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Daisy M · 16-11-2011, 10:20

Hi and welcome Natalie. I just have to share this recipe with you all. Had this for dinner yesterday evening its just a basic curry easy to make and cooking time takes no length.
you will need:
2 large chicken breasts
tin chopped tomatoes
onions
peppers
mushrooms
currry powder
chicken stock pot
Fry the chicken and veg in a little frylite along with the curry powder (I also added cumin and garam masala)
Add tomatoes and chicken stock, I just added 3/4 cup of water to a stock pot. Leave to simmer for 15/20 mins. I tasted it halfway through and added more of the spices to suit my taste.

This was lovely and so filling I had it with sw chips yesterday will have it again with rice today. Theres no need to add more veg/salad to your plate as you would have at least 1/3 in the curry.
This is a million times nicer than any packet curry or any curry I have gotten from a chinese.

dancingshoe · 16-11-2011, 21:48

hey ladies I hope this thread is still active, I joined SW 10 weeks ago and only today finally got my half stone, I am really enjoying it and the weight gain was due to a month of constant weddings, parties grads etc. but I must say that I am really enjoying the plan, I can have spuds yey! anways, does anyone know where one moght buy Mugshots noodles, as they are free, would be great for work

Daisy M · 16-11-2011, 22:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by dancingshoe

hey ladies I hope this thread is still active, I joined SW 10 weeks ago and only today finally got my half stone, I am really enjoying it and the weight gain was due to a month of constant weddings, parties grads etc. but I must say that I am really enjoying the plan, I can have spuds yey! anways, does anyone know where one moght buy Mugshots noodles, as they are free, would be great for work

Apparently some Tesco stores sell them, I havent looked for them so cant confirm. I agree its great to be able to have spuds and as for sw chips fantastic!

dancingshoe · 16-11-2011, 22:52

Thanks daisy, I'll have a look they don't have them in my local but I will look in the latger ones. have you been on SW long, how do you find it?

dancingshoe · 17-11-2011, 00:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daisy M

I just have to share this recipe with you all. Had this for dinner yesterday evening its just a basic curry easy to make and cooking time takes no length.

.

thanks for that, gonna try it

Daisy M · 17-11-2011, 09:46

HI I am just on it since october, but I wish it had came to our area years ago! It has been hard to get my head around been able to eat as much as I like and never been in the situation where I have no calories/points left and feel if Ieat something I will be breaking my diet. I have started to try out new recipes as I found myself getting a little bored. One of my fav lunches at the moment is stuffed potatoes. I just bake the potatoes when they are cooked I scoop out the potato, leave out 1/3 of the potato put the rest in a bowl and mix in some cheese, allowed from your hexa, some, ham, scallions and peppers or anything else you fancy. Fill the potatoes and stick back in the oven for 10 min or so they are gorgeous. Slimming world chips are great I have an actifry and they turn out so nice from them.

At our taster night some members brought in lovely desserts syn free. One is a packet of sugar free jelly mixed with 0fat yogurt and left to set, its lovely with fruit or when its set you could make up more jelly, when its cooled add some chopped fruit an dput on top of jelly and yogurt mix, you could even top this with a spray of anchor lite aerosol cream. You get a generous squirt for one syn.

I love homemade soups and I constantly change the ingredients to get different flavours. This weeks one is a version of carrott and corriander. Fry off some onions mushrooms and corriander in frylite. add chicken/ veg stock pot/cube. Add potatoes, and lots of carrotts, I also added a little garlic pepper and some sweet paprika. It is lovely I will defenitely make it again. A bowl of homemade soup is a great way to get the 1/3 superfree food into your meal.

I would love to hear what others are eating please share

.

Catxscotch · 17-11-2011, 11:35

Hi All,
I lost a stone on this plan this time last year, I got to my goal weight a foolishly thought I could maintain it by cooking the SW way, and also eating bread, having more treats etc. Obviously it didnt work and am now at the sam weight I was before I started. I find it very hard to be good on the weekends. During the week Ill either cook a large curry/chilli and have it for 3 days, then I will have potatoes, bacon and beans the other days. Its the weekends that I struggle with! On Sat and Sun mornings I love eggs and toast for breakfast (weetabix during the week). This would be fine but I love loads of butter and maralade and they take up most of my syns. Then if I have any life at all I cant drink, and my sweet tooth is awful. I try to stem the cravings with chocolate rice cakes but my motivation at the minute is not great, i find myself eating the rice cake, plus a couple of biscuits and a wagon wheel!! (last night..not good!)

June97 · 17-11-2011, 13:34

I made this soup yesterday and just had it at lunch time. It is georgous if I do say so myself. Dead easy to make.

Red lentil, chickpea & chilli soup
2 tsp cumin seeds
large pinch chilli flakes
1 red onion , chopped
140g red split lentils
850ml vegetable stock or water
400g can tomatoes , whole or chopped
Small can of Chickpeas
small bunch coriander , roughly chopped (save a few leaves, to serve)
Heat a large saucepan and dry-fry the cumin seeds and chilli flakes for 1 min, or until they start to jump around the pan and release their aromas. Add some fry lite to pan and put in onion and cook for 5 mins. Stir in the lentils, stock and tomatoes, then bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 mins until the lentils have softened.
Whizz the soup with a stick blender or in a food processor until it is a rough purée, pour back into the pan and add the chickpeas. Heat gently, season well and stir in the coriander.

