Slimming World Chicken, Veg and Noodle Stirfry with Curry Sauce

I wasn't meaning for this dish to be a blog post, and I wasn't expecting to be posting this regularly! I threw this in the pan last night when I got home from work, then thought, "oh, maybe I should put this on the blog" and took a quick few pictures. I don't have a picture of the ingredients list, but its really simple... here goes -

This makes enough for 2 people. 

I normally like to add frozen broccoli to this to, but I'm running low and wanted to keep it for tonights dinner.

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts

2 parcels of amoy medium egg noodles (you can use the fine ones too)

1/2 bag of tesco value stirfry veg (frozen)

Heaped tablespoon of Goldfish brand curry paste

frylight

First I chopped the chicken and frylighted the wok - then simply cooked the chicken strips until almost done before adding in 1/2 a bag of the frozen stirfry veg mix. Turn the heat down and let the mix cook...

Next I placed two parcels of the amoy medium egg noodles in a bowl of boiling water and left them to soften...

I use this curry sauce - its a brand called Goldfish. I had read a blog (mummypinkwellies) where a lady doing slimming world used it a lot and said it was low syns. I can't find a syn value for it in the book or online, but if you read the ingredient list on the side, its basically just a whole load of spices with some dried coconut milk preserved in oil, so for one heaped tablespoon I syn it as 8 (which is 4 syns per person) - this might be a bit high, or too low, but until slimming world syn it I really have no idea! I hasn't affected my weight loss though, so it can't be that bad....

Put one heaped tablespoon of it in a pot with some boiling water and whisk until dissolved, then let it simmer...

When the noddles are softened, drain them and add them to the wok, whack the heat up to high and cook for a few minutes, mixing everything together....

Add the curry sauce to the wok and turn the heat down to a simmer - you can just pour it on top of the wok mix after you've plated it up but I prefer to let the curry simmer with everything for a bit for flavour...

Dish into serving bowls...

Dig in!

I know I'm sometimes wary about using ingredients that I don't specifically know the syn value for, so if it helps you can syn it as 6 per serving - if you type curry into the online syns finder you get this - 

Basic, Fish & Chip Shops, Curry Sauce, average portion, per serving = 6 syns

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.

Slimming World Chicken, Veg and Pasta - eat your heart out Nigella!

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!

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!