Hi All, I have noticed alot of people mentioning they need a quick recipe or don't know what to have for tea or have difficulty planning meals.
So I thought I would share my quick basic and easy meals ideas with you (plus they dont cost a fourtune either). Some of them may have couple of errors as I borrowed this from my mate and she did green/red!
Now they are for EE but.. are totally adaptable! No recipe will have more than one hexa and hexb in it so is suitable for EE and the other 2 plans!!
HTH
Banana split:
1 banana sliced lengthways, topped with your Healthy Extra choice of cereal and very low fat natural yogurt.
Breakfast Toastie:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with grilled mushrooms, onion wedges and tomatoes, sprinkled with a dash of Worcestershire sauce, plus a few satsumas.
Cereal and pear:
Your Healthy Extra choice of cereal with milk from the allowance, plus a pear or two.
Cereal/Yogurt:
Your Healthy Extra choice of cereal with milk from the allowance, topped with sliced banana, plus a very low fat yogurt, any variety
Egg And Soldiers:
Boiled eggs with toast soldiers made with bread as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice , plus some fresh figs.
Egg On Toast/Apple:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with scrambled egg and a can of plum tomatoes plus an apple.
English Breakfast:
Grilled bacon, very low fat sausages from your Syns selection and mushrooms, served with canned plum tomatoes.
Fruity Cereal:
Your Healthy Extra choice of cereal topped with a pot of very low fat yogurt, plus a pear.
Hot Toastie:
Grilled, chopped bacon and mushrooms mixed with a can of chopped tomatoes, heated through and served on 2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice plus an apple.
Tomatoes on Toast:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with canned chopped tomatoes, plus an orange.
Beans On Toast:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with a can of baked beans, plus an orange.
BLT Sandwich:
2 slices of bread as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice filled with bacon, lettuce, sliced tomatoes and 1 level tablespoon of reduced calorie mayonnaise (2½ Syns), plus a pot of Mullerlight, any variety.
Filled Roll/Fruit Salad:
57g/2oz bread roll as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice filled with ham and sliced tomato, plus a bowl of chopped apple, orange, pear and grapes topped with very low fat natural yogurt.
Hot Chicken Salad:
Bite-sized pieces of chicken, bacon, onion, mushrooms and tomatoes, fried in a little Fry Light, served on a bed of green leaves with 57g/2oz bread roll as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice, plus a very low fat yogurt, any variety.
Italian omelette:
Omelette filled with red onion, peppers, mushrooms and 42g/1½oz Mozzarella cheese, with canned chopped tomatoes plus a pear.
Packed Lunch:
Bread roll as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice filled with egg, 1 level tablespoon reduced calorie mayonnaise (2½ Syns) and watercress, plus an apple.
Spaghetti And Meatballs:
100g boiled wholemeal spaghetti topped with meatballs: Place 2 chopped onions, 1 can chopped tomatoes, 1 level tbsp tomato purée, ½ level tsp artificial sweetener and chopped parsley in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes while making the meatballs. Place 454g/1lb extra lean minced beef and 1 chopped clove of garlic in a mixing bowl. Mix well until evenly combined. Add 1 beaten egg and mix well. Divide into 20 portions and shape into balls with wetted hands. Carefully add to the tomato sauce. Cover the pan and simmer for 30 minutes until the meat is cooked thoroughly.
Chicken Stir-Fry:
Chicken strips stir-fried with frozen stir-fry vegetables (eg peppers, mushrooms, beansprouts, onion and water chestnuts, served with noodles or rice.
Chilli beans Jacket:
Jacket potato with a large can of baked beans in tomato sauce with a teaspoon of chilli powder added (to taste) and a large salad, plus 71g/2oz ready to eat apricots or prunes.
Chicken kebabs:
Marinate chunks of chicken, onion and red pepper in lemon juice and garlic, thread onto skewers and grill until cooked. Served with a huge crunchy salad, plus a pear.
Grilled Lamb:
Grill lamb steaks with a coating of mint sauce and serve with a selection of roasted vegetables such as courgettes, carrots, peppers and onions plus some nectarines or peaches.
Ham And Melon/Stir-Fry:
Wafer thin ham and melon balls, followed by turkey stir-fried in one cal oil spray with chinese style vegetables, eg beansprouts, peppers, mushrooms, pak choi and broccoli.
Quick meat pie:
Fry some onion, garlic, extra lean minced beef, herbs and seasoning in one cal oil spray, add a can of chopped tomatoes and some Free stock and heat until cooked. Place in an oven dish, top with lots of mashed swede or celeriac and bake at 190°C/375°F/gas 5 until golden. plus a bowl of chopped kiwi and mango topped with very low fat natural fromage frais.
