Oh by the way pebs , meal planning just got more interesting, me daughter joined weight watchers last night !!!???!!! Xx
oh my god no! thats a nightmare for you. crumbs i cant be doing with weight watchers, so much you cant fit into points.
youve probably already tried alot of things, have you done the smash pizza or pitta pizzas? the sw quiches? potato croquettes?
have you looked at 'the missus' recipes theyre veggie.
the mexican bake was quite nice from this months mag.
heres some other recipes to try
Chickpea Curry
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tsp mustard seed
1 dried chili, or 1/2 tsp chili flakes
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp coriander seed
1 tbsp salt, or to taste
1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 ripe tomatoes, diced or 1 cup canned tomatoes, roughly chopped
if you have any leftover carrots or other veg then add them in too.
Heat a large pot spray with fry light and add onions and garlic and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- add all the spices to the pot and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Add the chickpeas and tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally for about 20 minutes. Serve with rice.
what about toad in the hole with quorn sausages. the batter if you use a packet works out easier cos you can do the syns quickly (usually 9 syns for the whole pack) but as you are like me and bake from scratch , you can syn the flour.
Quorn & Pasta Bake (you can add another half of ingredients to get it up to serve 6.or double it and freeze. )
Servings | 4
Syns Per Serving | Green – ½ Syn**
** Add 3 Syns per serving if not using the cheddar as a Healthy Extra option
Ingredients
- 175gm (6oz) pasta shapes
- Fry Light
- 300gm Quorn mince
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2tsp EPC Very Lazy garlic or 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 400gm can chopped tomatoes
- 2tbsp tomato puree (1 Syn)
- 1 beef stock cube (1 Syn)
- 150ml (¼pt) water
- 85gm (3oz) reduced calorie cheddar, grated
Method
1. Cook the pasta in boiling, salted water until tender. Drain.
2. Fry the Quorn mince, onion and garlic in a large saucepan sprayed with Fry Light for 4-5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, puree, stock cube and water. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally. Simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Stir in the pasta and heat through. Transfer to a heatproof dish, sprinkle with the cheese and place under a pre-heated grill until golden.
let me know what sort of thing you want and i'll find it, xxxxx
