Pulled Chicken - Slow Cooker

This recipe is so easy to do and could easily be done with another piece of meat if preferred. It is quite simply a recipe you can bang it all in and leave it. I find it works better if you mix the sauce and simmer fir a little bit first but it isn't necessary if you don't have the time.

4 chicken breasts
1 tsp mustard powder
3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
500g passata
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tsp of garlic
2 tbsp sweetener
Salt and pepper
1 red onion - I used the ready sliced so I could just throw it in.

Method:
1. Mix passata, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, mustard powder, garlic, sweetener and seasoning. Transfer to a small pan and simmer for 15 minutes.
Layer the bottom of your slow cooker with the red onion.
Add the chicken and the BBQ sauce and leave on low for 6 hours.
Pull the meat apart with 2 forks and mix with the sauce.

SW meals

Nearly 4 months in so thought I'd finally give some of these meals a go. Tried the chicken tikka tonight and would highly recommend. It fed two of us easily and the chicken didn't taste like cardboard which is what normally puts me off ready meals! Would Definately get it again just to have one in the freezer for those days when you just don't have the time to prep a meal from scratch. 

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Transformation Tuesday!

Was feeling a little down so thought i'd look for an old photo to give me a boost. Completely forgot about this but can't believe the difference!

I am about 2.5 stone lighter now than I was back then, a stone of that is since joining SW.
So good to see how far I've come. Approx 1st 10lbs still to go!

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Breakfast. SW style.

Doing SW I have found I actually eat a lot more food now than I did before, I have more energy because I'm eating a lot better, and I'm actually enjoying exercise.

MADNESS!

I love having time to make things like this at the weekends, as during the week is usually Overnight Oats or something similar as I don't have time!

I know this isn't quite 1/3 speed food, but I don't mind as I also ended up having a bowl of strawberries not long after, and everyone deserves a treat right?!
all of this for about 1.5 syns, and that's just for the sauce! I can live with that!

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One Stone.

Finally, it took me 13 weeks but I got there!
14lbs gone and not coming back!
I bought size 12 clothes for my holidays thinking I would have time to fit into them, and tried them on last night to see how far I have to go. I was in shock when they already fit! Just need to tone up now.

24lbs still to lose!
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Fakeaway Special

The hardest part about my diet this week was wanting to eat loads of takeaway food and not spend time making it.
So glad I made this though.
It was all completely syn free and just as nice, if not nicer, than the takeaway would have been!

The doner meat recipe I use is the following:

1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried italian herbs
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp salt
1/2 black pepper
500g 5% fat mince


Simply combine all the ingredients thoroughly and cook in the oven on about 180 degrees for 1 hour, turning at least once.


I just used Cumin, Cinammon, Tikka Powder etc for the chicken, and spiced it to my taste.


And popped the veg under the grill for approx 8 mins each side.

Whats your favourite fakeaway?

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Mayflower Curry

After the hype surrounding the Mayflower Curry Powder I thought i'd give it a go. It was lovely. 28g works out at 4 syns, I used 56g and it fed 3 of us so it worked out at 2.6666 syns so I just rounded it up to 3 syns.

Then made the egg fried rice from the fakeaway books, definately worth it. It was just like the takeaway.

Whats everyone elses thoughts?

I got mine from B&M for 99p a box, but apparently there are a few similar outlets that stock it?

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SW Doner Meat

I wish i'd taken a picture to show you but I forgot! Oops!

It was lovely!

Ingredients:
1tsp dried oregano
1/2tsp dried herbs
1/2tsp garlic powder
1/2tsp onion powder
1/4tsp cayenne pepper
1tsp salt
1/2tsp black pepper
500g extra lean beef mince (can use turkey/lamb mince)

Combine all ingredients, can use a blender, I did it by hand
Shape into a loaf and place on baking tray
cook in oven (180c) for 1 hour, turning over half way through
Remove from oven and wrap in foil, leave for 10 minutes to rest

slice as thinly as possible and enjoy!

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