Today was a fast day. I had planned to eat a banana for breakfast but didn’t wake up at all hungry so I didn’t bother. Mid-morning I made soup using up vegetables left over from last week. 285g carrots, 1 leek, a Kallo vegetable stock cube and a tablespoon of caraway seeds. I made up around a litre which worked out at 3 portions – I calculated this as 60 calories per portion. I ate mine with 2 Finn crisp crisp breads thinly spread with reduced fat humous. Late afternoon I walked the dogs then made a delicious dinner. I sauted a small-ish red onion in a teaspoon of olive oil and a teaspoon of Harissa paste in a pan with a lid that I could transfer to the oven. When the onion had softened I added 2 chopped leeks and a can of chopped tomatoes. Once these had softened and mixed I piled a carton of flower sprouts on top, put the lid on and transferred to the oven which I had pre-heated to 180 degrees. After 10-15 minutes once the flower sprouts had started to soften I gave it all a stir and placed two cod fillets on top, put the lid back on and returned to the oven for a further 15 minutes, just enough to cook the fish. I served it with some bulgar wheat sprinkled with lemon juice. A really tasty meal which came in at around 320 calories for each of us. Give it a try if you like fish!
11:09 pm
16 Mar 14