Cream coloured parsnips and crisp apple strudel, Beetroot and bok choi and swiss chard with noodles - 10/10 thread,

[TooTicky]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

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I was thinking of Revelry, and that everyone meets in a virtual medieval banqueting hall to drink mead and eat grouse (with lots of medieval vegetables) and maybe play the lyre.

You're very good doing running MrsC. We did lots of walking and climbing on holiday and i feel much better for it - must think of something fittening.

am having lunch. ds has just asked "mummy is asparagus in season?" er guess what we are having? When I said no he said chidingly "oh MUMMY"

So far today I've had (veg & fruit wise)

1 celery stick
10 strawberries
20 blueberries
10 grapes
1 whole kiwi
6 cherries
1 "1 a day" yoghurt

and tonight will be having

Chicken cassrole with
Borlotti beans
baby sweetcorn
sugarsnap peas
asparagus

SO - I AM covering my 5 a day aren't I? PLEASE say I am!!

sounds good Iklboo and depending on portion size of veg you may be inching towards the 10

see OP for portion sizes and please stick around and make yourself at home if you want

We started a 'no starchy carbs (bread, pasta, rice, cerals etc) after 5pm diet' last week.
I can honestly say I feel less bloated, more energetic and am sleeping better (plus am feeling in a rudey mood more often).
I'm loving eating all the fruit & veg and it's also pushing me menu wise not to fall back on the old "mash, roasties, chips, wedges" routine

oh it sounds fab, although I am a bit frowny about limiting carbs in general, but eating more f+v and feeling more energetic and all that has to be good

do you get hungry in the evenings?

Right I have finished my air miles contraband

I had lettuce, cucumber, tomato salad with most of a bunch of asparagus and some bread and c**e

plus shared some revolting smoothie thing with ds round the shops

We eat fairly late cos DH is a driving instructor and gets in about 8:30 usually.
We have low-sugar jelly & natural yoghurt as a treat - or stick some chicken wings in marinade & roast them for supper if we get peckish.

Oh - and we still eat bread, pasta ect BEFORE 5pm, just not after

Welcome Ikiboo. A driving instructor? You don't live in Suffolk by any chance?

I haven't eaten anything, I have a headache and a bad morning shopping, the three things are related.

that should have been c%^*&e

it looks like I mean cake

low sugar jelly

surely that has - sweeteners in?

100 please eat something. Not sugar free jelly.

What though? My head hurts and there's nothing to eat, AND nothing to feed dcs either. I am in a massive sulk.

What a coincidence! I went shopping today (prompted by ds2's trouser crisis) and I have a headache and have eaten very little. Shopping is bad for the soul. At least, soulless shopping is.

I am quandarising over school issues.

Avi, have you visited the Steiner school yet? If you liked it, would you actually move 500 miles for it? HE is very good you know.

Ooh share your quandry. Might you HE everyone TooT? Or is about dd1 your quandry?

100x, can you start with a wee bit of fruit or bread and work your way up? Or do you really need to sleep it off?

It is that ds1 would undoubtably be immeasurably happier out of school.

There is NO fruit. NO fruit.[hangs head]

I will go to greengrocer on the way to school. What shall I buy there to feed everyone tonight?

Perhaps I need a coffee? Haven't had a coffee for ages. [perks up] I get v. tight shoulders too, I need a massage. It is all the repression I do, it goes on my shoulders.

He would? Are you thinking about taking him out? What's stopping you? You're an old hand at this now TooT.

But if ds1 left school and ds2 was still there, would that be a problem? Ds2 benefits from school - his class has a wonderful atmosphere and I adore his teacher. Also the teacher he will have next year. And I would like dd2 to experience school with these two teachers because they are wonderful people.
Not that the other teachers are bad in any way - maybe it is the nurturing nature of the first 3 schhool years, with these particular teachers.

So, technically, ds1 could leave school - either nowish or, say, at Easter and have some time bonding with dd1 before she starts secondary school.
But ds2 would be the only one in school and I don't know how he would feel.

I was meant to do loads of shopping but got a bit wobbly, had a smoothie and came home and ate air miles. That's what you should all have done [smug]

TooT who would it be a problem for? Ds2?

sorry cross posts

ask him?