Morning Izzy 🙂 Oddly enough, I have that page bookmarked since yesterday, I think (but don’t quote me) that it’s the same site that Epspecially posted the lovely coloured vegetable flatbreads from and I bounced to that from that webpage.

Oh no, that’s a bit of a pain. It’s not something any of mine have ever done but my niece and my great nephew have insisted on going in their pull ups etc and would hold on until in excruciating pain until they could. I had help toilet training the middle one of the youngest three from SCS as he had (has I suppose, but it’s not so obvious now as he’s older and stronger) physical disabilities, but I think as I had three in such a short space of time they followed the example that was set and mimicked each other. That was one good thing about it!

I’ve tried talking to him about it rationally but whether I’m calm or ranty, I get the same mute, blank expression from him. It’s that response than tends to make me ranty, too! I’ve asked him if maybe Uni wasn’t for him, that he wouldn’t be the first, he wouldn’t be the last. Maybe he needed to be more hands on than educational. No, Uni is for him, he wants to go back. He is very bright but he has problems showing it in exams. He’s bright but he needs to study. Where he winged his GCSE’s. We’ve had to have the same conversation over and over, AS, A Levels, Degrees cannot be winged! He has to study, he has to show up and be present, not just in person but it mind. Even I passed all my GCSE’s and I was a terror in school! If it were me, I’d be really pro-active now, realising I’d buggered up, trying to get in touch with my PT, explaining what had gone wrong, asking for help, showing willing. Him? Just meh. I don’t know. I need to check my email. I need to wait for my results. When are they due? I don’t know. Can you find out? Yes. Have you found out? No. Have you applied for any housing? I need to check my email. What about these grants? I’ll do it later. He knows he can talk to me about anything, all of the kids do. Even though I might not come across as such right now, I am a liberal parent. A bit too liberal maybe. That could well be my own downfall here. Just some sort of response from him Izzy, aside from… complete apathy, and I’d help him as much as I could? Grrrrr. Bloody kids.

I’m not quite done with Cauli yet Tokyo, I’m not convinced with it as a rice, but I do enjoy it as a mash. The pizza base looks so good though, and with all my favourite toppings on I’m sure I could convince myself to feel satisfied. Make sure the tastes drown out the cauliflowerness of it lol. I eat everything with a knife and fork now too, so not picking it up won’t be a problem per se. Or – who knows maybe there’s a ‘firmer’ chickpea base out there that would do the trick? It made pastry, after all! Really crispy, firm pastry too, so you never know!

http://thecolorfulkitchen.com/2014/10/20/easy-vegan-gluten-free-chickpea-crust-pizza/

and…

http://nadiashealthykitchen.com/chickpea-flour-pizza/

but I think the first one seems more ‘authentic’ – the second is basically pizza on a fried chickpea wrap. The first is baked in the oven. It’s probably going to be very similar to the pastry I made. It’s all chickpea flour, water and oil in different amounts, isn’t it? Whether it’s a dough or a batter.

think the chickpea flour base is more appealing to me than the cauliflower one its too far from a normal base the cauli one !!!!! if you know what i mean !!!!

Morning all! Today’s discussions are pizza bases and disappointing kids…I’d hate to be young again, well I wouldn’t but I’d like to be 21 with my 43 year old wisdom!!

Firstly, an update on the bread. I had it with scrambled egg for breakfast (2 very thin slices.. Let’s not go mad) and it was yummy! Not sure it would survive the toaster but because it’s quite dense it holds it own under an egg (so to speak).

I found a recipe for chickpea pizza bases the other day but now can’t remember where 😡 In the meantime I found this http://beautyandthefoodie.com/grain-free-stuffed-pizza-bread/

Well done on all the weight losses reported today. I had another wardrobe ‘wow’ moment this morning and am
sporting one of the dresses I had relegated for being too tight. It fits like a dream now and even my neighbour commented how nice it looked (shortly before ribbing me for the unfortunate prosecco hangover at the weekend)

Now THAT looks more like it, Janey! Hubby agrees. That’s the one I’m going to try for tomorrow’s tea (and I can use some of this sodding coconut flour up). He’s just been laughing, he was laughing so hard that he couldn’t tell me why, and eventually he managed to choke out that it had just tickled him how we were sat discussing chickpea pizza bases and almond flours… what a difference 4 and a half weeks makes, eh? He’s lost another 2lb by this morning too, so his loss is 21lb to my 26lb. Catching me up!

