Portion size!

I get lazy and have to keep reminding myself of this. Do any of you find yourself doing the same?

Chilli Chicken Noodles

New recipe for me! Chilli Chicken Noodles.

Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts
3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp crushed dried chillies
½ red, yellow and green pepper (I only had yellow)
1 carrot
300g pack dried wholewheat noodles

This recipe serves 4 so adjust accordingly.

Prepare the stir-fry ingredients: cut the steak into strips, place in a bowl with the soy sauce and crushed chillies and marinate in the fridge for at least 10 minutes; slice the peppers and carrot; cook the noodles according to packet instructions, drain and set aside.

Heat a wok sprayed with low calorie cooking spray and stir-fry in soy sauce and chillies for 2-3 minutes. Add the peppers and carrot and continue frying until softened. Add the noodles, heat through and serve.

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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Italian Chicken & Tomato Soup

This recipe is freezer friendly too!

Ingredients

1 onion peeled and finely chopped

2 carrots peeled and grated

2 lean back bacon, all fat removed, cut into small pieces

2 chicken breasts cut into thin strips

600g chopped tomatoes

400ml chicken stock

1tbsp chopped rosemary

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon

Salt & pepper to taste

Parsley to garnish

Method

Place the onion, carrots and bacon in a saucepan and stir fry for 2-3 mins. 

Add chicken, tomatoes, stock, rosemary and lemon zest/juice. 

Bring to boil and cover then simmer on medium heat for 15 mins stirring occasionally. Season to taste and sprinkle with chopped parsley then serve. 

Lovely! 

Sunday dinner

My usual Sunday dinner used to consist of a meat, loads of mash made with milk and butter, hardly any veg and 2 or 3 Yorkshire puds with a load of gravy. 

Today consisted of chicken topped with pepper, some sweet potato and then cabbage, cauliflower & carrots with a bit of gravy and I loved it so much! The only syn was for the gravy.