Sunrise's Journal, 23 Nov 11

Hi new buddy! Check out the recipes section here on FS. There are a lot of really awesome salads - endless variety. 

Hey Sunrise, you look as though you have been doing well, even though you are bored. I like my food warm and comforting and these are my faves this week (they are one pot cooking and focus on balanced meals because I tend to forget carbs and then really crave them :-) and then binge). I make enough in the one pot to have then and leftovers to portion up and put in the freezer (and someone told me that oats release serotonin and makes you happy, so I have them for brekky as porridge and as oatcakes for lunch: Lentil Soup & 2x Oatcakes surprisingly warming and filling Ingredients 1 serving garlic 1 serving red split lentil 8 servings oatcakes 1 dash salt 1 tbsp paprika 1 dash black pepper 1 cube stock cube 2 cups chopped carrot 1 cup chopped onion 1 chilli pepper 1,000 ml water tap Directions soak lentils as packet directs place everything in saucepan and boil for 10 mins reduce heat and simmer for 30 mins, then liquidize and serve with x2 oatcakes Courgette Soup & X2 Oatcakes & X20g Cheddar Ingredients 8 servings oatcakes 1 dash salt 80 g cheddar 1 dash black pepper 1 cube stock cube 4 cups chopped courgettes 1,000 ml water Directions place all in saucepan bring to the boil reduce heat, simmer for 5 mins then liquidize and serve with x2 oatcakes with 10g cheese on each Porridge With Oatbran, Honey & Almonds Ingredients 1/4 tbsp honey 8 g almonds 10 g oatbran 25 g oats 150 ml skimmed uht milk Directions weigh oats, bran, milk into container microwave for 3 mins add honey and almonds Good luck, don't forget you can adapt the recipes on FS, make them your own and add them to your own cookbook once you have cooked, portioned and weighed your own prepared meals. It's my sleeps time now - have fun, catch u soon, don't get disheartened :-)  

Wow - I had set that out all neatly, but FS squished it. If u r interested in the recipes give me a shout and I'll enter it separately, or advise further on ur own cookbook 

Thanks to both of you for the tip and recipes! What are courgettes?