I don't know about you, but I love bread. LOVE it! Nothing quite beats a slice of warm crusty bread fresh from the oven, thickly spread with butter! I'd say that's more than a bit responsible for where I find myself today, needing to lose some weight.
Of course, following the Slimming World plan doesn't mean that you can't have bread! You can actually have whatever foods you like, as long as you account for it from your daily syn allowance. For me though, it does mean cutting down a LOT, I was eating far too much bread in the past and continuing like that really isn't conducive to a healthy diet!
I'm now using Weight Watchers Brown Danish bread, and 3 slices of that counts as my Healthy Extra "b" choice for the day. I've even found that it's pretty tasty, so no complaints there. The problem is, "what to spread on it?". I do have butter as a very occasional treat but I can't use that every time I have bread, I'd have no syns left for other things. I tried extra light mayonnaise, and that's not too bad but it's not something I could eat on it's own in the way you can have a slice of bread and butter, so I've still been searching around for a replacement.
This week, I think I've found a good solution - pease pudding! It's completely free on the Slimming World extra easy plan, tastes great and is full of fibre. It's lovely spread thickly on a slice of bread, sprinkled with some salt and pepper. Result! :)
Oh, apologies to those of you who don't live in the North East of England, like I do. Fresh pease pudding is available in most supermarkets here, either in tubs or sold loose on the deli counter. I know from the years that I spent living in London that the only thing you can get there is tinned pease pudding by a company called Foresight. It's not *too* bad, though to those who are used to the "real" thing, it's no substitute! Much better to make your own, as I used to do when I lived down south. There's a great recipe for it from Two Fat Vegetarians here. Traditionally it's made with ham stock, so I'd use a ham stock cube in place of their veggie one.
Keep it in the fridge and spread it on your bread when you have a ham sandwich (ham and pease pudding is the classic combo up here), lovely! It's also nice as an extra side vegetable when you're having salad, so give that a go too.
Of course, following the Slimming World plan doesn't mean that you can't have bread! You can actually have whatever foods you like, as long as you account for it from your daily syn allowance. For me though, it does mean cutting down a LOT, I was eating far too much bread in the past and continuing like that really isn't conducive to a healthy diet!
I'm now using Weight Watchers Brown Danish bread, and 3 slices of that counts as my Healthy Extra "b" choice for the day. I've even found that it's pretty tasty, so no complaints there. The problem is, "what to spread on it?". I do have butter as a very occasional treat but I can't use that every time I have bread, I'd have no syns left for other things. I tried extra light mayonnaise, and that's not too bad but it's not something I could eat on it's own in the way you can have a slice of bread and butter, so I've still been searching around for a replacement.
This week, I think I've found a good solution - pease pudding! It's completely free on the Slimming World extra easy plan, tastes great and is full of fibre. It's lovely spread thickly on a slice of bread, sprinkled with some salt and pepper. Result! :)
Oh, apologies to those of you who don't live in the North East of England, like I do. Fresh pease pudding is available in most supermarkets here, either in tubs or sold loose on the deli counter. I know from the years that I spent living in London that the only thing you can get there is tinned pease pudding by a company called Foresight. It's not *too* bad, though to those who are used to the "real" thing, it's no substitute! Much better to make your own, as I used to do when I lived down south. There's a great recipe for it from Two Fat Vegetarians here. Traditionally it's made with ham stock, so I'd use a ham stock cube in place of their veggie one.
Keep it in the fridge and spread it on your bread when you have a ham sandwich (ham and pease pudding is the classic combo up here), lovely! It's also nice as an extra side vegetable when you're having salad, so give that a go too.