Cheesy Meatballs

Cheesy Meatballs

Simple to make - low in fat, healthy and syn free if on Slimming World providing you use the cheese as a 'b' choice. 

You can either use turkey mince or use extra lean  Beef 5% mince. You can make these as spicy or as mild as you like and serving them with a simple to make curry sauce really makes this a tasty dish.

Ingredients

Pack of Turkey Mince

2 Baby Bell Cheeses

Curry powder - tablespoon

Lea & Perins sauce or soy sauce

seasoning

Cut the baby bells into 4. Make your meatballs by adding the curry powder and seasoning's. Once you have rolled into a ball insert a quarter piece of the cheese into each meatball. Chill in the fridge for a few hours to allow to set. Bake in halogen or normal oven for aprox 20mins. Served with Noodles and curry sauce. 

Simply quick Curry Sauce

Tin Tomatoes 400gr

4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed

Root Ginger - 2.5cm peeled 

soy sauce

half teaspoon of sweetener

curry powder - 2 Tablespoon

garam masala - teaspoon

Salt, Pepper, Garlic powder

fresh coriander

(you can also add some Fat Free Natural Yoghurt before serving to add a creamy consistency) add meatballs above or prawns for a simple curry. 

Slimming World Cheeseburgers

Healthy Turkey or Mince Cheeseburgers

These burgers really do taste delicious and you would never ever believe that they where as healthy as they are because they taste that good. The great thing about these burgers is the cheese is hidden inside the burgers so when you bite into it you get that lovely extra creamy surprise.  If following slimming world and on the Extra Easy Plan and you use the cheese and muffin as an "a and b" choice then this recipe is free. 

Ingredients for Burger 

Turkey Lean Mince (1 pack from lidels will make 3 - 4 burgers)

Baby Bell Cheese

capers

spring onions

seasoning of choice - salt, pepper, garlic salt or chilli pepper

Worcester Sauce - Good sprinkle off

Mix mince with your hands and all ingredients except the cheese. Roll into a burger shape then place one baby bell inside each burger. Ensure the mince covers all the cheese both front and back. Then place cling-film tightly round the burgers and put in freezer for later or rest in fridge to chill if having later. 

Server on a  brown bap or bun with plenty of salad, onions and tomato. Use thick yogurt dip or quark to spread on bread so as not to taste to dry. Serve with either slimming world chips, as it is or salad and relish. 

Juicy cheeseburgers

Slimming World Steak and Mash

Steak & Mash

This simple dish is full of super-foods and easy to make but very very tasty. If you are using steak you have a lot of choices, ie; rump, sirloin, ribeye... the choice is up to you however if using ribeye which in my opinion is the tastiest of steaks then you may need to add a few syns as ribeye does have some fat in the middle of it. 

Ingredients

For the potatoes

2 maris piper potatoes

2 carrots

2 cloves garlic

fresh dill

2 spring onion

Veg

Red pepper

sugar snap peas

mushrooms

sw coleslaw made from shredded carrots and cabbage

For the Steak

Steak of choice

stock cube

Spray fry light (olive oil)

Crush the stock cube and rub onto the steak. Fry steak to your liking then add to the pan sugar snap peas and mushrooms sprayed with a little fry light.  Leave steak to rest. 

Boil potatoes & carrots, when soft mash in some garlic, fresh dill and add the diced spring onions. Serve with the steak. 

Can you guess how many superfoods are actually in this dish?

Chicken Peri Peri Niblets with dip

Peri Peri Chicken Nibbles with Superfree Youghurt and Chilli Dip

This tasty snack is for those of you whom would like a healthy snack at any time of day without worrying about piling on the pounds. Although there seems to be a lot of ingredients in the dip, it really is worth making the effort to add them all as it really does taste amazing. 

For the Chicken

1 Kilo Chicken Niblets or small skinless drumsticks

Paprika

Peri Peri seasoning

Fresh Lime Juice

Worcester Sauce

place chicken in an ovenproof dish, sprinkle with all the above ingredients and spray with olive oil Fry Light for aprox 20mins. 

