Author: elfyeating

I'm Elfy (Emma Louise Fennell) of Elfy Eating fame... OBSESSED with Slimming world, I decided to start a blog to share my life as a target member (2 years now, having lost 2 & half stone). I took the scenic route as I enjoy my food and wine a little bit too much as you will soon see 🙈 Together with Mr F for 15 years (married for 13 years in Sept and between us we have 5 great children and 4 wonderful grandchildren) although we first met in primary school "I was 5, he was 6, played on horses made of sticks, bang bang" 🎶 Follow me, not just for all my food/recipe ideas (which I have to say, are pretty yummy most of the time) but for a peek into my life too...

Breakfast

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At weekends I tend not to have breakfast. I’m never hungry yet come a workday, as soon as I sit at my desk at 7am, I am ravenous 🙈

I love my Elfy Eating breakfast box. It’s tasty and so versatile, simply use any combination of ingredients that take your fancy…


My preference is sausage (quorn or SW) with boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, spinach, sliced pickled gherkins and a good glug of Hellman’s fat free vinaigrette & salt n pepper to taste 😋

It’s Monday!

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Now I normally greet a Monday morning with as much enthusiasm as a trip to the dentist. This week however, is going to be a great week!

For me it’s only a 3 day working week. Then, on Thursday, not only am I having my third training day at Chester Zoo for my role as Visitor Engagement Volunteer (work allow me 1 day each year to volunteer in the community) but it’s also my 21st (ahem) birthday 🎉 


As if that isn’t exciting enough, Friday we’re heading off for a weekend in Llandudno as a birthday treat – I am sooooo excited 😜 hmm who’s telling Sonny that he’s not invited….

Oh yes, there is the shall matter of an MRI scan in the middle of all this but it’s just routine as part of my pulsatile tinnitus diagnosis… 🙈

Breakfast prep…

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The only problem with multi tasking, especially when it comes to food prep, is that it is so easy to get distracted…  I remembered the sausage just in time! 


However, the thing I’m struggling with today is why? WHY when I ALWAYS prep 3 days in advance, why the f**k have I only boiled 5 eggs?? 🙈🙈

Low syn garlic bread 

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One thing I miss with a pasta meal is the garlic bread (and apparently, according to Mr F, much to his amusement, I say garlic bread like Peter Kay! Garlic…. Bread 🙈)

Shop bought garlic bread (you’re saying it the same way now aren’t you? Go on, admit it) is so high in syns so I like to make my own. It’s very low syn but really is a good substitute and I feel as if I’ve had something really, really naughty.


All you need is 1 tsp of low fat spread (my preferred choice is flora light spread – 0.5 syn per tsp), a wholemeal roll (healthy extra b) and garlic powder and dried parsley.


Spread the flora over the each half of the roll, sprinkle with garlic powder and parsley then bake in the oven for 10 mins @ 200*

Perfect garlic bread every time for only 0.5 – 1 syns depending on how much spread you use.

Dinner prep

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Regular followers will know by now that I like to prep my as much as I can in advance so that come dinner time, I have as little to do as possible, allowing more time to sit and drink wine on a weekend 🥂🍷.

Today is no exception.


A slight tweak to the ingredients in the recipe (see earlier post for recipe) because I’m working with what’s in my veg rack – red pepper, red onion & courgette.


I’ve also added a bit of garlic and chopped chilli when cooking the chicken for a bit of added kick 🌶🌶


The smells that come from the pan when preparing this dish are soooo tempting! 


So now that’s the chichen and veg stage of the recipe done. I will reheat it later when the pasta is cooking.