Cajun spiced chicken tonight. Vino and cards after with the girls.

Roasted salmon fillets over spaghetti Alfredo, romaine salad

I've discovered a new Ready Meal range and I'm having it far too often. It's called Super Naturals by Sainsbury's (one of The Big Four supermarkets here) and they're £2.99 each, with a Buy Three Get One Free discount.

Every meal supplies 1 or usually 2 of your 5 recommended portions of fruit/ vegetables a day and is nutritionally balanced in terms of the protein/ fat/ carb proportions. They are low in fat - although individual meals vary, I go for those with less than 10g of fat - and made from fresh products. The downside is you can't freeze them.

They are so damn tasty - you can taste every individual ingredient if you get what I mean. It's like having your own healthy eating chef in the kitchen - the only thing you miss is the smells when cooking and the sense of achievement.

So nowt is cooking right now, but next week I intend to start cooking pulses again. Honest. Unless I get sucked back into the Super Naturals part of the supermarket this weekend...

Sunday's Grill Menu
 

Shish kebab (with apricot) and grilled asparagus. Second pic is asparagus in their butter boats.

WOW! yum!

It's not been much noised about by either of us, but one area where V and I most agree is in matters of the belly.

I just lost a fight with temptation. I made up a birthday pie or three for our church potluck birthdays once-a-month fest. Two lemon meringue pies (see the Most Recent Recipe Thread in Food & Drink) for them and a third for us. I kept going back and cutting another slice. Finished the last of it this morning. While you can play with the sugar levels of this pie a lot, it'll never be sugar free until they come out with sugar free condensed milk.

I was in Philadelphia for training last week and on my last day I swung by Chinatown on the way home. I stopped in the fortune cookie factory at 9th and race and got strawberry and chocolate fortune cookies. I told my wife where I was going and she asked for 2 cans of lychee nuts (I got her 4) from the Chung May market.

Going through the supermarket, I noticed a jar of spare rib sauce. This is the sauce that I think has five spice seasoning in it that gives Chinese spare ribs their flavor. I don't eat pork ribs anymore, but I picked up some chicken breast, cut it into strips, marinated for a few hours in sauce, put it on skewers, and basted with more of the sauce. It tastes different on chicken but it still has that unique sweet flavor.

We love the Five Spice around here too, Rich. My spice bottle says it's anise, ginger, cinnamon, fennel, and black pepper (in that order; I'm assuming that's greatest-to-least proportions,) if you want to try your hand at mixing your own sometime.

Strawberries. I've been eating mounds of them.
Barbecued chicken wings with steamed potato and carrot.

This morning :coffee and store brand frosted flakes so they arn't so sweet. yum

The healthy naturals look real gourmet SG. The article has a list of fares which include the modern british. Which one is that?

Well recognised! They really are gourmet - only one step down from freshly prepared food.

I've been very good and not bought these for a while now. But I've been bad and succumbed to quick & easy cheaper but less healthy alternatives. Sigh. Went grocery shopping earlier - have a healthy, low cost, higher effort week ahead. Finally redeemed!

Checking the range available at present the two Modern British would be Beef in Red Wine and Smoked Salmon Salad. Because they're fresh ingredients the meals on offer tend to follow the seasons, so it's different every couple of months.

A tin of macaroni cheese......


I could really, really eat them thar shish kebabs and asparagus. mmmm. asparagus. My favourite green

Of course! To be truly gourmet they would have to follow the seasons. It is hard to find meals for one.

Speaking of meals for one. I love mac n cheese but the good stuff which is sold in huge boxes with that fake cheese on it is too much for one person. So I am curious when you say a 'tin' of mac and cheese you mean a single serving? If so we need tins here!

Tin = can. It's a 'can' of Heinz Macaroni Cheese.

... and it tastes grim.
Bleurgh - any tinned cheese is horrid.

I know it's bad. I know it has fewer nutrients than a pair of suede slippers.....but I like the taste.