What's on your menu??

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  • onmylonesome
    onmylonesome Online Community Member Posts: 599 Empowering

    @Biblioklept

    Yes they are ready meals and the ones I've had upto now have been very enjoyable, they have quite a big range.

    Have a look on Iceland website under the exclusive to Iceland tab.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 716 Trailblazing
    edited February 6

    Yes, it was great, there's a lot left over as it was such a massive joint, I usually don't buy turkey as it's expensive but this was on a clearance shelf with that days date on it for only about £4.50. Didn't do the canned baby carrots after all as I'd ran out, so I did some frozen mixed veg. I made the Bisto turkey gravy with the turkey stock rather than water, there was a lot of stock, and the gravy turned out very flavourful.

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Online Community Member Posts: 3,699 Championing

    I pay discount on council tax. Still 70 pound a month

    I have 15 cats

    That's where my money goes

    250 a month to British gas

    I. Have water bill, Internet, sky TV, TV lisense due March

    Mobile phone, food etc

  • MissMarple
    MissMarple Online Community Member Posts: 345 Empowering

    Another thing I like is salad as a full meal. Microwave a generous portion of frozen sweetcorn, add it to a pack of mixed salad leaves and add some flavourful cheese (e.g. Blue Stilton or feta). You can also add slices of red onions, tomatoes, red pepper, cucumber or whatever you fancy. Drizzle some olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar on it if you want to, but it's really optional as the cheese in itself does the job of adding flavour.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,746 Championing
  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Online Community Member Posts: 1,333 Championing

    I low carb to keep diabetes in remission, so those & lovely crisps are off the menu. They were my preferred snacks, as I'm a savoury not a sweet tooth. So my go to are pork scratchings, cheese or a few nuts. I'm very lucky, today, Szymon (just found out the spelling of his name) brought me round some beetroot hummus, regular but special hummus & some lentil crisp things, a bit carby, but a 'couple' a day won't hurt. I've never been into natural yoghurt or kefir (although that's a kind of new thing) but my tastes have changed & I don't mind them 'neat'. The pesto tagliatelle was good & simple, ta!

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 951 Trailblazing
    edited February 7

    Re protein....I can barely tolerate traditional protein sources - poultry, fish, beef or pork. I just gag when eating it and can't digest it if I manage to get it down. So I've found it helps using very small portions and using organic sources. But typically I get most of my protein from beans, chickpeas, dairy products, eggs and protein powders. For the protein powders, I use peanut powder that's just defatted and dehydrated, and the whey powder is quite pure too with just 2 ingredients.

    Since I've improved my dietary protein, my mental and physical health have improved a lot. Mind you, I'm still not the poster child for health 😊. Maybe those tips can help others.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 716 Trailblazing

    Left over turkey and gravy.

  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 14,323 Online Community Programme Lead

    Tonight we're having fish and chips

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,746 Championing

    Sweet jacket potato, tuna and grated cheese.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 716 Trailblazing

    I really enjoy fish and chips with a jumbo sausage and vinegar. It's the only time I like a bit of salt too, usually I don't like salt on anything, but I can't have it anymore because of high blood pressure.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 716 Trailblazing
    edited February 7

    luvpink, that sounds amazing I will have to try it sometime.

  • MissMarple
    MissMarple Online Community Member Posts: 345 Empowering

    Just for some variety…

    Breakfast: mushroom shawarma ready meal, toffee nut latte

    Lunch: sweetcorn with stilton cheese

    Dinner: blueberry muffin and a tub of Halo Top ice cream

    🤣

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,746 Championing
  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 5,362 Championing

    Hi Bib, toasted sourdough with olive oil or peanut butter and rice cakes with tahini are quick and easy snacks for me.

    To replace greasy crisps, I recommend lightly salted rice crackers from Lidl for when you want that savoury crunch without spoiling your appetite. Pringles contain x14 more saturated fats than these crackers..

    For a quick and easy meal, I keep pouches of rice/quinoa which take 2 minutes to heat and top them with cold sardines or mackerel mashed in lemon juice and balsamic vinegar. Delicious! Scrambled eggs can be ready in under 2 minutes with less washing up..

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,746 Championing

    Mushroom omelette.

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Online Community Member Posts: 716 Trailblazing

    Cottage pie with cauliflower in cheese sauce.

  • luvpink
    luvpink Online Community Member Posts: 3,746 Championing

    Cheesy pasta bake tonight.

  • Carl_Scope
    Carl_Scope Posts: 51 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    For me today it'll be a Dairylea sandwich for lunch and macaroni and cheese for dinner

    Is that too much cheese? 😜

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Online Community Member Posts: 3,699 Championing

    Just had cheese and crackers