This is delicious as a snack! The recipe makes 2 loaves (I use a wiltshire silicon loaf tray) and I get 10 slices from each loaf. I then wrap them individually and pop them in the freezer. Based on 20 slices, an individual slice is worth 148 calories - which while it seems a lot all at once, its very filling with good ingredients in it and I think its worth every calorie! When making this, dont over-think it too much. Throw in anything that you like (sunflower seeds, pepitas, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, stewed pears, stewed custard apple etc).
3 cups SR flour
1 cup Muesli/oats (rolled, porridge, bircher - anything works!)
1/2 cup currants (or sultanas if you dont have currants)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
2 eggs
2 tbsp honey
1 1/2 cups milk
2 bananas
1 stewed apple
1. Pre-heat oven to 180C
2. Stew apple, dust in some ground cinnamon while stewing and 1 tablespoon of honey
3. Mix up dry ingredients in 1 bowl (flour, oats, currants, sunflower seeds) and wet ingredients in another smaller bowl (bananas, eggs, milk, 1tbsp honey and stewed apple)
4. Make a well in dry ingredients and slowly add wet ingredients til just combined
5. Pour into loaf tray til its 2/3 full (allow for rising)
6. Bake at 180C for 15-25 mins (or til a fork comes out clean)
Slice and serve! This is quite a moist bread so nothing extra is needed. Best served warm, but fresh at room temperature is fine as well.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Breaking the Habit...
When your so used to munching, snacking and chewing, its so hard to just break the habit and. stop. Just. Stop.
But what if I dont have to stop? What if I can find an alternate way but 'better' way to continue what I'm doing? Baby-steps, right? Well, there is air-popped popcorn. Mmmm - yummmmm - popcoooooorn! Or, I could always just eat lettuce leaves all day and splurge on a massive piece of cake!!! Or, I could just eat sensibly and make sure that the cake that I'm eating is still within my calorie intake.
What is more important? Counting the calories or balancing my food? Is the kind of food I eat just as important as the amount of food? What is more important - quality or quantity?
For now, I think that quantity is more important. My meal sizes have been vastly over-sized for far too long, surely just eating LESS of the same food will automatically reduce my calorie-intake without even trying to change too much! Baby-steps, right??
So rather than filling up the dinner plate to overflowing, I'm going to concetrate on what I'm putting on my plate. I'm going to eat until I'm no longer hungry, rather than til the plate is empty. I'll attempt to reduce portion sizes first, and then I'll concentrate on quality.
Day 3 and doing okay.
But what if I dont have to stop? What if I can find an alternate way but 'better' way to continue what I'm doing? Baby-steps, right? Well, there is air-popped popcorn. Mmmm - yummmmm - popcoooooorn! Or, I could always just eat lettuce leaves all day and splurge on a massive piece of cake!!! Or, I could just eat sensibly and make sure that the cake that I'm eating is still within my calorie intake.
What is more important? Counting the calories or balancing my food? Is the kind of food I eat just as important as the amount of food? What is more important - quality or quantity?
For now, I think that quantity is more important. My meal sizes have been vastly over-sized for far too long, surely just eating LESS of the same food will automatically reduce my calorie-intake without even trying to change too much! Baby-steps, right??
So rather than filling up the dinner plate to overflowing, I'm going to concetrate on what I'm putting on my plate. I'm going to eat until I'm no longer hungry, rather than til the plate is empty. I'll attempt to reduce portion sizes first, and then I'll concentrate on quality.
Day 3 and doing okay.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Pumpkin & Feta Pasta
Pumpkin & Feta Pasta
Makes 5 serves = 380 calories per serve
500g Spiral Pasta
350g Pumpkin
200g Feta
3 tablespoons Honey
Dried Herbs
30g Pine nuts
1. Cut the pumpkin into 2x2cm cubes and roast on baking paper
2. Roast pine nuts til golden brown
3. Boil spiral pasta
4. Chop Feta into 1x1cm cubes
5. Drain and wash the cooked pasta - stir honey through whilst still warm
6. Add pine nuts, pumpkin and feta - stir thoroughly
7. Serve
I sometimes pop the dinner bowl in the microwave after serving it up to melt the feta through - it makes a gooey creamy mess and is absolutely delicious!!
Makes 5 serves = 380 calories per serve
500g Spiral Pasta
350g Pumpkin
200g Feta
3 tablespoons Honey
Dried Herbs
30g Pine nuts
1. Cut the pumpkin into 2x2cm cubes and roast on baking paper
2. Roast pine nuts til golden brown
3. Boil spiral pasta
4. Chop Feta into 1x1cm cubes
5. Drain and wash the cooked pasta - stir honey through whilst still warm
6. Add pine nuts, pumpkin and feta - stir thoroughly
7. Serve
I sometimes pop the dinner bowl in the microwave after serving it up to melt the feta through - it makes a gooey creamy mess and is absolutely delicious!!
