Donner Kebab

This honestly tastes just like one from a kebab shop! Its so tasty!

Serves 4, 1 syn per portion (heb for pitta bread) (extra 0.5 syns for white kebab sauce)

1 teaspoon plain flour

1 teaspoon dried oregano

Ha;f teaspoon dried Italian herbs

Half teaspoon garlic powder

Half teaspoon onion powder

Quarter teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon salt

Half teaspoon black pepper

500g Lamb mince

Combine all the ingredients. Work the mixture well with your hands, pounding & kneading until there are no air pockets. It shold be a smooth mixture.

Shape into a loaf shape, and place on a baking tray (preferably on a wire rack) and put in the oven at 180c for 1 hour 20 mins. Turn the loaf over halfway through cooking.

Remove from the oven & wrap in foil. Let it rest for 10 minutes while you warm pitta bread & prepare salad. Unwrap the meat and slice as thinly as possible. Add red or white kebab sauce to taste.

Leek & Bean hash

 

 Serves 2, 1 HEA per portion, 0 syns on Extra Easy / Green

Ingredients

• 2 medium baking potatoes (approx 320g each), diced
• 1 large leek (approx 310g), finely chopped
• 200g of baked beans
• 2 HEA of cheddar cheese, grated
• 2 medium eggs
• Frylight

Method

1. Cook the potatoes in lightly salted boiling water for 4-5 minutes, or until tender.
2. Meanwhile, heat frylight in a large frying pan and fry the leek for 4-5 minutes, or until soft.
3. Stir in the potatoes, beans and grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper and mix together. Cook over a medium heat for 10-15 minutes, only stirring every 3-4 minutes to allow the underside to brown and crisp a little each time. Continue to cook until the hash is evenly browned.
4. Meanwhile, heat frylight in a separate frying pan and fry the eggs over a high heat until the white is cooked and the yolk is just set, or cooked to your liking. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Divide the hash evenly between the plates and top each with a fried egg.

Hawaiin Pasta Bake

1 red onion, chopped
Half tin sweetcorn/half a cup of frozen sweetcorn
Chopped fresh pineapple
1 tub passata
cooked pasta
1 gammon round, chopped
100g mozzerela



Serves 4, HEA per portion, syn free on EE

Put all the ingredients in a large pasta dish, and top with the cheese. Put in the oven for 30 mins til the cheese has all melted.

Recipe Testers!

Please let me know if you try any of the recipes :) Would love to hear how they turn out for other people!

Butternut Squash Risotto

•  Free on EE & Green (hea for parmesan)
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• 1 onion, chopped
• Frylight
• 1 butternut squash peeled and diced
• 200g (7 oz) risotto rice
• 600ml (1 pint) vegetable or chicken stock
• 30ml (2 tbsp) grated parmesan, to serve (hea)

Method

1. Fry the onion gently in the frylight until soft but not browned.
2. Add the squash and rice and stir for 2 minutes. Add 2 ladles of stock and bring to a simmer.
3. Cook, stirring until almost all the stock is absorbed. Add the rest of the stock a little at a time, cooking until each addition is absorbed, the squash is soft and the rice is al dente and creamy. Season well. Divide between 4 bowls and sprinkle with cheese.

Chinese chicken & egg fried rice

I used Joes chinese chicken steaks for this (syn free and delicious) and made the egg fried rice.

Egg Fried Rice (free on EE and Green)
I use rice thats been cooked then cooled down, otherwise it goes all sticky. Use 1 cup of cooked cooled rice per person. Fry spring onion in some fry-light & 1 teaspoon chinese 5 spice (if you have it). Add the rice, and stir fry until cooked through. Add peas & sweetcorn & 2 tsps soy sauce. Once all that is heated through, make a well in the middle, and add 2 beaten eggs. Stir the eggs quickly while they set, and then gradually mix into the rice.

Beef & bean chilli

beef and mixed bean chilli with rice (serves 4)
Ready in 1 hour
1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
1-2 tsp cayenne pepper or paprika
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp ground cumin
511g/1lb 2oz extra lean minced beef
400g can chopped tomatoes
1 red and 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into small bite-sized pieces
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
400g can red kidney beans in chilli sauce
400g can mixed beans in brine, drained
312g/11oz dried long-grain rice
Yogurt & mint to garnish (fat free yogurt, 1 teaspoon mint sauce, grated cucumber)

1. Place a large, non-stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes. Add the cayenne pepper or paprika, cinnamon, cumin and minced beef and stir-fry for 5-6 minutes.
2. Add the tomatoes and peppers and bring to the boil. Season well, cover tightly and cook over a low heat for 20-25 minutes.
3. Add the beans, stir to mix well and return to the heat for another ten minutes.
4. Meanwhile cook the rice according to the packet instructions, drain and keep warm.
5. Remove the chilli from the heat and serve in warmed bowls with the rice. Top with the yogurt sauce.

