I b*ght a massive bottle of it quite cheaply at a "Chinese supermarket".I've no idea if it in itself is a healthy product, as I suspect that it probably has a high salt content. But the rich flavour it gives to food is fantastic - so you can get away without using too much of it in your recipes.
At the moment a particular favourite of mine is to chop up a load of vegetables into similar sized pieces. I tend to use: red onion, carrot, brocolli, aubergine, courgette, celery, green beans, red yellow and green peppers, spring onions, and radishes.
I quickly stir fry them, in my long-suffering and much abused wok, in a little vegetable oil. I throw in a handful of chicken (pre-cooked, stripped from a roast chicken carcass and boxed up in the fridge), then I add some boiled noodles and after giving it all a good stir around, finally drizzle in the dark mushroom soy sauce.
It is so tasty and quick to make. I'm calling it "magic shield" stir fry in honour of our very own Mr G, as he always bigs up the benefits of eating lots of veggies. My mouth is watering now at the thought of it -I think I'll make some for lunch today
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) will soon be out of my system and I should have clear skin providing I behave myself.
Behave yourself otherwise I will be having the largest cake at our next John Lewis meet up 
(he'll know I mean business with such a serious threat)!
probably another reason the weight is up and down!!
Errr....of course, one should never expect oneself to be good all of the time. 
...... So I was kinda thinking about a modest celebration for my recent weight loss......... and ahem, do you know what?....Well, 