Roast Beef:
Roast beef with mashed swede and roasted veg (chunks of red onion, carrot, leeks and butternut squash placed on a baking tray, sprinkled with herbs and seasoning, sprayed with Fry Light and roasted at 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6 for 30 minutes).
Burger And Chips:
2 frozen Quorn Burgers or tofu burgers (from your Syns selection) with mushy peas and Syn-free chips (par-boiled potato chips, sprayed with Fry Light and baked at 240°C/475°F/Gas Mark 9 for 20-25 minutes, turning occasionally), plus an apple.
Chilli risotto:
Spray a large non-stick saucepan with one cal oil spray, add onion and mushrooms and cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir in 2 tsp dried paprika, 3 tsp chilli powder, a dash of Worcestershire Sauce, a can chopped tomatoes, frozen peas, sweetcorn, a can of kidney beans, rice and 2 tsp artificial sweetener. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed. Season to taste before serving. Plus a bunch of grapes.
Vegetarian stir-fry:
Quorn pieces or chunks of tofu stir-fried with frozen stir-fry vegetables (eg peppers, mushrooms, beansprouts, onion and water chestnuts, served with noodles or rice.
Curried vegetables:
Chop a selection of vegetables such as onion, courgettes, mixed peppers and mushrooms, Place in a pan with ¼pt/142ml Free stock and simmer until syrupy. Stir in some curry powder and very low fat natural yogurt and gently heat through (do not boil). Served with piles of rice, plus fresh fruit kebabs dipped into very low fat natural fromage frais.
Jacket Supper:
A large jacket potato filled with baked beans in tomato sauce, served with a large salad, plus a banana.
Topped Toast:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with a can of spaghetti in tomato sauce, plus chopped pineapple with very low fat natural yogurt.
Quick Veggie Paella:
Chopped peppers, onion, courgettes and peas softened in a little Free stock, mixed with rice, plus an orange.
Spaghetti Bolognese:
Quorn mince or dried defatted soya mince and a can of chopped tomatoes added to chopped onion and garlic fried in Fry Light, seasoned to taste and cooked until tender, served on a bed of spaghetti sprinkled with 1 level tablespoon Parmesan (1½ Syns), plus a pear.
Vegetarian kebabs:
Marinate chunks of Quorn or tofu, onion and red pepper in lemon juice and garlic, thread onto skewers and grill until cooked. Served with a huge crunchy salad, plus a pear.
So I thought I would share my quick basic and easy meals ideas with you (plus they dont cost a fourtune either). Some of them may have couple of errors as I borrowed this from my mate and she did green/red!
Now they are for EE but.. are totally adaptable! No recipe will have more than one hexa and hexb in it so is suitable for EE and the other 2 plans!!
HTH
Banana split:
1 banana sliced lengthways, topped with your Healthy Extra choice of cereal and very low fat natural yogurt.
Breakfast Toastie:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with grilled mushrooms, onion wedges and tomatoes, sprinkled with a dash of Worcestershire sauce, plus a few satsumas.
Cereal and pear:
Your Healthy Extra choice of cereal with milk from the allowance, plus a pear or two.
Cereal/Yogurt:
Your Healthy Extra choice of cereal with milk from the allowance, topped with sliced banana, plus a very low fat yogurt, any variety
Egg And Soldiers:
Boiled eggs with toast soldiers made with bread as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice , plus some fresh figs.
Egg On Toast/Apple:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with scrambled egg and a can of plum tomatoes plus an apple.
English Breakfast:
Grilled bacon, very low fat sausages from your Syns selection and mushrooms, served with canned plum tomatoes.
Fruity Cereal:
Your Healthy Extra choice of cereal topped with a pot of very low fat yogurt, plus a pear.
Hot Toastie:
Grilled, chopped bacon and mushrooms mixed with a can of chopped tomatoes, heated through and served on 2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice plus an apple.
Tomatoes on Toast:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with canned chopped tomatoes, plus an orange.
Beans On Toast:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with a can of baked beans, plus an orange.
BLT Sandwich:
2 slices of bread as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice filled with bacon, lettuce, sliced tomatoes and 1 level tablespoon of reduced calorie mayonnaise (2½ Syns), plus a pot of Mullerlight, any variety.
Filled Roll/Fruit Salad:
57g/2oz bread roll as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice filled with ham and sliced tomato, plus a bowl of chopped apple, orange, pear and grapes topped with very low fat natural yogurt.
Hot Chicken Salad:
Bite-sized pieces of chicken, bacon, onion, mushrooms and tomatoes, fried in a little Fry Light, served on a bed of green leaves with 57g/2oz bread roll as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice, plus a very low fat yogurt, any variety.