June97 · 17-11-2011, 15:24

Hi catxscotch, sorry to hear you are finding the going tough. I have cans of diet club orange in the house to try and get me over my sweet fix/craving. It is a very sweet drink and I find it hits the spot and also fills me up. I have also put my treats in their own box in their own cupboard. No one else is allowed near it, there is plenty of other stuff for them elsewhere!!!

June97 · 17-11-2011, 15:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by dancingshoe

hey ladies I hope this thread is still active, I joined SW 10 weeks ago and only today finally got my half stone, I am really enjoying it and the weight gain was due to a month of constant weddings, parties grads etc. but I must say that I am really enjoying the plan, I can have spuds yey! anways, does anyone know where one moght buy Mugshots noodles, as they are free, would be great for work

Hi dancing shoe and well done on the half stone loss with that hectic social life! Seemingly you will find the mugshots in the bigger Tesco Extra stores or if you live near the north in Asda.

cathyk626 · 23-11-2011, 10:02

Hay all

So glad i found this link. Joined last night..everyone seems to love it so really going to give it a go.. Only thing im confused about it how to you find how many syns there is in normal food. In WW they go by fat/cal but no one mentioned it last night.. Just had a elevenses ginger bake bar and no idea on how bad it was?

Thanks

Daisy M · 23-11-2011, 18:00

Hi Cathy. The general rule of thumb is 20 calories = 1 syn. This applies to food like crisps, chocolate bread ect that has no "free food" in it. It can be different for food that is made up of a lot of free food ie fish in a batter/breadcrumb coating. Use your pin to register with slimming world Ireland and you will have access to lots of listed syns and be able to calculate syn values using the nutritional info on pack for food that has mainly free food in it.
Just to add I tried some of the muller light cheesecake style yogurts this week and they are lovely. Well worth it for 1 syn. Most of the mullerlights are syn free too.

FMcM · 24-11-2011, 00:05

Hi Everyone,
Joined SW in May and have 2 1/2 stone lost so really pleased. My consultant told us about www.slimmingeats.com it is full of slimming world recipes and we had some at the taster night. There are loads of fab dishes to make and all syn values on them.

Daisy M · 24-11-2011, 09:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by FMcM

Hi Everyone,
Joined SW in May and have 2 1/2 stone lost so really pleased. My consultant told us about www.slimmingeats.com it is full of slimming world recipes and we had some at the taster night. There are loads of fab dishes to make and all syn values on them.

Hi thanks for the link its great to get some new ideas. Well done on your weight loss that is so good. I am in love with the SW plan it doesnt feel like a diet at all!!!

June97 · 25-11-2011, 13:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by FMcM

Hi Everyone,
Joined SW in May and have 2 1/2 stone lost so really pleased. My consultant told us about www.slimmingeats.com it is full of slimming world recipes and we had some at the taster night. There are loads of fab dishes to make and all syn values on them.

Thanks FMcM for the link, its got some great stuff on it. It's really amazing how flexible this plan is. You really can eat so much and loose weight. Mind you with Christmas less than 30 days away I really need to stick to my guns and keep motivated. I tried the recipe in the Nov/Dec issue of SW magazine for chocolate moose, really really nice treat and only 4.5 syn a portion. I served it up after dinner and no one knew any different!

Hope the plan is working for you all

17-11-2011, 09:46	#51
Daisy M Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: The wild west Posts: 1,454 Adverts \| Friends	HI I am just on it since october, but I wish it had came to our area years ago! It has been hard to get my head around been able to eat as much as I like and never been in the situation where I have no calories/points left and feel if Ieat something I will be breaking my diet. I have started to try out new recipes as I found myself getting a little bored. One of my fav lunches at the moment is stuffed potatoes. I just bake the potatoes when they are cooked I scoop out the potato, leave out 1/3 of the potato put the rest in a bowl and mix in some cheese, allowed from your hexa, some, ham, scallions and peppers or anything else you fancy. Fill the potatoes and stick back in the oven for 10 min or so they are gorgeous. Slimming world chips are great I have an actifry and they turn out so nice from them. At our taster night some members brought in lovely desserts syn free. One is a packet of sugar free jelly mixed with 0fat yogurt and left to set, its lovely with fruit or when its set you could make up more jelly, when its cooled add some chopped fruit an dput on top of jelly and yogurt mix, you could even top this with a spray of anchor lite aerosol cream. You get a generous squirt for one syn. I love homemade soups and I constantly change the ingredients to get different flavours. This weeks one is a version of carrott and corriander. Fry off some onions mushrooms and corriander in frylite. add chicken/ veg stock pot/cube. Add potatoes, and lots of carrotts, I also added a little garlic pepper and some sweet paprika. It is lovely I will defenitely make it again. A bowl of homemade soup is a great way to get the 1/3 superfree food into your meal. I would love to hear what others are eating please share.