Roasted salmon with fennel & tomatoes

Syn free on EE and red (I served mine with boulangerie potatoes)

• 2 medium fennel bulbs
• 2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
• zest and juice 1 lemon
• 175g cherry tomatoes
• Frylight
• 2 salmon fillets , about 175g each 

1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Trim the fronds from the fennel and set aside. Cut the fennel bulbs in half, then cut each half into 3 wedges. Cook in boiling salted water for 10 mins, then drain well. Chop the fennel fronds roughly, then mix with the parsley and lemon zest.
2. Spread the drained fennel over a shallow ovenproof dish, then add the tomatoes.Spray with frylight, then bake for 10 mins. Nestle the salmon among the veg, sprinkle with lemon juice, then bake 15 mins more until the fish is just cooked. Scatter over the parsley and serve.

Sweetcorn Fritters & salsa

From the Extra Easy cookbook

Ready in 45 minutes
Serves: 4
Syns per serving: Free on Extra Easy

ingredients

400g can sweetcorn kernels, drained
200g can tuna in spring water, drained
3 medium potatoes, unpeeled and whole
salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 tbsp each of finely chopped chives,
coriander and parsley
1 egg, lightly beaten
low calorie cooking spray
for the salsa
4 plum tomatoes, finely chopped
½ cucumber, finely diced
½ red onion, peeled and finely diced
3 tbsp chopped mint
juice of 1 lemon

method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Place the sweetcorn and tuna in a large mixing bowl.
2. Place the potatoes in a pan of lightly salted water, bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes, making sure they are not fully cooked. Drain, allow to cool slightly and then peel using a sharp knife. Coarsely grate the potatoes into the sweetcorn

mixture. Add the chopped herbs and egg and season well.

3. Combine the ingredients together using your hands and then divide into 12 portions. Shape each portion into a flat ‘cake’ and place on a non-stick baking tray lined with baking parchment. Spray with low calorie cooking spray and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until lightly golden.

4. While the fritters are cooking make the salsa by combining all the ingredients together in a bowl, season well and chill until required. Serve the fritters with the salsa.

Pesto Rosso

Serves 2 at 1.5 syns per portion on EE

2 chicken breasts
150gi pasta (I used Casereccie to keep as close to the original recipe)
chopped parsley
4 spring onions
2 tbsp weight watchers cremé fraíche (1 syns)
1tbsp red pesto (2 syns)
Juice of a lemon
Mixed herbs (I used oregano & basil)

Boil the pasta as per instructions on teh packet.

Chop & fry the chicken with the lemon juice and mixed herbs until cooked.

In the last minute add the spring onions and parsley.

Drain the pasta and add to the chicken.

Add cremé fraíche and pesto and heat through.

Chicken Noodle Soup

 

 

 

Syn free on Extra Easy!

• 900ml chicken or vegetable stock
• 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast, about 175g/6oz
• 1 tsp chopped fresh root ginger 
• 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice 
• 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
• 50g rice  noodles
• 2 tbsp sweetcorn , canned or frozen
• 2-3 mushrooms , thinly sliced
• 2 spring onions , shredded
• 2 tsp soy sauce , plus extra for serving 

1. Pour the stock into a pan and add the chicken,5 spice, ginger and garlic. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, partly cover and simmer for 20 mins, until the chicken is tender. Remove the chicken to a board and shred into bite-size pieces using a couple of forks.
2. Return the chicken to the stock with the noodles, corn, mushrooms, half the spring onions and the soy sauce. Simmer for 3-4 mins until the noodles are tender. Ladle into two bowls and scatter over the remaining spring onions, herbs and chilli shreds if using. Serve with extra soy sauce for sprinkling.

Jamie Olivers Fish pie

This is the best fish pie I have ever tasted!

