Halfway through...

I'm halfway through my week of red days and I have to say, I'm enjoying it!!! Although I think it would be easier if I had done the weekly shop AFTER I had decided to change from Extra Easy to RED!!!! ALL of our meals that I had planned  contained pasta/rice or potatoes!!! not that that is an issue on Red, but 25g of pasta isn't very much at all considering it's 4.5 syns!!!! And I'll tell you now, my portions are MUCH bigger than that on extra easy!

4.5 syns worth of pasta!!

Ive adapted most of our meals quite well from EE to make them less syn-ful on Red, I did stir fry without the noodles, made a lasagne with only 8 pasta sheets (6 syns a portion) - I would usually have used the entire box! We did have SW Mac and Cheese on the menu this week... before I worked out that a portion of the deliciously scrummy gooeyness would be a WHOPPING 13.5 syns + HeX A!! needless to say we will be saving that one for a EE week where it is 0 syns + HeX A!! LOL!

I can see the RED being super easy when it properly gets to summer - those BBQs will be a blast with all the lean meat and salad! For the time being I am re-syning all my 'Ol Faithfuls (chili con carne has syns in it!!!!) and discovering some lovely new dinner ideas!

Anyway - I've put the Pork joint in the oven with my 230g Jacket potato, I'm off to do day 4 of Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred! (check it out if you haven't already - 20 mins a day for 30 days!!! not for the faint hearted but hey - its over in 20 mins and the results are visible within the 1st week!!)