Extra Easy A quick question about super free food in free meals

[Elemental]

Hi,
I'm restarting on Monday! Joined twice before, once didn't get the diet AT ALL and second time found it all to be too much cooking and thought involved.

However I find myself eating slimming world friendly 70% of the time lately and I'm thinking all the free pots, noodles etc will be ideal for my heavy gym habit (which btw is not losing me any lbs despite being a 6-7 hour a week habit!).

One thing I'm wondering about and can't find an answer on any of my books (I can't get on lifelineonline yet as I don't sign up until monday);

When I make a meal which contains lots of super free foods in the ingrediants, do I still have to fill one third of my plate of free food with super free food?

For example..... when I make a chilli up with a 500g pack of extra lean beef mince, I use a few free foods such as tinned toms, kidney beans, sweetcorn however I also use ALOT of superfree food such as onions + peppers sometimes green beans....

When I say a lot I mean one pepper of each colour for example.

So when I'm plating up do I fill two thirds with the chilli and one third of the rice/cous cous whatever

OR

Do I have to fill one third with some veggies or salad?

I know with fruit once it's cooked it's no longer free - which is annoying in recipes like sweet and sour chicken because the pineapple has syns??

Anyway hope someone can help

 

[PatchworkPuss]

No you dont unless of course you want to - the ingredients would count towards your superfree and btw the chopped tomatoes are superfree as well

 

[Elemental]

Even better!

Thanks for your speedy reply. My gosh look at all your badges!!!! Slimming World heroine

 

[gazter]

i agree. I think the really successful followers of slimming world plan are the ones who manage to integrate the 1/3 superfree without even thinking about it, just like you are doing.

 

[Linzicushty]

Don't put the pineapple in till last then serve it In fanta chicken that's what I do and it's not cooked so its still free x

 

[Elemental]

Oh good idea about the pineapple. That's theactual recipe I was thinking of too lol

 

[madmumof3]

Yes count the superfree in the meal as part of your 1/3

I just made a hash brown as a snack which had 1 potato, 1 onion and 1 carrot cooked in it, so 2/3's superfree but it didn't feel like it since it was just 1 whole hash brown, felt naughty lol