Slimming World....Recipes

Me and my daughter Becki have been going to Slimming World since the middle of January, we are both doing well with a nice steady loss each week...I have done some lovely recipes lately and have been asked for them by friends and family--and when I took along a quiche to class the other week -everyone loved it!                                                                                           All are very easy to make...the quiche is as follows...      4  or 5 eggs, 1 tub of onion and chive low fat cottage cheese, 1 onion,chopped and fried in a little fry light.. some lean bacon (diced) or ham, mushrooms,tomato's, peppers or whatever veg you like!    Simply mix the eggs and cottage cheese together with a little milk touch of salt and pepper--I add chilli and garlic flakes at this stage too..put onions and dry fried bacon or ham if you are using it into the bottom of the flan dish, pour over the cottage cheese/eggs/milk mixture ,put some sliced tomato on top and cook in the middle of oven gas mark 4 for about  20-25 mins until golden....delicious warm or cold! The quiche is syn free and you can eat as much as you want! The small individual ones are made in small cake tins using a small piece of ham to line each one-just add a spoonful of the mixture on top of each piece and bake..

This whole cake is just 1/2 syn...its as light as a feather to eat and is scrummy! Separate 4 eggs, to the 4 yolks add 1 pack of low fat quark, 3 tablespoons sweetener ,1/2 teaspoon baking powder and 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence and whisk together.. Whisk the egg whites with 1 tablespoon sweetener until very firm. Fold half the whites into the yolk mixture, then gently add the rest in. I used 2 sandwich tins but you can use a swiss roll tin... whatever you use -line it with grease-proof paper and spray with fri-light.
Divide the mixture between the tins and bake in centre of oven gas 4 for about 10-15 mins.. when lightly golden brown take from oven and remove the greaseproof straight away.leave to cool on rack..Then I mix 1/2 pack of quark with 1 tablespoon sweetener and spread onto the cake base..I use the frozen Forest fruits mix fruit from Aldi to put on top..tastes lovely and you could eat the whole thing for 1/2 syn..

But its good to share ;-)

Diet Coke  Chicken is another firm favourite in our house! It sounds pretty gross--but tastes bloody beautiful---So simple but tastes like you are being really naughty and having a Chinese takeaway!  Take 3/4 teaspoon of 5 spice powder

2 or 3 cloves of garlic-crushed

I cheat and use a tablespoon of this garlicky sauce I get from the local market on a Saturday instead..

1 Tablespoon of Worcester sauce

4 tablespoons of tomato ketchup or passata..

one can of diet coke..mix all of the above together in a jug.....

I always use this rice--quite expensive at £6 ish a kilo but it tastes lovely, takes longer to eat as its quite nutty and seems to fill you up for longer.... I use 1 mug full for the 2 of us--takes about 30-40 mins to cook..and there is always some left over-and its lovely cold..

While the rice is cooking  put 2 chopped up chicken breasts and one onion chopped into a frying pan to colour--then just add the rest of the ingredients from the jug..

 Simmer until the sauce reduces and thickens..

Enjoy! If you use passata instead of tomato ketchup its completely free of syns..

Many butchers make 'syn free' sausages -we have been lucky to find a nearby farm shop that does them--they are beautiful-very meaty and tasty-- they also do a very good rib eye steak that we have each week as a treat--

and no----we don't cut the fat off!!!  I save my syns up all week for this and my wine! And its so worth it!

Now to a couple of things we have tried and don't recommend---above is the 'smash' pizza....you use a mix of Smash dried mash potato and herbs to create the base-then use passata, low fat mozzarella, ham and onions for the topping...have to say its not the best thing we have ever done--wont be doing it  again!

This is another waste of money in my opinion--thought the flavoured coffees would be a nice treat and a change from the chocolate Options-- they are all pretty horrible--had to add sweetener to all of them in order to drink it--which I don't normally do..so unless you like really bitter coffee give it a miss!  I will add any more recipes I find and have tried --will maybe try the ginger and lemon chicken at the weekend--using low cal ginger beer if I can find some anywhere