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It can really mess with your sugars if you are ill or run down can't it - hope you feel better after a rest :-) There is a great green-grocers near me - means a separate shopping trip but save a fortune on fruit and veg so worth it!

Tikka Massala Sauce This takes a bit of faffing to make but is worth it and can be cooled or frozen The sauce is syn free on any plan, good with chicken or cauliflower depending what day your on. Ingredients: 2 large white onions, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 inch approx. fresh...

Onions in Mint-Yogurt sauce This is nice with the above mince curry, any dry tandoori/roast chickendish or just with salad Free if you use fresh mint or 1 syn on any plan if using mint sauce 1 large spanish/mild onion, finely sliced 1 pot fat free greek yogurt 1 tablespoon fresh mint, finely...

So can't wait for hols - had new kitchen last year so no holiday - really need some sun! I've started a recipe thread: http://www.minimins.com/sw-winter-warmer-recipes/321223-syn-free-spicy-recipies.html hope you like x

I love spicy food so I thought I would start a thread with some of my favourite recipies - converted to syn free slimming world versions1 Always looking for new ideas so any suggestions would be great :-) Kobi Keema (Mince & Cabbage Curry) This is a traditional (I think Pakistani but not...

Although most people thinks it sounds odd it is super tasty - everyone I have ever made it for loves it - need either chapapatis or a flavoured rice (I like Tilda Lemon Basmati - 1 sim for 1/2 pack and 2 mins in microwave) or bombay potatoes to go with it as dry so a bit rubbish with just boiled...

I love the crispy chicken in sweet chilli sauce - but makes my sugars mental so had bang bang chicken (cold roast chicken & cold cucumber with hot satay sauce on top - sounds weird but lovely) and boiled rice so not too naughty - did have half a bottle of wine as well tho lol. I find indian...

Yeah that's a big part of why I'm trying to loose weight - but TBH would like to look better in my cossie for hols in september. Ended up having chinese last night - naughty again - but really enjoyed it (avoided too much sugar) and feeling more cheerful today so am gonna get back on track now -...

Well my hubby was type 1 when we met and recognised the signs in me when I became type 2 some years later - so I already knew a lot about it - and knew I was putting myself at risk by being so overweight but ignored it! You never think it will happen to you! I'm controlling the diabetes with...

Hi Rubyroo Hi Rubyroo, Thanks for replying to my post about type 2 diabeties - nice to talk to someone with the same condition-ish and actually my hubby is type 1 and has an insulin pump so I can kind of relate! Although I'm not veggie one of my closest friends is and as I cannot cope...

Hi - I'm type 2 diabetic and started doing slimming world a couple of weeks ago - did it years ago by going to the clubs but can't afford that at the moment and I know I'm likely to go off track without support! It's all going well and sugar levels are dropping but hoping to find other...

I guess mash potato pizza is food abouse too then? Hey ho I don't care I'm gonna try these anyway - got to be better that binge eating hula hoops like I did last night!

I don't know why but lean corned beef used to be free & now it is sins - thats all you have to account for. The eggs and cottage cheese are still free. 100g of lean corned beef is 2 sins on a red day, so just work it out depending on how much of that you have.

Is this what you're looking for: Scan Bran Chocolate Cake 4 ½ syns total, If using scanbran as healthy extra b choice count as 2 syns 5 scan bran – 2 ½ syns or 1 ‘b’ choice 3 beaten eggs – free Chocolate options-2 syns Orange essence 1 cap full-optional ½ mug sweetener – free Method Mash...

Hi, I too stopped cold turkey a few years ago & although it was incredibly hard it was worth it. Do not get discouraged if you put on a little in the first few weeks. The nurse at my doctors said this is inevitable due to water retention and if you stick to it your body will readjust naturally -...

It works because although you are eating lots of food the vast majority is low in fat, sugar and calories. Instead you are feeding yourself lots of healthy food full of nutrients. This way you are reducing your calorie intake but your body still feels that it is in a time of plenty so there is...

