1. Due to the recent floods the farmers field now looks like a lake. Beautiful to look at - probably not so nice for the farmer.
2. First weigh in and I lost 3 lbs.......oh, and I won slimmer of the week!
3. I appear to have a pretty bar infatuation at the moment.
4. Cognitive Psychology here I come. First week of studying begun.
5. A happy me.

How has your week been?

Sunday afternoon was the great week ahead cook off!  My week evenings are so busy that I thought I would be a little better prepared for this week by cooking up a few dishes to separate and freeze.  It honestly didn't take me that long and now I have a freezer full of delicious meals.  One of the recipes that I tried this week was the Slimming World Caribbean Turkey and vegetable Stew, and here are the details below.

Serves: 4
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 1½ - 2 hours
Syns per serving: 1

Ingredients

1 red onion, peeled halved and sliced
2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
1 tbsp jerk seasoning
750g skinless turkey breast steaks, cut into 3cm pieces
1 green pepper, deseeded and cut into 2 cm pieces
1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into 2 cm pieces
1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into 2 cm pieces
300g cherry tomatoes
250g button mushrooms halved
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
400ml chicken stock
1 level tbsp gravy granules
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Fresh thyme leaves to garnish

Method

Who knew that making ginger bread houses were so difficult and took so much concentration!  Don't get me wrong, it was loads of fun to make it and put it together but it only lasted long enough to get a photo or two before falling to pieces.

This kit was created with the suggestion of it being suitable for children from the age of six.  Six?  It took three adults, working together to get it to look this bad.....lol
There is no way that children would be able to make this, but like I said, despite the evidence that you can see it really was a lot of fun to make!