Stocking fillers - part 2

Stocking fillers Dealz style... remember nearly everything is €1.49! I KNOW!!! 

Cutest little candle holders.. anyone with a yankie candle fetish would LOVE these...

For the beauty lover in your life... if you haven't a clue where to start,

or you know someone who is getting into make up, this range is perfect...

The lip glosses are adorable ... Perfect stocking fillers!

and you all know of my nail polish fetish... I mean look... preeettttttttyyyyy! 

Good range of colours in the lippy too... 

and there's a range of fab Christmas Reds to try... If like me you can't 

find the 'right' red, still! ... you can try these out! 

Metallic Nail polish... I KNOW! I KNOW! 

For the Grumpsters... and lets face it... we all know one! 

For those not willing to leave Movember behind... 

There's some gorgeous fair isle stockings which are a great alternative to wrapping paper!

Miniature glitter tree for your desk! 

and the fluffiest little wreaths! this picture does the sparkle NO justice whatsoever!

For those who will be out and about... i.e. rugby matches...

 *coughs* 

these little beauties are SO cute... 

and for the Mary Berry/Hottywood wannabes... again it's all sparkly ... 

Santa needs to bring me a shiny new camera! 

and for those who got out of helping with the stuffing, roasting, boiling, 

baking and serving... Perfectly festive washing up gloves! 

I've heard there's a possibility of a white Christmas but just in case.. sprinkle this out side the front door and the little people with thing santa stomped his boots on the way out! 

Just adds to the magic... 

Mini cake stands... seriously... bake a cupcake and present it on this and its ALL the personal pressies! AND it comes in pink!!! *coughs* 

       

and they have a great range for decorating your Christmas cakes too... 

They also have some beautiful gift bags... 

well worth a scoot in the last few weeks in the run up 

to the 'big day' for the little extras! 

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Breakfast muffins...

A quick recipe for you... We were chatting about these in class last week and I got myself a muffin tin to have a go at some breakfast muffins... Now I've made them 'Breakfast' muffins but if you get a bit creative you can make them all sorts of flavours... add any free veggies you like, or any protein you like and your still going to have a low ProPoint snack to munch on... There's no set list of ingredients or method, they're THAT easy...  so here goes

You'll need eggs... thankfully the Skinny Mums chickens are at full production now so I've lots to work with... I used 4 for my 10 muffins... 

The whisk them up, nice and fluffy... then season...

I also used egg whites... these will bulk up your eggs, I know someone who tried these in an omelette and used a tiny bit of mustard to colour the egg whites to trick her family... no one was any the wiser! Mustard is 0PP per tsp ... 

The trick with the egg whites is to whisk them so they're nice and fluffy, you're looking for volume... we eat with our eyes.. so it will bulk up the muffins for less ProPoints... 

 

 

Get all your ingredients together... and remember these are just for breakfast so I added mushrooms, sausages, tomatoes and some bacon, but you can add anything you fancy.. peppers, courgettes, chillis, onions, laughing cow cheese, ham, chicken, whatever takes you fancy... 

Spray your tin with oil then start to assemble... 

Then pour your egg mix over them and into the oven... 

Gas mark 4 / 350 F / 180 C for 30 mins and keep your eye on them...

and they'll pop out easily like this... 

Et voila! 

 

I did a couple in some fancy schmancy Christmas Muffin cases... so cute! You could make these in advance and put them in the fridge and Christmas breakfast could be ready in a few mins! You don't need a muffin tin either, a tray that you make cupcake/buns in is just as good and they'll look more 'party size' too! 

These worked out at 2PP each, that was counting the bacon, sausage and egg between the ten I made in total... Great for breakfast, lunch or even dinner... for those with a savoury tooth... one of these for 2PP beats a bag of crisps for 5PP any day! 

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Tis the season to count Propoints... fa la la la laaaaaa...

For the ProPointers amongst us...  last week my fabulous leader had this awesome list for all the goodies facing us over the coming weeks and it's too good not to share...

