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

Courgette & Cheese Tots

Let’s be honest, everyone loves a good cheesy potato tot and I wanted to make a SW friendly version.  After a few attempts I settled on these cheesy courgette tots, adding some speed to my day whilst keeping the cheesy goodness!  Probably not the way SW intend for me to up my speed but it works for me.

They’re only ¾ syn each maximum (depending on what healthy extras you’ve got for the day) and if you use as your HEA and B they’re totally syn free!!!  Which, to me, is absolutely awesome as I sometimes miss that cheese on toast/melted cheese treat…not anymore!  

Low Syn Cheesy Courgette Tots

Give them a try, make sure to take all your angst out on the courgettes and wring them out really well, but do try them...even kids and picky adults give these the thumbs up.  The recipe is here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

Syn Free Pork & Fennel Italian Meatballs

I’ve had pork mince in the freezer a while waiting for inspiration, when I finally decided to create Italian inspired pork and fennel meatball.

Syn free pork and fennel Italian meatballs

 Sometimes pork mince worries me as it can be bland and tasteless but not with these meatballs, the fennel gives them an almost Italian sausage flavor and there’s enough dried herbs in the recipe to make them really tasty.  

As they’re totally syn free I always think it’s a good idea to make a huge batch and freeze some for later, I made 35 and whilst I admit a few were tasters I’ve served this to friends, it’s my dinner tonight and there are still serval portions in the freezer for after work or when I just can’t be bothered to cook.

Pork & Fennel syn free meatballs on courgetti spagetti

You can serve with pasta, courgetti spaghetti or rice.  It all works…crumble some cheese on the top if you like and you’ve got comfort food at its best.  Also, they make great tapas or starter ideas for parities and tasters….our non slimming world friend never know the difference!!

For the recipe click here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx

Cous Cous Curry Muffins

These spicy cous cous muffins are only ½ a syn for the whole batch – which is 12 muffins!!!!  

They’re so incredibly easy and quick to make.  It’s literally four ingredients mixed together and baked and hey presto!  You have a really filling curry snack.

Almost syn free cous cous curry muffins

I served this as a side dish when my parents came over recently, Mum is a vegetarian and I have to say I never, ever struggle what to make for her and she absolutely loved them.  She’s cooking a Boxing Day curry and I know for sure these curry muffins will be on the menu.

Slimming world curry with cous cous muffins

It’s been a little tricky to get chickpea dahl at the moment but to be honest you could use plain chickpeas and add some curry sauce if you wanted, they’re pretty flexible…just don’t eb put off by the fact they look like a sloppy mess as they go into the oven!

The recipe is here, absolutely give them a try, you’ll be glad you did!

Enjoy

Kathy xx

Ryvita Ferrero Rocher

I think when you’re watching what you eat chocolate suddenly becomes more important, well, it does to me!  I like chocolate jellies but now the weather’s colder maybe I’m bored of them or maybe I just fancy something different so I tried making the ryvita Ferraro Rocher.  Now I know you can do them with scan bran and Weetabix but I went for the Ryvita ones as it seemed sensible that they would have the most authentic taste, and they do.  
 

These Slimming World friendly Ferrero Rocher come in at 1 syn each if you haven’t had your HEB or 1.5 if you had and they’re really, really good!  They taste very authentic and are definitely very chocolatey.  A real Ferrero Rocher is 3.5 syns so you can have four instead of one, that’s the way I look at it anyway!

1 syn Ryvita Ferrero Rocher

For a special occasion instead of rolling in chocolate options you could do that and sprinkle with gold dust.  It’s not a bad idea for the holiday season and our non-slimming world friends seem to find them just as good so they’re perfect to share.  If you want to give them a try the recipe is here

Enjoy!
Kathy xx