It's been a while

Hi there, it's been a while, life's a bit chaotic at the moment.

A couple of weeks ago I was losing the will a little bit, I wanted to eat anything and everything. My lovely group leader Donna helped me by just having a chat really and giving me a few pointers, I managed to get through the bad patch unscathed, although I haven't had a loss for a few weeks. I know I probably need to make a few changes and switch HE (a) and HE (b)'s around a bit and perhaps a bit more variety. I have got into a rut and I'm eating the same food and using the same recipes - a lovely lady (who I have never met), has given me some SW http://slimmingworld.com/ recipes so I'm going to try a few of them soon.

Anyway, a while back a promised some photos of Banana Muffins, I calculated the syns to be around 7 syns per muffin as I swapped the sugar for sweetener. They were fine and went lovely with a cup of coffee. I found the recipe at http://bbc.co.uk/recipes, and adapted it to my tastes. I think I made eight cakes with the quantities, but you could use smaller cases for less Syns but more cakes.

Another thing we all like is sugar free jelly, with either frozen or fresh fruit in, so for example, make strawberry flavour jelly, chop up some fresh strawberries, divide between four serving dishes and allow to set. The sugar free jelly is half a Syn per pack so is minimal divided by four. I usually serve this with some quark flavoured with a little vanilla extract and some sweetener. These are both worth the effort and make lovely desserts.

See you all soon