Serves 2
Syns = FREE + 1 HEXA

Potatoes
2 x Carrots, Grated

2x sticks celery
1/2 x Red Chilli, finely chopped
84g Reduced Fat Cheese, grated
2 x Tomatoes, chopped
Handful of spinach
150g Prawns
100g Cod
100g Smoked Haddock
1/2 Lemon
Dried Parsley
Salt and black pepper

1. Peel and chop potatoes and boil until soft. Mash, season and put to one side.

2. In a oven proof dish add your grated carrot, celery cheese, tomatoes and spinach.

3. Chop your fish into bitesize pieces and add to the dish along with the prawns. Squeeze over the lemon juice and season with salt, black pepper and add a sprinkle of parsley.

4. Top with the mash potato, spray the top of the mash with frylight and pop in the oven for about 30 mins..

Slow Roasted Chinese Beef

Slow roasted Chinese beef

Serves 2, 1.5 syns per portion on EE (and red if you omit the rice)

350g braising beef

5 spring onions, chopped

1 garlic clove, peeled & sliced

Half an inch of grated ginger

1 red chilli, sliced

1 tsp Chinese 5 spice

1 half star anise (optional)

1 tbsp brown sugar (2.5 syns)

2 tbsp rice wine vinegar

1 tbsp soy sauce

Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Put all the ingredients , making sure to reserve a little of the chilli and spring onion. Add 150ml water, stir well then put on a lid. Cook in the oven for 2-2 1/2 hours until the meat is meltingly tender. If you want the sauce a little thicker, scoop out the meat and boil hard for 5 minutes. Sprinkle the reserved chilli & spring onion on top to serve.

Serve with bok choi or greens and steamed rice.

One-pot breakfast

Syn free on red & extra easy


3 eggs
2 syn-free sausages
2 rashers of lean bacon, chopped
1 spring onion, chopped
1 large mushroom sliced
28g of cheese, grated (hea)
5 cherry tomatoes

Spray a tray with frylight, and add the sausages. Cook in the oven for 10 minutes. Whisk the eggs and add the grated cheese. Remove the tray from teh oven, add the chopped bacon & veg, and then tip in the egg mixture. Return to the oven for 15 minutes.

Easy peasy BBQ sauce

1 tablespoon Heinz BBQ sauce

half tub fat free fromage frais

Mix, and heat gently in a saucepan. Dont let it get too hot/bubble, as it will curdle!

Coronation Chcken

1/2 tub mullerlight apricot yogurt

2 tablespoons hellmans Extra Light mayo

Curry powder (to your own taste)

2 chicken breats, cooked & cubed

Rice Pudding

Yestrday I made a lovely bowl of SW rice pudding!

1 cup of pudding rice
1.5 cup of water
half cup milk from allowance
2 tbsp Splenda
dash vanilla essence
cinaammon to taste

Simmer the rice in the milk/water/splenda mix for 20 mins. Add the vanilla & cinnamon to taste. Serve!

3/6/19

Breakfast - gammon & spaghetti

Lunch - baby spinach, spring onion, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, baked potato, cheese (hea)

Dinner - spag bol

Snacks - cheese curls (3.5), sliced ham, 3 xpink & white wafer (7.5), pasta & tuna pot (1 syn) 2 Alpen light bars (heb)

2/6/10

Have had a bit of a pig out this morning :( but jave reigned it in, and had a good SW friendly dinner!

Weigh in

Weigh In this week - 3.5 lbs loss!

31/5/10

Breakfast - pineapple, grapes, apple

Lunch - Butternut squash risotto (hea parmesan)

Dinner - sausages (2.5 syns) onion gravy (3 syns) bubble & squek cakes, sweetcorn, mushrooms

Snacks - raviloi, sliced ham, 2 x cheese curls (7) 2 finger kit kat (5) 2 alpen ligt bars (heb) mugshot

30/5/10

Havent had a good day today *blush* and had vodka & LOTS of naughty nibbles last night too (Eurovision ha ha!)



Have been good for dinner though.

Homemade chicken kiev (syn free), vegeatble bake (hea cheese) potatoes.

29/5/10

Breakfast - BBQ beans & polenta

Lunch - roasted veg & herby couscous

BBQ Sauce recipe

Have had a request from Steph for the recipe for the BBQ sauce I used for last nights dinner. Please feel free to ask for any recipe that I use, I am happy to share!



BBQ sauce recipe

you will need
1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
1 tsp mild chilli powder
227ml/8fl oz passata
3 tbsp artifical sweetner
4 tbsp balsamaic vinegar
1 tbsp worchestershire sauce
1/2 tsp mustard powder
salt and freshly ground blacke pepper.

spray a pan with fry light and saute the onion and chilli powder over a low heat for 5 minutes until softened.

stir in the remaining ingrredients, bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes untill thickened. check the seasoning before serving hot or cold.

syn free on both days ready in 20 minutes serves 4 and freezer friendly.

