I don't really like posting recipes and things, I prefer to just cook, eat and go! But since everyone I know is on Slimming World at the minute trying to shift those extra Christmas pounds, I thought I would post some recipes which I like to cook - maybe one a week - and hopefully you will share your recipes too! Nigella Lawson, eat your heart out!
This is a great way to make a big pot of slimming world friendly food for very little money. It's handy to have a big pot of something you know you can just grab a bowl off when your hungry without having to tot up syns/divide into thirds (superfree, green and red) etc. It's also a great way to use some superfree cottage cheese! I'm not a fan of it and have kept away from it, but I know a lot of people at my old Slimming World class found it really helpful to their weight-loss, so I've tried to use it in a lot of my cooking, especially as the base for cheese sauces - I do a mean free Italian Tagliatelle dish using cottage cheese. I'll post the recipe and pics for that next time I make it!
Today's post is a really quick, simple and filling dish that I find makes 6-8 portions. When I get home from work at night I don't want to stand in the kitchen making a healthy meal that takes FOREVER... this one is really quick and simple and takes about 20 minutes MAX - and that includes my 5 min shower while the veggies are cooking!
You will need:
1 bag frozen Value Mixed Veg
1 bag frozen Value Broccoli
Frylight
2 packets of Tesco Chicken, Garlic and Wine Pasta
1 tub of Light Choices Cottage Cheese with onion and chive
4 chicken breasts
4 small onions
1 large pot with lid
1 frying pan or wok
1 colander
Blender - handheld or other
This recipe has a total of 1 syn for the whole pot on extra easy, which should make 6-8 servings! Eat up!
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| This is the stuff you will need - as you can see I shop at Tesco, but any brand will do! I have here one bag of Value Mixed Veg, one bag of Value broccoli, Frylight, two packets of Tesco Chicken, Garlic and Wine Sauce Pasta (1/2 syn each), Light Choices Cottage Cheese with Onion and Chive and a four pack of chicken (which was on offer for £4). I also used four small onions (Tesco Value), but these aren't pictured |
First thing first - boil your kettle!
Put the frozen mixed veg and frozen broccoli in the large pot, the frozen mixed veg has peas in it, which are classed as a 'green day' food so remember these are not superfree like the carrot and cauliflower in the mix. This is why I make sure to add the same amount of broccoli as I do mixed veg - approx three cups.
Pour boiling water over the veg and bring to the boil... this is where I popped off for a quick shower, and when I returned...
The veg was cooked! Tip it into your colander.
Boil your kettle again and tip both packets of pasta into the now empty pot.
Cut up your chicken - I like to cut mine into strips as they cook faster - and add them to a wok/frying pan with some frylight. Put it on a very low heat and let them cook (doing it this way means you will get tender chicken that's not dry)
Empty you cottage cheese into a dish - as you can see it doesn't look good at all!
Get your blender - I have a handheld one, but any one will do...
And give the cottage cheese and good whizz... it will turn out lovely and smooth and creamy!
Pop a lid over your wok/frying pan and let the chicken steam in it's own juices for a few minutes
Tip the chicken into the same colander as the veg, give it a shake and leave to drain
Meanwhile add 900ml of water to your pasta and bring to a simmer
Chop your onions...
And add them to your pasta pot...
The onions will soften as they cook with the pasta
Once most (not all) of the water has evaporated the the pasta is cooked add the colander of mixed veg, brocolli and chicken to the pot and stir
Cook for a couple of minutes then add the cottage cheese - you can use more than this to make it really saucy, but I found that the pasta packets have enough flavour in them that you don't need to much
Give it a stir and leave to cook for a couple of minutes until there is only about 3cm of juice in the bottom of the pot
You can eat it on it's own or bake some superfree butternut squash in the oven as a side dish with some mixed leaves.
NOTE: You can also add spinach to this dish (I just didn't have any in my fridge) - cook it in the pan with the chicken until wilted.
I hope you enjoy this! We certainly did!
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