For the Dip

Use equal amounts of  FFFF (fat free Fromage Frais)  and fat free youghurt

Half of a fresh red chilli chopped finely (remove seeds so not too hot)

Spring onion finely chopped x 1

Quarter of a tin of sweetcorn

Two tsp of dry mint

Dry chilli and garlic salt

1 fresh clove of garlic - crushed

fresh ground black pepper - good sprinkle 

fresh grated ginger - aprox 1/4 of teasp

fresh chopped coriander 

Half of fresh Lime - squeeze all juice then stir all ingredients together

Leave in the fridge to chill then dip away to your hearts content, use on top of jacket potatoes, as a dip or with any meat dishes as a tasty fresh relish. 

If following Slimming World on Extra Easy this is all classed as "Free" and has lots of "Superfoods" and healthy herbs and spices in the dip. 

Tasty Dip for any meat of fish dishes

Slimming world Chicken Kiev

HEALTHY CHICKEN KIEV

This is simple to make and both the filling and the breadcrumb covering can be used as your A and B choice if following the extra easy plan on Slimming world therefore making this Free,  and if not on a diet, its still a great and tasty way to make this classic dish healthier. 

Makes 3 pieces 

Recipe

3 chicken breasts

4 triangles of laughing cow light cream cheese

2 cloves of garlic

3 slices of wholemeal bread from a small loaf, left out to harden slightly

1 beaten egg

tsp dried herbs of choice 

Make breadcrumbs fine by blending the sliced bread

finely crush 2 cloves of garlic and mix with the cheese triangles

add the herbs to the cheese mix

slit the middle of the breast slightly to form a small pocket then stuff this with a teaspoon of the garlic cheese

fold in the middle and roll the chicken into the egg mixture

then dip into the breadcrumbs

place the breaded chicken in the fridge for a few hours to help set the cheese

Spray the breast with fry light before placing in a pre-heated over or for best results cook in a halogen oven on the top rack for aprox 30mins until nice and crisp 

Serve  With

Slimming World Chips or Jacket potato and large Salad for a nice healthy lunch or dinner

If you want to cook one and freeze the others then simply wrap in clingfilm and freeze before cooking.

Slimming World Yogurt Dip

Trish's Yoghurt Dip 

This simple and easy to make dip is ideal for adding to a jacket potato, as a topping for chillis or curry or just as a simple dip. I make this every week and always have a large pot in my fridge on hand. 

Ingredients

Equal measures of Fat Free Fromage Frais & Fat free Greek Yogurt or zero Total yoghurt. Add the following however you can really add whatever spices you like however I have used the following with great success:

Dried Mint - 2 tsp

Garlilc Salt - 2 tsp

Celery salt - 1tsp

Can use fat free Greek as alternative

Sea Salt -  1 tsp

Black Pepper - good sprinkle 

touch of cinnamon

touch of paprika

finely chopped spring onion

finely chopped cucumber

finely chopped coriander

diced gerkins & or tablespoon of capers

1/4 juice one fresh lemon or squirt of lemon jiff (better with fresh though) (important ingredient & does make a differece to the taste)

clove of fresh garlic or half tsp of dried chilli if you prefer a dip with a kick

Simply mix together and put in tuppaware dish to store in fridge. Should keep fresh for aprox 4 - 5 days although mine does not tend to last that long. You will note there are quite a few superfree foods in here such as cucumber, spring onion, so go and Enjoy! - Syn Free

Tastes great as a side dip with slimming worlds KFC Chicken

Chicken Thighs

KFC CHICKEN THIGHS

This recipe really will save you hundreds of calories and tastes just as good if not better than kfc chicken. This is a Slimming World friendly recipe and is classed as syn free. 

Crispy tasty chicken thighs

Ingredients

8 pieces of chicken thighs - all skin removed

4 tablespoons of dried cous cous

4 tablespoons of dried smash potato

celery salt, garlic seasoning, paprika and black pepper

1 lightly beaten egg

Directions

Mix the cous cous and dried potato powder plus seasoning together. Dip a chicken thigh  in the beaten egg then dip with the dried spicy powder mixture. Do this for all 8 pieces and place on a non stick baking tray. Use a can of 1 cal spray and lightly spray the chicken pieces. You can also use a halogen oven if you prefer. Place in the oven on med heat and cook for aprox 20, 30 mins until golden brown and crispy

for a really healthy lunch or dinner serve with diced cabbage and peppers and boiled rice and a side of yogurt and garlic dip made with fat free Greek yogurt and Fat free fromage frais. 

