Chinese Noodles (Syn free on green or extra easy)

These noodles were easy to make, and completely Syn free as I used soy sauce instead of a packet/jar sauce.

1) Boil plain dry noodles in water and approx 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.

2) At the same time, spray the frying pan with Fry Light, and cook through Quorn steak pieces or chicken style pieces.  When they are nearly cooked, add some chopped onions to soften.

3) When noodles are boiled, drain the excess water off, and then stir in another 2 tablespoons of soy sauce with the cooked Quorn pieces and onion.

Whilst this was tasty, it will never be as good as a real chicken chow mein! However for 0 syns, its a great alternative!

If you are not vegetarian and are doing extra easy, you could use chicken instead of Quorn pieces.

Super Filling FREE Cheese and Tomato Omelet

This very tasty omelet is quick and easy to make, and keeps you full for hours!!  It is completely free and uses one Healthy Extra A choice.

1) Whisk x 3 eggs and  62 ml of semi skimmed milk (1/4 of a Healthy Extra A Choice).

2)  Pour into a frying pan which has been sprayed with fry light. Put on a low heat.

3) Place on chopped chives, sliced tomatoes and grate on 21g Cheddar (the other 3/4 of your Healthy Extra A Choice!)

4) Heat until the base looks firm and the top is slightly wobbly, and then place under the grill to cook and brown off the top.

5) Once the top is brown, serve and eat your lovely free omelet which will keep you full for hours and hours! 

I really enjoyed this omelet. It took about 20 minutes to prepare, but kept my tummy full, and gave me energy to last a busy shift.  I will definitely be making this again.

Yummy Philadelphia Pasta

Preparation time approx 5 mins.  Cooking time Approx 20 mins.

Uses 1 x Healthy Extra A choice (For Milk and Cheddar cheese)
         1 x healthy extra B choice  (For Philadelphia light cream cheese)
         2 syns if adding x2 Quorn Sausage.
(If doing Extra easy you could add grilled lean bacon and this would be free!)

Cook and drain pasta.

Then add basil, chives, 71g garlic Philadelphia light as a healthy extra b choice.

Stir in 62ml semi skimmed milk and 21g Cheddar (together makes a healthy extra A choice).

For a vegetarian green option I added 2 chopped Quorn sausages for 2 Syns.
If doing extra easy, then you could swap Quorn sausages for sliced grilled lean bacon and the meal would then be Syn free!

Very yummy!

Spinach and Quark Cannelloni (SYN FREE ON GREEN AND EXTRA EASY)

Preparation time = approx 20 mins, cooking time = approx 30-40 mins at 150 degrees.

FREE ON GREEN AND FREE ON EXTRA EASY. Cheese on top is from your healthy extra A choice.

1) Defrost frozen spinach in microwave ( I used approx 15 balls of frozen spinach, which when mixed with the quark filled a box of cannelloni).

2) When spinach is completely defrosted mix in a pot of Quark.

3) Add salt, pepper and herbs to taste and mix all together.

4) Using a small tea spoon take small amounts of the mixture and fill the uncooked cannelloni. I find it easier and less messy to do this over the baking dish you will be using. Stand the uncooked cannelloni on its end and fill from the top, tapping the cannelloni to get the mixture to the bottom. When it is filled, place on its side in the dish. Continue this way so the filled cannelloni are lined up as in previous photos.

5) When all the filled cannelloni and flat in the dish, cover with passatta. I used 1 carton to cover a box for filled cannelloni in a medium to large baking dish. (no need to pre-cook the cannelloni as this will cook in the oven with the passatta and soften like lasagne sheets do).

6) Grate cheese over the mixture. I used 3 healthy extra choices for this medium to large dish. You don't have to use any, but it is yummy with the cheese on top.

7) Pre-heat the oven, and then cook on approx 150 degrees, for about 30-40 mins until the cheese is golden on top.

And then eat as much of it as you like as it is completely free!!! Nom nom nom nom!

Welcome to the blog!

Hi guys!

I'm Rachel, and I love Slimming World!

I have lost 1.5 stone so far, and have about 4.5 stone to go to reach my goal. 
 

I started this blog as I love thinking up and trying new recipes on the slimming world plan,  as well as tried and tested recipes from the SW books and website.

Hopefully this blog will help others following the SW plan, to keep us motivated and excited by food!

Here's to some great weight losses!  Lets get cooking!