Hi Rachella, I am looking for a new class at the moment cause mine closed so I am doing a DVD at home & its great: Persia - Principles of Dance, Belly Dancing [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Persia: DVD I tend to do it in a gypsy skirt or tracksuit bottoms, a vest or t-shirt and a jangly belt - you...

I started belly dancing at christmas & I have lost 5 inches of my waist! I know some of this is due to the weight loss but I really have toned up. You can get DVD's if you don't want to go to class & its great fun & makes you feel sexy too.

I would go for the fruit salad starter "Lock Garden Glory" and then either a salad, or a steak with baked potato or the Citrus Scallopino look good & fairly light for a main course. You can always do extra easy so you can have potato & meat. Last time I went for a meal I blended my Hex in...

I like lot of gravy so I use this: Fry some sliced red onions & mushrooms till soft, add a splah of balsamic vinegar. Add 142m Sainsbury's Be Good to Yourself, Gravy Granules, made up as directed (2 sins) & top up with another 142ml boiling water and a couple of teaspoons of chicken bovril...

Thanks for the ideas - I'm sure they will come in useful during the summer!

Sounds excellent !

I was told about a roasted veg quiche last night at class which sounded lovely but I can't remember the recipe - does anyone do this?

There are a couple of reasons why you might not have lost as much as others, firstly for a lot of people before they start a diet they eat all the "naughty" food they can get and therefore the first weeks loss is bound to be big, whereas you have come from a low calorie diet so you cant expect...

These sound lovely - are they nice cold?

I am planning on a picnic for Sunday - does anyone have any low-syn recipies suitable for a green day and that would be OK in a cool bag for a couple of hours?

I love to go out for a meal once a week - and its usually a curry. I try to be a little sensible, choosing boiled rice and roti or chapati instead of fried rice and nan bread. I avoid the lamb and the creamy curries and also ask them to make the food as low fat as possible. We share a starter...

The chocolate ones were lovely - I also added a pot of quark to the recipe to make it moister and some chocolate chips. I took these to class last night and everyone went mad for them!

For me its my health - I was diagnosed diabetic last year and more than anything I want to stay off Insulin injections. Since starting slimming world and losing weight I have been able to reduce my tablets and feel a million times better!

You have done soooo well already and I wish you all the best - I have a long way to go but every dress size feels fantastic! By the way your photo is lovely!

If you make the chocolate cake with 1/2 cocoa and 1/2 self raising flour it is lovely. Add a tub of quark for moistness and some chocolate chips and its even better! Also I have tried lemon flavour and that is fab too!

I really hope you decide to join slimming world. It is such an easy diet to follow. There is a huge variety of food to eat and you never have to feel hungry.

It really was lovely - mouth is watering just thinking about it now - and it was so easy to make!

Oh I miss toast so much - for me too its the only thing I really crave - thick white crusty bread with loads of ....bleep..... Still its worth it - well worth it, and I can have a little sometimes.

Thanks - looks tasty! My mother-in-law has never tried quorn or tofu but she loves sweet potato's (after I sneaked them into a roast dinner without telling) so I might try this for her & see how it goes! I've always cooked it because my best mate is a veggie but I've found it really makes...

I have just made this for tea. I found a recipe for biryani and altered it to suit slimming world, and to suit paella rice cause its so easy to cook. It does seem like a lot of different spices I know, but they are not expensive, last a long time, and you end up with a much better flavour than a...

If you put in the details on the sin calculator it will show as a 0 value if its free - I've tried it! By the way - can you post the recipe - I love sweet potatoes!

You are most welcome - I've had some lovely ideas from this site and it has really helped me so its nice to give a bit back!

This makes a lovely tasty snack and they are so easy to make. - Take 2 slices of bread from your healthy extra allowance and toast lightly. - Meanwhile heat the oven to about 200'c - Mix 2 tbsp tomato puree (1 sin) with some worcester sauce, crushed garlic and dried oregano. - Lay the...

I have amended the low-fat sponge cake a little to make lemon fairy cakes - they work out as 1/2 a sin each and are lovely. Lemon Fairy Cakes (½ sin each) 6 eggs 2 ounces self raising flour (9 sins) 9 tablespoons granulated sweetener 2 teaspoons lemon essence Rind of 2 lemons Juice of 1...