Christmas Dinner
Turkey, 2 Slices 60g - 3PP
Ham, 1 slice 35g - 1PP
Duck, roasted no skin 25g - 1PP
Goose, roasted, meat only medium slice 25g - 2PP
Cranberry Sauce 1 tbsp - 1PP
BallyMaloe Relishes, 1 tsp - 0PP
Ballymaloe Relishes, 2 tsp - 1PP
Mustard - 0PP
Chef Brown Sauce, 2 tbsp, 30g - 1PP
Gravy granules, 1 tsp - 1PP
Turkey gravy granules, 4tsp dried - 2PP
Bread sauce, 1 tbsp - 1PP
Mint Sauce, 3 tsp - 1PP
Mango/Apple Chutney, 15g - 1PP
Horseradish, 1tbsp - 1PP
Pate - Chicken liver/Brussels/Farmhouse, 40g - 4PP
Cheddar cheese, 40g - 5PP
Brie/Stilton/Goats Cheese, 40g - 4PP
Camembert, 40g - 3PP
Boursin, light garlic/herb 30g - 1PP
Parsnips, 1 medium 90g - 2PP

Christmas Baking
Stork Margarine, 100g - 20PP
Almond paste 100g - 12PP
Fondant Icing (SHOP BOUGHT MARY BERRY!), 100g - 11PP
Sugar Free Jelly, 1 pack 23g - 2PP
Fruit Cocktail in its own juice - 0PP
Lady Fingers x2 - 1PP
Trifle Sponges x1 - 2PP
Love fat custard, 290g carton - 6PP
Cream 1 tbsp - 2PP
Spray cream, 1 tbsp - 1PP
Atora Light Suet 25g - 5PP
Atora Suet 25g - 6PP


Christmas Buffet
Chicken drumstick, no skin *sobs* - 2PP
Chicken drumstick, with skin - 3PP
Chicken wing with skin - 1PP
Black pudding 75g - 6PP
Parma Ham, 2 slices - 2PP
Sausages, regular - 2PP
Prawns, 60g - 1PP
Crabsticks x3 - 1PP
Sausages rolls mini - 2PP
Pakoras, mini - 2PP
Samosas, mini - 3PP
Spring roll, mini - 2PP
French bread, 1 inch slice - 1PP
Breadstick x1 - 1PP
Coleslaw 1 tbsp - 3PP
Coleslaw reduced cal 1 tbsp - 1Pp
Potato Salad 1 tbsp - 2PP
Houmous 1 tbsp - 3PP

Nibbles
Hula Hoops 34g - 5PP
Walkers Baked 25g - 3PP
Walkers regular 34g - 5Pp
Pringles quarter of the tube... QUARTER! - 6PP
Mini cheddars 35g - 4PP
Doritos cool original 40g - 6PP
Peanuts 50g - 8PP
Tattoo Cheese & Onion regular bag - 6PP
Tayto Multi pack bag - 4PP
Tayto Treble Crunch - 3PP
Tayto Velvet crunch - 2PP
King Crisps - 4PP
King Lite - 3PP
Bombay mix - 4PP

Mince Pies & Puddings
Lidl Snowy Lodge Mince pies - 5PP
Supervalu Deep filled mince pies - 7PP
Mr. Kipling Deep filled mince pies - 7PP
Tesco/Dunnes Deep filled mince pies - 7PP
Dunnes 'Better for you' mince pies - 6PP
Dunnes Christmas pudding 100g - 9PP
Lidl Luxury Christmas pudding 100g - 8PP

Chocolates/Biscuits
Celebrations x1 - 1PP
Celebrations x 5 - 6PP
Celebrations x 15 - 17PP
Roses/Quality Street x1 - 1PP
Roses/Quality Street x5 - 7PP
Roses/Quality Street x15 - 20PP
After Eight x1 - 1PP
Back Magic x1 - 1PP
Dairy Box x1 - 2PP
Dairy Box x4 - 6PP
Milk tray per 100g - 13PP
Ferrero Rocher x1 - 2PP
Terry Choc Orange x1 segment - 1PP
Terry Choc Orange ALL the segments - 20PP
All Gold, dark 30g - 4PP
All Gold, milk 30g - 4PP
Matchmakers x4 sticks - 2PP
Toblerone half a standard bar - 7PP
Thornton classic x1 - 1PP
Walnut Whip, vanilla - 5PP
Smarties tube - 5PP
Flake - 5PP
Twirl - 5PP
Crunchie - 5PP
Fudge - 3PP
Revels, 35g bag - 5PP
Milky Way - 3PP
Mars Bar - 8PP
Galaxy Minstrels, 42g - 6PP
M&Ms Peanut, 45g - 6PP
M&Ms choc, 45g - 6PP
Chocolate Kimberley x 1 - 3PP
Chocolate Kimberley x2 - 5PP
Chocolate Mikado x1 - 3PP
Chocolate Mikado x2 - 5PP
Chocolate Coconut cream x1 - 2PP
Chocolate Coconut cream x2 - 5PP
Viscount Mint - 2PP
Caffreys Snowball x1 - 3PP
Rose Snowflake x1 - 1PP
Rose Snowflake x2 - 3PP
Shortbread Finger x1 - 3PP
Tunnocks Teacake x1 - 3PP

