What did you have for lunch?

Yesterday I had a low fat cream cheese bagel with blueberries and a drizzle of honey with a gorgeous cup of coffee in a little cafe in the village with my beautiful daughter.

First day of no carb diet.

Breakfast: bacon, egg, tomato and mushrooms.

Lunch: Turkey and vegetable soup

Dinner: Marinaded fish stir fried with vegetables and garlic, ginger and oyster sauce.

Second lunch out of the week. I had grilled sea bass, asparagus, potatoes and a little jug of bearnaise sauce.

A brown bread (one slice) ham sandwich and a Solero iced lolly.

I blitzed the leftovers of a pork slow cooker casserole plus some beans into a soup, heated and eaten with a brown roll that had been lurking in the freezer for ages, followed by half a banana left over from breakfast. Not my usual lunch.

Stir fried sweet chilli chicken and vegetables with rice.

In France, so we went to our local restaurant and had the Menu du Jour: butternut squash soup, turkey and mushroom fricassee with noodles, chocolate pancake with cream, a bottle of cider (we are in Normandy) and a coffee.

Then came home, finished pruning the hedgerow and started weeding the courtyard.

Small slice of gluten free pizza, small baked potato with cheese, Coleslaw, beetroot slaw. Diet caffeine free coke. Yum.

St Auger cheese and crusty bread..😙

Beans and poached egg on toast.

Potato leek soup - made with our own veg. Bread.

2 slices of GF bread, half an avocado, beetroot, grated carrots, olives and sun dried tomatoes, followed by an apple and cup of mint tea.

My friend was over and we had my home made leek and potato soup followed by rhubarb crumble and custard. My excuse was the crumble needed to be eaten as was last years from the freezer and would serve 2.
Somehow custard made me think of school dinners (our school made yummy 😋 custard).

Soup made with spinach, leeks, celery, potatoes and enough for tomorrow too. It was a new one on me and was much nicer than I thought it would be.

Ham salad and then Greek yogurt and banana. All washed down with a big pot of tea.

Half a pack of halloumi,,fried (just a film of oil) and some frozen spinach, done in the microwave, with lemon juice.

We had lunch out. Mine was a chicken Caesar salad ciabatta, which was very tasty. Unfortunately it came with a side of nachos, which I don't really care for, but ate anyway because I hate wasting food. Yes, illogical, I know.

Out with a 4 year old, chips and a tomato. I know - strange

Lamb tagine with giant couscous and cherry tomato and spring onion salad. A plum, apricot and raspberry flan with crème fraiche.
(I had friends to lunch! )

Parsnip soup and a small roll and butter.

Interesting.
Mine was a pink lady apple, some olives ( black and yummy) small slices of cheddar, a couple of mixed nuts and dates.
I love this plate and have it often.

Grilled Dorada with new potatoes and a tomato salad, followed by a slice of pineapple, and DH and I shared 1/2 lire of red wine and a bottle of water with it.

I’ve had a look at that recipe, Blossoming. It sounds really tasty so I’ve printed it off and think I might do it for dinner on Sunday. 😁

Lunch today was a turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich followed by a clementine.
Tonight, dinner will be home made shepherds pie and a glass of red, followed by red berries and yoghurt for dessert.

Minced beef casserole with sautè potatoes and broccoli.