{"id":269,"date":"2017-01-05T13:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T13:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2017-01-05T13:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T13:50:44","slug":"dessert-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/dessert-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Dessert Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve collected some really quick, easy and Free or low-syn ideas\u00a0here to help you enjoy your pudding and stay on track for a\u00a0weight loss. Please do share your favourite free or low syn sweet treats.<\/p>\n<h5>Quick tips<\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_391\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/alpro2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391\" data-attachment-id=\"391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/dessert-ideas\/alpro2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/alpro2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alpro Pot\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Alpro Go On Pot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alpro Go On Pot&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/alpro2-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/alpro2.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-391\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/alpro2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alpro Go On Pot\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/alpro2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/alpro2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/alpro2.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alpro Go On Pot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you fancy custard but without the high\u00a0syns, gently heat a bowl of Aldi Brooklea Light Fat Free Banana &amp; Custard\u00a0Yogurt in the microwave for 10 seconds! Quick custard for 0.5 syn only!<\/p>\n<p>For flavoured sauces without the syns, use fat free fromage frais, fat free natural yogurt or quark, and flavour with the desired essence or flavouring &#8211; coffee, coconut, vanilla &#8211; the choice is yours! (Remember, if you use the real thing rather than essence, you&#8217;ll need to keep track of the syns.) You can get a variety of\u00a0flavourings from baking shops.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to get your\u00a0sweet fix is\u00a0by mixing a low-Syn hot chocolate sachet (eg Options) with quark and pile high with fruit.<\/p>\n<p>My all time favourite dessert is an Alpro Go On pot\u00a0(1.5 syns for the passion fruit\u00a0flavour pictured) topped with\u00a0raspberries. It is simply delicious.<\/p>\n<h5>Quick and easy recipes<\/h5>\n<p>How about a low-syn toffee ice cream with a twist\u2026 Crush a 19.5g bag of Maltesers, and stir into 2 Toffee\u00a0Aldi Brooklea Light Fat\u00a0Free\u00a0yogurts and a large tub of fat free fromage frais. Pop it in the freezer for a couple of hours, stir occasionally, and hey presto a 5 Syn sweet snack for the whole tub! Try it with other flavours of Free yoghurt and add chopped fresh fruit.<\/p>\n<p>For a low-syn crumble, use stewed fruit as a Healthy Extra &#8216;b&#8217; choice, and top it with a couple of crumbled malted milk biscuits (2 Syns each). If you fancy custard too, warm a Banana and Custard yogurt for 10 seconds in the microwave!<\/p>\n<p>How about an\u00a0Eton Mess? Here&#8217;s a low-syn version, which is just as delicious\u2026 Pile strawberries and raspberries (fresh or frozen) into a sundae dish. Pour over your favourite\u00a0syn free\u00a0yogurt, and then crumble in some broken meringue nest pieces. Repeat and enjoy! (1 meringue nest is, on average, 3 Syns).<\/p>\n<p>I love Cadbury&#8217;s Freddo (19g bar is 5 Syns) and they&#8217;re delicious melted and enjoyed as a dip for fresh strawberries and banana\u00a0or for drizzling over fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Make up a knickerbocker glory using fresh or frozen fruit pieces and frozen yogurt of your choice\u00a0instead of ice cream. If you fancy a bit of sauce, puree a small portion of fruit and count the Syns. A huge portion topped with 50g pureed raspberries is just \u00bd Syn &#8211; how tempting is that?<\/p>\n<p>On a similar theme, how about a banana split? Cut a banana in half lengthways, and scoop frozen free\u00a0yogurt of your choice\u00a0on top &#8211; banana, vanilla and chocolate go really well together! If you have a Healthy Extra &#8216;b&#8217; choice left, why not &#8216;go nuts&#8217; and sprinkle 6 crushed walnut halves on top!<\/p>\n<p>Thread fruit onto Mikado sticks &#8211; only \u00bd Syn per stick! Or if you prefer Matchsticks count 1 syn each,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve collected some really quick, easy and Free or low-syn ideas\u00a0here to help you enjoy your pudding and stay on track for a\u00a0weight loss. Please do share your favourite free or low syn sweet treats. Quick tips If you fancy custard but without the high\u00a0syns, gently heat a bowl of Aldi Brooklea Light Fat Free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[185,178,186,183,179,128,184,182,24,69,180,108,17,181,127,14],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89etY-4l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":884,"url":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/smoothies\/","url_meta":{"origin":269,"position":0},"title":"Smoothies!","author":"Rahema","date":"June 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Smoothies are not something\u00a0I usually have, if ever.\u00a0I\u00a0made one the other day as my daughter really wanted one for Suhoor (pre dawn meal in Ramadan) and thought I would do myself one too. 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