Chip shop fish and chips

After spending the afternoon decorating, we were ravenous. We were going to have a BBQ and salad, but for some reason we fancied fish and chips.
We must have been looking for the carbs after all our exercise. Even while we were losing weight we continued to eat food we really wanted rather than a lack lustre alternative. This was a lovely treat, and perfect after a hard day working on the house.
Had I realised we would have preferred a meal with carbohydrates like this, I could have

Sunday roast beef & Yorkshire pudding

Here's our Sunday ROAST BEEF DINNER with all the trimmings and a very tasty gravy (made from the roasting juices with fat removed). We did have a lot of different vegetables - surprised ourselves just how many!
From Monday to Thursday (if you follow our weight loss method) the same meal with boiled vegetables should easily fit into the day's calorie allowance as it works out at approximately 500 calories. The Sunday roast would be around 800 calories, but it's very filling.
With plenty of beef left over, we did just that and enjoyed a similar meal last night. Compare both meals and you will see the difference. We reheated the beef by placing it in a saucepan with the gravy and heating until piping hot. Add some freshly cooked vegetables and you're away.
TIP: You can buy individual packets of frozen, sliced roast beef in gravy, and if I recall, they are very low in calories and won't break the budget.
I'm not sure what will happen to the last of the beef? There's enough for a salad/sandwich or even a beef hotpot or pie. Depending on how much time we have, will depend on how we eat it.

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Pork belly - spicy Chinese style recipe.....

We started the evening with a couple of juicy, sweet oysters.  For the main dish - well we fancied something different, chinese spicy pork belly - and here it is:

We searched the internet for various recipes using the budget cut belly of pork, and came up with our own version.
To begin, we picked up about 1kg belly of pork (minus the ribs) from our butcher.  The skin was scored, and a kettle of boiling water was poured over the meat.  Pat dry.
We seasoned with a mixture of:  2 tsp five spice, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp ground pepper, 2 tsp sugar.  Leave for as long as you can - we left ours for 4 hours, overnight would be better.  Cook on high for the first 10 minutes, then turn the oven down and we cooked ours for about 2 hours.  We had to turn up the heat for the last 30 mins to crisp up the skin.  Amazing!
This was served with a dipping sauce, super smooth mash and pak choi.
SPICY DIPPING SAUCE: (again, the internet provided many alternative versions) we just mixed together approx 5 tablespoons of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of sweet chilli sauce, a little freshly grated ginger, and a little chopped spring onion and a sprinkle of sesame seeds for show.
TIP: Now the dipping sauce tasted as if it was missing something when we first made it - but when we ate it with the pork, it was fantastic.  Obviously it was missing something...  the pork!!

Now for the calories.... forgetting about the bits we nibbled on as we 'taste tested' the pork, we think the finished dish was about 800 calories.  A little high, but then again, it was very filling, it's our weekend - with a full allowance.  Being full, we didn't fancy dessert.  This dish went well with a light red wine.

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REMEMBER: This is not a diet. Everyone has a calorie allowance - (see our page on calories) - do you know what YOUR daily calorie allowance is?
We like to post our main meals to show you what we are eating. You won’t find us posting every last morsel though – but we hope this gives you an idea of how far calories can go!

Read about the UNIQUE METHOD of weight loss and find out how we have lost weight eating the food we love.

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