Our Official Slimming Club Thread - open to everyone

[Mel15]

@Linda0818

I loooooooove salmon cakes. One of my favorite things.

Cooking the chicken livers is easy. I simply dredge them into seasoned flour, then into beaten egg, then back into the flour and then into the oil and I fry them until they’re crispy and crunchy on the outside, but well done on the inside. Some people like their livers still a little pink, but I don’t. I love rare steak, but I think things like chicken livers should be fully cooked.

The zucchini (courgette) I cut into slices at desired thickness. Then I dip the slices into beaten egg, then into bread crumbs (today I used panko) and then pan-fry in a small amount of oil until they’re golden. You can use any type of bread crumbs you wish. Fried zucchini is one of my favorite summertime treats.

Well the fish cakes were HORRIBLE

My own fault, I know ready made anything is going to be horrible but I was seduced by these yesterday. May as well ate a box of dust they were that dry and bland

When I make fishcakes I add chopped capers, gherkins, a hard boiled egg, tarter sauce etc to them so they are bursting with moisture and flavour

Im copying your livers and courgettes for using another day

[Linda0818]

That’s too bad about your salmon cakes. But I agree that it’s best to make your own. I’ve bought ready-made stuff like that before too and it sure looked better than it tasted. So when it comes to salmon cakes, crab cakes, etc, I prefer to make them myself.

[susiejaeger]

Today its Chicken Salad, I’ve got to be good.

[Linda0818]

Well, whether or not you’re being good depends on the kind of chicken salad you’re having. Chicken salad can rack up the calories fast, depending on what it’s made with.

I’m having creamy chicken soup with seashell pasta and veggies and a tomato sandwich.

[susiejaeger]

Todays its:

Cornish Pastie and Homemade Oven Chips.

[Linda0818]

Cornish Pastie, mmmmmm. Love those things. My son’s grandma is Welsh and has made them a few times. She doesn’t make the traditional Welsh Pasties, though, with the jam and currants and all that stuff. She prefers the Cornish style pasties. I could eat those things on a regular basis. I need to start making them myself here at home.

Today for me I had a bowl of hot wheat cereal and a piece of toast. I’ve been having gut problems lately. Upset stomach and many trips to the bathroom, if you get my meaning. I’ve been under a lot of stress and it’s wreaking havoc on my digestive system.

[Mel15]

Big charity event last night so had house guests staying so it was 5 am before we got to bed after a serious nights drinking

So it was a full Irish at lunchtime , which was required to cure the sore heads

Now they are building up another sore head after going down the pub for the match and racing and it’s so muggy and sticky I cba cooking again so it’s chinese take out again tonight

I’ve one more function this month then I’m back to being good I’m too old for this partying all night lol

[Linda0818]

Sounds like fun

It’s been hot hot hot here as well. In the 90’s and 105-107 with the heat index. However, the last 2 days have been in the 80’s with lower humidity, so we’re getting a small break from the heat before the temps go back up again.

I hate summer

[susiejaeger]

@Linda0818

Cornish Pastie, mmmmmm. Love those things. My son’s grandma is Welsh and has made them a few times. She doesn’t make the traditional Welsh Pasties, though, with the jam and currants and all that stuff. She prefers the Cornish style pasties. I could eat those things on a regular basis. I need to start making them myself here at home.

Today for me I had a bowl of hot wheat cereal and a piece of toast. I’ve been having gut problems lately. Upset stomach and many trips to the bathroom, if you get my meaning. I’ve been under a lot of stress and it’s wreaking havoc on my digestive system.

I didn’t make the Pastie Linda, it was a bought Gengsing Cornish Pastie which consists of Meat and Potato, nice lot of pepper in it.

[susiejaeger]

Today we had Gammon as a roast dinner.

[Mel15]

Well thats the end of the partying now. Our friend got killed yesterday so Tuesday is a wake now not a party

So I was out there tonight, a 3 mile walk in 35 mins, helps to get the excesses of the weekend off and have signed up for a 12 mile coastal hike for September in aid of Parkinson’s. Well Im actually doing it for LUCAS which is an arm of Parkinson’s or something like that

Back to work at 5am in the morning and back to eating sensibly

[Linda0818]

@susiejaeger

I didn’t make the Pastie Linda, it was a bought Gengsing Cornish Pastie which consists of Meat and Potato, nice lot of pepper in it.

As long as it’s good, that’s the main thing

[Linda0818]

@Missy

Well thats the end of the partying now. Our friend got killed yesterday so Tuesday is a wake now not a party

So I was out there tonight, a 3 mile walk in 35 mins, helps to get the excesses of the weekend off and have signed up for a 12 mile coastal hike for September in aid of Parkinson’s. Well Im actually doing it for LUCAS which is an arm of Parkinson’s or something like that

Back to work at 5am in the morning and back to eating sensibly

What??? What the heck happened???

[susiejaeger]

That’s terrible Missy.

[Mel15]

William Dunlop, he was a road racer.

Got killed on the practice day of the Skerries Road race. Bike went over a speed hump and when it landed it broke the sump and spilled oil all over his back wheel

[Linda0818]

Oh my gosh. I’m so very sorry to hear about that

[Mel15]

@Linda0818

Oh my gosh. I’m so very sorry to hear about that

We all are

A really crappy week tbh , William being killed , his uncle Joey’s (deceased) head machanic fighting for his life after an accident the same day

But that’s the route they travel and no one will stop them.

So it won’t be a wake , it will be a bigger party, we will celebrate their lives along with thousands who didn’t know him personally but loved him for what he did

[Linda0818]

This whole summer, so far, has been a disaster. And I’ll be glad when it’s over.

[susiejaeger]

Today its just Chicken Salad.

[Linda0818]

Not sure what I’m having today. Taking my son car shopping. Then we have to stop and pick up milk and a few other things, so perhaps I should eat something now so I’m not starving while out running around. The problem is, I just got up a little bit ago and I’m not hungry yet, which is why I never (or very rarely) eat breakfast.