16th February 2017

After a late night, I had to make sure I was up this morning as I had my gorgeous granddaughter for a couple of hours whilst my middle daughter and her fiance went to see the flat they are moving into. Looks like there will be some decorating and more babysitting in my near future.

I introduced my granddaughter to the guinea pig we had got for her, which she loved. We have called it biscuit because that was one of the first words she could say and it is ginger with black patches. She can't have one at home as my daughter is terrified of all small furry creatures. This is down to her older brother. When Jazz was little we got her one of those battery operated toy hamsters in a ball for Christmas, unfortunately her brother took it out of the ball and let it loose on the floor. Jazz freaked out and has been scared of them ever since 😄.

Once they had left, it was really peaceful at home as they took my youngest daughter with them and my eldest son is not back from visiting his girlfriend at Uni.

Decided not to bother with a roast dinner for just three, so we went to Sainsbury's and did some Pokemon hunting on the way. Shandy was thrilled to catch a new Pokemon even if he and his dad had to take a slight detour and meet me in the shop 😊.

My new Fitsteps DVD arrived today, so I can do that with my daughter tomorrow as the class isn't on because of half term. A good bit of body magic💃.

I've included my food diary for today and a recipe for butternut squash and sweet potato soup below.

Cas 💕


Healthy extras:  350ml Skimmed milk HEa and 2 Ryvita Fruit Crunch HEb

Drinks outside of meals: Tea with milk from allowance and Ribena Light

Snacks: 10 Mikado sticks 5 Syns and a Clementine

Total Syns: 12 1/2

Breakfast

2 Ryvita Fruit crunch (HEb) topped with sliced banana
0% fat Danone Actimel Yogurt drink 1 1/2 Syns
Clementine
Tea with milk from HEa allowance

Lunch

Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup
Plum 
Salted Caramel Hi-fi Light Bar 3 Syns
Sugar Free Orange Crush

Dinner

Baked Mackerel
Salad
Sweet Potato Chips
Mixed berries with Mullerlight Fat Free 0% added sugar Greek Style Raspberry Yogurt
NAS Lime Cordial with Diet Lemonade



Supper

Coffee made with half milk from allowance and half water
Dark Choc Mint Hi-fi Light bar 3 Syns


Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients

300g Butternut squash, diced
2 Sweet Potatoes, diced
1 onion
1 chilli, seeds removed and chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
700ml Vegetable stock
salt and pepper

Method

Place all the vegetables in a saucepan with the stock.

Bring to the boil.

Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes until the vegetables are soft.

Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.

Blend until smooth.

Season to taste.