Breakfast Breakthrough

Doesn't look that appetising does it!  Actually it was very nice.  Mushrooms fried in a little olive oil, some philadelphia light, black pepper, cayenne pepper, paprika and chopped parsley.

I am useless with breakfasts, anything more than a couple of chunks of mature cheddar hacked off a block and it's too much effort. 
As much as I love milk cereal makes me feel, well a bit sick really.  You can't have a fry up every morning, well you can if you are on the go all day, but as I am not and nor do I want to be the size of a house, I cannot.

Mornings are not my best time.  I even have a mug stating how much I love them, I just wish they came later in the day.  So breakfast usually loses out to that extra 10 mins in bed.  But it has to stop.

My eating habits have got quite appalling, the lack of fruit and veg in my diet is shocking as is the state of my waistline.  It's time that post wedding binge stopped.

So back to breakfasts it is.  The above was very nice, the picture of what appears to be brown sludge on toast does not do it justice.  Next time I would add a little liquid to give a more creamy sauce though.  This mornings quick knock up was scrambled egg with a dollop of philli, black pepper and cayenne pepper.  When I used to be very virtuous I started the day with a blueberry and raspberry smoothie, just a good handful of each topped up with skimmed milk and blitzed, so am going to stock up and get a couple of those in each week.

Lunches definitely need an overhaul.  My favourite has become this.  I have discovered Warburtons square wraps.  They are a bit thicker than the circular tortilla type wraps, and to be honest I am not sure I would want one 'uncooked' so to speak but toasted they are heavenly, much nicer than bread.  I like to put some prosciutto and cheese on one half, fold over, and lay across the toastie maker (it does span most of the thing) and then serve with a huge dollop of guacamole.  Can you see where the extra inches are coming from!!

So thinks like that have to go, or a least become a rare indulgent treat rather than an everyday staple.

Yesterday I had the left overs of the previous nights tea.

A kind of fried rice

I always keep packets of frozen basmati rice in the freezer.  I am useless at cooking rice so having these always on hand is great.  You boil or microwave them for two mins, or in this case sling into some oil in a frying pan.

I also keep a packet of frozen stir fry veg in the freezer so that gets added too.  I do add some chopped coriander or parsley.  Fresh if I have it if not I also have those little frozen squares of both in the freezer.


So it's a really quick, knock together tea that a can offer at any time.  I do add some spring onions and some whisked up egg, then some other form of protein, either left over chicken, some prawns, some pancetta, chorizo.  In this case we had some of our bacon left over from the weekend.  The local slaughterhouse make it for us, and this last batch has been beautiful.  Obviously fattier than your average bacon but that's what you get with proper outdoor reared Old Spot pigs.  However what you put in the pan or under the grill is virtually what you get out, there is very little shrinkage and none of that manky white stuff leeching out.

Am now sat here wondering what might take my fancy in asda.  At least the sun is out so I can have a walk down.  Office lunches are always so uninspiring when all you have at your disposal is a microwave, kettle and toastie maker.  Well they are when you are trying to be healthy.