Roast Bolognese and Spaghetti

I love watching cookery programs and find them to be a real inspiration and Nigel Slater one of my favourites. I was able to adapt this fabulous recipes to become Slimming World friendly with just a few swaps.

Hoisin Duck Stir Fry

We eat a lot of stir fry at home as it's a great way of getting plenty of speed vegetables onto your plate and being a one opt dish it saves on the washing up too. I love this recipe as it's so simply to make and uses only two ingredients for the sauce.

Contentment Can Be a Problem Too

Apologies for not posting for a while but I seem to have been a little distracted over the last couple of months or so. I seem to have lost my mojo and then went on a wonderful holiday. This has meant that I have put on over the last 5 weeks, 6.5lbs but the previous month I went down then up by 2lbs.

My Thyroid and Me

Me at over 18 stone in 2010

Having a medical condition or illness can really make loosing weight difficult and slow but you don't have to make it an excuse when the weight doesn't seem to be moving. For me it was that pesky butterfly shaped gland in my neck that decided that it wasn't going to do it's job properly. I became morbidly obese and so ill I don't actually know how I functioned. Fortunately you can do something about your weight like me. It just takes a little more time and a lot of determination.

Smoked Salmon Pasta in a Lemon Dill Sauce

This pasta dish shouts spring and summer flavours. It's easy to make too and could be made minus the salmon for a vegetarian dish or the salmon could be substituted for chicken if you aren't a fish lover, you can even swap the veg if you wish.

 It works well cold too. It really is a very versatile dish and will soon became a summer favourite. Oh and did I mention it's really quick to make too.