Hi, I've done my second day of lighterlife lite and attended my first meeting.
I'm a vegetarian and the first week of packs contains one of each of all of the varieties. I have been worried that although the packs are suitable for vegetarians I wouldnt be able to eat the meat flavoured ones.
Today I had the thai chilli one and I made it into a paste, sort of a baby food consistency and it tasted lovely!
Cerealkiller, I found out this evening that when you go the next time you can pick and choose which flavours you want. So if you only like the strawberry shake one you can opt for all strawberry or just pick the ones you like. I feel relieved at this as I do not want to try the chilli con carne one or the chicken one nor the broth.
I found a guide on ebay for some recipes. I am not sure if I am allowed to put links so have copied and paste the following:-
Ice Cream
Put 11 ice cubes in a smoothie maker and crush the ice. Add a food pack (Strawberry, Raspberry,Banana, Caramel, Vanilla) and a small amount of water (about 2 tbsp) and liquidise for 5 mins. You end up with a big bowl of "ice cream".
Smoothie
Place 10-16 ice cubes (depending on your preference), a pint of water, and your food pack in a smoothie maker and blend for approx. 3 mins. Makes about 2 pints of delicious cold frothy whatever flavour you like. If you use a Cappuccino sachet it makes a kind of frappe Try adding one of the water flavourings for a different taste!
Bar of Chocolate!
You can make chocolate out of a chocolate pack (or choc mint). Mix the pack with a bit of water until you have a thick paste, then spread on some tin foil and put in the freezer for an hour or more. It really tastes quite like chocolate!
Variation: Use half chocolate and half vanilla for a Mars bar!
Black Forest Gateau
Put 10 ice cubes, chocolate pack, 8oz water, and 1.5tsp of fruits of the forest flavouring (LL) into a smoothie maker and blend - ITS FANTASTIC!!
Cheesecake Smoothie
Tastes just like cheesecake!
Put vanilla pack, 10 ice cubes, 8oz water, tsp St. Clements (LL) flavouring all in the smoothie maker and blend.
Maltesers
Chop a bar up into small pieces, roll into balls and cook in the microwave for about 40secs, check as they will burn. Scrape these of the plate. Next mix up a chocolate or vanilla foodpack with water until it has a thick coating consistency and coat the biscuits with chocolate. Place on cling film and then wrap up leaving room so you don’t squash them, I always double wrap with foil. Leave in freezer for a few hours then take out and enjoy. They really do taste like malteasers if you don't burn them
Lemon Sorbet
Put ice cubes in the smoothie maker with some water and blend to make it slushy, add water flavouring to your tasting - and hey presto you have a sorbet/slush puppie!!
Biscuits
Cut up a bar into 8 - 10 pieces. Arrange on microwave plate, I usually only put 3 in at a time to give them the space they need to expand.
Microwave for approx 1.30mins - or until you can see that they have stopped bubbling. Be careful as they may start burning from the inside out. Use a knife under the biscuits to prise them off the plate and turn them onto their backs (onto the bar wrapper) and leave until they have cooled and hardened.
Chicken Stuffing
Mix as you would do for a chocolate muffin but use a packet of chicken soup instead. Cook in microwave for 1.40 seconds or more or less depending on how dry you like it.
Poppadoms
Mix a soup pack into a smooth paste, spread on a plate or greaseproof paper and microwave for 1 1/2 - 2 mins.when it starts to bubble open up and let it settle for a sec. keep opening and letting it settle until (the poppadom) starts to turn golden (don't take your eyes off it) - when it is golden brown take it out and let it cool, then peel it off and enjoy
Be careful of overcooking, as this will make them taste slightly bitter.
Bar of Chocolate
You can make chocolate out of a chocolate pack (or choc mint). Mix the pack with a bit of water until you have a thick paste, then spread on some tin foil and put in the freezer for an hour or more. It really tastes quite like chocolate!
Variation: Use half chocolate and half vanilla for a Mars bar!
Black Forest Gateau
Put 10 ice cubes, chocolate pack, 8oz water, and 1.5tsp of fruits of the forest flavouring (LL) into a smoothie maker and blend - ITS FANTASTIC!!
Cheesecake Smoothie – Tastes just like cheesecake!
Put vanilla pack, 10 ice cubes, 8oz water, tsp St. Clements (LL) or) flavouring all in the smoothie maker and blend.
Chocolate Biscuit
Put sparkling water into a chocolate pack and then add a pinch of salt. Put this on a piece of greaseproof paper, round it into a biscuit shape and bake it in the microwave for about 2.30 minutes. The result is a crunchy chocolaty biscuit with a “dunking” texture.
Black Forest Cookie
Add 1 chocolate pack to sparkling water (3tbls give and take) add half a tsp summer berry flavour and microwave for one minute (let it settle) and you have the fluffiest cookie ever.
Chocolate Fudge
1 packet of chocolate
1/4 cup of hot water
2 or more sweeteners
1tsp of coffee (if you like)
Mix well - it should look like a thick chocolate soup. Microwave it for 2 minutes. It comes out as a thick gooey mess, which tastes like fudge!
Lollies
Mix whatever sweet flavour pack you like with 200-300mls of sparkling water and pour into lollipop moulds and freeze overnight.
Bear in mind that to eat the whole food pack you will have to eat all the lollies!
Cafe Latte
Mix a hot vanilla shake with a teaspoon of coffee and some sweeteners if required.
Chocolate Pudding & Chocolate Sauce
Microwave most of the choc pack like a cookie but keep some aside and mix into a thick paste whilst the muffin is cooking. Take muffin out and smear with thick choc goo and eat, it really does taste nice and cools the muffin down. This can be done with vanilla 'icing' too.
Chocolate Custard
Dissolve a sweetener in approx 70mls hot water. Add a chocolate pack. Microwave for approximately 40secs. It makes a lovely hot chocolate custard. A whole pack of this can be a bit sickly so try half the quantities put it on top of a choc muffin.
Hot Chocomint
Make up some strong peppermint tea. Mix a chocolate pack with hot water and a couple of sweeteners (depending on your taste) add the tea. Microwave for approx. 20secs and stir (better if you whisk with an aero latté) .