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

Taster Treats

We had taster night at class this week and I couldn’t decide what to make so in the end went with a selection…Ferrero Rocher, Salted Caramel Brownie Bites with a curly wurly crumble and Coconut Choc Chip Cookies.  

Low syn taster treats!

Everything was low syn, under two each item.  Who said you couldn’t lose weight and still enjoy cakes and cookies! 

Give them a try over the Holiday season!

Enjoy

Kathy xx

Keema Cottage Pie with Bombay Mash

This syn free version of cottage pie is spicy enough for these cold nights but won’t blow your head off.  The Bombay potato topping give you your curry and side all in one dish, all you need to do is add extra veg!

Easy to make, not a lot of washing up I think this is the perfect mid-week comfort meal and even better it’s totally syn free.  You can swap the mash for plain if you’d prefer but I find spiced potato really adds an extra layer of flavor and sprinkled with mustard seeds just gives that little more depth.

Syn free keema cottage pie with Bombay mash

If you’d like to ty it, the recipe is here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

Baked Oat Cookies

Everyone likes a cookie, let’s be honest but with a paltry one hob nob coming in at 3.5 syns I thought it was about time I came up with a better option than that!  My baked oat cookies are syn free as part of your HEB depending what you add to them, the chocolate chip and Christmas are my favourite at the moment but I’ll keep taking one for the team and trying new varieties and let you know how they go!

Baked Oat Cookies

If you want to give them a try the recipe is here, I want to say they’ll last 2-3 days but I’ve not managed to get them to last that long yet!

Enjoy!

Kathy xx