Thursday, 18 August 2011

Sardines - healthy heart food

My favourite food is fish. Shellfish, smoked salmon, smoked haddock, cod, sardines you name it and i love it! So for lunch the other day i cooked up a little something all fish lovers would like, its a very salty and savoury dish, and hey salts not good for you but dang it makes food taste sooo guurd!! anyone else like salt and plain pasta? lol well i found a tin od sardines in the cupboard the other day and decided to make my own little pasta sauce :) i used....
1 mini pot of salsa as the base (honestly i do this a lot its genuis haha)
1/2 a tin of sardines in brine
chopped aubergine (eggplant) about 50grams
1/4 of a small white onion
handful of capers (or green olives - if you don't like the taste you can leave them out, i have only just got used to them!)
thyme (2 tsp)
0regano (2 tsp)
salt and pepper to taste (i love pepper)
dry pasta (i used fusilli pasta)
put the pasta in a pan with water and let it come to a boil, then bring down the heat and let it cook for as long as te instructions say, -(usually 10-12 minutes for small pasta)
cook the thickly chopped aubergine in boiling water first to soften it a bit then drain of all the water and put it in a saucepan with the other ingredients and just let it cook/simmer on a low heat for about 10-15 minutes! and voila! you have a spicy healthy pasta sauce that brightens up any ol' lnchtime!
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Monday, 15 August 2011

Personal Update

Helloo all :) firstly want to say thank you to anyone who follows or even glances at this blog, i didn't expect ANYONE to look or pay attention to it lol, but the stats show that different people from all over the world are looking :D obviousily not good that so many are having eating disorders, but hopefully everyone looking is at least considering recovery?
Anyway, i have had a lot of support from so many of you, and it makes me feel so much stronger knowing you lot are backing me! :) I have gained more weight, but i actually don't know how much because i have made the descision to not weigh myself...it's not about that for me anymore, i will feel upset if the scales evidently go up, but thats because society has drummed it into our brains that gaining weight is ALWAYS a bad thing, but for me it's really not. By doing this i feel much more comfortable in my own skin, and helps me concerntrate on the mental side of things, which is muchmore important to deal with.
I have beaten so many of my own little 'rules' and i get 'better' everyday, eg- used to limit myself to 2 peices of fruit a day, now it's as many as i like, i now drink fruit juice and chocolate is finally back on the menu :)
I just hope that anyone considering/starting/goin through recovery knows that there is a way out of this, i swear recovery is like a tunnel, it looks so dark and long but once you start and get going the light at the end gets bigger and bigger....soon you will walk into it, just takes a little time and dedication xxxxxx