Food

Strawberries and Greek yoghurt for breakfast. I topped it with some failed, cranberry and pecan flapjack that I made on Monday. I didn't have any finer oats so just used the chunky ones... big mistake as it mostly crumbled. It still tastes good though!

Quorn 'chicken', pea and red pepper risotto. I didnt have any parmesan so grated some extra mature cheddar on a fine grater.

Toasted ham and cheese sandwich with salad

Red pesto and bacon pasta, sprinkled with parmesan. Used up the leftover salad.

Haddock fish fingers with salad... always haddock for us as we find cod to be tasteless 

Just a few of the things I've eaten since we got here. Salad has featured a lot, and Ive tried to have proper meals, but it hasn't always happened. 

I had bran flakes with raisins and almond milk for my main meal yesterday as J was at football and I was too tired to bother with anything else. It might seem like a rubbish meal, but the bran flakes are fortified with vitamins and iron, the almond milk contains vitamins and calcium, and the raisins contain iron and potassium.

It was my breakfast of choice when I was pregnant with KL.  I had my iron levels checked when I was 16 weeks, and they were 12 point something so I didnt need iron tablets. They were rechecked at 32 weeks and had increased to 14 point something, which was a rarity for a patient not taking iron tablets. My midwife ( a friend, as I worked in the ante natal clinic at the time) asked what I'd been eating and when I mentioned the bran flakes and raisins she said that's what had done it!