Serves 4
4.5 syn for entire recipe on extra easy
Ingredients
4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
2 spring onions finely chopped
1 small onion sliced
1 tablespoon of honey
the juice of one orange
2 teaspoons of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of finely chopped fresh ginger
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 teaspoon of garlic salt
1 teaspoon of ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon of paprika
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 [...]

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Well as you saw from my last post, I had a bit of an over indulgence after Christmas, but back on track today I decided to have an Original day in hope that the cutting down on carbs and getting plenty of vegetables and fruit into me, will undo the 2lbs I have gained this [...]

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I tried to make my Christmas Dinner as slimming world friendly as possible. I had lingonberry sauce on my turkey, which was 1 syn for a tablespoon and the gravy was made using stock, herbs and a tablespoon of flour (3 syns). So the only naughty thing really was the homemade yorkshires. My hubby had [...]

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The original recipe for Yakitori requires Sake and normal sugar, but I left out the Sake (as the syns would be a lot more)

Serves 2-3 people
4 syns for entire recipe
Ingredients
6 chicken thighs (skin and fat removed) chopped into bitesize pieces
1 carrot shredded
1 red pepper sliced
4 spring onions sliced lengthways and then in half
8 button mushrooms [...]

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Serves 2
4 syns for entire recipe
2 syns per serving on Extra Easy
Ingredients:
6 chicken thighs (skinned, boned and all fat removed)
2 tablespoons of Hoi Sin sauce
1 tablespoon of apricot jam
4 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of sweetener
zest of an orange
3 tablespoons of fresh cilantro (coriander)
1 large carrot sliced
1 green pepper sliced
3 spring onions sliced lengthways and [...]

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Serves 4
Just 1 HEa for entire recipe
Ingredients
150g  of frozen pea, thawed at room temperature
1  onion, finely chopped
2 courgettes, chopped
8 eggs, beaten
sprinkling of fresh parsley
28g (1oz) freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
frylight
Method
Preheat oven to 180c or 350f
Heat a  non-stick frying pan and spray with frylight. Cook the onions  until softened then add the [...]

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For the Sweet Onion Braised Beef
Serves 4
4 syns for entire recipe
Ingredients
800g of braising steak
2 tablespoons of sweetener
3 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon of dried thyme
1 tablespoon of flour
1 tablespoon of tomato puree
500 ml of beef stock (made up with bovril)
1 large red onion sliced
splash of balsamic vinegar
few drops of worcestershire sauce

Method
Spray a frying pan with frylight [...]

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Serves 6
2 syns for entire recipe
Ingredients
1 onion, chopped
2 stalks of celery, chopped
2 small carrots, chopped
3 garlic cloves
150ml of beef or chicken stock
400g of extra lean beef mince
600ml of passata
1 tsp of dried basil
1 tsp of dried oregano
1 tsp of dried thyme
4 tablespoons of tomato puree
handful of mushrooms sliced
400g of  dried pasta of your choice (penne [...]

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Serves 4
8 syns for entire recipe
2 syns per portion on extra easy
Ingredients

For the crab and potato cakes

225g of crab meat
250g of cooked mashed potato
4 spring onions, sliced lengthways and finely chopped
120ml of extra light mayonnaise
Salt and Pepper to season
1/2 cup of plain cooked cous cous
For the side mayo
120ml of extra light mayo
1 teaspoon of orange [...]

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Just done my weekly weigh in, another 1.5lbs off. I am really pleased with that. I am definately getting more and more motivated as I can feel my clothes getting looser.
I am determined to stay focused all over christmas, will have a flexi day on Christmas day, but I have no plan to go too [...]

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