Sunday 31st - Day Six

Up at 10.30am (extra Sunday lie in, which was nice until I realised how much time I had lost from my day).

1.30pm – Roast lamb on a bed of curly kale, butternut squash baked with a little olive oil and garlic, carrots and sweet corn.

This afternoon I made butter…yes, made butter…oh, the culinary alchemy ;-)

Then I attempted to make scones using chestnut flour (instead of wheat flour) and xylitol (made from birch trees) instead of sugar.

 Plain Chestnut Flour Scone

 Cheese Chestnut Flour Scone

 Chestnut Flour Biscuits with oats and mixed seeds

Whilst baking I ate the equivalent of one scone (testing a bit of the sweet ones and a bit of the cheesy ones), and a biscuit (made with chestnut flour, honey, butter, oats and mixed seeds) and a few nuts.

7.00pm – Bowl of chopped beetroot, avocado and chicken breast (left over from last night) with some lemon juice and a little garlic and herb seasoning.

Half a mango then a chestnut flour cheese scone with some homemade butter on.

The home made butter turned out great and I used most of it in the baking I did this afternoon. The scones were all right, of course they don’t taste like regular scones but if I get the urge to have something like that they will do the job with out me eating the things I am trying to avoid (wheat and sugar). The biscuits were pretty good, although my other half commented that they ‘don’t taste like proper biscuits’, which is understandable as they only had a little honey rather than refined sugar and of course the chestnut flour has a somewhat different taste and texture to wheat flour. Still I wasn’t expecting him to be won over, but hopefully if he sees my way of eating having a positive effect on my weight and health he is more likely to be won over.

So the weekend is coming to an end, and tomorrow I will be back to getting up early…which is good as I have loads to be getting on with this week.