Category Archives: Grow Your Own

A Little Less Again

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I made it to Weight Watchers tonight for the first time in 3 weeks and notched up another 2 and a half pounds off.  That makes it 4 stone and 3 pounds less of me than there was before :-). … Continue reading →

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Still Sowing

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

The greenest green smoothie. The green all came from the garden; spinach and swiss chard.  Plus an apple, frozen banana, linseeds and almond milk.  Apple and spinach in a smoothie goes really well together. Another morning spent happily in the … Continue reading →

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Seed Time

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Breakfast was a new one today.  I blended 1/3 can of pumpkin, some strawberries and linseeds.  Just those, nothing else.  There was some strawberry and banana smoothie left in the blender jug from the one I made Harvey but a … Continue reading →

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Perfectly Runny

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Blood oranges vary in colour from orange to blood red! You can never tell until you cut them what colour they will be.  Believe it or not, they are both blood oranges. I put them in the blender with almond … Continue reading →

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Easy Sunday

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

When I turned the radio on this morning (Steve Wright’s ‘Love Songs’ was on) Lionel Ritchie was singing “easy like Sunday morning”.  Oh yes, Sunday mornings are so relaxed compared to the rest of the week.  Well, they are since … Continue reading →

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An Exceptional Curry

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

This morning, I was thinking about what I fancied for breakfast and I kept thinking about nuts and yogurt.  Apparently the word ‘Muesli’ comes from ‘Mus’ which is Swiss German for ‘mixture’.  Some definitions refer to it meaning ‘mushy’ or … Continue reading →

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Steak In

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

I went to a wonderful drinks party last night, thank you very much Sarah and Kevin.  I managed to restrain myself with the drinking, even though we had the most delicious spritzer style drinks ever.  Kevin invented, and Sarah F. … Continue reading →

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Hunting and Shooting

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Vegetarians, Vegans and anyone who dislikes hunting and shooting will probably not like this post.  Hunting and shooting are very emotive and I am empathetic to those of you who oppose killing animals/birds for sport or for eating.  However, I … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Home

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear house that we live in and now call home Happy birthday to you 10 years ago today, we moved out of our house in the suburbs of South London … Continue reading →

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Honey Honey

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Lose Weight and Gain Health

Yesterday I was given 2 jars of something very special.  Either one of them would have made my day, but I was given 2 jars of ambrosia. The first jar I received was from James’ sister, Anne.  Anne and her … Continue reading →

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