A true start after a false start

Well as a sister of mine says often..."There's no killing the beetle!"  That referred to the Volkswagon Beetle car when we were growing up and was an indication as to its durability. Well I now use it for a metaphor in persistence!
IF YOU FALL, GET UP, DUST YOURSELF OFF AND PERSEVERE!  You will get there in the end!

I started the day well yesterday but did not make the fishcakes as promised, because the fish was frozen and I had not prepared well in advance. Well needless to say, when push came to shove, I picked up a handful of cashews and some chocolate truffles, saying goodbye to my Dukan diet for the day!

Well today was a new day! I lost 0.4 lbs (perhaps due to my successful half a day yesterday morning) and I made my fish cakes!

Breakfast : 120g fromage frais with 2 tbsp oat bran.

Lunch: 2 plain and 1 wheatbran coated fishcake, followed by 200g Dr. Oetker vanilla yoghurt

Dinner: 1/3 of Dr. Dukan's Tuna Quiche, sans Tuna but with Prawns instead  (and a sprinkling of parmesan)

Snack (s): 200g of Dr. Oetker Vanilla Yoghurt, 
                Equivalent of 2 slices of chocolate cake, cut into thin slices and toasted dry to simulate biscuits

Fluid intake: 1.5l water (sparkling) and about 500ml diet bitterlemon (always diluted 1/2 and 1/2 with sparkling water

Exercise: about an hour and a half of walking and standing (shopping) with a friend.

Well here is my recipe for the fishcakes:

Abi's Dukan Fishcakes

(gives 12x 125g patties or 'fish burgers')

Ingredients: 1kg frozen Bassa Fillets (from Farm Foods)
                   500g frozem smoked Haddock (also from Farm foods)
                  1 small diced onion
                  1 medium egg
                  seasonings to taste (including a stock cube if desired.

Method:
Thaw fish (Bassa and haddock) then cut into small pieces with a sharp knife.
Put in a bowl with all ingredients and combine.

Drop mixture on to baking trays 

and bake for 35 minutes.

Lift off baking tray and emerging juices on to a baking rack and bake for a further 10 to 15 minutes.

For a 'breaded' fish cake, allow 1/2 tbsp of wheatbran per fish cake. Place wheatbran in a bowl. Drop desired mass of mixture on the wheatbran in the bowl and roll then toss so the fish is coated. Lift out and make into a ball and put on baking tray.

      Try it with any fish of your choice.