Great as a marinade, dip or on ribs etc.

28/5/10

Breakfast - fried polenta, eggs, bacon, mushrooms

Lunch - tandoori chicken, potatoes, asparagus, salad

Snacks - cheese curls (3.5) alpen light & 3 ww crackerbreads (heb) sliced ham, cherries, penguin biscuit (?? syns)

Dinner - totally off plan! Had very naughty chinese and choclates etc . Oh well, start again in the morning!

27/5/10

Breakfast - spaghetti hoops, fried polenta, bacon

Lunch - Salad leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, spring onion, bettroot, leftover prawn biryani mixed with LF mayo (1.50 syns) & fat free fromage frais.

Dinner - steak, BBQ sauce (syn free), jersey ryal poataoes, mange tout, baby corn, asparagus

Snacks - cheese curls (3.5) 6 mikados (3 syns) 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (HEB) marg (2 syns)

26/5/10

Havent updated my blog in a long time - as I have been busy getting married!

Now though, I am back on the plan (bought a 6 week countdown yesterday).




Breakfast - 2 eggs, bacon, large flat mushroom


Lunch - Small jacket potato & cheese (HEA) salad leaves, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, spring onion, beetroot, 3 chicken drumsticks

Dinner - Prawn Biryani (2 syns for rasins)

Snacks - cheese curls (3.5) 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (HEB) marg (2 syns) 8 mikados (4 syns)

15/3/10

Snack - cheese curls (3.5) 2 mikados (1)

Lunch - chicken lemon & thyme kebab, roasted med veg

Snack - Pitta Pizza (heb pitta, hea cheese, passata, red onion, mushroom, red pepper)

Tea snack - spicy butternut squash soup, 4 crackerbreads (4 syns) & marg (2 syns)

Dinner - Coronation chicken jacket potato & salad (6 syns for sauce?)

Total syns - 16.5

14/3/10

Breakfast - fat free yogurt, 2 mikados (1 syn)

Lunch - Jacket potato, 42g light cheese (hea), tuna mayo & sweetcorn (0.5 syns) salad

Snack - cheese curls (3.5), 2 mikados (1 syn)

Tea snack - 1 wholemeal pitta bread (heb), laughing cow deli cheese (1.5), salad

Dinner - chicken n a creamy onion & mushroom sauce, roast potatoes, roast baby carrots.

supper - cheese curls, 4 mikados (5.5)

Total syns - 13

13/3/10

Breakfast - 12 speed soup

Snack - cheese curls (3.5)

Lunch - pasta n sauce

Snack - 2 mikados (1 syn) crab sticks, fat free yogurt

Tea - 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb) laghing cow deli cheese (hea)4 mikados (2 syns)


Dinner - boiled rice, prawns, stir fried veg ( 6 syns for oil?)

Total syns - 12.5

3/3/10

Breakfast - 12 speed soup, 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb) marg (2 syns)

26/2/10

Breakfast - 12 speed soup

25/2/10

Breakfast - large flat mushroom, fried egg, trimmed bacon

Snack - cheese curls (3.5), banana

Lunch - Stuffed sweet peppers, salad (hea cheese)

Snack - french fries (4) 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb)

Dinner - Hoemmade pork sausages, rich onion gravy, mashed potato

Supper - chocolate cake bar (7 syns)

Total syns - 15.5

19/2/10

Breakfast - Shape yogurt, mugshot

Snack - chinese pair, french fries (4 syns)

Lunch - Tune tomato pasta, 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb) & marg (2 syns)

Snack - 2 rock cakes (15 syns?) 


Dinner - seared scallops, spring greens, garlic & rosemary roast potatoes

Total syns - 21

18/2/10

Breakfast - shape yogurt, banana

Snack - cheese curls (3.5)


Lunch - King Prawns, veg & noodles in a syn-free chinese sauce

Snack - crabsticks, cheese curls (3.5), 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb) laughing cow cheese (hea)

Dinner - smoked salmon, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, mashed potato & parsley sauce (2 syns)


Total syns - 9.5

17/2/10

Breakfast - Left over Farmers Breakfast (hea cheese)

Snack - cheese curls (3.5)

Lunch - gammon, tinned sgahetti, french fries (4 syns)

snack - 4 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb)


Dinner - salad, coleslaw (4 syns) jacket potato, coronation chicken (6 syns?)