I’m definitely going to make the bread. Is it sweet with the dates in it? Do you think they could be left out or wouldn’t it work? I want to make the pumpkin one too. Would it survive being toasted the old fashioned way, under the grill, do you think? Have to go shopping later, was supposedly making a list in the early hours but I got sidetracked. Need to be more organised, must know what I’m cooking for the week ahead.

Yayyyy well done on fitting into yet another dress! I’m not getting any ‘Wows’ at the moment, just ‘Oh, ok, these now fit but they’re still a size 22 so yeah, but meh’ moments. I can’t wait for something that really lifts me, like getting into an 18 or something. It will come, and it will come quick too if I keep on keepin’ on.

now i am laughing we are debating how to toast a piece of bread i imaginevus sat around a fire trying to toast it on a long stick ( like a marshmallow!!)
good news on the dress front !!! janey and yes lucky your time will come and you too will be doing the cinderella waltz !!!! i find i set one thing aside and focus on that and try it on until like janey i get that wow moment !!!!!

Wahhoooooo – go on all of you on the continued loses – Lucky, Tokyo, Janey in her fancy dress, and not forgetting Lucky’s husband – that’s great. It so works doesnt it.

Lucky you’ll be in a size down before you know it – sneaky losses every day add up so quickly and suddenly you’ll be looking at something saying hey, this looks a bit loose? Is this a bit loose? It isss!!!!!!!

Sad cauliflower is being disssssed but that’s ok, I still love it. I know what you all mean about getting bored if repeating the same stuff. Think my banana fiasco kind of came from that. Wont be doing that again, and also wont be allowing little bites of stuff which I did last night. They all add up!!! Had stopped that so back to the beginning again for me, just stick with the plan!

Will have to dig up some interesting recipes so we can try out healthy but lovely stuff. Anyone got a nice healthy curry for me?

I made this frittata omlette thing last week and had a 1/4 for breakfast each day for a few days though used a bit less feta (dont tell me, I dont want to know if that was food poisoning danger, it was delicious!!!;-)))) It’s only basically an omlette I know but it’s really tasty and lots of good veg. Nice with some tomatoes. http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-lemon-frittata-with-lee-77048

These look good – http://www.mynewroots.org/site/2016/03/chickpea-tortilla-nachos/
and this website has verrrry interesting ingredients some times. Some will have way too many carbs, but these tortillas might work? Havent tried them or worked out calories yet but will do something from this site and let ye know.

Ok, have to do some work today!!! No sneaky looks at this during the day but hope it’s a good day for all.

Buggery, I’d started writing a post and I lost it trying to search the thread for something! I know, I’ll get there Tokyo. What I’m really hoping is that I fit into butterfly dress (the one that fits but I look like a sack of spuds in?) for my best friend’s wedding mid-September. It’s everything I’d want in a wedding outfit, tbh, it’s floaty, feminine, pretty, and still brand new with tags on – so freeeeeeeeeee! I was searching thread to see if it was 2 weeks ago that I’d tried it on, nope it was 19th of JUNE! I’ve lost another 12lbs since then! Time doesn’t half fly.

Curry – I make my own Indian Restaurant Style curries all from one big base sauce (or gravy the official term is), I’ve been on a mission for years. If you don’t put all the oil in (and I mean ridiculous amounts too), all it boils down to is onion, vegetables, water and spices. Then the curries themselves are meat/fish, spices, tomatoes, peppers etc. It IS faffy, but the bonus is once you’ve made a big pan of the sauce (I use a massive pan I ‘acquired’ from the pub kitchen when the place closed down 😉 ) you can freeze it in portions, it keeps for months, and you can basically whip up any curry you like from a korma to a phall in 30 minutes. I find anything else now really disappointing, I’ve been ruined. I won’t go into huge detail (for once) but I wrote a post years ago on it, if anyone’s interested, or a big Indian takeaway fan http://flusteredshell.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/recipe-indian-fakeaway-chicken-tikka.html I’m sure everything can be adapted to suit the BSD, and portion sizes etc if not already suitable. All freeze really well too.

