Maisie-Maple
Member
Hi everyone!
Ive made some little substitutes in my meals so that ALL 15 syns can be used on treats (such as wine and chocolate!) eg.
Instead of salad cream I use either balsamic vinegar which I have discovered is yummy, or fat free cottage cheese such as Asda with onion/chives, just to give a salad or some SW chips a bit of something to make it less dry or to dip in.
I also use Harissa paste (chilli flavour, quite hot) if Im having Quorn sausage, chips and beans - I just put a bit on the side of the plate to use as a mustard or ketchup substitute. I also spread in very thinly on wholemeal toast if Im having beans on toast, instead of margarine or butter.
Switching to skimmed milk has also meant that I have enough for weetabix and a few coffees, whereas before I only had enough for the cereal and maybe one or two cups of coffee as I have mine fairly milky. The rest of the day I was synning the dashes of milk.
I reckon I used to use half my syns on a bit of butter, a dollop of salad cream/ketchup, a few extra milk dashes in teas etc but I wasnt really counting them properly - its lovely to get to the evening and know I can have a glass of red AND a fudge bar or something and know Im not going over my syns.
Just wondered if anyone else had any syn-swaps to share?
xx
Ive made some little substitutes in my meals so that ALL 15 syns can be used on treats (such as wine and chocolate!) eg.
Instead of salad cream I use either balsamic vinegar which I have discovered is yummy, or fat free cottage cheese such as Asda with onion/chives, just to give a salad or some SW chips a bit of something to make it less dry or to dip in.
I also use Harissa paste (chilli flavour, quite hot) if Im having Quorn sausage, chips and beans - I just put a bit on the side of the plate to use as a mustard or ketchup substitute. I also spread in very thinly on wholemeal toast if Im having beans on toast, instead of margarine or butter.
Switching to skimmed milk has also meant that I have enough for weetabix and a few coffees, whereas before I only had enough for the cereal and maybe one or two cups of coffee as I have mine fairly milky. The rest of the day I was synning the dashes of milk.
I reckon I used to use half my syns on a bit of butter, a dollop of salad cream/ketchup, a few extra milk dashes in teas etc but I wasnt really counting them properly - its lovely to get to the evening and know I can have a glass of red AND a fudge bar or something and know Im not going over my syns.
Just wondered if anyone else had any syn-swaps to share?
xx