Week 3 - The Meals

This week I tried to get busy with my low propoint snacks and lunches. I have found it a bit tricky to stay within my 26 propoints, so I decided to get creative.  My favourite things to munch on this week were:

Snacks:

I found these really cute mini bagels.  They are only 2 propoints and they are perfect for having something as simple as peanut butter and banana or cream chesse and salmon.

My favourite snack this week was the frozen grapes.  They were lovely and really felt like a good treat.

Lunches 
The best lunch I had, by far, was the smoked salmon, avacado and tomato on a slim! It was so tasty that I was a little bit sad when it ended... so sad that I had it twice in the week! It's a quick and healthy meal to fling together! Brilliant when I am starving and just about to reach for something bold!

Dinners
I had a great variety of dinners this week. I had Prawn Cocktail, I had Strawberry, Feta Cheese and Prawns on a bed of spinach with a balsamic vinegar dressing. which was lovely and light and refereshing and at only 8 ProPoints sure you would be mad not to try it!

I am loving loving loving avacado at the moment, and this Grilled Fillet of Hake with Avacado Sauce and Saffron scented couscous was so nice.. again, tears when it was all gone! Even Himself liked this one!

The final and absolute winner is my Fake-Away Chicken and Hot Garlic Sauce  Filled with lovely crunchy stir fried veggies and brown rice, it will kill any craving you have for a MSG filled Chinese take away, and it's only 13 ProPoints!!

Week One - The Simple Start Plan

Now that I am a busy Mum of one who is also working, I have found the only way for me to manage what I eat is to be fully prepared.  Once upon a time, before I was a Mama and a Wife, I used to spend one day a week filling up my freezer with dinners that I could just defrost and reheat.  It helped when I got in from work and was too hungry to prepare something nice for myself.

So this is something I am adopting this week.  I have it all planned out what I am having to eat this week - until Friday that is. But I will get the weekend sorted out on Thursday.

I have made myself Mason Jar salads for the week. I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it was a really good way of making sure I didn't reach for the wrong things, and, Day 1, it worked!

My salads this week include

Spicy prawns with noodles, red onion, mango, red pepper and chili.

Goats cheese and parma ham with spinach, walnuts and a balsamic vinegar dressing

Orzo pasta with pinenuts, spinach, tomato and basil and Parmesan shavings

I went and did my food shopping yesterday and I spent a couple of hours after I came home chopping and preparing all the veg and different snacks, again, prep to make sure that I have no excuse to reach for the wrong thing.

Dinners this week will include:

Baked Trout with lemon and herb couscous and roasted red onions

Spicy beef wrap

Weight watchers pizza

Roasted vegetables and couscous

For my breakfasts I like something big and hearty. Breakfast nearly always includes an egg in some shape or form for me. This week I am having

Crumpet and poached egg

Eggs Hellfire, without the cheese.  This is an amazing spicy tomato sauce that the egg is poached in. Its really delicious and an amazing hangover cure if you needed one.

Scrambled egg and smoked salmon

Breakfast hash

This is everything I have organised so far.  Here's hoping my organisation works for me!