Onwards and Downwards February 2012

[AB Editor]

Onwards and Downwards Continues in February

Looks like everyone is making a special effort at the start of the year after the indulgence over the holidays.

Well done to everyone!!!

With Valentine's Day coming up why not try something more healthy instead of the traditional chocs or dinner out?

Does anyone have any tasty, low fat recipes for treats or romantic meals at home?

Here is last months thread

[xstitcher]

Onwards and Downwards "Fried Chicken" with exotic salad...

Make a mix of lo or no fat YOUGURT with salt, pepper and your favourite spices (I use Sambol Olek with a dash of soya sauce. De skin your CHICKEN LEGS and roll them in this mixture and then in BREAD CRUMBS.

Place the legs on a baking sheet with baking paper (to avoid washing the sheet) and bake for about 3/4 hour at 200 degrees C. or until they are a nice brown colour.

Serve this with a salad consisting of ICEBURG LETTUCE, GRAPEFRUIT chunks, MANDARINE (CLEMENTINE) chunks, and dress with a dribble of lemon juice.

This gives you a nice crunchy outer texture to your chicken and holds the moistness in. If your chicken legs are more than medium sized don't be afraid to give them an hour. They will still be moist.

[xstitcher]

VERY LOW FAT TUNA FISH SALAD/SANDWICH SPREAD

1 can tuna in water

finely chopped celery

finely chopped onions

very low fat mayo

a sprinkle of lemon juice

salt and pepper

Mix together and enjoy....can also use this for salmon but there is more fat in the salmon.

[Marijn]

Yum Yum to above recipes! My weight has been creeping up again, so I'm back here in the hope of losing 5 pounds. I'm very slow at losing but I'm hoping that coming back on this thread will have me going in the right direction.

[wendilla]

Hello Notafish welcome back. At least you are on the right track by coming back. I keep going up and down but if I didn't come on here I think I would be back to where I was 2 years ago. Onwards and Downwards to next week.

[Marijn]

Thanks Wendilla. I will try harder now that I'll be reporting in on Wednesday-weigh day. :-)

[xstitcher]

CARIBBEAN CHICKEN serves 2

1 small can pineapple chunks in natural juice
1 large chopped banana
juice of 1 lemon or lime
2 skinned chicken breasts
1 finely chopped small onion
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
2 teaspoons curry powder or paste
½ teaspoon all spice
few drops of tabasco or sambal olek
½ diced red bell pepper
300 mll (½ pint) chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste

Place pineapple (and juice) and banana in a bowl. Add lemon or lime juice.
Dry fry chicken for 3-5 min. until brown. Remove from pan.
Add onion to pan and dry fry until it starts to brown.
Add garlic, curry powder, allspice, Tabasco and red pepper.
Return chicken to pan.
Add stock, pineapple and banana mixture.
Simmer gently for 15 min and season to taste.
Serve on a bed of rice.

[Old_Geezer]

BREAD & WATER (serves you right)

Ingredients
Stale Bread
Warm water

Method
Break off the crust of the dry stale bread.
Bite or nibble grudgingly.
Take sips of warm water with good humour.
Tell yourself this diet could be worse.

[xstitcher]

You're good !!

[Jan1957]

Lol, not sure that recipe book of yours will sell many copies OG. Think you may lose a lot of weight though.

[Old_Geezer]

It comes recommended for those on the naughty step.

[xstitcher]

Oh gee, thanks....................

[Old_Geezer]

So..... I'm looking at what I have eaten so far today, and to my surprise the "Rocky" snack bar I've just had is showing as the highest point item I've had. Which means I have a question.

When fruit isn't quite what you are looking for, wanting something solid, unwrappable and such-like, what low calorie, low saturated fat snack bars can folk recommend ?

I've done a quick Google and surprised to find that bars that seemed most promising turned out to be somewhat higher than the bar I've just eaten - so maybe it wasn't that bad a choice after all.

[xstitcher]

I get the Muesli bars at Lidl. They aren't very exciting but are low fat and filling. Let's face it. Anything that really tastes good is on the forbidden list except tea.

[Old_Geezer]

Ah Googled that, you mean the Linessa bar ? Yes that is fractionally lower, but would still have been the highest item today. Maybe I'll look out for them. Thanks.

[tiggerblue10]

Morning all,

Nice recipes Xstitcher x

Wighed myself this morning and I've put on even more weight now! I have decided that today is the day that I get strict with myself and start afresh with my diet. Going to start recording everything and keeping away from temptation. I thought I'd get my b'day over with as I knew my mum would come round with cake so thats out the way now.

Onwards and downwards...................

[xstitcher]

Oh dear we do have problems with these mums. We will have to make a special Mum Naughty Step.....

[maggiebee]

Went to WW for my weekly WI - lost 1.5 lbs this week, yay

[xstitcher]

Well done Maggie..good feeling isn't it !

[tiggerblue10]

That great Maggie :o)

Love the special mum naughty step idea :o)

I've been quite good since Saturday but I'm taking my friend out for lunch on Wednesday so I'll have to keep breakfast and dinner very very light.

[xstitcher]

Oh dear up one kilo.....but not too worried about it, still don't have the yahooo feeling that you clever ones who have gone down will be having......

Onwards and downwards...