Arrabiata Sauce. My all-time favourite

Tonights tea is meatballs with this gorgeous spicy sauce

Ingredients

• Low calorie cooking spray
• 2 fat red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves,peeled and crushed
• 400g passata
• 200ml vegetable stock
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Spray a pan with low calorie cooking spray and sauté the red chillies, onion and garlic over a high heat for 5 minutes until softened.
2. Add the passata and stock, bring to the boil, cover and simmer gently for 15-20 minutes until reduced slightly and thickened. Season to taste and serve. Easy!

Yesterday's Sunday Lunch was my second #SlimmingWorld ready meal.

I added plenty of extra vegetables too and this meal was a winner

I'm not a breakfast person but enjoy cereal as a TV snack. The thing is I tend to fill my bowl and not measure.
Today I have painstakingly weighed 35g of my cereal so that when I do feel the need for a nibble, I can just grab a bag and go

I'm trying one of the #SlimmingWorld ready meals later. There seems to be a lot here so I shall have half with some vegetables and have the rest tomorrow.

Well done to Sliming World for printing the recipe of the meal on the sleeve so we can make it ourselves.

@PeanutHottie Cheesecake sounds gorgeous

Burger In A Bowl

Burger In A Bowl

This really is tasty 🍴🍴🍴

This recipe is delicious topped with a Healthy Extra serving of cheese of your choice.

Serves 4

Syns Per Serving : Extra Easy and Original - 1 Syn

Ingredients
• Fry Light
• 500gm extra lean minced beef
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 iceberg lettuce, roughly shredded
• pickled sliced gherkins
• 1 small red onion, finely chopped
• cherry tomatoes

For the SW Super Sauce
• 3 level tbsp lighter than light mayonnaise (1.5 Syns)
• 5tbsp fat free fromage frais
• 1 level tbsp American-style mustard (1.5 Syns)
• 2tbsp tomato puree
• 2tsp white wine vinegar
• 1/2tsp garlic salt
• 1/4tsp onion granules
• 1/4tsp sweet smoked paprika

Method
1. Spray a large, heavy-based non-stick frying pan with Fry Light and place over a high heat. Add the beef, onion and garlic and stir-fry for 6-7 minutes or until the beef is cooked through and the onions have softened. Season well.

2. Meanwhile, put all the SW super sauce ingredients in a bowl with 4 tablespoons of water and whisk until well combined.

3. Mix together the lettuce, gherkins, onions and tomatoes and divide between four wide bowls. Spoon the beef mixture on top, drizzle over the SW super sauce and serve hot.

Mini Bacon Quiche

I had some bacon that needed using up so I whipped up six mini quiches.
I frylighted, that's not a real word but I hope you understand, a pan, added the fatless bacon, some chopped onion and cooked through.
In my blender I blitzed 1 tub of quark with 4 eggs and added some dried oregano.
Then mixed all the ingredients together and popped them in bun cases.
A slice of tomato on each quiche and a tiny bit of very low fat cheese and cooked for 25 minutes at 190

Pulled Beef Ragu

Serves 6
Ready in 6 hours

800g Beef Shin or Brisket
2 roughly chopped Carrots
2 Bay Leafs
4 Squashed Garlic Cloves
250ml Red Wine = 1 1/2 syns per serving
2tbsp Marmite
4 tbsp Tomato Puree
2tsp Cinnamon
Sprinkle of Celery Salt

Put all of the ingredients into a slow cooker with 200ml of water.
Leave to cook for 6 hours.
Remove beef and shred into strands.
Meanwhile, put the sauce in a plan on the hob and let it reduce until the thickness you prefer.
Add the shredded beef and serve with fresh vegetable's or pasta of your choice.

Courgette, Red Onion, Garlic & Chilli Quiche

I've not made a quiche for a while so thought I'd make one today.
My creation is a Slimming World SP one.

Ingredients

1 Courgette which I spiralized
1 Red Onion diced
Garlic Frylight
Chopped Whole Chilli
1/2 pot of Quark
6 Eggs
Tomato to top

Fry the courgette, onion and chilli in the frylight for 10 minutes.
Whisk together the quark and eggs
Place the cooked vegetables in a frylighted tin (I used garlic again)
Then pour over the egg mixture and top with the sliced tomato
Cook at 160 for 35 minutes.

Happy Bunny

Well I've been to this weeks weigh in and am chuffed to bits. Since last Tuesday I've lost 6lb in weight. I've never Lost large amounts in a week and this is the most.
I am totally in shock. I'm going to stay with the SP plan but maybe just for 5 out of 7 days as I did miss pasta and potato by day 5.

Happy New Year. May it be a wonderful healthy one

I go every week to my local Slimming World group and really do enjoy every minute of class. Last week we were introduced to a new plan Extra Easy SP .
I have been on this plan since last weeks class and this afternoon is weigh in!! Let's see if its worked. I have missed my carbs but only towards the end of my week, other than that I have really enjoyed my meals and haven't gone hungry.
Watch this space.