Peppermint Tea

A friend told me about Peppermint Tea, I was a bit skeptical at first but I have to say its lovely.

it's a great alrernative to having a normal brew and using your milk allowance, I yesterday I actually had this instead of my normal brews.

Has anyone else got any fruit infused tea they love?

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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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6 Years Apart.

Facebook showed me a photo today from 6 years ago (right) so I took one to compare (left) I'm amazed at how much different my face is. There's only about 1.5stone difference in weight but I barely recognise myself. It just goes to show you don't always need a massive loss to feel more comfortable in your own skin. 

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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Slimming World Instagram

Does anyone use Instagram to post their favourite recipes?

Follow me: doylie_sw to see mine!

Would love some new inspiration.

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Body Magic

It's nice to be recognised for more than just weight loss. 

Make sure your logging your activities! 

Muller Light - Frozen!

I sometimes get bored of just eating a muller light, so thought I'd freeze it in a mould. As they're only small I managed to get 30 of these out of one yoghurt! So easy!

Breakfast

Muller light - I've used the vanilla one with chocolate bits. 

Poured over a chopped up Apple

Easy to do & lovely!

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! 

Pasta Bake

Wholemeal pasta

Chopped tomatoes

Passata

Red onion

Shallots

Peppers

Ham

Worcester sauce

Oregano

Chilli flakes

Garlic granules

HEX A portion of Cathedral City Light. 

6 syns for the cheese if not using as HEX A. 

Chuck it all in a dish and in the oven for about 25 mins or until golden brown.
 

Easy!

Syn Free snacking

Cinnamon pancakes, muller light & an apple! 

Syn free snacking! 

Who said eating fruit was boring?

recipe for the pancakes:
6 tbsp sweetener
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg (makes 2 pancakes)

Seperate egg yolk & whites into seperate bowls.
add 3 tbsp sweetener to egg white, whip until you get stiff peaks.
add vanilla and rest of sweetener to egg yolk and mix well.
I add some cinammon at this point, as much or little as you like.
fold the egg yolk into the egg white mixture.
spray pan with fry light and pour half the mixture into pan, leave a minute then flip.

repeat for 2nd pancake.

Chocolate Orange Squares

4 eggs, separated
50g caster sugar
5 tbsp artificial sweetener
150g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp finely grated orange zest
Juice of 2 oranges
120g Kraft chocolate Philadelphia
Tin of mandarin oranges (drained of syrup)


Method
Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C Fan/Gas 5. Line a cake tin with non-stick baking parchment, approximately 24cm x 17cm.

Place the egg yolks, caster sugar, sweetener, self raising flour, baking powder, orange zest and juice in a bowl and whisk until thick and pale.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until softly peaked then fold them into the egg yolk mixture.

Spoon this mixture into the prepared cake tin and cook in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until the cake has risen and is firm to touch. Leave to cool.

Warm the chocolate Philadelphia in the microwave for a few seconds, then turn the cake upside down, remove the baking parchment and spread the chocolate Philadelphia over the top.

Cut into 24 pieces and place a mandarin orange segment on the top of each square.


Taken from the Slimming World website.

I had a sweet tooth and just one of these squares is enough for me but at 2.5 syns each you can definately have another if you need to!

Let me know your thoughts.

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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. 

Perseverance

I almost quit before I'd really started. 

I was ill my first two weeks with a chest infection. But today I finally got my half a stone award and I feel amazing. 

3.5lbs off. Just shows if you stick at it you'll get there. Don't give up. 

1/2 Syn Brownies

Extra Easy Syn Value:- 1/2 each

You will need:


6 eggs (separated)
70g Splenda (or other sweetener)
60g cocoa powder (not hot chocolate)
1tsp vanilla essence
Fry Light

Method:
Preheat the oven at 180ºc, spray a baking tin with Fry Light
Line with greaseproof paper
Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks.
In a separate bowl add the egg yolks, sweetener, vanilla essence & cocoa
Whisk until mixed but you can add a bit of water if the mixture is too stiff
Then fold in the egg whites
Pour the mixture into the tin
Bake for 25-30 minutes
makes 25 brownies.

Double Burger with Cheese & Bacon

I used my HE A for the cheese & HE B on the roll, and synned some extra cheese.
Basically, used 250g of the 5% fat mince, added a chopped up onion (can use shallots) and a clove of garlic chopped up.
I would advise adding some herbs/spices as it was a little bland, but it's as simple as that.
combine these ingredients in a bowl then split into two and make two burgers out of it.
season them both with salt and pepper.
spray with fry light and then grill for approx 5-6 mins on each side.
Added bacon with all fat removed & cheese, in whatever order you like.
It was a lovely burger but I definately feel like adding some chilli flakes or just some more seasoning would have helped massively.

KFC Fakeaway

KFC fakeaway. One word - delicious. 

KFC chicken fakeaway with sweet potato chilli wedges, sour cream & guacamole. 

recipe for KFC Chicken:

2 large chicken breasts (or cuts of chicken of your choice)
4 slices of 400g wholemeal bread
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon ground sage
1 teaspoon basil
1 teasppon pepper
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon garlic salt
2 eggs

Method:
Slice the chicken breasts into mini fillets or to the size of your liking
Blitz the bread until fine breadcrumbs in a blender.
Put into a bowl and add all of the seasonings and mix until everything is blended together to create your coating.
Crack the eggs and mix together.
The chicken needs to be dipped in the egg and then to the breadcrumb mixture and repeated to get an even coating.
Bake the chicken in the oven for 20-25 mins on a medium heat, until cooked through.
Cut one of the thickest bits to make sure it is cooked in the middle.
Enjoy

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Crustless Quiche & Blancmange.

Yesterday I made both of these. 

Crust less quiche:

6 eggs

1 tub of cottage cheese

Any veg you want just cook it off. 

I used:

Mushrooms

Peppers

Shallots

Tomatoes

Spring onion

Also cooked off some bacon with all fat removed

Then just add all ingredients to a quiche dish or if you don't have one like I didn't, I just used a pie dish. 

Cook for approx 30mins or until golden brown. 

Enjoy. 

As for the blancmange, simply take one of the jelly sachets (I used raspberry) mix with 1/2 pint if boiling water, add two muller lights (I used raspberry & cranberry) and then put in moulds to set. 

So easy and less than half a syn each (I got 4 out of mine)

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Sweet Chilli Chicken Stir Fry

That was my tea tonight. 

So simple

Noodles, it's upto you if you use syns on them or not. 

Chicken. I popped some chilli flakes in with the chicken to give it the kick. 

Any veg you want. I opted for one of the pre packed stir fry vegs you can get. 

Make sure your chickens cooked then pop in your veg and noodles cook for 3-4 mins then chuck in your sauce (sweet and sour in my case) and then cook for 1 min and you're done!

So easy and so tasty!

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Overnight Oats

Giving this a go for tomorrow!

Frozen fruit of your choice

Muller light of your choice

35g of oats (healthy B choice)

Layer together and leave overnight

Simple.