The nachos look immense. And they’ve convinced me to try something I’ve been thinking about. Chickpea wrap lamb and mint ‘samosa’ – baked in the oven. That nacho dough actually looks like it will lend itself to that cause a bit better than a wrap… 😀

Have a good day all, I need to shift my backside too… meh. Laters…

Hahaha me in my ‘fancy dress’. Anyone would think I’m sitting here in a clown suit!!! Think the dates need to stay in the loaf Lucky, to give it texture and keep it from drying out. You can’t really taste them as they’re pulsed in finely. You lot are determined to toast this bread though, aren’t you? You need one of those bread slice holders I reckon.

Ahhhhhhhh right, not chunks then? I have to do that when I make Sticky Toffee Pudding for my friend’s tart of a husband who won’t entertain fruit in any way, shape or form or it makes him vomit.

I have a camping toaster thingy?

Yes Janey, bread is bread is bread. But toast? Well… toast is toast. Innit.

Come away from that toast and get on with organising your meals!

I’m done. I need to go shopping now. Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Hope you survived shopping expedition?! I found that other pizza recipe! http://powerhungry.com/2016/06/63-mini-deep-dish-chickpea-flour-pizzas/

hello i see i have not missed much today !!!
get trying that butterfly dress on lucky so you can waft and float like a teeny tiny butterfly !!!!!
yep janey we alls want your bread mrs!!!!
hope the shopping was painless lucky !!!

They look good too, Janey, bookmarked! They would be ideal for picnics and days out too!

Yes, I survived Tesco who no longer have an Ethnic aisle. I was told it would be going back but the store was chopping and changing atm, things moving aisles so all the stuff from that aisle was in the back. So a really lovely young lad helped me, he went looking in the back for ages, and then he went to customer services to check stock, and went back again to find my brand of chickpea flour. I cannot make wraps with the KTC stuff, it’s fine for cooking, but not wraps. I savvy shopped in Tesco as I had a money off voucher, went to Home Bargains for my olive oil (same brand, same size, half the price), pumpkin seeds (69p as opposed to over £2 in Tesco) and then I went to Aldi for my meat, greek yogurt, nuts and salad bits. I bought some golden something seed in Tesco too as I remembered seeing it in a recipe posted here over the last couple of days and now I can’t remember which one it was… anyone?

Just a quick FYI – as far as I can remember the next lot of Aldi super 6 coming up included cauliflowers, chantennay carrots, and courgettes. Not too shabby for the cauliflowers, anyway!

I know Tokyo, one day it will not only fit but I will look like a Pwincess in it 🙂

thts the spirit i really pwetty pwincess !!

Thsnks mil for that curry recipe Lucky, it does look delicious… I’d need a whole weekend to do it tho!!!😫😹

Butterfly dresses here we come. I have a wedding in September too and yes will have to get a dress somewhere too, will wait another few weeks tho!

Serious shopping going on there, love the aldi Greek yoghurt, yuuuum. Wonder was it golden linseed you were getting? Same as flaxseed? They in loads of recipes, actually now that I think about it I think I saw one for bread rolls with them! Will dig it out. Suspect it might have been the Hemsley sisters?

http://www.viva.co.nz/article/food-drink/hemsley-flaxseed-buns-recipe/

Though I remember something reading about flaxseeds and estrogen levels so wouldn’t eat loads of these 😹😹😹😬
They look nice tho😂

It is actually simpler than it looks Eps lol, as long as you have a read through and work out in what order to do things. Once that curry gravy is made, you’re laughing. If you ever get a chance to make it let me know and I can send you through all the recipes to go with, Madras, Korma, Bhuna, Vindaloo, Ceylon, Pathia, the list is huuuuuge. You will become so popular, it’s unbelievable. My friends don’t really like me, just my curry 🙁 There’s an email button on my blog 🙂

I’ve got to get up and give a reading in church. That’s if I’m not struck down by lightning (or my children, for that matter) before hand. I don’t want to show her up. Bride’s struggled with her weight for years too, so she knows how self conscious I feel. If I still look like a lump in it I will buy something more appropriate, but again, I will be waiting until the week before the wedding until I do, I want to squeeze every last ounce out of the weightloss hehe.

