Asda Free From Jam Tarts

Hubby picked these up for me a Christmas time. They are okay, nothing great!

I think because they are gluten free too, they are quite heavy. The filling is okay, but nothing special.

I doubt I'd buy them again, or even get hubby to buy them again. There are other better Free From cakes out there!

Asda Free From Choc Orange Bar

Yum yum!

This is very very tasty and very orangey! Yum yum indeed. They currently have it for 45p. Not great for a fasting day tho ;-)

New York Bakery Co 4 Blueberry Bagels

Hmmm more bagels!

These are quite sweet and have lots of blueberries. I usually toast them and have them with marg.

The other day I had them with bramble jam, which was nice - sugar overload tho!

Mug Shot Peri Peri Flavour

I'm fasting today, so don't fancy posting anything too high in calories. Just finished a rather strong decaf coffee and I still feel like I'm flying lol!

I tend to eat these on fasting days or when I've come home from a hard nightshift! This one is quite spicy with a little kick, but not too bad. I do like the fact it has sweetcorn! I love sweetcorn. Yeah it's nice and I'd buy it again!

Asda Free From Belgian Chocolate Rocky Road

OMG!

These taste amazing and just as I remember rocky road! They are very moreish and my waist line has suffered lol! I will certainly be buying them again and may even try to make my own at some point!

Get them now :-)

Fabulous Fudge Factory - Dairy Free Fudge

This was a Christmas gift from my Husband. Oh how he knows me!

This is very, very tasty. It tastes just like I remember fudge tasting lol. And so vanilla-ish too :-)

No calorie info but I won't be eating this on a fasting day!

5:2 Diet, well sort of!

Sometime last year me and the husband started doing the 5:2 diet. We both fasted on the same days, which was easy for us both. I found it okay and kinda got used to the fast days, drinking plenty of tea/coffee/water helps! Hubby lost quite a lot of weight but I lost it a little slower.

About October time I decided to try fasting for 3 days instead of 2. This worked fine and it didn't really bother me. I had a few bad days where I had bad shakes and didn't feel great, but this tends to happen maybe once a month.

I suffer from terrible, terrible period pains and I found the fasting really helped with that. I've been to the docs so many times and I refuse to take the pills they have on offer (stubborn). I had previously tried the Atkins diet, which is quite difficult if you are LI even with eating cheese! I found this really made a big difference and didn't have any problems whatsoever: cramps, mood swings, messy hormones and general feeling like crap. Haha most of the time I forgot I had a period at all! One thing led to another and my lactose intolerance was too much of a barrier for that diet.

I stopped for two weeks during Christmas, fatal! So over the festive period I decided to try one day fast, one day normal, one day fast and so on. Just to see how I get on. I guess I'm playing about a little with it. If I'm not that keen on it then I can always go back to 5:2. I work nightshift and find this can be a bit of a pain, but I get around it.

So we'll see how I get on with it!

Vegetable Oxo Cubes - nice drink

I often find myself wanting to drink something different from tea or coffee. Enter the Veg Oxo cube!

I usually add a little salt to mine, as I feel it needs some! I think it's about 14 cals per drink too.

Bendicks Bittermints

Oh I love these!

I picked these up in Tesco when they were 2 for £6. They are normally quite dear so I was happy to pay £3 for a packet. I used to eat the other Bendicks mint selection pack but they may have milk in them, where as these ones don't!

If you like mints and dark chocolate, you are bound to love these!

Home made dairy-free Vanilla Cheesecake

I sometimes cry at the price of some of the dairy free cakes, so have decided to try and do some baking myself. I'll find a recipe then follow the instructions vaguely, sometimes I fail but sometimes my hap hazard approach works! Mr non-LI keeps telling me to follow them!

So enter the vanilla cheesecake.

What you need:
Digestive biscuits - I used these
Marg - Vitalite
Tofu - big block that I got from the Seewoo
Maple Syrup
Baking tin - one with removable base is best
Oven
Patience

Beat up the digestive biccys so they are crumbs. I put a few into a sandwich bag and beat them with a rolling pin. Makes a terrible noise that scared my cats! But it works. Once you have enough for a thick base melt some marg, about 1/4 of the tub (Vitalite).

