Filling and Fab

Today's lunch is my first meal on the New Slimming World plan. I'm determined to use this plan for a week as recommended and, who knows I may stay on it and be super skinny by my birthday. 

I made the coleslaw using quark and lemon juice and its not too bad at all. Watch this space for more healthy meals.

Cauliflower Rice

Ingredients

• 1 clove Garlic, minced
• Frylight
• 1/2 head Cauliflower
• 1/2 cup Yellow Onion, chopped
• 1 tsp Salt and Pepper

Process

1. Rinse cauliflower under cool water and pat dry.
2. Using a cheese grater, grate the cauliflower to a coarse texture (approximately the size of rice grains). Using a food processor to pulse the cauliflower to desired texture works as well.
3. Heat the frylight
4. Sauté the onion and garlic for 3–4 minutes, or until the onion is relatively translucent.
5. Add in the cauliflower rice and continue to sauté for 4–5 minutes.
6. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.

My Spiralizer is the way forward

I am a bit of a gadget fiend and discovered this Spiralizer and love it!!

Yesterday I had a play with it and fancified up a gherkin, pickled egg, carrot & cucumber for my salad

Today I am going to make Zoodles to have with my homemade bolognaise. I might even have a go at some curly fries.

Here are some of the things I cannot wait to try:

• Zoodles – Zucchini noodles
• Poodles – Parsnip noodles
• Swoodles – Sweet Potato Noodles
• Toodles – Turnip noodles
• Coodles – Carrot Noodles
• Sqoodles – Squash noodles
• Boodles – Broccoli Stem noodles (peel stem first)

Turkey & Gammon Pie

I've had a go at pie making today using some of the cooked turkey and gammon from over Christmas.

Ingredients. Only 4 1/2 syns per serving
Cooked turkey & gammon diced
1 diced carrot
1 diced onion
Dried tarragon
Some of the Cauliflower Gravy I had left.
Butter Frylight
3 sheets of filo pastry
Serves 4


Put the meat into a pie dish... Boil up the carrot and onion, once soft drain and keep a little water.
Put the vegetables over the meat
Mix the gravy, tarragon and a little of the veg water together so it is the right thickness for your pie
Pour the gravy into the meat and stir through
Put a filo sheet over the filling and spray with butter frylight
Do this for all  3 sheets.
Pop into the oven on 190 for 25 minutes

It was very tasty served with Slimming World chips & peas

Waste not..Want not..

My late Mum, never wasted food and neither do I.
Today's lunch was Cold Ham from yesterdays meal.. Bubble & Squeak from the remaining cooked vegetables served with pickled red cabbage, baked beans and a egg fried in frylight.

Gorgeous xx

Diet Coke Gammon Joint

Today we had Diet Coke Gammon for lunch. So simple yet so tasty.
The Gammon Joint was 3kg and all I did was put it in  tray, covered it with a can of diet coke.
Rubbed a little bit of honey into the skin and covered loosely in foil in the oven.( I never tasted the honey as I took the fat off mine before serving)
190c for 2 hours then took the foil off for 45 mins.
I had it with vegetables which I cooked extra of yesterday.

Leven, East Yorkshire. Slimming World

Last January I joined Slimming World.
 I've been a member before at various groups throughout the North of England but this group is the only one I have stuck to going to every week and staying to class.
Why? Because Angie, the Consultant, really makes everyone feel welcome. Even if we've had a bad week on the scales Angie never judges.
The other ladies and gents who go to class are also the friendliest I have ever known.
As soon as you walk through the door the knowledge and cooking ideas flow.
From the 6th of January 2015 Angie will be running 3 classes each Tuesday, the times will be 3.30...5.30 & 7.30.
I can highly recommend Angie's classes for fabulous weight losses,help,advice and to make new friends too.
Pop along and be a healthier person, like the rest of us xx

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Struggling but getting there

Here are my certificates of achievement so far. I have a very long way to go but feel 2015 might well be my year.

Scan Bran Ferrero Rocher

A friend made me some of the Scan Bran Fererro Rocher as a gift. Until today I had never tried them. I can highly recommend them as a 1 syn treat.

Scan Bran Ferrero Rocher -Syns: 26 Syns for 30, 1 Syn each

Ingredients:
8 Scan Bran
4 level tbsp Nutella
1 level tbsp Golden Syrup
1 tbsp water

Method:

1. Place the Scan Bran into a food processor and reduce to crumbs.
2. Mix all ingredients into the crumbled Scan Bran and divide up into petit four cases.

This should make 30 'Rochers'.

Christmas Dinner is good to go

Yesterday I prepared all of the vegetables ready for today's lunch. I even made a syn free gravy which tastes gorgeous.

