Good morning…I hope all of you who celebrate Easter have had a great one…I hope you have enjoyed the Easter goodies, Hot Cross Buns and Easter eggs…I don’t think now there are any official holidays and celebrations before Christmas where copious amounts of Chocolate are on sale …Are there???
Then let’s begin our healthy eating in earnest… But before we do let’s just take a minute to remember all those poor souls who lost their lives, limbs or a loved one(s) in the Easter bombings…Pray for universal Peace…
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Nelson Mandela…No One is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, background or religion. People learn to hate and if they can learn to hate they can learn to love…
Eat Smart…Now to the way forward… Luckily (as) I really did fancy an easter egg…There are not any for sale here…My weight loss so far so good…It was the 5th February that I stopped drinking alcohol and the soda which went with it also the biscuits with my morning tea which I changed to green tea as biscuits are not the same dunked in Green Tea…Are they? I also stopped the haribos and any processed food although I didn’t eat much-processed food as I cook from scratch…
The results so far...It is 11 weeks without a drop of alcohol…Do I miss it actually honestly …No!…I have had a visit from my son and we went out and about and I didn’t waver…
Total weight loss is 6.6 kg ( 14.5 lb) approx just over a lb a week…Which I am happy with it is a steady loss and I feel much better…I am walking more although the heat is a killer I have to go earlier in the day than normal as it gets too hot…I am also sleeping much I am not waking up with those palpitations I was getting…I do believe if we listen to our bodies they do tell us when we need to take action and I feel far more awake and lively…
Thai Lemon grass Salad…Yum Takrai
I personally love this salad it is so fresh and vibrant, you could leave out the dried shrimp if you really eat no meat or fish products, slightly different taste but still good as if I don’t have any to hand then I leave them out.
Yum Takrai (Spicy Lemongrass Salad)
- 15 stalks fresh lemongrass.
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped ginger
- 2 tbsp. toasted cashews
- 2 tbsp. whole dried shrimp
- 1 1⁄2 tbsp. fish sauce
- 1 1⁄2 tbsp. fresh lime juice
- 1/2-1 1⁄2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. whole dried shrimp, finely ground
- 4-6 red Thai chillies stemmed and thinly sliced
- 2 shallots, very thinly sliced lengthwise
- 3 raw stemmed long beans, cut into 4″ pieces for garnish.
Let’s Cook!

About Carol Taylor:
Enjoying life in The Land Of Smiles I am having so much fun researching, finding new, authentic recipes both Thai and International to share with you. New recipes gleaned from those who I have met on my travels or are just passing through and stopped for a while. I hope you enjoy them.
I love shopping at the local markets, finding fresh, natural ingredients, new strange fruits and vegetable ones I have never seen or cooked with. I am generally the only European person and attract much attention and I love to try what I am offered and when I smile and say Aroy or Saab as it is here in the north I am met with much smiling.
Some of my recipes may not be in line with traditional ingredients and methods of cooking but are recipes I know and have become to love and maybe if you dare to try you will too. You will always get more than just a recipe from me as I love to research and find out what other properties the ingredients I use contain to improve our health and wellbeing.
The environment is also something I am passionate about and there will be more on this on my blog this year
Exciting for me hence the title of my blog, Retired No One Told Me! I am having a wonderful ride and don’t want to get off, so if you wish to follow me on my adventures, then I bid you welcome! I hope you enjoy the ride also and if it encourages you to take a step into the unknown or untried, you know you want to…….Then, I will be happy!
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Thank you once again for reading this post I hope you all are having a great Easter holiday xx
Congrats on the weightloss Carol! Yes, prayers to Sri Lanka and the people, and beautiful Mandela quote, so eerily poignant. 🙂 xx
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Thank you, Debby I am definitely in the zone…haha…Yes all these atrocities are beginning to really get to me and saddens me that we cannot be kinder to each other and more understanding of different beliefs and cultures…Thank you for popping in and commenting 🙂 xxx
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Chocolate? Yes!
The next “chocolate” holiday before Christmas might be Mother’s Day.
The salad looks a bit complicated for me, but I’m sure it’s tasty. I used to enjoy the Lemongrass Restaurant close by, but it closed, and I’m sorry. It served healthy food mellowed with herbs.
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I forgot about Mothers Day, Marian…My bad… although Mothers day here you wouldn’t give chocolate 🙂 It is such shame when restaurants you really close isn’t it? 🙂
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Carol Taylor is celebrating her loss of 14lbs.. and shares her strategies.. like giving up alcohol for the last 11 weeks, biscuits and haribos sweets. She is also walking more, sleeps better and feels great.. Making sweeping changes might sound effective but it is the small tweaks that can make a difference.. head over and read the entire post.
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Thank you, Sally 🙂 xxx
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nice blog post…its great to visit your site…you have a wonderfull site keep it up
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