Total syns - 17.5

Weigh In

Lost 6.5 lbs! Woohoo! I WILL fit into that wedding dress!

16/2/10

Breakfast - shape yogurt, banana

Snacks - cheese curl crisps (3.5) gherkins

Lunch - Farmers Breakfast (mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, peppers, spring onion, low fat cheese hea, eggs, bacon)

Snacks - cheese curls (3.5), 6 whoelgrain crackerbreads (heb) marg (2 syns)

Dinner - Chicken fried rice (6 syns for oil)


Total syns - 15

15/2/10

Breakfast - apple, Ryvita minis (heb), shape yogurt

Snack - fridge raiders (2.5)

Lunch - Chicken, garlic & wine pasta n sauce (1 syn) cauliflower, broccolli & carrots, potato thins (4 syns)

Snack - warburtons fruity teacake (9 syns) french fries (4 syns)

Dinner - roast chicken, roast potatoes, carrots, celeriac, butternut squash, parsnips, sweetcorn

Supper - 4 wholegrain crackerbreads (4 syns) & extra light cheese (hea)






total syns - 24.5

14/2/10

Breakfast - 28g Puffed wheat (heb) & semi milk (hea)

Snack - cheese curls (3.5)

Lunch - Salmon & veg (peppers, mushrooms, onion, courgette) in a soy, lime & ginger glaze

Snack - potato thins (4) cheesy pasta

Dinner - chips, tesco light choice burger (1.5 as I only managed to eat 1!), fried mushrooms & onion, 1 tbsp extra light mayo (0.5)

Total syns - 9.5

13/2/10

Breakfast - 2 Alpen light bars (heb), green tea & lemon

Lunch - Asparagus & pea risotto, cheese curls (3.5) 

Snack - boiled egg, 3 crab sticks, mugshot


Dinner - cottage pie with Duchesse potato topping (4 syns), roast butternutsquash & parsnips

Supper - curly wurly (6 syns)





Total syns - 13.5

12/02/10

Breakfast - Veg & sausage fritatta (eggs, parsley, courgette, mushrooms, pepper, red onion, light choice sausages (2 = 1 syn)

Snack - mullerlight yogurt

Lunch - Roast cauliflower soup, kedgeree

Snack - Tesco potato thins (4 syns)

Tea - 2 Alpen Light Bars (heb), cheese curls (3.5)

Dinner - lean steak, roast veg medley (shallots, carrots, celeriac, butternut squash, parsnip), onion gravy (2 syns)

Snack - potato thins (4 syns)

Total syns -14.5

11/02/10

No breakfast

Snack - French Fries crisps (4 syns) crab sticks

Lunch - Wholewheat pasta, tinned tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, red onion, pepper, mushroom, courgette

Snack - meat free ravioli, mullerlight

Dinner - syn-free kedgeree (smoked haddock, fish stock, onion, mushroom, parsley, peas, sweetcorn, rice, curry powder, boiled egg)


Snack - cadburys Fudge (6 syns)


Total syns - 10

10/2/10

Breakfast - large flat mushroom, baked egg & tomato

Snack - cheese curl crisps (3.5)

Lunch - mixed bean pasta casserole

Snack - cheese curls (3.5) 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb) cheese spread (hea) 4 slices ham


Dinner - pork chops, potato wedges, chantenney carrots

Supper - 4 wholegrain crackerbreads & nutella (8 syns)


Total syns - 15

Week 15 - Sunday

Breakfast - 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb), 2 laughing cow cheese (hea) crab sticks

Snack - cheese curls (3.5 syns)

Lunch - 3 tesco light choices sausages (1.5 syns) 2 flat mushrooms, fried tomato, 1 egg

snack - mullerlight (1 syn) grapes

tea - 2 tesco light choices burgers (3 syns) stir fry veg

supper - curly whurly (6 syns)

Total syns - 12

Argh!

Have been so busy with wedding plans, that my blog, my diet & my scrapping have all been totally neglected :(. I put on half a pound last week, and will probably put on more this week.

I need to get into my wedding dress! I really need to sort this out now.

