Terrific Tuesday

Had a fantastic day as far as food and exercise and feeling good goes. Started off with an early morning walk with the dogs. I was hungry when I got back so had a small snack of 2 cruskits with spreadable cheese.

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Later I made a scrambled egg with onion, placed inside some mountain bread with BBQ sauce.

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Then it was off to the gym. I decided to ride up with Christy (the school is right next door). I let my membership go in Jan so paid for just 15 visits (that will take me up until we go away). Was nice to be back and see lots of familiar faces. I did 15mins on the bike, 5 mins on rower and 15min on elliptical. Then rode back home. My legs were like jelly when I got home. And my face rather red…

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After cooling down I had a shower and made myself a green smoothie.

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I made a short 5min video about my recommitment to the Red Carpet Ready program.

 

Lunch was yet another salad with egg and pineapple and new favourite homemade dressing. I also added some pinenuts.

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Spent the afternoon playing on the computer and reading. Legs are feeling it after this mornings workout. But I did manage to get a start on some vegetable soup – just chopped up what I could find in the crisper and added some chicken stock (the kind that doesn’t contain chicken!).

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Around 2pm I had

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4pm…

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and 5.30pm a half bowl of the vegetable soup…

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Dinner was a very delicious selection of roast vegetables…

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My plate… with one vegetable finger…

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A few hours later I was feeling a little peckish so myself a chocolate protein shake. I haven’t one of these in ages – not since discovering green smoothies so it was very nice for a change.

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Next it was time for a nice hot bath – to try sooth my aching legs. Then bed with a good book and a cup of tea (courtesy of Kevin).

Simple Saturday

Very hard to get out of bed again this morning (hands and feet sore and swollen again) but I did. And I even managed to talk Kevin into coming for a walk with me and dogs this morning. It was nice to have some human company and good chance for us to have a chat.

I made the girls some French Toast for breakfast and decided to have a slice myself. We have ours the Scottish way – with tomato ketchup. Yum.

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I then got busy in the kitchen – making bread (for the girls lunch), some lemon cookies and hummus. Christy had a friend over to play and Amy occupied herself on the computer.

Mid-morning I had a cup of tea , a banana and slice of banana cake. I’m trying to teach myself I don’t have to have a cake/cookie with every cup of tea!

I was playing with my new DSLR (Kevin’s spare camera) and the camera was set right so the photos are VERY yellow!

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Lunch today was a salad with egg and the homemade hummus.

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Amy photographed her lunch today as well. She must have been hungry when she prepared this but only ate 3/4.

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This afternoon I played on the computer – working on our holiday plans. I sampled a few of the lemon cookies

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and later served some hummus with turkish bread and veggie chips for Kevin & I to munch on.

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After a spa and more computer time we had another easy dinner of leftover Mushroom and Potato soup with a chunk of homemade bread. So hard to get decent lighting at the dinner table when it’s dark outside.

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I hadn’t planned on having ice-cream tonight but when I had to dish some out for Christy I weakened and did a bowl for myself. Tonight I grated a block of Cadbury fairtrade choc. which was SOOO yummy on the ice cream.

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Off to class

This morning I struggled to get up and get going with my planned exercise – but I did it and felt better for it. Afterwards I enjoyed a green smoothie.

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Today there was a bit extra…

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which the dogs were very pleased to have..

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Later I enjoyed a cup of tea and the last banana muffin.

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Then it was time to pack for class.

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I was so excited about this vegetarian cooking class and it did not disappoint. I came away full of knowledge and a new found confidence. Great stuff.

We made, and sampled, a number of dishes.

My favourite was the hummus and salad.

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My portion on a small plate. I made sure to only try a little of each to make sure I didn’t get too full.

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We also made a thai curry…

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and pad thai…

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and dahl. A little bit of each for me.

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Finally we had Vegan banana bread. Goodness this was fantastic. The top had gotten burnt and was cut off.

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Totally loved the class and can’t wait to go to more. When I left it was time to go pick up Amy from the train station as she was coming home from camp. Then a quick shop in Aldi. I was hungry when I walked in the door, so had a bowl of Mushroom & Potato soup while chatting to Amy. Christy arrived home from school shortly after and joined us at the table.

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I was thrilled to find some bananas in the freezer so was able to make some banana cake from todays class :-).

Around 5pm I had a banana and cup of tea. I also used to have a “treat” with my tea but I’m trying to teach myself that fruit and tea is okay as well :-).

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Tonights dinner was courtesy of the freezer – samaosas & brown rice, with some Turkish bread and leftover pad thai (from class).

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Supper tonight was, of course, banana cake. Everyone enjoyed it so it’s a real winner of a recipe. I also enjoyed the very last ANZAC cookie.

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Mushroom and Potato Soup

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30 grams butter or margarine
3 potato, peeled and chopped
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 onion, chopped
1/2 red capsicum, chopped
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon  thyme
250 grams mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup light sour cream

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Chop veggies.

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Melt butter in a large saucepan. Saute potatoes, celery, onion and capsicum until onion is tender.

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Stir in stock, mlik, thyme, salt and papper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 10 mins.

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Blend with remaining ingredients. Bring to boil. Reduce heat. Simmer for a further 5-10 mins. Enjoy.

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Serving Ideas: Serve ganrished with some sauted sliced mushrooms and  a little chopped parsley.