Month: February 2018

Peri Peri Chicken & Rice

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Serves: 4

Syns: 1.5 syns per serving

Time Taken: 60-75 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Peri Peri Chicken & Rice

Peri Peri Chicken & Rice

 

Ingredients

For the chicken

  • 4 pieces of skinless chicken legs
  • Encona Peri Peri sauce (to taste, 1tbsp is 1.5 syns)
  • 2 Maggie seasoning cubes, crumbled
  • 1 tbsp Peri Peri seasoning

For the rice

  • 1 cup rice
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 carrot, peeled and finely grated
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp Peri Peri seasoning
  • 1/4 tsp chilli flakes
  • Handful of frozen peas & sweet corn

Method

Mix all the marinade ingredients for the chicken together and rub it all over the chicken pieces.

Let it marinade for a few hours if time permits.

Pre heat the oven and cook the chicken for around 45 minutes till it is mostly cooked.

Remove from the oven and grill the chicken till it is fully cooked, around 30 minutes, turning the chicken often and brushing it with the Encona Peri Peri sauce.

For the rice, spray a pan with plenty of low cal cooking spray and gently fry the onion with the carrot for a few minutes.

Add the tomato puree, Peri Peri seasoning and chilli flakes and cook for another couple of minutes.

Add the rice alongside the stock, stir and let it cook for around 15 minutes on a low heat with the lid on the pan.

Add the frozen peas & sweet corn towards the last 5 minutes of cooking.

Orzo Pasta Salad

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This recipe is inspired by one of my members at our taster session. I usually use orzo pasta shapes in soups, I never though of using it as a salad! It was so nice that I have tried to recreate it and loved my version too. For convenience I have used Najma BBQ Chicken Chunks but you can cook chicken from scratch if you prefer. You can add any veg of your preference to it, I just used whatever I had in my fridge.

Serves: 4

Syns: FREE

Time Taken: less than 15 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Orzo Pasta Salad

Orzo Pasta Salad

 

Ingredients

  • 150g orzo pasta
  • Najma BBQ chicken chunks
  • Cucumber
  • Carrot
  • Red pepper
  • Spring onions
  • Green chillies
  • Fresh coriander
  • Season to taste

Method

Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.

Whilst the pasta is cooking, finely chop all the veg and the BBQ chicken chunks and set aside till the pasta is cooked.

Once the pasta is cooked, drain and run it through cold water under a sieve.

Mix the chicken and the veg to the pasta and season to taste.

What I eat!

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I usually get asked a lot what I eat on Slimming World! So I thought I would share a typical day. Usually most of my meals are Free Foods or very low in Syns, which gives me more options for my favourite treats. My syns vary depending on what I fancy on the day. Some days I want to eat crisps, other days I might want chocolate or something else. It varies!

Breakfast

I do try to vary my breakfast but my absolute favourite breakfast of all time is crushed Weetabix layered with Alpro Plain with Coconut yogurt with raspberries and any other fruit I have in my fridge. I never get bored of this breakfast!

Sometimes I will have overnight oats or boiled eggs or just fruit if I don’t have much time to eat. I always have boiled eggs ready in the morning, I boil 6 eggs at a time and that lasts me 2-3 days. If I don’t have them for breakfast, they make a great protein filled snack during the day!

Lunch

This normally consists of leftovers from the night before, or soup, or omelettes with a huge salad. Jacket potatoes are also one of my favourite lunches.

Dinner

I cook the same food for everyone in the house – spaghetti Bolognese, curries, stir fries etc. that way I am not tempted with any high syn foods. Sometimes if the kids want something from out, I will usually prepare something quick and easy for me like Batchelor’s Pasta & Sauce or Low Fat Noodles.

Snacks

Fruit! Any type of fruit, my favourite are bananas. Whatever is in season, I will eat that. I also use my syns for snacks, or have the Slimming World Hifi bars – they are absolutely delicious! My favourite are the Double Chocolate Crisp.

 

Caribbean Rice Salad

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Serves: 4

Syns: FREE

Time Taken: less than 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Caribbean Rice Salad

Caribbean Rice Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cooked basmati rice
  • 1 fresh mango, diced
  • 1 fresh pineapple, diced
  • 1/2 cucumber, diced
  • 1 small red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • Seasoning to taste

Method

Cook the rice, drain and rinse under cold running water.

Mix the rice and all the ingredients together in a large bowl and season to taste.