The first step is always the Hardest
You know when there is so much to do, you quite often just dont know where to start? Trying to work out where to begin is the hardest part. Diet? Exercise? Starting simple and then moving on to something a bit more complicated?
History reminds me that 'Mondays' always seem like a good day to begin. Or the first of the month. But why are these days so good? Seriously - they're just the same as any other day. So I guess thats the first step - dont wait til Monday. Or even tomorrow! Start today. Start right now.
So - as of right now I am starting. No wait.... nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnow!
Now.
And the next decision to make, is what kind of diet is best for me? Low fat? Low or high carb? Low calorie? Low Sugar? Low or high protein? Atkins? Soup? Jenny Craig? Weight Watchers? Anything else?
For me personally I dont have the time nor the energy for counting calories, weighing foods, counting almonds or in-depth meal plans. So I want something else to take the work out of the diet for me. The last 6 weeks I've used calorieking.com.au (CK) with some success so I plan on continuing to use it. The best thing about CK is that I dont have to count, I dont have to weigh, I dont have to do anything really. Just enter the food/drink that I've eaten and exercise that I've done, and it works it all out for me.
Anyone who already uses CK feel free to follow my diary - YummyMummyWannabe
http://www.calorieking.com.au/public/?member=yummymummywannabe
The biggest question that I've got so far, is why am I keeping such a public diary about my weightloss? Well I feel the need to be accountable. I have a responsibility to my children to raise them to have a healthy relationship with food, but unless I get my own issues sorted out then I will never be able to teach them properly.
So currently I'm sitting on 111.2kg. My ultimate goal weight is 74kg, so I have 37.2kg to lose (not 50 like I first thought). My mini goal is 108kg :)
I have grand plans to learn how to jog as well - I have downloaded Couch to 5K (C25K) onto my iPhone, so once I have a pram that is suitable to jog with I plan on beginning that.
So here we go!!! New lifestyle, New Body and New Me - here I come :)
History reminds me that 'Mondays' always seem like a good day to begin. Or the first of the month. But why are these days so good? Seriously - they're just the same as any other day. So I guess thats the first step - dont wait til Monday. Or even tomorrow! Start today. Start right now.
So - as of right now I am starting. No wait.... nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnow!
Now.
And the next decision to make, is what kind of diet is best for me? Low fat? Low or high carb? Low calorie? Low Sugar? Low or high protein? Atkins? Soup? Jenny Craig? Weight Watchers? Anything else?
For me personally I dont have the time nor the energy for counting calories, weighing foods, counting almonds or in-depth meal plans. So I want something else to take the work out of the diet for me. The last 6 weeks I've used calorieking.com.au (CK) with some success so I plan on continuing to use it. The best thing about CK is that I dont have to count, I dont have to weigh, I dont have to do anything really. Just enter the food/drink that I've eaten and exercise that I've done, and it works it all out for me.
Anyone who already uses CK feel free to follow my diary - YummyMummyWannabe
http://www.calorieking.com.au/public/?member=yummymummywannabe
The biggest question that I've got so far, is why am I keeping such a public diary about my weightloss? Well I feel the need to be accountable. I have a responsibility to my children to raise them to have a healthy relationship with food, but unless I get my own issues sorted out then I will never be able to teach them properly.
So currently I'm sitting on 111.2kg. My ultimate goal weight is 74kg, so I have 37.2kg to lose (not 50 like I first thought). My mini goal is 108kg :)
I have grand plans to learn how to jog as well - I have downloaded Couch to 5K (C25K) onto my iPhone, so once I have a pram that is suitable to jog with I plan on beginning that.
So here we go!!! New lifestyle, New Body and New Me - here I come :)
Sunday, January 3, 2010
My Year!
2010 is going to be my year. I have 50kg to lose and I plan on losing at least 1/2 of it by the end of the year. Anything more is a bonus! So with 2kg per month to shift, I had better get my act together!
First I need a good solid side-by-side walking pram. I am on the lookout for anything that will do the job with big all-terrain wheels and is in Perth.
Second, I need to sort out my emotional eating problems. I will be looking for guidance, encouragement, support, information and education about the correllation between food and emotions.
And thirdly, I will learn how to balance my diet healthily, without depriving myself of all the good stuff!
2010 - bring it on!!!
Day 1 - 111.2kg
First I need a good solid side-by-side walking pram. I am on the lookout for anything that will do the job with big all-terrain wheels and is in Perth.
Second, I need to sort out my emotional eating problems. I will be looking for guidance, encouragement, support, information and education about the correllation between food and emotions.
And thirdly, I will learn how to balance my diet healthily, without depriving myself of all the good stuff!
2010 - bring it on!!!
Day 1 - 111.2kg
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