Slimming Eats Recipe
Green – 2 syns and 1 HEa per serving
Extra Easy – 2 syns and 1 HEa per serving
or 1 syn per apple and cheddar quinoa bite when not using your Healthy Extra A choice
Apple and Cheese Quinoa Bites
Ingredients
- 200g/7oz of cooked quinoa
- 1 large apple, grated (I recommend using a sweet variety – I used a lady alice) (4 syns)
- 90g/3ozof reduced fat cheddar (2xHEa)
- 1 egg, beaten
- olive oil spray
- * remember fruit when not in it’s raw form i.e. cooked, blended or pureed becomes syns – refer to your basic syn guide for syn values in you are unsure of syn value
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180c or 350f
- Add quinoa, apple, cheese and beaten egg to a bowl and mix thoroughly to combine.
- Form into 12 equal size balls or patties and place on a baking tray sprayed with olive oil spray to prevent sticking.
- Bake in the oven until firm and a pale golden colour (approx 30 mins)
- Great served with a salad.
- You could also add some chives or fresh herbs to the mixture for additional flavour.
- Enjoy!!!
Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1 SERVINGAmount Per Serving Calories 251Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 7gCholesterol 69mgSodium 169mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 4gSugar 10gProtein 9g
Nutritional information and valuesetc are an estimate and is to be used for informational purposes only. Ingredients can vary greatly from brand to brand and therefore it would be impossible to give accurate information. It is always advised that you calculate by the ingredients you use.
The recipe above has been calculated for Slimming World, however for those of you following the Weight Watchers plan or another calorie controlled type diet. Below is the approx. nutritional information (using calorie count recipe analysis)
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Approx. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION |
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1 serving |
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Calories |
251 |
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Fat |
7.0g |
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Saturated Fat |
2.5g |
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Total Carbohydrate |
32.0g |
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Dietary Fibre |
4.3g |
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Sugars |
12.0g |
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Protein |
16.5g |
lucie42 says
can you tell me how much dry weight quinona you need so I don't cook too much? Thanks 🙂
slimadmin says
it wouldn't be any more than 1/2 cup of dried quinoa
D'thea Webster says
But you can cool a whole bunch and freeze/reheat for salads, or as a side