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Breakfast I used up the remainder of the “sirken otu” like this. Wrapped grape leaves

Börek- pastry The filling is made of a wild green named “Sirken otu”. My web search suggests that it’s called “white goosefoot” in English. I’m not too sure. Sirken otu tastes like wild spinach with a stonger flavour. The mix also has onion and threaded cheese. All wrapped in homemade “yufka” (pastry sheets.

Lamb kofte and veg oven baked in a tomato sauce.

Stuffed Green Bell Peppers. The lids are tomatoes. Stuffing- rice and bulgur 50/50. Onions, garlic, tomato paste, chilli flakes, cumin, sumac, dill, parsley, black pepper, the insides of the tomatoes (no waste) and olive oil. I prefer to precook all the ingredients aside from the rice and bulgur to allow the flavours to be…

@stephaniek511 these are ingredients I grew eating. I don’t really follow a recipe when cooking. Generally speaking the basis of the majority of my food are: onion, green turkish peppers, tomato paste, olive oil, chilli flakes. Add bulgur you have one dish. Add chickpeas or beans separately you have another. Or add any…

I had some left over roast lamb. This is how I reused it.

Bulgur, lamb cubes and carrot tarrator. Chickpea bulgur and homemade strained garlic yogurt.

Rehydrated green beans stewed in lots of onions and tomatoes topped with garlic yogurt and a sprinkle of homemade chilli powder

MANTI- basically Turkish ravioli in garlic yogurt. I skipped the butter sauce and only sprinkled on homemade chilli powder.

Breakfast Oven baked lamb neck and cubes with aubergine (0 added oil the fat from the lamb was plenty) Also, bulgur and cacik.

Rice, karniyarik (aubergine halves loaded with lamb mince sauce and baked) salad made of greens from the allotment and pickled chillies.

After months of drooling over @acpgee s air fried food my husband bought be an air fryer. This is my first attempt at using it. Air fried chips and chicken nuggets. Also stir fried fine green beans (no oil) and steamed broccoli. The whole family was a fan. This is our DIY way of eating greens. Love it. All greens from the…

Chicken and minestrone soup. Sucuk (sojuk) pasta with yogurt, pickled chillies and salad

Green lentil and bulgur bowl. Tip- chop plenty of onions and use plenty tomato and red pepper pure because bulgur can take it. Tip for families with young children- chop any veg very finely or use beans or meat basically anything your kid usually wouldn’t eat and stick it into a bulgur bowl and it goes down a treat. Well…

Chard leaves wrapped around cracked bulgur filling. Exploded when I reheated it in the microwave but still tasted amazing with a side of homemade yogurt.

Chicken, vegetable and noodle soup

Irmik Helvasi (semolina Halva) Semolina, pine nuts, butter all stir fried until the colour browns. Syrup made with only sugar water and a squeeze of lemon juice to prevent crystallisation.

Chicken wings grilled in the oven. Veg- potatoes, courgettes, aubergine, carrots. Hoemmade Garlic and tomato sauce. Homemade plain yogurt however I sprinkled in some salt to intensify the flavour.

Hi thank you for your interest. Ok I will try and include the ingredients or names of dishes from now on. Hopefully I won’t forget. My food is generally from my Turkish heritage which has influences or similiarities with othe cuisines from around the world. The soup is regular red lentil soup witg roasted carrots onions…

January start Weight: ? (My last recorded weight was 82.5kg mid December) January Goal Weight: 79.9kg Ultimate Goal Weight: 73.2kg Monday weigh-ins Jan 1: ????? Jan 6: ???? Jan 13: 84kg Jan 20: 82.8kg Jan 27: 81.5kg (1 day late) Feb 3: It looks like I’m back on track. It doesn’t seem likely that I’ll reach this months…

January start Weight: ? (My last recorded weight was 82.5kg a couple of weeks ago.) January Goal Weight: 79.9kg Ultimate Goal Weight: 73.2kg Monday weigh-ins Jan 1: ????? Jan 6: ????? Jan 13: 84kg Jan 20: 82.8kg

Thankyou. I’m not gonna dwell on it.