17-11-2011, 13:34	#53
June97 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 11 Adverts \| Friends	I made this soup yesterday and just had it at lunch time. It is georgous if I do say so myself. Dead easy to make. Red lentil, chickpea & chilli soup 2 tsp cumin seeds large pinch chilli flakes 1 red onion , chopped 140g red split lentils 850ml vegetable stock or water 400g can tomatoes , whole or chopped Small can of Chickpeas small bunch coriander , roughly chopped (save a few leaves, to serve) Heat a large saucepan and dry-fry the cumin seeds and chilli flakes for 1 min, or until they start to jump around the pan and release their aromas. Add some fry lite to pan and put in onion and cook for 5 mins. Stir in the lentils, stock and tomatoes, then bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 mins until the lentils have softened. Whizz the soup with a stick blender or in a food processor until it is a rough purée, pour back into the pan and add the chickpeas. Heat gently, season well and stir in the coriander. Last edited by June97; 17-11-2011 at 15:35. Reason: forgot to put in onion on recipe

24-11-2011, 00:05	#58
FMcM Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 3 Adverts \| Friends	Recipes Hi Everyone, Joined SW in May and have 2 1/2 stone lost so really pleased. My consultant told us about www.slimmingeats.com it is full of slimming world recipes and we had some at the taster night. There are loads of fab dishes to make and all syn values on them.

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16-11-2011, 10:20	#46
Daisy M Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: The wild west Posts: 1,454 Adverts \| Friends	Hi and welcome Natalie. I just have to share this recipe with you all. Had this for dinner yesterday evening its just a basic curry easy to make and cooking time takes no length. you will need: 2 large chicken breasts tin chopped tomatoes onions peppers mushrooms currry powder chicken stock pot Fry the chicken and veg in a little frylite along with the curry powder (I also added cumin and garam masala) Add tomatoes and chicken stock, I just added 3/4 cup of water to a stock pot. Leave to simmer for 15/20 mins. I tasted it halfway through and added more of the spices to suit my taste. This was lovely and so filling I had it with sw chips yesterday will have it again with rice today. Theres no need to add more veg/salad to your plate as you would have at least 1/3 in the curry. This is a million times nicer than any packet curry or any curry I have gotten from a chinese.

16-11-2011, 21:48	#47
dancingshoe Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 4 Adverts \| Friends	hey ladies I hope this thread is still active, I joined SW 10 weeks ago and only today finally got my half stone, I am really enjoying it and the weight gain was due to a month of constant weddings, parties grads etc. but I must say that I am really enjoying the plan, I can have spuds yey! anways, does anyone know where one moght buy Mugshots noodles, as they are free, would be great for work

16-11-2011, 22:52	#49
dancingshoe Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 4 Adverts \| Friends	Thanks daisy, I'll have a look they don't have them in my local but I will look in the latger ones. have you been on SW long, how do you find it?

17-11-2011, 11:35	#52
Catxscotch Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 248 Adverts \| Friends	Hi All, I lost a stone on this plan this time last year, I got to my goal weight a foolishly thought I could maintain it by cooking the SW way, and also eating bread, having more treats etc. Obviously it didnt work and am now at the sam weight I was before I started. I find it very hard to be good on the weekends. During the week Ill either cook a large curry/chilli and have it for 3 days, then I will have potatoes, bacon and beans the other days. Its the weekends that I struggle with! On Sat and Sun mornings I love eggs and toast for breakfast (weetabix during the week). This would be fine but I love loads of butter and maralade and they take up most of my syns. Then if I have any life at all I cant drink, and my sweet tooth is awful. I try to stem the cravings with chocolate rice cakes but my motivation at the minute is not great, i find myself eating the rice cake, plus a couple of biscuits and a wagon wheel!! (last night..not good!)

17-11-2011, 15:24	#54
June97 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 11 Adverts \| Friends	Hi catxscotch, sorry to hear you are finding the going tough. I have cans of diet club orange in the house to try and get me over my sweet fix/craving. It is a very sweet drink and I find it hits the spot and also fills me up. I have also put my treats in their own box in their own cupboard. No one else is allowed near it, there is plenty of other stuff for them elsewhere!!!

23-11-2011, 10:02	#56
cathyk626 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 19 Adverts \| Friends	Hay all So glad i found this link. Joined last night..everyone seems to love it so really going to give it a go.. Only thing im confused about it how to you find how many syns there is in normal food. In WW they go by fat/cal but no one mentioned it last night.. Just had a elevenses ginger bake bar and no idea on how bad it was? Thanks

23-11-2011, 18:00	#57
Daisy M Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: The wild west Posts: 1,454 Adverts \| Friends	Hi Cathy. The general rule of thumb is 20 calories = 1 syn. This applies to food like crisps, chocolate bread ect that has no "free food" in it. It can be different for food that is made up of a lot of free food ie fish in a batter/breadcrumb coating. Use your pin to register with slimming world Ireland and you will have access to lots of listed syns and be able to calculate syn values using the nutritional info on pack for food that has mainly free food in it. Just to add I tried some of the muller light cheesecake style yogurts this week and they are lovely. Well worth it for 1 syn. Most of the mullerlights are syn free too.