BOOZE

WINE
White, dry 750ml btl - 18PP
White, med 750 ml btl - 20PP
White, sweet 750 ml btl - 25PP
Red 750ml btl - 19PP
Rose 750ml btl - 19PP
Champagne 175ml glass - 5PP
Sparkling White Wine per 175ml glass - 4PP

and seriously, have a look at what 175 ml is in your glass at home... scary!

West Coast Cooler, 350ml - 5PP
West Coast Cooler, 750 ml - 14PP
Smirnoff Ice, 275ml - 5PP
Smirnoff Ice, 330ml - 6PP
Smirnoff Ice, 700ml - 13PP
Bacardi Breezer Orange 275ml - 4PP
Wicked Blue, 275ml - 6PP
Wicked Blue 700ml - 15PP
Satzenbrau, 330ml - 4PP
Satzenbrau 500ml - 6PP
Coors Light 300ml - 4PP
Boulders light 330ml - 3PP
Boulders light 500ml - 5PP
Bulmers 750ml - 8PP
Budweiser light 440ml - 3PP
Kopperburg Cider - 8PP
Cider Sweet pint - 8PP
Cider Dry pint - 7PP
Lager pint - 6PP
Lager half pint - 3PP
Heineken, 300ml - 5PP
Heineken 500ml 7PP
Smithwicks pint - 7PP
Smithwicks half pint - 3PP
Schnapps, pub measure - 4PP
Spirits, pub measure 35ml - 3PP
Malibu, pub measure 35ml - 2PP
Baileys, pub measure 50ml - 5PP
Campari 30ml - 2PP
Captain Morgans & Cola - 6PP
Sherry, 50ml - 2PP
Port, 50ml - 3PP

Non Alcoholic Drinks
Bitter Lemon, 250ml - 2PP
Coco Cola, 1 can - 4PP
Ginger Beer, 1 can - 5PP
Lemonade, 1 can - 2PP
Orange/Pineapple Juice 250ml - 3PP
Red Bull, 250ml - 3PP
Red Bull Sugar Free, 1 can - 0PP
Red Bull Sugar Free, 2 cans - 1PP
Diet Soft Drinks - 0PP

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Don't worry....

25 days... that's what's left to the 'big day'... let's just forget the scales for a minute... let's just think about why we celebrate Christmas... worrying about fitting into a lil black dress can leave you feeling miserable... Christmas is about family, feeling happy, celebrating with those you love and spending the next 24 and a half days worrying about it will help no one... you can work yourself into a state abut who benefits from that?! it's not a blame game either... the 'I wish I had I had knuckled down...' is past... you are where you are in your journey... and this time next year we'll be right back here... and you'll wonder why you got yourself into a tizzy last year... how many of us can remember the stress of last Christmas... *raises paw*...  does it make a bit of difference now? Of course not! Its done... gone.. in the past... prepare to make happy memories this year... not the 'I wish I'd lost weight in time' kinda memories!  

Being a size 10/16/22 won't make Christmas any better or worse for you, unless you allow that label to stress you out... remember your body is your home and if you treat it well for the next four weeks, and beyond, you'll feel more energy and buzz to really get into the festive spirit! Downing a selection box and a packet of mince pies will only leave you feeling rubbish... but don't add extra stress to the occasion... life stressful enough... be good to you... you deserve it... 

as the song says.. don't worry be happy... 

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