Slimming World: Extra Easy = Free

Low Calorie Dinner

King Prawn & Chicken Skewers

full meal only 440 Cals

This light and colourful dish is both tasty and filling and packed with vitamins

Chicken
Cabbage
Cherry Tomato
King Prawns
Mushrooms, button & one large mushroom
Mozzarella (3g)
2 small sweet  peppers
4 sprouts
1 tablespoon sweetcorn
Coriander to garnish

Seasoned chicken & prawns with paprika

Under 400 Calorie Fish Dish

Following our theme for ideas for your Fast Day:

The above shows the raw ingredients for the tasty but low in calories Fish Dish.

Ingredients:

Large mushroom with 3 sliced cherry tomatoes - 50cals (100grm total)
Corn on the cob  - 50 cals
Red Pepper - 40 cals
assorted peas & beans - 50 cals (100grm)
9 large frozen king prawns - 96 cals
Frozen cod in parsley sauce - 110 cals

393 calorie fish dish

                                              

500 Cal Meals

This weeks menu under 500 cals was tasty, simple to make and quite filling.

Chicken & Noodle Soup - 70 Cals

Fish Dinner -

Birds Eye Salmon with Thyme & Lemon Sauce - 230 Cals
Corn on the cob - 50 cals
Sprouts - 40 cals
Sugar Snap Peas - 40 cals
mushrooms - 25 cals

Total 425 Cals


More Fast Ideas

Under 500 Cals

Doing the Fast Diet? - Under 500 Cals dish ideas 

  More Details about this diet

Here I will be adding dishes as and when I complete my fast days so that you can actually see what under 500 cals really looks like.

Chicken Stir Fry under 400 Cals

150 grams chicken
100 grams sugar snap peas
50 grams mushrooms
3 strawberrys
3 carrot battons
seasonng to taste

Directions
Stir fry using 1 cal spray in a none stick pan

Dinner Idea
Tomato and Basil soup for starters - 110 cals
Chicken Stir Fry - 340 cals
hot chocolate drink - 40 cals
Total  490 cals


Remember, ladies get to eat 500 cals on a fast day and guys get to have 600

More Fast Ideas

Prawns & Strawberry Fast Diet Food

Under 500 Calories 

This recipe is ideal if you are following the Fast Diet and are wondering to what to eat on your fasting day. 

Only 350 calories

Ingredients

125grams of fresh cooked prawns

3 large strawberry's

4 baton carrots

quarter of iceberg lettuce finely chopped

sprinkle of fresh coriander

Seasoning - Sea Salt, Black Pepper,Toasted garlic

Why not add a bowl of home-made carrot and coriander soup plus one tangerine and the total sum would be  aprox 480 to 500 cals. 

Remember if you are on the fast diet, this is just one day and you can eat & drink whatever you normally do for the next 5 days and still lose weight. 

See "following the fast diet"

The Fast Diet

The  Fast Diet by Dr Michael Mosley & Mimi Spencer

  Is this just another diet book? Actually no its not, this is finally the book that can at long last find us as a nation getting healthier, and lighter. The title really says it all - "Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer" and it does exactly what it says on the tin and there are many testimonials to back it up. 

Why does this diet book make sense?  When the author Dr Michael Mosley whom is a medical journalist with the BBC first alerted us to this book, he did so only after presenting us with some amazing and scientific facts. As a 55yr old guy who was getting to the age when being overweight was causing other problems and could lead to an onset of diabetes he decided to see if all the scientific facts of dieting added up. Discovering that he did you can read how and why fasting in the way he describes really does work. The best bit about this is that for the rest of the week you can eat and drink normally and you will still lose weight. Is it too good to be true?..... Well according to one of the many testimonials I think not... 

A busy mum with 3 children writes " This diet fits beautifully round my social life, as the fast days are so flexible. Its not that hard to resist temptation for one day because I know the next day I can have donut or a curry and a few glasses of wine if I want  and without feeling guilty. The proof is, literally, in the pudding, I have been eating like this but sticking to my 500 cals on a fast days I am still losing the weight"

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Tzatziki

Greek Yogurt and Cucumber Sauce also known as Tzatziki

Having just come back from a holiday in Corfu, I fell in love with the Tzatziki. This of course varies slightly as some people prefer to use dill instead of mint, however I loved the freshness of this particular recipe Its easy to do, however to make it just right you do need to allow plenty of time for the  preparation. 

