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Hello Slimming World banana bread 👋 It looks perfect and the mix tasted gorgeous, but I haven't tried any yet because I've made it for our Easter dinner on Sunday. I'm really hoping that it will be nice and tasty despite being a SW recipe, I don't want to disappoint the family! I'm thinking of serving it with some banana and custard flavoured yoghurt 😊 23 syns for the whole cake! I think I'll get 8 portions, which will mean 3 syns per slice ❤

<b>Lentil & Root Veg Casserole with Herb Dumplings.</b> <b> Ingredients </b> Fry light 2 Medium Onions, finely chopped. 2 tsp Coriander. 2 tsp Ground Cumin. 700g Mixed Root Veg ( I.e. Swede , Celeriac, Parsnips, Potatoes , Turnips and Carrots ) peeled and diced. 2 Celery sticks, chopped. 175g Dried Red Lentils , rinsed and drained. 2 Garllic Cloves , crushed. 400g Chopped Tomatoes. 700ml Vegetable Stock, 137g pack Dumplings 2-3 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley. <b> Recipe </b> 1. Spray a non-stick casserole dish with low calorie cooking spray and place over a medium heat. Stir-fry onions until tender, then stir in the ground coriander and cumin, allowing a few minute to infuse before adding root veg and celery. 2. Stir-fry for 5 minutes, without browning, then stir in the lentils and garlic and cook for a few minutes. Add the tomatoes and stock, cover and simmer gently for 20 minutes, or until the vegetables and the lentils are tender. 3. Meanwhile, combine the dumpling mix with 5 tbsp water and chopped parsley ; then shape into 8 equal balls. Remove the lid and place the dumplings on top of the veg mixture , and cook for 20 minutes, uncovered. 4. Divide casserole into four servings ( 2 dumplings per person ) and serve . This is 6 syns on slimming world, or free if you choose not to have dumplings .

All those times I said there was never enough hours in the day, I was lying through my naïve teeth. Until now. Almost 3 weeks into my new job, I am loving it. Still occasionally clueless and struggling to switch off but buzzing from the challenge. Finding time to eat is actually difficult some days. For example, today...ate 1 x bacon and 1 x egg for breakfast and then had nothing until some grapes and an apple about 3pm followed by a Highlights hot chocolate (2 syns) at 4ish. Due to cook a curry before training but want someone else to come do it for me. PLEASE! I need a nap!

Total syns: 11

Just because it was sunny, like twice...

Syns (so far) - M&S wholegrain crisps (6), half hot chocolate sachet (1), 1 x wholemeal bread (6)

Food has been my friend this week. Mostly achieving carbs only once a day and am totally off cereal these days. BUT I didn't go for my run! Plan to make up for this tomorrow morning. Tonight's dinner was delicious steak stir fry with a curly wurly and shapers mint nougat bar to finish it off. I'm due to be camping tomorrow - yes I must be mental - hopefully I can post some photos. When I get back I'm hoping to write something about jumping on the ethically sourced produce bandwagon. Movie time! 😁