Mix the melted marg and crumbs in a bowl then transfer to your baking tin. Press down and try not to burn yourself! Put to one side.

Now in a bowl break up the tofu (about 500-600g worth). Add about 80-90mls of the syrup. Blend with an electric handheld blender. Once it is of smooth consistency, taste to make sure it's sweet enough. If you want it more vanilla like, add some essence. BUT I find the maple syrup does the trick!

Pour the consistent mixture on the base (in the tin), spread evenly.

Pop into the oven for about 20 mins at gas mark 7. Or 200 C.

The result:

Many inches added to our waist and many lbs gained.

I don't claim to be the world's best cook ;-)

Asda High Juice Orange & Mango

Another artificial sweetener free diluting juice!

This one tastes okay, but you can really taste the mango. I can't say I'm that fond of it and I've not purchased it again.

I may buy it again, I may not!

Asda 6 Mince Pies

Happy New Year!!!

I had hoped to post this sooner, but I've been a little out of sorts the past few days. I'm a good bit better.

I was looking for mince pies that I could eat and most seemed to have butter or milk products in them, then I stumbled across these in Asda.

These are very tasty and I wanted to eat more lol! You can really taste the orange peel and the spices. I think they are lovely and hope they produce them again this Christmas. :-)

Tesco Maple Bacon Flavour Jingle Bell Shaped Tortillas

I think these are a Christmas line. Picked them up when they had the 3 for £3 offer on.

They didn't really taste like bacon, not that I can remember what it really tastes like! They do taste nice though and it's hard to describe. At first I forgot I was eating tortillas, then I realised when I looked at the front of the packet - doh! If they are still available then they are worth trying for sure.

Tis the season to eat junk food and crap for sure! LOL ;-)

Tesco 4 Sugar Waffles

I had fancied sweet waffles for a while and noticed that Tesco do ones that don't have milk in them!

They are very tasty and the sugar lumps are nice. I had them toasted the first time and they were nice. The second time I had them cold and they weren't as nice! They are slightly oily. I do like them and would buy again!

Tesco Finest Gammon with Winter Berries Crisps

Merry Christmas Everyone, hope you are all having a great time :-)

These crisps are amazing! I had them last night. Hmmmm hmmmmm.

They taste slightly of bacon, well what I remember bacon tasting like. I can't really taste the berries tho!

They do taste good tho :-)

Tesco Everyday Value Spicy Curry Flavour Noodles

Another Noodle Pot type snack!

The noodles aren't anything special, boring and plain. It's not very spicy either.

It's not the best noodle pot I've ever tried but it's cheap!

Mong Lee Shang - Hand Made Ginger Candy

Another purchase from the Seewoo! These are nice and very gingery!

They are quite small and there are a good few in the packet.

If you like ginger, you'll probably like these!

Mugshot BBQ Beef

I've been eating a lot of these recently. I used the excuse of working nightshift to justify their consumption!

They don't taste like beef but they are nice and tasty! Good for a quick snack for sure.

Tesco Feta - safe cheese

I love feta, absolutely love it! This is a safe one I found in Tesco and it's tasty.

I had fancied some filo spinach and feta parcels. Hubby got some wonton pastry from the Chinese supermarket so I made the parcels with that. They were awesome!

There was some left over spinach and feta mix, so we just had homemade pizzas which were also awesome.

I'm so glad that it has the sugar content broken down, as I wouldn't have been able to buy it if it just listed the carbs!

Asda 4 Chicken & Stuffing Pies

I eat these all year round, so this isn't really a Christmas themed post! I do love these.

The pies vary in the amount of stuffing they have in them, but they do have plenty of chicken! The pastry tastes lovely as well. The one issue I (and hubby) have with them is that they are hard to remove from the foil casing most of the time. Hubby has the steak ones and they are easy to remove! So watch your fingers.