice.

Domino’s pizza – which was much nicer.

Pasta with a tomato sauce.

A very lazy meal of a quorn sausage roll, pommes and corn.

Tacos.

Homemade Shepherds Pie… which tasted much better than it looked.

A Mexican burrito.

Homemade mac ‘n’ cheese – Kevin doesn’t like it so we had it while he’s away.

Quorn fillet and veggies. There has definitely been a lack of green veggies at dinner :-(.

Baking included banana & choc chip muffins.

Cupcakes by Amy – to celebrate her favourite YouTubers birthday. She took these to school to share with her friends.

And a brownie made by Christy for her student teacher.

I’m back with another “slightly late” Foodie Friday. Totally didn’t realized that it was Friday until late last night!!!! Oops.

Breakfast included the usual green smoothie..Sometimes to go….

There was also a crack wrap (mine are not made vegan) from my Peas and Thank You cookbook on my birthday.

A cheese & pineapple jaffle. I find it hard to drink a green smoothie early with the colder weather…

And on the weekend there was a veggie scramble…

Lunch was usually my salad. Wonder if I’ll ever get sick of this?…

one day it was a TVP taco salad….

And, of course, my lovely Birthday lunch….

Dinner included a mexe-bean wrap, after discovering the rice paper rolls had chicken & prawns in them :-(….

Tofu with a peanut sauce, veggies & brown rice….

Birthday nachos made by Amy….

Followed by some choc mint ice cream….

Pasta with a Quorn Bolognase sauce was enjoyed twice for dinner, and once for lunch….

And there was Zucchini Slice…

Menu planning and using up leftovers is having a good influence on my grocery bill. Do you menu plan?