Mini Brownie Bites

Made the salted caramel brownie bites today but instead of using curly wurly’s on the top I went for a rocky road style (I’m still using up those marshmallows!).  Topped each bite with a drizzle of choc shot and some cut up mini marshmallow – et voila – proper little cakes you can share even with non-slimming world people.  

Mini brownie bites - rocky road style

The basic recipe is only 12 syns for all 22 brownie bites, I added the choc drizzle and 1 ½ mini marshmallows and still figure they’re coming in at only a syn each.  Trust me, they’re worth a syn of anyone’s allowance!

If you want to give the salted caramel brownie bites a try the recipe is here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

Scan Bran Rocky Road Muffins

Unless you’re going to re-sole your shoes with scan bran you can really be struggling to make something useful from those hard little sheets of fiber-y goodness.  I’ve previously made popcorn scan bran muffins and decided to give the rocky road version a go (as I had some mini marshmallows going spare).

They’re a really moist cake like consistency.  They still taste of scan bran but the cocoa powder and choc shot as well as the chocolate extract mellow that flavor into something more akin to a scan bran red velvet cake (if that makes sense!).  You know there’s something else there for sure and it’s different to the usual baked oat or Weetabix muffins.

1.5 syn rocky road scan bran muffins

The rocky road muffins are good for a change, they’re super high fiber and can be a nice, filling chocolate fix and coming in at 1.5 syns each, two are the same syns as a rocky road hi fi bar they’re good use of your syns too.  Give them a try, the recipe is here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

Syn Free Pizza

My Mum used to tell me pizza was all the food groups which made it healthy, now I’m not saying she’s wrong (she’s my Mum, she’s never wrong) but I don’t think 13 syns for a slice of meat feast is going to be super helpful on slimming world, especially as I am physically incapable of having just one slice.

So anyway yesterday there was a breakthrough in my slimming world friendly kitchen – syn free meat feast pizza that’s absolutely and totally delicious…ok, it honestly sounds too good to be true but it isn’t!

Syn free meat feast pizza

To be syn free it’s your HEA and HEB but even if not it’s only going to be about 3 syns a half, which is two triangle slices…so for 6 syns you get a whole thin, cheese and loads of toppings which is less than half the syns in one regular slice.

It couldn’t be easier, the recipe is here.  I used porky light sausages and they’re great, my non-slimming world taster couldn’t tell they weren’t full fat sausages and at only ½ a syn each I have to say even if I wasn’t on slimming world I’d eat them.

You can obviously make these crispy based pizzas however you like, meat feast was just my choice.  Load with roasted veggies for a vegetarian option, prawns, chicken and bacon with corn, anything you have to hand, it’s super versatile, quick and easy.

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

Jammie Dodgers - Slimming World Style

OK so I admit it, they’re probably better described jammie cookies that are the sort of long lost cousin of a crispy jammie dodger but sometimes on the weight loss journey you have to do what to have to do!  

A ‘normal’ Jammie Dodger is 4.5 syns for one (!!!) and these come in at 2 each (using your HEB) – they can be less syns if you make smaller ones but personally I wanted a big cookie with a good dollop of jam so instead of the usual six cookies per portion I only got four of these.

Low Syn Slimming World Style Jammie Dodger Cookies

They’re really good still warm although be careful with hot jam, I have an asbestos mouth and still I was slightly cautious but with a cup of tea in the afternoon it really hit the sweet spot.

This cookie is made from a basic, plain recipe and there are loads of varieties you can try; lemon and ginger, chocolate chip, raspberry and white chocolate, Christmas….you get the idea.  Same basic mix, different flavours.  Even if you’ve used your HEB and have to syn them I’ve found they’re much more filling than normal cookies and my non slimming friends all like them too, then again who doesn’t like warm cookies?

If you want to give the jammie dodger (or any cookies) a try the recipe is here

Enjoy

Kathy xx

Meatball and Veg Lasagna with Courgette Sheets

This syn free lasagna is super filling and packed with speed foods, garlicky red sauce and meatballs with courgette slices instead of pasta sheets.  
 