Here you go: Tuna pate - 1x Tin of tuna - handful of chives - 1/2 tub of quark Blend all together and chill. Or try this: Tuna Stuffed Tomatoes - 8 tomatoes - Salt and freshly ground black pepper - 198gm (7oz) can tuna in brine, drained - 5tbsp very low fat cottage cheese - 2tsp...

I made a chocolate cake using 2oz of cocoa and although it was lovely it was a bit strong and didn't rise very well. I think it would have been better if I had used half flour & half cocoa like angie did! I did make a lovely filling/topping though: Use 2 pots of Aldi virtually fat free...

I love my Actifry - use it every other day - and I use frylight instead of normal oil. You only have to spray lightly round the pan. And if you buy Rooster potatoes you don't need to bother washing & drying the chips as they come out lovely just as they are. Also try chopping sweet potatoes...

I take Starflower Oil - which basically does the same thing as Evening Primrose Oil (that makes me sneeze - don't know why) and honestly I never used to go in for this stuff but my mom convinced me to try it and it really does make a difference. Not only do I have less mood swings but my skin is...

I hate those Snap things! I use tortilla's (out of my Hex) to make crisps: - cut tortilla up into little triangles - lay out on a baking tray - sprinkle with spice or seasoning - spray with fry light - bake for 10-15 mins till crispy I have tried: hot paprika, garlic salt, chilli powder...

I made the chicken & potato curry out of this months slimming world mag - and it was really fab - tasted like a proper takeaway! Only hiccup was it took about an hour for the potato to cook not the 45mins it says on the recipe, and I added more chilli's cause I like it hot.

If you fancy something different instead of pizza topping try this: - Add sage & garlic to the base mix & cook as normal. - Fry 2 finely sliced red onions with frylight till soft then add 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar & reduce till almost dry. - Spread the base with soft goats cheese (Hex) and top...

I go to a meeting at 7 on a Thursday night, and not only do I eat properly during the day I have a light tea as soon as I get home from work. Also I save a healthy extra so that I can have a cereal bar during the class with my coffee. This way I'm not at all hungry and can relax and enjoy the...

It works best if the base is as thin and as dry as possible - add water till it starts making large crumbs then push out onto a baking tray lined with foil and sprayed with frylight to about 1/2 cm ideally. You can then turn it over and peel the foil off half way through. Its not gonna taste...

I do something similar, 0% fat yogurt - 1 small pot sugar free mint sauce - 3 tbsp artificial sweetener - 1 tbsp lemon juice - 2 tbsp tabasco sauce - 1 tsp This makes a lovely sin free dipping sauce for poppadom or bhaji's

I bought a tefal actifry & although expensive it was well worth it - I use it every other day on average and its so easy. No need to par boil the potato's or sweet potato's at all. You just spray the dish with a little frylight and bung them in, sprinkle with seasoning or spices and away you go...

Gonna try making them into hash browns this weekend - yum!

I hope your mom does really well, it sounds as though you have reached a turning point so fingers crossed for you both. Once she starts to lose weight that will boost her enthusiasm & confidence. It is so hard when you have tried and failed so many times before. I suggest that she sets herself a...

I love this - and my hubby does too. Couple of Ideas: If you brush the base with beaten egg about 3-4 mins before its done it makes it firmer and stops it absorbing liquid from your tomato topping. Get a pack of little gammon bits from tesco's, not sure what they are called but they are a...

I made a lasagna last week & I blitzed 84g low fat mozzarella, 56g parmesan and a whole tub of quark for the topping - This did 4 portions and I put it on top of the final pasta sheet and it covered really well - It was lovely and only used up 1x HE per portion.

Sending you best wishes - I do understand as I have had the same issue with my MIL - she is as wide as she is tall and can barely walk. I too pick her up for class (although its not so far) and take her shopping. After years of ups and downs she seems to be really doing it this time and I am...

I think the only way to work out the "Easy" value for recipies that contain meat and carbs is to break it down into the component parts and check the sin value of each. The easy plan is fantastic and gives you so much freedom - but I do think that slimming world have made it the exact...

