Thursday, 30 September 2010

Just showing off now...

I'm at it again. I seem to have developed an obsession with photographing my food (possibly because I am being fairly good for a change) so you get to see what I had for dinner. Lucky people.

I worked from home today, which is always dangerous for me. I tend to find myself wandering to the kitchen every 5 minutes usually, but thankfully today, I was actually busy with work. Albeit from bed mainly (saves me putting the heating on). For the record - I was working. Honest.

Matt is out with work tonight so it meant I could cook something that he'd normally shun (meatless food, he doesn't do Vegetarian. Caveman). I'd had a Bacon Sarnie for breakfast and a WW Quiche with Roasted Beetroot and Feta (odd combination but it worked) for lunch, so I wanted something fairly low in points so I can save some for tomorrow.

Et VoilĂ  - Potato and Mushroom Curry with Spelt Flatbread

The curry was enough for 2 at 1.5 points per portion or one very hungry person.

1 Onion chopped
300g New Potatoes, scrubbed and halved (this is not an exact science - just what I had left)
Mushrooms (I think I used about 8)
Tinned Tomatoes
Garlic
1 Tbsp Curry Powder (or however much you like really)

That's it. Fry the onion and garlic in a bit of spray oil, add in the mushrooms and fry for a few mins. Pop in the chopped potatoes and the tin of tomatoes, stir in the curry powder (as much as you like really) and simmer until the Potatoes are soft. Surprisingly tasty.

Served with Spelt Flatbread - 30g of Spelt flour (or any other flour you have), couple of teaspoons of water, pinch of salt. Mix together to form a dough, roll out and fry in a teaspoon of oil. I had half of that for a point. Simples.

So this little lot cost me 5 points (50g of dried rice). Amazing. I really am a Domestic Goddess of late.

I've a busy weekend ahead. Tomorrow we are out in Henley upon Thames after work for drinks and dinner with friends, Saturday Matt is off to see his beloved Baggies and I'm meeting a friend for lunch and then Saturday night we are off to see Sarah Millican in Reading.

Sunday should be a day of rest - or perhaps a day for trying to get myself back into exercise. I don't know why I have suddenly developed a complete lack of motivation to move my arse, it really shouldn't be so hard. Oh well, at least I am eating fairly healthily.

5 comments:

  1. Well check you out, Nigella! Actually that sounds lovely - I might have to have a little kitchen experimentation next week! x

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  2. Will be trying the chicken recipe soon. Hope you're well x

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  3. I for one love the food photography - and your meals always look fabulous.

    Sx

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  4. That spelt bread is particularly impressive - yum!

    Hve a good weekend

    Px

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  5. Looks lovely Linz, as ever! Hope it tasted as good too. I love Sarah Millican, so funny! Enjoy x

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