donnajt's "determined this will be my last ever diet!"

[donnajt]

How was the chicken cake Donna? What sausages did you use?

it was lovely but i will make a gravy or sauce next time because i found it very dry, but gorgeous all the same and the carnivores in my house loved it, just remembered I took pics will post them in a couple of mins

I used the WW ones - there were 6 in a pack and that was plenty - haven't worked out syns yet...naughty! Must say I would love to try the "fattening" version of this, I bet with normal sausages the chicken would stay a lot more moist

 

[donnajt]

Chicken Cake

WW Thick Pork Sausages (6 pack) 1/2 syn each (3 syns)
4x BabyBels HEA
Frylite, Bacon, Chicken free on EE

= 1 syn per portion or 3 syns for entire cake

Here it is:



I made roast veg (red onions, red peppers, courgettes, aubergines, baby plum tomatoes in frylite)

Tiny portion of sauteed (frylite) potatoes

Was a lovely dinner but next time I will make either gravy or cheese (maybe) sauce to serve as I found the chicken quite dry

 

[Loopeylou]

I love Chicken Cake so much as does my boys.....haven'y made in a while so will be on the menu very soon YUM!!

 

[donnajt]

If you want the chicken cake recipe it is here
http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/81704-chicken-cake-cheese-sausagemeat-bacon.html

posted by the lovely Laurie and thanks to her Dad (I would love to try the non-SW version!)

 

[donnajt]

My llittle girl was more or less crying when it came out of oven because she didn't want to wait to cook (you know what ten year olds are like) she had some tonight and has gone to bed very happy lol! Claire do you put a gravy or sauce over it?

 

[Loopeylou]

I didn't make a sauce with mine, how about serving some Pasta and Sauce ( leek and ham ) would imagine it would go really well
xx

 

[donnajt]

Must admit not that keen on pasta n sauce, the only one I didn't mind was the mac cheese, I have some and mugshots for desperate times

I was thinking when you drain off the chicken water when you uncover the cake I might make a gravy out of that or use some quark and herbs to make a sauce, would be lovely with cauliflower cheese (now that's a good idea!)

 

[donnajt]

Picked up the Asda mag tonight and there is a recipe for Jambayla (which is one of our favourites), it's more or less free apart from the chorizo sausage I think I am going to make it for dinner tomorrow...watch this space!

 

[donnajt]

chorizo = 28g = 2.5 syns Red/EE, 4 Green

 

[donnajt]

i am off to bed !

 

[Loopeylou]

I'm off to bed too now but on the subject of Choritzo i love Chicken and Choritzo Paella....if you want to receipe let me know.

Sleep well
xx

 

[donnajt]

Claire - just been looking at your stats - we could almost be twins, well dieting sisters, we are starting at similar weight and aiming for almost identical targets - I want to reach mine for my 40th in April (no pressure), if you carry on with all your exercise you will hit target long before end of 2011, hopefully we will reach the finishing line at the same time x

ps. would love your recipe, have posted on your diary also

 

[craftylucyloo]

Well done on the chicken cake. Sooooo... if the WW sausages are half a syn then I may as well buy those instead of traipsing miles to get to Morrisons for half a syn sausages!! Right I think I will def give this a go. I think a bit of gravy is not many syns. Is it something like 3 tbsp=1syn or something?? I made lanb and cheese kebabs last night. Will post a pic. x

 

[donnajt]

Right off to Tesco to get jambalaya ingredients

Did I mention my feet are shrinking !

from this : to this : !!!


I would like to stress that no feet were hurt during the taking of these photos!

 

[craftylucyloo]

No way! Marvellous lol!

 

[donnajt]

Hazel I am not alone in the shrinking feet department - if you I have found two other shrinking feet companions - check out loobylou (claire's diary) if you don't believe me

Yum lamb and cheese kebabs - can't wait for pic/recipe x

 

[donnajt]

Jambayala

2x chicken breasts, cut into small bite size pieces
110g chorizo, thickly sliced, cut into small pieces
1 large red onion
1 red pepper, thinly diced
1 green pepper, thinly diced
1 crushed garlic clove
2 green chillies, finely chopped
Frylight
1 chicken stock cube/1 pint boiling water
Pinch tumeric
10oz long grain rice
Tin tomatoes

Frylight pan and fry chorizo and chicken until chicken turns pink, remove from pan
Add bit more frylight if necessary, fry onion and garlic for 3 mins, add peppers and green chilli to pan and fry for further 2 mins
Add chicken and chorizo to pan, add rice and then stock and tin of tomatoes, stir well, add pinch tumeric and season
Place lid on pan and leave to simmer for 30-40 mins, add drop of water if neccesary

D E L I C I O U S

Total dish = 10 syns, even though OH ate twice as much as me I am going to say tonight I ate 5 syns

pics will follow have new camera and haven't figured out how to transfer pics yet!

 

[Millie09]

LOL! at the feet....

 

[craftylucyloo]

Oooh another yum recipe. It might be worth doing an EE day to have that. I don't think I have had Chorizo so will be interesting to taste. mmmm... I used to do a Mattesons smoked sausage risotto with salsa in it - goodness knows how many syns that was.

 

[Millie09]

Hope you are having a good weekend!!!