Oh. My. God. You could put a burger on those, you think? They look like it. Or a burger between TWO anyway 😉 #andthatswhyimfat

Bookmarked…

Those buns look mighty fine (ooh er). A burger could definitely go in one! Lucky, I’m nominating you to try that recipe first.

I also used to cook up vats of curry gravy. My house used to stink for days afterwards!! But great as a base for curries, most definitely. Nowadays I just wing it with my Indian food. By the way have you ever had a peanut curry? It’s the business!!

Kids just judged my beautiful bread creation as unacceptable altho the OH is still quite happily munching through it. I did get my own back by putting Quorn in their Thai noodles tho. 😈

Seem to have acquired a summer cold as the day has gone on. Am sneezing and sniffling like a good ‘un. Did consider sloping off to bed with my book. I should be beating my grey roots into submission this evening but they’ll have to wait another day before I regain my youthful exterior. Snottering nose probably puts paid to the 20sthg look tonight anyway 😷

Yep, I’ll take that recipe. Will post when they’re done 🙂

Hahaha yes, it does tend to linger, but if you like your home smelling like a curry house, then it’s fab! People could smell my curries cooking from the end of the street! No, I’ve never had a peanut curry? Sounds intriguing! Pray tell.

Ah, pffffffffft to the kids, it just means all the more for you. Hahahaha love it! Yes dear, of course it’s chicken…

Oh no 🙁 Summer colds are so much worse than winter ones, where they seem almost justifiable. I haven’t had one yet, although, I actually may well have done and not realised through my state of perma-allergy. Go to bed with a cuppa and your book. What are you reading, anything interesting? I’ve just started ‘The Tipping Point’. Been meaning to read it for ages. Hope you’re feeling better soon 🙂

I’ll have to dig out the peanut curry recipe for you. It goes way back (20 years) to when my friend and I used to have Thursday curry nights (vegetarian) and we tried to outdo each other! Think she found the peanut winner. Bean sprout foogath and aubergine bharta were also stupendous. My sister complained my house always reeked of curry, but I liked the aroma!

Still sneezing here on the sofa with a blanket. Book is ‘The City of Mirrors’. Final part of a post apocalyptic trilogy that my sister got me into. Generally I prefer a murder or thriller but these are good stuff. My perfect rainy afternoon would be tucked up in bed with a good book, cuppa and a cat or two for company ☺️

Ooooh yes please! Hey, some of these might be worth a 21st century BSD resurgence!

I’m with you there (not like in your bed or anything, because that would be a tad awkward). I have a cuddle chair all to myself in the living room, and I just curl up on it with my Kindle. I couldn’t care less if the telly blew up and was never replaced. As long as I have my iPod and a book, I’m as happy as Larry.

Who WAS Larry?

wwll i advised anyone reading this post to realised at the end of every sentence as i write i am removing a certain swear word !!!!
the reason for this is , tea planned for tonight . veg frittata. hubby says i will cook it . i get everything out ready for him when he comes in from work . hubby cooks said tea . and the only way i can describe it is
it was f😀😀😀😀😀😀 awful i wanted to chuck it in the bin !! he was going off how well he done . how lovely it was. i on the other hand was thinking really are you b😀😀😀😀😀 serious !! so i had not even a quarter of . and he asked ” dont you like it?”
” no i am just full” i say. so cannot go and make anything else after that !!
so my fitness pal when i fill you in tonight tea will be written in as a great pile of s😀😀😀 wonder how many calories that is
p.s i had a spoon of sugar in my tea after to stop me from wasting away !!!
i thank you !!!!!!!!!!

ROFL, reading between the lines I’m guessing you didn’t like it!!! 😆😆😆😆 At least you’ll be under on calories lol. At least he attempted to cook…

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/as-happy-as-larry.html You’re welcome, Lucky!

Omg Tokyo! What on earth did he do to it? How do you cock up a frittata ffs, it’s one of the simplest things in the world to cook? Yes, at least he tried lol.

Thanks Janey, now I know 🙂

i have no idea how or what he did to cock it up needless to say i am f😀😀😀😀😀😀 starving !!!!!!
note to self DONT LET HUBBY COOK
hes done one before and it was lovely so didnt think it was a problem !!!
i could eat some nice hit buttered toast if i had bread !!!!

