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I made Chicken Casserole today with boiled potatoes.

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That sounds good. Today for lunch I had a salad with BBQ grilled chicken. Not sure yet what I'm having for dinner.

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Hi Nicol, welcome to the thread. I am trying to lose 20 lbs. Just a bit more than you.

I don't post much on what I eat as I never know one minute to the next what I am going to have. And it isn't near as delicious as some of the meals I am seeing on here.

For example, tonight for supper I had an english muffin, cut in half and toasted, with canned salmon, onions and tiny bit of mayo.

That is it.....oh and a glass of milk.

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Today its a roast dinner consisting of:

Cajan Chicken Breasts, Roast Potatoes, Baked Onion, Cauliflower Chees, Carrots.

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Today I have sinned

Brunch was 2 slices of toast with a scraping of Benecol and Marmite instead of the veg soup. I do get sick of the soup sometimes

Tonight for dinner it will be a low calorie ready meal as time will be short.

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Marmite is one of those thing we Americans just don't understand, lol.

Susie! When you make your Shepherd's Pie, what do you normally serve with it? I'm making a Shepherd's Pie (traditionally called Cottage Pie here if you make it with any meat other than lamb) for Sunday dinner this week and I need a type of side dish.

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Piece of left over lasagna for lunch. It was more lentils then meat so really low fat

Rosemary chicken tonight, with cous cous for me and spuds for the others

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Hi Linda, I use any vegetables with my Shepherd's pie, either Cabbage, broccoli or even sweetcorn etc. something green normally, because I chop up carrots in my Shepherd's pie and I use Lamb.

Cottage pie is Beef.

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Marmite is either the nectar of gods or the food of the devil, you either love it or hate it, there is no middle ground

I love it and have it on toast most days I also love it on a cheese toastie. It’s very good for you as well as being scrumm

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Yep, beef or pork. Ground pork is used in Cottage Pie as well. Lamb is not only hard to come by here, but it's also very expensive. So Cottage Pie, rather than Shepherd's Pie, is usually what Americans make.

I find it funny, all the recipes I find for Shepherd's Pie and the main ingredient is beef or pork. I'm like dude, that's not Shepherd's Pie. Use your heads. What does Shepherd stand for? Um, SHEEP herder, LOL. Der? People crack me up.

But we're dumb Americans, after all

A friend of mine once said she was making "Shepherd's Pie" for dinner. I said "Oh yeah? Where'd you find the ground lamb?" She goes, "Lamb? I'm using ground beef." So I said, "Then that's not Shepherd's Pie."

Thanks for the suggestions. Something green works. I've decided on baby lima beans. That would be yummy with the pie. Plus I have cottage cheese to plop on the side as well. Cottage cheese with Cottage Pie

I've heard the same from others, saying you either love it or you hate it. I've personally never tried it. Mostly because it sounds disgusting and I just don't get the idea behind eating something like that. But then I eat things that gross people out too.