Ingredients

Greek Yoghurt either normal or low fat

1x Lemon

1x cucumber

garlic clove x 2

fresh mint - few pieces 

sea salt

Directions

Sieve the yoghurt for 2 hours. I used doubled up kitchen roll over a jug securing with an elastic band and poured the yoghurt in it to drain for 2hrs. This is important as this will remove any unwanted water from the yoghurt and ensure your tzatziki is the right consistency.

At the same time I also peeled and de-seeded the cucumber. Then I chopped into pieces added to a sieve and sprinkled sea salt on and also left to drain over a bowl for same amount of time.

Add  cucumber, galic, salt and pepper and sprigs of mint to a blender and mix well. Add the blended mixture to the strained yoghurt and stir well. Put in fridge and leave for another 2 hours so that all the flavour blends.

Serve with crusty bread or crackers for a really healthy snack any-time day or night. 

halloumi cheese starter

Halloumi Cheese Wrapped in Parma Ham

Halloumi cheese is so versatile and makes a great main course or starter. To serve as a starter simply do the following:-

Serves 3
Slice packet of cheese into 6 thick slices
Wrap a large basil leaf round the cheese then wrap one slice of parma ham round each one. Simply fry in a non stick pan with a little spray oil or grill for aprox 4 to 5 mins each side and serve on a side plate with garnish of assorted salad.

how simple and tasty is that....

Smaller Spoon Smaller Waist

Weight Loss Tips

In the book 59 seconds by Professor Richard Wiseman, he quotes an experiment by Brian Wansink who invited a group of friends to a party and secretly conducted the following experiment.  Each guest was randomly handed either a 17 or 34 ounce bowl and a 2 or 3 ounce spoon. The guest then helped themselves to ice cream. However, seconds before they took their first mouthful, researchers snatched away the bowls and weighed them. The results revealed that those given the large spoons and large bowls had on average, taken 14 per cent and 31 per cent more ice cream than their modestly equipped companions.

Celebrity Liz Hurley has  been said to only eat with her own cutlery when dining out as she inists that using a smaller knife and fork helps her to eat much less and thats how she keeps her figure. It has been shown that if chocolates are placed in a glass jar on display then you will eat more of them than if in a coloured jar. We really do eat with our eyes so this is not really surprising.

Eating Habits

It has been well documented that you will eat considerably more when you are watching tv than if you are just sat down with no distraction.

choose your glass carefully

Tips for Drinks - It has also been shown that when offered to pour their own spirit into a glass that people poured double the amount if the glass was a short wide glass as opposed to a tall thin glass. So if you want keep your head whilst all those around you are not then keep to tall slender glasses.

Tips from Best Holistic Guide

5 Tips to Weight Loss

Five Secret Habits of Successful Weight Loss!
 by: Joseph S F Ng

‘In eating, a third of the stomach should be filled with food, a third with drink and the rest left empty.’

Talmudin

Hello! May I start this article by sharing with you my most inner secrets. I want to reveal to you that no matter how difficult your weight problem may seem, you can change your life for the better. If I can do it, so can you.

As many know I wasn't always so strong or sure of myself, and much of that insecurity has to do with my weight. I have had a weight problem practically all my life and I always will. But now things are different, and they can do for you, too.

Enough of this lengthy intro, at least for now! OK? Then let’s dive in with the first success habit of thin or slim people.

Success Habits No.1. Follow A Rugged framework for diet and exercise.

Let me set the record straight! Diet and exercise guidelines can provide you with a framework for making these healthy changes, but ultimately it's up to you to devise your own rules and come up with your own strategies for healthy living and dieting. It is not expected of you to grab any article or a report and immediately start following the tactics and strategies recommended. Everyone’s body is different from another.

We have DNA’s that are very different even from our blood brothers and sister. Why then should you follow exactly what people tell you. Even advices herein. The best bet is to use your own body to study the actions and reactions of the guidelines given and applied there. Fair enough?

Success Habits No. 2. Adhere to a ‘low-fat' low-calorie diet and exercising regularly

Let me clue you in on an undisputed statement. In the largest study of successful dieters to date researchers have found that sticking with a ‘low-fat' low-calorie diet and exercising regularly helped the participants shed and keep off at least 30 pounds. Sounds impossible? But trust me it’s true. You can bet your eyeball on this fact.

By the way, are you are you getting into this, or it is rubbing you the wrong way? Just be patient and carry on reading. It’s worth your few minutes of your precious time. Then shall we proceed to secrets number three. OK?

