Slimming World Cheese, Ham and Onion Scones

We call them scones, but these savoury ones are actually closer to the American 'biscuit', which is eaten as a side dish - and they taste darn good! I prefer to eat these while they are hot from the oven, they can also be reheated in a microwave or eaten cold. You could also make them into small round balls and use them as dumplings in soups. I like to eat them alongside soup (slightly warmed) as before slimming world I used to enjoy a big hunk of crusty bread with soup... these are a good substitute!

Ingredients:

300g Chive and Onion Cottage Cheese

Salt and Pepper to taste

2 eggs

100g instant mash (dried powder form)

frylight

Ham (chopped)

2 small onions (chopped)

Chilli flakes (optional)

This recipe makes 6 large scones, but if you making them to use as dumplings, you could probably get between 12-18 depending on size. They are completely FREE on extra easy.

First, get all your ingredients out and heat the oven to 180oC

The only ingredient I used that isn't pictured here is 1/4 teaspoon of Very Lazy Chilli

Empty the 300g of cottage cheese into a large bowl and whisk with a hand-held blender...

Weight out 100g of instant mash and set to the side...

Add salt and pepper to the bowl containing the blended cottage cheese...

Here is where I added the chilli flakes (optional)...

Chop 2 onions until fine(ish) and add to bowl...

Chop ham into small pieces...

Break two eggs (I like to do this into a glass first)...

Add chopped ham and eggs to the bowl...

Blend everything together with the hand-held blender...

Add the 100g of instant mash to the bowl...

Blend until you get a dough-like consistency...

Prepare a baking tray with frylight...

Now time to get messy! Scoop out approx. 1/2 cup of the mix and shape into a ball with your hands, then flatten and place on prepared baking tray. Do this until you have used all the mix...

Spray the scones with frylight...

And place in the pre-heated oven to cook for around 20 minutes... if you think they need a little longer, leave them in and check them every five minutes...

Take them out of the oven and Voila! Cheese, ham and onion scones (American biscuits)...

Enjoy them while hot or leave to cool - you can always reheat them later.