Serves 4
8.5 syns for entire recipe on extra easy
Ingredients
800g of chuck steak (or similar tender beef) cut into chunks
2 onions chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tablespoon of fresh ginger
1  teaspoon of turmeric
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon of coriander
2 teaspoons of chilli powder
400ml of passata
165ml of light coconut milk (8.5 syns)
Method
Spray a saucepan with spray oil and [...]

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Last time I went to the US shopping, I brought back some yummy flavour Yoplait Yoghurts. Bit optimistic too as they were not syn free as hoped, they were 2 syns each. But 2 syns wasn’t too bad, so still had them anyway.
Anyway went shopping in the US again this weekend. Picked up some 100 [...]

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Ingredients
2 small Baking Potatoes
3 slices of turkey bacon or low fat bacon
Handful of Button Mushrooms Sliced
Onion Sliced
1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
42g of mozzarella cheese (HEa)
Method
Preheat Oven to 200c or 400f
Prick the potatoes in their skins and microwave in oven for approx 7-8 mins
Cut in half and place on a baking tray
Spray with spray oil and place [...]

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Ingredients
Serves 1
Whole Wheat Linguine (your choice on amount)
1 tablespoon of Red Pesto (2.5 syns)
Fresh Crab
Frozen Peas
Method
Cook your pasta
Stir in frozen peas
Add 1 tablespoon of Pesto and stir to coat pasta
Remove from heat
Stir in some fresh crab meat.
A very quick and simple meal. Delicious

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While browsing on a forum, I came across a Delia Smith recipe for a Chocolate Cake which uses NO flour. So thought ooooh this could work for a slimming world recipe if I substitute the caster sugar with splenda.
So I had a go and the below was the result. I must say it is rather [...]

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Ingredients
1pk Batchelor’s Pasta & Sauce  (syn free one) or similar quantity of pasta cooked in some water with a chicken stock cube
Mixed Vegetables (I used asparagus spears and peas)
Ham
3 eggs
large pinch mixed herbs
black pepper
Reduced Fat Cheese
Method
Make the Pasta & Sauce according to the packet instructions, replacing any milk with water and omitting any butter. Allow [...]

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You wouldnt guess I was on a diet by looking at these. But they are almost free in syns apart from the little bit of mayo on each one.
YUMMY!!!! – Enjoy (I did )

Ingredients
(makes 4 burgers)
600g Extra Lean Beef Mince
1 egg
1 beef stock cube
1 red onion sliced in rings
handful of mushrooms sliced
1 teaspoon of [...]

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I found a recipe for a low syn sponge on minimins and adapted it into this lovely Carrot Cake.

Ingredients
6 eggs, separated
9 tbsp Splenda
1 tsp vanilla extract
2oz (56g) self raising flour
zest and juice of one orange
2 small carrots grated
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
for the topping:
quark mixed with some vanilla extract and a bit of [...]

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Ingredients
1 sweet potato
1 small onion diced
1 clove garlic minced
2 slices of turkey bacon
1/2 red pepper diced
42g of grated reduced fat cheese (use you HEa portion)
salt and pepper to season
spring onions
(optional: low fat butter spread, like flora light for mashing the sweet potato – 1 syn)
Method
Preheat the oven to 200c or 400f
Place sweet potato on a [...]

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syn free on Extra Easy when using the cheese as a Healthy Extra
Ingredients
Mushrooms Sliced
Onion chopped finely
2 cloves of garlic crushed and chopped finely
3 slices of turkey bacon or lean bacon
1/2 pint of chicken stock
1/2 tub of fat free fromaige frais
Salt and Black Pepper to season
42g of reduced fat cheddar cheese (or other cheese of your [...]

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