SC Thanksgiving-Christmas Weight Loss Challenge

[walkonby]

2 more sleeps to the first weigh in!!

[walkonby]

can't see the pic

here you go Patty!

[Patty Smyth]

[Abby5]

[FallenPixels]

I thought you were supposed to lose weight when you were sick and off food?

[Granger]

Feel better FP.

I have the twinge of what I suspect to be a bladder infection, this has really helped me avoid sugar and increase my water intake, as I would rather not go on anti-biotics if I don't have to.

[Patty Smyth]

I thought you were supposed to lose weight when you were sick and off food?

[Abby5]

2 more sleeps to the first weigh in!!

Omg!! I hope I don't gain

[FallenPixels]

Omg!! I hope I don't gain

You won't be alone if you do lol

[walkonby]

I thought you were supposed to lose weight when you were sick and off food?

Feel better FP.

I have the twinge of what I suspect to be a bladder infection, this has really helped me avoid sugar and increase my water intake, as I would rather not go on anti-biotics if I don't have to.

Omg!! I hope I don't gain

You won't be alone if you do lol

C,mon troops! lets not get all soft now.....here is inspiration cat to snap you out of it

[Patty Smyth]

Back from the farm and stocked up!!!!

[Granger]

That is the largest celery I have every seen. It will take a lot of calories to eat that.

[Patty Smyth]

I am going to make a big pot of veggie stock with the celery leaves, onions and carrots. I like the fact that they don't trim them off. Not too may places do that.

[Granger]

I am going to make a big pot of veggie stock with the celery leaves, onions and carrots. I like the fact that they don't trim them off. Not too may places do that.

I see, that is probably why I have not seen celery that large. How do you make your soup stock? I have wanted to make my own soup stocks (veggie and chicken), but have been intimidated by the amount of work based on instructions I have read online and/or feeling like I have no clue what I am doing. No one in my family does this so I have not had the opportunity to learn from them.

[Patty Smyth]

I see, that is probably why I have not seen celery that large. How do you make your soup stock? I have wanted to make my own soup stocks (veggie and chicken), but have been intimidated by the amount of work based on instructions I have read online and/or feeling like I have no clue what I am doing. No one in my family does this so I have not had the opportunity to learn from them.

For veggie stock , I use the leaves of the celery and some stalks, onions washed but with the skin on (this gives the stock colour), carrots and lots of spices, garlic, pepper, some salt not much. Boil for 2 hours then drain. Just side note , last time I used red onions and the stock was purple lol , and I mean really dark purple . Not really appealing for soup but I did use it to make my mushroom onion gravy for the thanksgiving since we don't eat meat. It made a sweet gravy pretty decent.

You could even put a bouquet garni in it if you want. Wrap some thyme, rosemary, basil, oregano, bay leaves pepper corns in cheese cloth , tie it up and put it in the stock to boil with the veggies.