Delicious Waffles!

Now eating waffles when trying to lose weight might seem like a bit of a problem! But we bought a great little electric waffle maker from Aldi last summer and it's brilliant for a relaxed weekend brunch of waffles with fruit. My favourite recipe came from several instagram blogs, but is basically :-

25g self raising flour
1 egg
2 dessert spoons of fat free yogurt
1 tablespoon granulated sweetener
Vanilla (or coconut or almond!) flavouring

Beat all the above together well and then either cook in an electric waffle maker (according to instruction), or use a silicon waffle mould in the oven.

We love ours with plenty of fresh fruit, some fat free Greek yogurt and a drizzle of Sweet Freedom fruit syrup - yum. They're also delicious with flavoured yogurt (I particularly like fat free coconut flavour yogurt!).

Do you like waffles? How do you like yours? 

Kim x 

Moroccan style couscous

I love food that has a Middle Eastern style and flavour to it. So after seeing various recipes online for couscous, I made this one!
I oven-roasted peppers, courgette and red onion (after spraying with a little oil). The couscous was prepared with vegetable stock, some spices and then, when ready, I added the roast vegetables, peas, sweetcorn, some soaked raisins, spring onions, chopped coriander and mint, and grated lemon zest. Then to serve, added a few pomegranate seeds and flaked almonds. Yum!
Very low fat, vegetarian/vegan and delicious. It was lovely on it's own, or we had some the following day with a little feta cheese!

Back soon,
Kim

Loving Food...!

Hi 

I'm using this little corner of Blogland to keep track of the food we're eating, the weight loss journey and how well we're doing!  More details of our food and dieting journey will emerge as time goes on, but I hope you'll enjoy seeing some of our food and recipe trials - and perhaps share some of your ideas and journey too. 
I realised at the beginning of 2018 that I really needed to take charge of myself and do something about the weight. It was really starting to impact on my health and when I saw some awful photos after Christmas there were no more excuses. I could try using the non-working thyroid as an excuse, or the post-baby weight - but being as my youngest is now 20, I don't think that'll work. So I braved the scales and joined Slimming World. My husband gamely said he would join me on the journey, and between us, over 2018, we lost 108lbs! Thank you Slimming World. 
But I've got a bit stressed about weigh ins, that I keep maintaining, etc., so I'm just taking a little break from SW, but keeping up with the good eating habits that we've learnt and focusing on healthy eating. One really good thing was starting an Instagram account to track my progress and food, and lots of people have liked our food photos! Hence, now trying the blog! (But if you prefer Instagram, please click on the link on the side to find me!)

Anyway, I'll share more food pics and ideas as I go along. But tonight's dinner was a lovely smoked haddock risotto, packed with leeks, peas and spinach and served with steamed carrots and asparagus. Yum! The actual recipe was a 'mish-mash' of several that you can find online.  

Back soon,

Kim ☺