Cauliflower Gravy
1 bag of frozen cauliflower cooked on the hob
Once mushy just blend in the water it cooked in
I added 3 chicken stock cubes but for brown meat I tend to use Marmite.
Whizz together and warm through on the hob. If you need thinner gravy just add more water 💜


I will be having roasted parsnips and potatoes too which are currently sat in a container of water so they didn't go brown before been cooked.

Roasted Vegetables
I throw all of the vegetables I want to roast in a tin ready for the oven.
Pour over enough water to cover the bottom of the tray
Sprinkle some stock cube over the top
The water and stock cube are sucked into the vegetables for extra taste.
I then spray fry light over the vegetables to crisp up. I also tend to keep giving them a shake so they do not stick.

Jobs a good un..

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Slimming World Ready Meals..Coming Soon

Slimming World Ready Meals – Range of flavours announced.

Ready to find out what the new Slimming World food range at Iceland will include? We can now confirm what meals you’ll be able to find from the launch on 18 February 2015!

All of the below recipes will be Free Food on Extra Easy, and will also have the full recipe printed on the back of the pack so that you can replicate the product at home!

Braised steak in a red onion gravy with carrot & swede crush

Mouth-watering chunks of tender beef in a deliciously rich red onion gravy with carrot and swede crush

Chicken pizzaiola

A tender butterflied chicken breast topped with a rich tomato sauce and whole cherry tomatoes

Chicken tikka masala

Tender chunks of chicken breast in a tantalisingly spicy onion and red pepper tikka sauce

Hot-smoked salmon farfalle

Succulent flakes of kiln-smoked salmon with farfalle pasta, peas and broccoli, in a rich tomato sauce

Meatballs in spicy sauce

Pork and beef meatballs with penne and roasted cherry tomatoes in a spicy tomato sauce

Roasted vegetable pasta (vegetarian)

Twirls of spirali pasta with courgettes and red peppers and whole cherry tomatoes in a rich tomato sauce with a touch of basil

Singapore noodles

A delicious medley of noodles, tender chicken, juicy prawns and vegetables in a spicy oriental sauce

Sweet potato curry (vegetarian)

Succulent chunks of sweet potato with red peppers and spinach in a fragrant curry sauce

Syn-free meatballs (in bags)

Moreish beef and pork meatballs made with a mouth-watering mix of herbs and spices

Syn-free pork sausages (in bags)

Succulent pork sausages made with a delicious blend of herbs and spices

Looking forward to having these in the freezer for that evening when I just can't be bothered to cook

Honey Chilli Chicken

Finally I have cooking facilities, first for 2 weeks! So I've made Honey Chilli Chicken and will be serving it with vegetable rice.
I bubbled up sliced onions and peppers in water to soften them, then added diced chicken breasts. Let them all cook through.

Meanwhile in a pan put canned pineapple juice ( I'm eating the pineapple with porridge tomorrow), 5 tbsp vegetable stock, 1 tbsp tomato puree,2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp white wine vinegar, 4 tbsp diet fanta, 1 whole chopped chilli with the seeds ( I love hot food) and 2 tbsp runny honey. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 5 minutes.

Mix 2 level tsp of cornflour with 2 tsp of the onion/ chicken water into a smooth paste and stir into the sauce. Add the chicken mixture and simmer until cooked through.

Slimming World Mulled Wine Trifle

Mulled Wine Trifle

Slimming World's mulled wine trifle has a generous layer of low-fat custard, heaps of mixed berries and red wine for flavour, making a festive treat to make for Christmas Day

Ingredients

8 sheets of leaf gelatine11.5g sachet of sugar-free raspberry jelly crystals1cm piece root ginger, peeled and grated1 cinnamon stick1 star anise2 cloves6 cardamom pods100ml red wine1 tsp sweetenergrated zest of 1 orange400g mixed berries, thawed if frozen400g low fat custard from a can or carton500g fat free natural fromage frais1 tsp vanilla bean extract1 level tsp edible gold and silver decoration

Method

Put the gelatine sheets into a bowl of cold water and leave for 10-12 minutes or until softened.Meanwhile, stir the jelly crystals into 400ml of boiling water and set aside.Place a saucepan over a low heat and add the ginger, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, cardamom pods, red wine, sweetener and orange zest. Heat until hot but not boiling.Squeeze the excess water out of the gelatine sheets and put the sheets into a large bowl.Strain the wine mixture through a sieve onto the gelatine sheets then add the jelly mixture, stir well and leave to cool.Put the fruit into a large glass serving bowl and pour in enough of the cooled jelly mixture to come about two-thirds of the way up the side, leaving room for the custard and fromage frais (you can use any leftover jelly mixture to make individual jellies). Chill overnight.Spoon the custard over the jelly, then whisk together the fromage frais and vanilla and spoon on top. Scatter over the edible decorations to serve.

Slimming World Christmas Biscuits

http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/431597/Slimming-World-Christmas-biscuits