Italian omelette:
Omelette filled with red onion, peppers, mushrooms and 42g/1½oz Mozzarella cheese, with canned chopped tomatoes plus a pear.
Packed Lunch:
Bread roll as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice filled with egg, 1 level tablespoon reduced calorie mayonnaise (2½ Syns) and watercress, plus an apple.
Spaghetti And Meatballs:
100g boiled wholemeal spaghetti topped with meatballs: Place 2 chopped onions, 1 can chopped tomatoes, 1 level tbsp tomato purée, ½ level tsp artificial sweetener and chopped parsley in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 10 minutes while making the meatballs. Place 454g/1lb extra lean minced beef and 1 chopped clove of garlic in a mixing bowl. Mix well until evenly combined. Add 1 beaten egg and mix well. Divide into 20 portions and shape into balls with wetted hands. Carefully add to the tomato sauce. Cover the pan and simmer for 30 minutes until the meat is cooked thoroughly.
Chicken Stir-Fry:
Chicken strips stir-fried with frozen stir-fry vegetables (eg peppers, mushrooms, beansprouts, onion and water chestnuts, served with noodles or rice.
Chilli beans Jacket:
Jacket potato with a large can of baked beans in tomato sauce with a teaspoon of chilli powder added (to taste) and a large salad, plus 71g/2oz ready to eat apricots or prunes.
Chicken kebabs:
Marinate chunks of chicken, onion and red pepper in lemon juice and garlic, thread onto skewers and grill until cooked. Served with a huge crunchy salad, plus a pear.
Grilled Lamb:
Grill lamb steaks with a coating of mint sauce and serve with a selection of roasted vegetables such as courgettes, carrots, peppers and onions plus some nectarines or peaches.
Ham And Melon/Stir-Fry:
Wafer thin ham and melon balls, followed by turkey stir-fried in one cal oil spray with chinese style vegetables, eg beansprouts, peppers, mushrooms, pak choi and broccoli.
Quick meat pie:
Fry some onion, garlic, extra lean minced beef, herbs and seasoning in one cal oil spray, add a can of chopped tomatoes and some Free stock and heat until cooked. Place in an oven dish, top with lots of mashed swede or celeriac and bake at 190°C/375°F/gas 5 until golden. plus a bowl of chopped kiwi and mango topped with very low fat natural fromage frais.
Roast Beef:
Roast beef with mashed swede and roasted veg (chunks of red onion, carrot, leeks and butternut squash placed on a baking tray, sprinkled with herbs and seasoning, sprayed with Fry Light and roasted at 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6 for 30 minutes).
Burger And Chips:
2 frozen Quorn Burgers or tofu burgers (from your Syns selection) with mushy peas and Syn-free chips (par-boiled potato chips, sprayed with Fry Light and baked at 240°C/475°F/Gas Mark 9 for 20-25 minutes, turning occasionally), plus an apple.
Chilli risotto:
Spray a large non-stick saucepan with one cal oil spray, add onion and mushrooms and cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir in 2 tsp dried paprika, 3 tsp chilli powder, a dash of Worcestershire Sauce, a can chopped tomatoes, frozen peas, sweetcorn, a can of kidney beans, rice and 2 tsp artificial sweetener. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed. Season to taste before serving. Plus a bunch of grapes.
Vegetarian stir-fry:
Quorn pieces or chunks of tofu stir-fried with frozen stir-fry vegetables (eg peppers, mushrooms, beansprouts, onion and water chestnuts, served with noodles or rice.
Curried vegetables:
Chop a selection of vegetables such as onion, courgettes, mixed peppers and mushrooms, Place in a pan with ¼pt/142ml Free stock and simmer until syrupy. Stir in some curry powder and very low fat natural yogurt and gently heat through (do not boil). Served with piles of rice, plus fresh fruit kebabs dipped into very low fat natural fromage frais.
Jacket Supper:
A large jacket potato filled with baked beans in tomato sauce, served with a large salad, plus a banana.
Topped Toast:
2 slices of toast as your Healthy Extra 'b' choice topped with a can of spaghetti in tomato sauce, plus chopped pineapple with very low fat natural yogurt.
Quick Veggie Paella:
Chopped peppers, onion, courgettes and peas softened in a little Free stock, mixed with rice, plus an orange.
Spaghetti Bolognese:
Quorn mince or dried defatted soya mince and a can of chopped tomatoes added to chopped onion and garlic fried in Fry Light, seasoned to taste and cooked until tender, served on a bed of spaghetti sprinkled with 1 level tablespoon Parmesan (1½ Syns), plus a pear.
Vegetarian kebabs:
Marinate chunks of Quorn or tofu, onion and red pepper in lemon juice and garlic, thread onto skewers and grill until cooked. Served with a huge crunchy salad, plus a pear.
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