Sundays!

What a perfect time to write a quick blog sat in the rugby clubhouse, drinking coffee and watching all the poor boys and girls get really wet in the rain! Me, well I’m sat here with my laptop supposedly meant to be doing the online food shop but slight change of thought!

For me Sundays are meant for just spending time with the family, at home just playing board games, painting pictures and just doing all those things you never really get time to do during the week.  Sundays in the winter months are also made for cooking a good old traditional roast dinner. I definitely think it’s important to get children involved in cooking and getting them to help you prepare a roast dinner is the perfect way to do this. Alice loves peeling the potatoes, cutting up carrots and her thing at the moment is laying the table!

I popped up to Adams Happy Hens yesterday (my favourite little place for eggs and vegetables) and was pleasantly surprised when I opened the freezer to find they did joints of buffalo meat.  It’s nice to try a little something different on a Sunday! I have to confess……. I've had to tell Alice we’re having Roast Beef , just the word Buffalo on your plate is enough to cause meal time mayhem with a 5 year old!

What’s everyone else having today?

Out with the bad and in with the new!

I can’t believe Christmas is over, all that nice food and wine are now out the window and it’s in with the healthy and time to start losing some weight ready for the summer! This New Year I'm determined to shed a few pounds but usually after a week my motivation and willpower dwindle, but this time things are different! I've just joined slimming world with a friend from work and my word, am I on it or what!!

Two days in and I’ve already got lots of healthy meal ideas (syn free as well so no way I can fail this time)!!  Last night was fish night and I made a salmon, potato and green bean frittata. I wasn’t sure how it would taste and whether it would be too dry but I was pleasantly surprised. It’s really easy to prepare and super healthy so give it a try.

This recipe serves 2.

Ingredients:

2 salmon fillets (skinless + boneless) cut into small chunks

3 eggs

Large handful of green beans

1 large potato cut into small chunks

1 red onion

Method:

-       Cook the potatoes until they start to soften then drain.

-       In a large bowl add the salmon pieces, green beans, potatoes and red onion.

-       Beat 3 eggs and add to the bowl and mix everything together.

-       Spray a large frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and heat it up. Then add the mix and leave for about 5-10 minutes until the underneath of the frittata starts to set.

-       Take off the heat and put the pan under the grill to now cook the top of the frittata (you’ll know when it’s ready because the mixture will have set and started to brown).

I served with carrots on the side but you could do it with any vegetable or even a salad.

Enjoy

Laura x