Monday 1 September 2008

Leftovers as portion control

Yesterday found me using up filo that I couldn't store on ( see post http://readingandrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/09/recipe_01.html ) and some leftovers from the fridge that were in danger of reaching past edibility.

Anyhow - the reason they ended up as leftovers, is because I was the only person who ate it... the children declaring it 'funny'. 'It' was a rice noodle, tomato and parsley salad. A *lot* of parsley :-) Probably some grated courgette as well. Oh, and a dash each of shoyu, brown rice vinegar and cider vinegar. Really bulky, but low low in calories and fats. It really was yummy when fresh, but yes, the noodles were a bit slimy when freshly made (oops).

But as a packed 1/4 cup portion, wrapped in filo, and baked until crispy and warm; it became something that we all ate happily. Lots of crunchy filo made for chewing, and couldn't be eaten too fast; giving time for those 'satisfied' signals to make it to the brain :-)

Tomorrow though, a decent walk is in order.

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