Success Habits No.3. Discover and Adapt to Better Dieting Therapies

OK, I know you’re probably shaking your head after reading success habits number three .But rests assured what you about to read is no rocket science materials. It is just plain and simple fact. Here goes!

Rest assured that successful dieters aren't afraid to do things far different from the norm. Just to find tactics that really works for them. And to use them when they work for them.

Time changes so does things. Remember the old adage, ‘Time and Tides awaits no man or for that matter woman’ Get my drift?

Up next,

Success Habits No. 4. A strong Belief in ‘Quitters Never Wins, and Winners never Quit’ motto.

Hello! Are you prepared to prepared to be shocked, disappointed and finally refreshed, reading this success secret no. 4. Right? Then let me get straight to the point! Make no mistake, along the road to change, lapses are inevitable for any one. But in and of themselves, they're not necessarily setbacks; it all depends on how you handle them.

Remember this weight loss thing is not a one shot affair. We have to live in our body every day of our lives, by the minutes, days, weeks, months and years. How our mind adapts to failures will largely determine the condition of our inherited body. Agreed?

Correct me if I am wrong. But what you are about to read may be shocking to you. If you are ready to see what’s next then go ahead and continue reading but brace yourself first!

Success Habits No. 5. Progressively overcoming unhealthy life styles

No matter how you argue or try to justify this habits number 5, common sense dedicates this obvious fact. Changing distasteful habits involves six predictable stages, researchers have found. If you can identify the stage where you are, you can take steps to spur yourself forward.

In case you don’t know the six stages, let’s have a fast reminder. Step One. Know the exact problem causing the unhealthy lifestyle. Step 2. Find alternative solutions to overcome the problem. Step 3. Select the best alternative to overcome the problem. Step 4. Schedule the start and finish times to work at this problem Step 5. Get down to solving the problem and step 6. Finish, follow up and revise if there is a need to. Simple enough?

To sum up, let’s recap! Firstly adopt a rugged framework for dieting and exercising . Secondly, to adhere to a ‘low-fat' low-calorie diet and engage in indoor or outdoor sports regularly. Thirdly to continue discovering and adapting to better dieting therapies Fourthly, have a strong belief in ‘Quitters Never Wins, and Winners never Quit’ motto. And finally take the concerted efforts to progressively overcoming unhealthy life styles.

In closing, let me add to these facts! This article has given you this weight loss information . It has given you the justification and the facts and the best advice we can give, the rest is up to you. Health is really is wealth in more than just financial, and whatever choices you make, we wish you best of luck in your pursue of a slimmer and healthier body. Goodbye and happy weight loss endeavor. Thanks for reading. Bye!

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Slimmers world Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Meringue Pie syn free

300 gms quark
1 lemon, grated rind and juice
3 medium eggs, separated
4 tbspns granulated sweetener

Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas Mark 4.
Beat the Quark in a bowl to make it smooth and creamy. Add lemon rind and juice, egg yolks and 2 tbsp of the sweetener. Share between 4 small heatproof dishes or ramekins. Stand them on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, whip egg whites in a grease-free bowl until they hold their shape. Whisk in remaining sweetener.
Remove desserts from oven and pile meringue on top. Return to oven to bake for 5 more minutes, until golden brown.
Serve chilled. 

contributed by Susan Connell

Slimmers World Quick Quiche

Slimmers world really can help you to lose weight and it really is amazing just what you can eat. Having lost nearly a stone in less than 8 weeks its a healthy and easy way to lose extra pounds without depriving yourself of really good and filling foods and I can assure you that you will not go hungry. To be honest I am always surprised when I lose any weight as I can assure you I really do eat anything from shepherds pie, lasagna, full English breakfasts are the norm and of course I like a glass of wine or 3. It really is just a matter of food optimising and although I could not really tell you how it works or why, I just know that it does. Below is one of my favourite recipe for a free snack throughout the day or even as a meal served with homemade chips and beans or a nice refreshing salad.

Homemade Tuna & Sweetcorn quiche

3 Eggs
tin of tuna in brine
small tin of sweetcorn or baked beans if you prefer
mushrooms
sprinkle of grated cheese (optional)



Mix all ingredients together and pour into a Pyrex dish (I use the lid of one of mine) or something ovenproof,  then simply bake in a medium heat in the oven for 20mins. When its complete you can serve as suggested above or cut into pieces and keep in the fridge for a hand free snack anytime.


I will be adding more slimming world recipes and if you have one to share I would love to hear from you.