I threw my scales out when I started - its tough but it means you never know what to expect when you go to class and even a 1lb loss feels fantastic!

Sounds perfect to me! I don't know the batchelors rice has a few sins in it from the flavouring - check out the sin value on green and use that value. Other than that it will all be sin free!

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That is sooo! funny - I have the same sort of conversations with both my mom & my MIL but you really have a way of writing that brings it to life. Keep us posted & cheer us all up!

This extra easy thing seems to be so complicated! I think part of the problem is there is just so much info to get your head around! Anyway I don't know if there are any specific recipes for extra easy but you can work it out 2 ways. You can look at the ingredients and their individual sin...

Hi I have been following the extra easy since I started, with a couple of green days thrown in each week for when I want more healthy extra's and it has really worked for me. Some of the existing members at my meeting have tried it and struggled but I don't understand why. You don't have to have...

Hi, I don't know what "brown" mean unless it is a reference to extra easy cause that is in a sort of gold colour book. As far as extra easy goes you can mix dishes from red and green plans - whichever sin value is lowest is the one you use, but you can only have 1x healthy extra A choice & B...

Try This If you are using plain cous-cous but you like the Ainsley Harriott ones try this: 4oz plain cous-cous Juice of 2 lemons Handful fresh coriander 1 clove garlic 1/2 deseeded chilli (optional) 1 medium courgette 1 medium carrot 1 medium red onion Handful chestnut mushrooms Frylight...

Just tried this and its really lovely - I added some onion and a beaten egg to the potato cake before cooking it - smashing thanks!!!

Add Quark I add a heaped tablespoon of quark per egg to the yolk mixture and they come out light and fluffy and thick - sort of like scotch pancakes. Also i make a sauce with segmented oranges, lemon juice & sweetener - lovely!

Just what to say - what a fab idea, when I have lost some more I will be back!

I just want to say - we have all been there and I hope you feel better soon. Try to see some positives, despite the last couple of weeks you are still lighter than when you started. Two steps forward & one step back still works out at one step forward! I friend of mine recommended positive...

Hi, I did slimming world years ago and struggled because on red days I was hungry & missing carbs but I got bored of eating veggie food all the time. This time I find extra easy really helps - I am having some green & some ee days and its going really well. Also for the first time I am going...

I love the orange ones!

lovely pancakes I amended the earlier recipe a bit, to make all you need is: 1 egg per pancake 1 heaped tbsp quark 2-3 tsp sweetener 3-4 Drops of vanilla essence First seperate the white from the yolk and put into separate bowls, Whisk the egg white until fluffy and add the sweetener, In the...

I tried this the other day & it really is nice - I put some garlic & herbs in the potato mix & just enough water to make big crumbs then sort of squashed it onto the baking tray, I covered it with foil first so it would be easy to turn over & it came out really nice. I don't even like mashed...

This is my recipe, you have to count a few sins but its really lovely and tasty - enjoy! 4oz plain cous-cous (free) 3 tbsp lemon curd (4.5 sins) 3 tbsp sweetner (free) 1 tub quark (free) 1 tsp baking powder (0.5 sins) 100ml fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons) Put the cous-cous in a bowl and...

I totally agree that we shouldn't give out the lifeline password for free - especially as it means that we might have to pay for the service on-line as well as for classes. However I do understand that its difficult to afford the money sometimes. Some GP's are now offering a referal service to...

This is not exactly risotto, but its super tasty and you could add or remove ingredients to suit, I believe all types of rice are free on a green day. Creamy Lemon Rice Serves: 2-4 Ingredients · Fry light spray oil · 4 cloves crushed garlic · 1 medium white onion...

Paella This is great - I've only ever tried it with proper paella rice but you could have a go with the normal stuff. Vegetarian Paella Serves: 2-4 Ingredients · Fry light spray oil · 4 cloves minced garlic · 2 medium red onions, finely chopped · 1 cup...

I would love to be able to make a creamy pasta sauce - something nice for a valantines dinner on green - any ideas?