Put down the knife and move away from the bread bin! You need some emergency fruit and yoghurt or a few cubes of cheese. We should bring out the wilted kale of disappointment for you..

it would more than wilt !!!!

Ha ha ha Tokyo, you’re very restrained though! 😂😂 I wouldn’t have been able to stop myself saying it was 💩😹😹😹

Books and rain and cats, in there too! Love thrillers and murders too – anyone read Tess Gerritsen? Very good. Also Agatha Christie (repeatedly) and brother cadfael stories by Ellis peters, sooo good. Apparently they cozy murders -none of your real life evil books for me, just the odd cozy murder😂Hey Ellis letters books are in 9th century Wales, lucky you and izzy might like as historic interest too 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Back latish so had thrown together dinner: courgetti and tomatoes and slice of blue cheese and prawns, Tokyo your husband would have been proud😝Also had some Greek yoghurt.

Hee heeee my fitness pal, I can’t believe it doesn’t have options for “BSD disaster: one bite, half spat out: 53 calories. Those app designers have no sense of humour, I’d have put in all kinds of stuff to keep the dieters cheered up😂😂

As long as it’s a good old fashioned cozy murder, they’re ok. Less… murderous than other types of murder 😀

I really like these new style psychological thrillers? In the Gone Girl vein, where you really don’t know what the hell is going on until the end, and even then you’re not 100%. Especially if they’re British ones. Disclaimer was one of the last ones I read, that was really creepy and I didn’t see it coming at all. I’ve got so many backed up on my Kindle if I did nothing but read for the rest of my life, I wouldn’t clear them. And I keep getting free ones from Bookbub every day 🙁 Someone stop me 🙁

Haha Epspecially, hey, there’s obviously a gap in the market… just saying… you could make a fortune!! Or maybe the powers that be could devise an app… (if you’re watching PTB…)

‘You really shouldn’t have cooked that, let alone eat it. And you know this. Bananas? No no.’

‘You are aware it’s 800 calories a day, and not 8000… right?’

”Congratulations! You have now eaten your body weight in Gram Flour!’

My fitness band gives me really cheery ‘Yayyyyyyyy you GO girl’ type hints when I’m doing well, and slightly patronising ones when I’m not. ‘Hmmmmm, your 211 step count today is slightly under your weekly average. Ten mile walk now? You in?’ Or ‘You’ve slept 2 minutes less than is recommended this week. Bed by 4.30 pm tonight? You in?’ It buzzes at 10 every night to tell me to go to bed. What am I, 12?

Yes!! Omg we are so onto something here😂😂😂👏🏻

heee heee I love your suggestions😹😝

X=256 calories “bet you’re sorry you ate that now, aren’t you!”
😂😂

I have a fit bit too and I like those!!! 😂😂😂 it’s like it’s minding me 👏🏻👏🏻 not to mention the cheery reminders, high five etc 👍👍👍😝

And yes I liked gone girl but the other one the girl on the train? it was almost too scary – hated the scenes when she was drunk and trying to remember! We did it on bookclub and it freaked out loads of people. Another one was while you were sleeping or something – it became a film? Not sure I have that title right actually, someone Watson wrote it.
Scary. But really I prefer murders 🤓

‘Are you an Emperor? Because you RULE!’ – I mean, what the actual, everloving F word? Just because I’ve clicked a thumbs up on something…?

I haven’t read Girl on the Train yet, I probably have it on the Kindle waiting, in book limbo, getting pushed further and further down the list every day… 😉 Yes, I read While you were Sleeping too, I think it was SJ Watson or CJ Watson or something. I don’t know if it’s been made into a film, I’m not a huge film fan nor TV unless it’s sports or Cartoon Network (DON’T judge me lol), and I’m really not a fan of books being made into films. Now, books being made into serials, I’m fine with. I loved the Stephen King one about JFK’s assassination, that translated well. But trying to shove a book into 90 minutes? Time Traveler’s Wife. Loved the book. Raved about it to hubby. Made him sit through the film. He didn’t have a clue what was going on. Neither did I. I actually apologised to him. 90 minutes of my life I’ll never get back there!

