Syn Free Beef and Vegetable Casserole – a great hearty meal that can be cooked in a slow cooker, instant pot or oven.

Sometimes you want a meal where you can just throw some ingredients into a pan or slow cooker and leave it to do it’s work. This Syn Free Beef and Vegetable Casserole is one of those dishes, and the end result tastes amazing.

The only complicated part is roasting the pepper for the paste and it’s worth it for the flavour it adds.

I love casseroles, and my kids do to. It’s always a great way to incorporate lots of different vegetables, as you can literally add whatever vegetables you have and most will dig in and enjoy the lot. At least that is the case with my kids. A dish like this Syn Free Beef and Vegetable Casserole is one way I know I can get them to eat a decent serving of vegetables.

I remember as a child I wasn’t a veggie fan either. Serve me up veggies on a plate as they were and I hated them, but serve me up a casserole or stew then I would clear the plate.

Luckily I love vegetables now, the hate I had for them as a child has long gone. Instead I now source as many different vegetables as I can. Slimming World encourages us to eat at least a 1/3 of our plate speed foods, so it’s a great excuse to get adventurous and start looking for new vegetables to try.

The more varied and interesting you make them, the more you will begin to love them if you one of those veggie avoiders. Remember – vegetables are high satiety, lower in calories and great for bulking out meals.  So they are going to help keep you fuller for longer when paired up with other food groups and will speed your weight loss as they naturally reduce the portions of the other foods on your plate when you follow the 1/3 speed foods advice.

Still confused about speed foods? Check out my post here on The Benefit of Speed Foods

This Beef and Vegetable Casserole was literally using up some vegetables I had, with a few additions of some seasoning and spices. The final result was packed with flavour.

It can be cooked in an Instant Pot (a multi function Pressure Cooker and one of my most used kitchen items). This is one of the best things I have ever bought and I use it almost daily in one way or another.

 

It is basically a 7in1 cooker, and it slow cooks, pressure cooks, saute’s, has settings for soup, chilli, rice, porridge and even makes yoghurt (I haven’t tried that yet). Hey I even cook my boiled eggs in this, you should see how effortlessly they peel.

Check out my other: Instant Pot Recipes

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or if you want a delicious meal when you get home from work, add it to a slow cooker. Don’t have either of those? Then don’t worry as you can also cook this in the oven.

I served with my delicious Syn Free Mashed Potatoes, as you need something to mop up all that lovely sauce and some oven roasted zucchini.

It’s a great freezer friendly dish and completely SYN FREE too. You don’t need a better excuse to make this Syn Free Beef and Vegetable Casserole.

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Looking for some more  recipes to try? – Previously on Slimming Eats

• 1 year ago: Bulgur Wheat, Onion, Sage and Sausage Stuffed Chicken
• 2 years ago: Asian Chicken Meatballs
• 4 years ago: Double Baked Smoked Mackerel Stuffed Sweet Potato
• 5 years ago: Garlic and Herb Roast Potatoes
• 6 years ago: Bacon and Lentil Soup
• 7 years ago: Shepherds Pie
• 8 years ago: Syn Free Spicy Spanish Chicken with Rice

with many more recipes in my full: Recipe Index

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