Well, that was the plan but it doesn’t always work like that!  

It ended up more or a layered meatball and veggie bake with a melted cheese top.  On reflection I could have maybe done to make the courgette layer thicker with more slices.  Regardless, it was still really good although I fear it doesn’t look it!

Meatball and Veg Lasagna with Courgette Pasta

As far as a syn free dinner goes, this is simple, uses whatever veggies you have to hand and tastes great so it’s definitely worth a try.  The recipe is here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

Syn Free Doner Kebab

You cook this super simple fakeaway recipe in the slow cooker which means you can get on and do whatever you need to while your totally syn free meal cooks away!  I made two versions, this and one in the cooker and found this to be the most authentic by far (hence the other recipe not being on my site!). 

Cooking a doner kebab in the oven means it cooks in the juices from the meat which makes it too wet to slice, well mine was…it sort of just crumbled into tasty chunks.  It was fine to add to pasta but absolutely not what I wanted.  

Syn free doner kebab with salad and corn salsa

The slow cooker version remained a block even through slicing and was really flavorful.  I served it two ways, one with salad and a corn/tomato/spring onion salsa and the other with slimming world chips and beans.  The beauty of the meal is that both were syn free options – it’s just a matter of taste!  You could have pit and syn it but I chose not to, however you have the doner kebab I’m sure you’ll find it one of those recipes you keep coming back to.  Any leftovers are great for lunch the next day!!

Syn free doner kebab with slimming world chips and beans

The recipe for my syn free doner kebab in the slow cooker is here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

Loving Leftovers

Friday night I did an (almost) syn free Indian banquet with two different syn free curries, rices, Bombay potato and some 1 syn onion and carrotbhajis.  It was all absolutely delicious and I had a few bits leftover.  Not wanting another curry per se the next day (plus most of it had been eaten!) I decided to combine the keema and peas with a spicy rice, add some egg to bind everything and stuff it into peppers.  It was absolutely delicious and a really great use of what I had left without having what would’ve been the same meal two days in a row.

Syn free spicy stuffed peppers

I covered the peppers with foil so the filling didn’t dry out or the rice go crispy, cooked for 45 minutes on 180 and they were great – surprisingly filling.   Definitely worth trying and I think maybe experimenting with different ‘stuffing’ ideas but a really good syn free dinner.

If you want to make the keema for your own party and have leftover peppers the recipe is here

Enjoy!

Kathy xx

Salted Caramel Brownie Bites

I love chocolate brownies and have tried quite a few different variations, all in the name of finding the best slimming version of course!!  These salted caramel mini bites are probably the best I’ve made yet although I will force myself to keep trying more to find out.  

Salted caramel chocolate brownie bites

The whole mix is only 12 syns from which I made 22 little brownies, it was suggested that maybe I could make bigger ones but these were for a taster in class so I didn’t want to but if you made into four big muffins that would only be 3 syns per cake which I think is great as they’re so rich.

You can crumble a curly wurly on the top if you want to add to the chocolate-y goodness but to be honest, when I did I found it sort of cooked out, or almost evaporated to the point where it was a waste of the extra 6 syns.  Maybe adding it half way through cooking would have been better….

If you’d like to give the low syn slated caramel chocolate brownie yummy bites a try the recipe is here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

KFC style chicken

I’ve done syn free KFC style chicken once before with cous cous (recipe here) and decided to try it with smash instead.  When I did the cous cous one I found the coating to be a bit thick and not so authentic, smash is a far better option in my opinion. 

You double coat the chicken with this version and dry bake with just a squirt of fry lite and whilst clearly it’s not KFC in it’s fatty, oily yumminess it's a really good option for dinner, lunch or picnics as it’s good cold too.  
 

If you want to give the syn free KFC style chicken a try the recipe is here

Syn free KFC style chicken

Enjoy!
Kathy xx