Not a big fan of books being turned into films either. Occasional exceptions (Misery, Girl with Dragon Tattoo) bit generally I like my imagination to tell me what’s going on. Anyone read A Man Called Ove? Or My Grandmother Sends Her Regards & Apologises? Both marvellous books 👍🏼

Yes books into films can go badly wrong. Love cartoons though don’t watch enough. Brought my nieces to that sheep cartoon Shaun and laughed so much they were looking at me 😹😹😹

Time travellers wife? Think I read bits of that in a book shop once and found myself skipping to the racey bits😂
They obviously weren’t v good as didn’t buy it!

Right night night, I need to be asleep before 11 to continue my 3 day average 😫😫👏🏻👏🏻😹

Ooo will have look for those books 👏🏻👍

I’d never heard of those Janey, just checked them out on Amazon, they look funny! Added to Wishlist 🙂

There was more to it than filth, Epspecially!! It was a tearjerker!! Are you sure you’re not thinking of 50 Shades? 😉

Nighty night. I’m off too. Everyone sleep well, and let’s see what concoctions are cooked up tomorrow! I’ve too many bloody choices now, 6 days of meals and I want to eat them all tomorrow! Will it be pizza loaf, or will it be the nacho pastry lamb and mint samosa with raita, or… or…

Gone.

Goooooooood morning campers! How are we all today? Still the same on the scales, hubby quite rightly pointed out that it wouldn’t make sense to change the scale measurement until Saturday, or we won’t know what we’ve lost this week. I’ve woke up barely able to use my left leg, watching me trying to get downstairs would have been a particular delight this morning 😉 So I’m having a few minutes with a coffee while the pain relief kicks in trying to work out what to make tonight. I go from having not enough choice to too many choices.

Also wondering if Tokyo woke up surrounded by pillow foam this morning? 😀

A question for you folks, I don’t happen across Tesco very much any more, it’s priced itself out of my league for a weekly shop. I only use it if I have a hefty money off coupon or need a more specialist ingredient that only they sell. Yesterday, in the freezer department, I saw frozen Avocado halves? Has anyone tried them? I’ve never seen frozen avocado anywhere before, and I do tend to either waste a fair bit of avocado by buying massive bags as they’re cheaper, or I run out of them (this week’s triple pack will be gone by tomorrow). I have faith in certain frozen veg and they’re handy for rustling up a quick soup, but others (like carrots) I really don’t like, whether that’s bought frozen or blanched and frozen, they don’t taste the same. Anyone tried these avocados? Wondering if they’d be worth having in my personal Iceland for back up/avocado related emergency?

Hope the scales and waistbands are being kind to you all this morning! 😀

aouch, hope your leg feeling better soon Lucky.
Have never tried frozen avocados but wouldn’t say they’d be great as they go really tasteless when even in the fridge, and kind of woody? Maybe worth a try tho!

Thanks Eps, it’s a bit better now the tablets have kicked in, unfortunately they knock me a bit daft, so I don’t like taking them too often, I’m daft enough as it is! Haha. Have to keep on moving, everything hurts whether I sit, stand or lie down anyway so – onwards it is!

Yes, maybe, they weren’t too expensive so might be worth a try. They have five star rating on MySupermarket, not that that means anything, I’ve seen one star ratings on things I adore. It’s a matter of taste isn’t it?

Good morning from a snottering Coughdrop! I’m disturbed by a frozen avocado. It just seems… Wrong. But let me know if they ARE ok or if they turn into slimy frogs when defrosted 🐸

Oh no, are you no better? Dose yourself up good and proper. That was my initial reaction, I actually did a double take as I passed and had to go back and check that my eyes were not deceiving me. I suppose these products are checked though, and go through taste tests and consumer panels etc, so if they did go slimy when defrosted they wouldn’t invest in bringing the product out. Well, you’d think so. Stranger things have happened. We shall see. I wouldn’t go out of my way to go back to Tesco just to get them, but I will invest in a bag the next time I’m there.

Unless, of course, in the meantime someone can confirm if they’re awful or passable. Can’t see them being ‘best avocado ever’.

I’ve bought a bag of chopped frozen avocados as I’m sick of having a half bad one in the fridge, although hubby has agreed to eat the other half on the days I have some for breakfast. Not tried the frozen yet but will let you know.