Orgasmic pitta pizza from heaven

For weeks I've been watching the guys on the WW boards rave about pitta pizzas. I thought they sounded quite nice, but didn't think much more of it.

Whilst scouting the boards today they came up again and they popped into my head whilst I was wandering round the Co-op trying to gather some inspiration for dinner.

I stayed the same at WI today, which is nothing short of a miracle given my excesses over the past week or so. I normally treat myself if I've lost......not sure that should extend to STS, but....what the hey, I also bought a cheesy twist! NORTEH!!

Being quite hungry when I got in, and still entirely in ignorance of the wonderful experience to come, I ate my cheesy twist with a cup of tea.

Aafter looking up the points value of such a beasty I became depressed and immediately needed more food, so I turned to my actual sustenance for the evening.

OMG!!!

I swear, this was better than normal pizza...and I don't know if that's because I haven't had pizza for almost a month....but it was some good shit!

Here's my recipe for Heavenly Pitta Pizza: (for one)

1 white/wholemeal pitta bread
Around 150ml bolognese/any pasta sauce you like
Around 1tbsp tomato puree
1 small clove garlic, chopped finely
2 slices of onion, chopped roughly
Quarter of a pepper, chopped into batons
3 cherry toms, halved
seasoning
Small amount of feta cheese

Mix the sauce, puree and garlic together, spread on the pitta bread

Sprinkle the rest of the ingredients on as you like and season to taste

Pop in oven on gasmark 6 or 200 degrees C for 12 minutes

NOM NOM NOM!!!!

Obviously you can stick just about any ingredient you like on top o this, but the way I've done it comes to roughly 3.5/4 points, ideal for dinner :o)

Oh My!! So much to catch up on!

On a great note...last weigh in I achieved my 10% goal...huzzah! 21.5lb down :D

On a less positive note, I've consumed so much alcohol this week that nothing short of self-imposed starvation, running a marathon, and the biggest emergency poo in the world is going to help me to have lost for Tuesday. I shan't complain though, for it is my own fault.

I've said in past posts that having a bad week every now and again, although disheartening, is good for you I think. The weight seems to have been coming off far to easily, especially the last few weeks. The tracking has begun to slide and really I need a kick up the bum to stay on track before it all goes to pot, it hasn't yet, but there is certainly the danger.

My sister and I held a Weight-watchers friendly BBQ yesterday, which I think went down quite well with our mates. Here's our menu:

Meat:

Piri Piri Chicken wings

Home made beefburgers (WW recipe with added garlic)

Curly cumberland sausages (which no one asked for so we got away without)

Lamb kebabs (TESCO bought....so maybe not so diet-friendly)

Home made bean burgers

Stuffed peppers

Fish:

Whole trout

Prawn and scallop skewers

Oven-baked garlic salmon

Sides:

Mediterranean cous cous

Potato salad

Pitta bread and houmous

Sweet potato wedges

Garlic bread

Afters:

Fruit skewers drizzed with white/dark choc

BBQ apple crumble (which also didn't get made in the end)

Errrr....I think that's it! Problem is, there was so much stuff to prepare that Nicki and I got hardly any time to spend with our mateys!

The trout on the BBQ is nice, if anyone wants to know how here it is:

1) Top, tail and butterfly a whole trout (you usually get the ready gutted at the fishmonger)

2) Marinade in olive oil and garlic...and anything else you like for at least an hour

3) Stuff with a strongish herb like lemongrass, dill or fennel, and lemons, onions and garlic (trout doesn't have a strong taste, you need to add flavours you like)

4) Wrap in foil and cook on a fairly hot barbie for about 25 minutes, flipping halfway.

You may like to cook your trout for less time, but I was adamant not to kill people with uncooked fish :D

Nom nom nomz, argh I want trout now!

Catch-up!

Oh here we go people :o)

I was pleasantly surprised at my weigh in after Italy. I think I was 7.5lb down....bear in mind I had missed 2 weigh ins. That's just over 2lb a week. It must have been all the walking, that bloody duomo did it I swearz :o)

However, the next week was my first bad one :o(

Here is the exact email I sent my Oggers the day after fat weekend!!

Oh well....I'm pretty sure I'll have my first gain this week.....yep....pretty sure

I was ok until this weekend, having working scales at mum and dads is hell. Weighed myself either Friday night or Saturday morning and I was below 13st, lost maybe a pound and a half...not too shabby I says.

The on Sunday we had an indian meal. Even that wasn't too bad, I did go over by about 7 points for the day when I worked it out, but boy it could have been much worse. I had tandoori fish so no cream. No starter, and I didn't really touch the bombay potato and left the cauliflower bhajee to Nicki and dad. I did however, have half a pilau rice, halfish a garlic naan and shared a choccie pud with Nicki.

Oh....and 2 bottles of kingfisher

Yesterday was the clincher though. TGI Fridays....and I'd resolved to be so good. Stevie is a bad influence on me!

I had Starter AND pudding! I thought...hmmmm, all these battered chicken things and whatnot.....I'll have the mushroom alfredo for starters, sounds healthy. Little did I know mushroom alfredo was sliced mushrooms swimming in creamy cheesy sauce with grease flotaing on top and a bit of spinach chucked in for some green. A HUGE portion at that! Oh.....with a garlic ciabatta on the side.

Mains.....I had New York chicken linguine, not too bad considering the horrendous racks of ribs etc I could have been consuming....not as good, however, as the salad or salmon I could have, and should have, been consuming. Ho hum.

Why did I have pudding??

Again, not the worst pudding, I had pudding minis, you pick 2 from a selection, and I picked the bloobry cheesecake (bloobry mousse with a crushed digestive at the bottom) and raspberry (raspberry what you may ask?....I could have payed £1.50 for a raspberry), it was a moussy thing. One of my five a day I reckon. One of my 5 a day hidden in sugar and cream and E numbers....oh yes.

Then!

THEN!!!

Out came the choccy cake stevie made for Nicki, with silver and purple decorations as per her instructions. I HAD to have some of that otherwise Stevie would have been upset...that was my excuse anyway. Woe is me. And woe is my waistline.

Oh.....and 2 pints of Becks.

Ha ha. Weighed myself when I got home and I was like 13st 3lb, bear in mind I hadn't had poo poo or wee wee though.

I may have to starve myself and walk to meet you in Angel just to try and stay the same at weigh in.

Alas....these things do happen, lets looks on the bright side...plenty of motivation for next week....and at least the tracker won't be telling me off this week...I took its advice :o)

And, I was 13st 2lb, only a lb of pee pee and poo poo apparently!!

However, after a good week last week I weighed in on Tuesday at 13st exactly, so I've taken off that extra 1.5 plus some, and can start again :o)

People are starting to notice it now too which is lovely!

When I have a moment I'll start blogging my recipes, I've discovered a passion for cooking, nom nom nomz!!!