Week 14 - Friday

Breakfast - breakfast fritatta (eggs, mushrooms, spring onion, sausages, bacon, tomato, parsley) 1 syn

Snack - apple, cheese curls (3.5)

Total syns - 4.5

Week 14 - Thursday

Breakfast - mullerlight yogurt, banana

45 mins workout with personal trainer

snack - mandarin, french fries (4 syns)

Lunch - pork chop & salad, light salad cream (2 syns)

snack - leftover kedgeree, 2 alpen light bars (heb)

Dinner - 5 bean chili, basmati rice, tortillas (4.5 syns)

snacks - cheese curls (3.5), sliced ham

Total syns - 14

Week 14 - Wednesday

Extra Easy

Breakfast - Mushroom, cherry tomato, sprng onion, parsley & chive fritatta.

Snack - banana 

Lunch - 2 large flat mushrooms topped with BBQ beans 


Snack - cheese curls crisps (3.5 syns), 4 scan bran & choc spread (8 syns argh!!)


Tea - sliced ham, apple

Dinner - kedgeree 


Snacks - cheese curls (3.5) 2 scan bran & jam (2 syns)



Total syns - 17

Week 13 Weigh In

Only 0.5 lb. Such a disappointment! I have been so good all week, worked out with the personal trainer twice and thats all I lost? Not very happy :(

Week 13 - Tuesday

Extra Easy

Breakfast - 2 Alpen light bars (heb)

Lunch - Stuffed peppers & salad (feta cheese hea)

Snack - quavers (4.5 syns)

Dinner - a disaster after my disappointing weigh in :(. BBQ spare ribsm chips & prawn crackers.

Total syns - Too many!

Week 13 - Monday

Breakfast - banana, apple

snack - velevt crunch crisps (4 syns) mullerlight yogurt


Lunch - Pot Roasted Veggies - celeriac, carrots, sweet potato, garlic, shallots, rosemary & stock


Snack - carrot sticks, velevt crunch crisps (4 syns), cold chicken


Dinner - mince, potatoes, carrots, onion, peas, gravy (4 syns)


Snack - 2 x wholemeal toast (heb) & peanut butter (3 syns) & mug of green tea



Total syns - 15

Week 13 - Sunday

Breakfast - grapes & blueberries

Sunday Brunch - Gammon round, homemade hash brown topped with spring onion & cheese (hea), large flat mushroom & fired egg.


Snack - Velvet crunch crisps - 4 syns, grapes


Dinner - roast chicken, celeriac, spring onion & potato mash, sweetcorn, savoy cabbage & baby carrots, gravy (3 syns) 


Supper - cheese curl crisps (3.5 syns) chocolate cereal & milk (10 syns?)



Total syns - 20.5

Week 13 - Saturday

Breakfast - gammon round, mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, fried egg

45 mins with personal trainer

snack - velvet crunch crisps (4 syns)

Lunch - Lemon Cheesecake mullerlight (1 syn) cherries, grapes & blueberries 


Snack - mugshot, cherries

Dinner - homemade breaded chicken goujons (heb for wholemeal breadcrumbs), chips, salad, homaemade pink coleslaw (0.5 syns), corn cob.


Snack - cheese curl crisps (3.5)



Total syns - 9

Week 13 - Friday

Breakfast - banana breakfast rice (pudding rice, banana custard mullerlight, sliced banana)

Snack - french fries (4 syns)

Lunch - ravioli


Snack - french fries (4 syns)


Tea - low far supernoodles, 1 slice white bread (5 syns), marg & peanut butter (4 syns)


Dinner - chicken chow mein (6 syns)



Total syns - 23 syns

Week 13 - Thursday

Extra Easy

Breakfast - banana

45 mins with personal trainer

snack - muller light yogurt



Lunch - beef stroganoff, lime & coriander rice (2 syns) 1 mini choc biscuit (1 syn)

Snack - french fries (crisps) (4 syns) 


Dinner - gammon, chips, stri-fried veg, grilled tomato


Supper - 2 wholemeal toast (heb) honey (2 syns?), french fries (4 syns)



Total syns - 13

Week 13 - Wednesday

Breakfast - breakfast rice with mandarin

Lunch - syn-free macaroni cheese, 2 slices ham 


Snack - mugshot

Dinner - Beef stroganof (0.5 syns) & rice


Supper - 2 wholemeal toast (heb) marg & peanut butter (6 syns) 5 festive friends biscuits (5 syns)



Total syns - 11.5

Week 12 weigh in

6.5 lbs! Yes! So thats all the xmas weight, plus another 1.5 lb off. I got my stone award too. I am now 1 stone 1.5 lbs down. Feeling very chuffed & motivated.

Week 12 - Tuesday

Breakfast - banana

Snack - french fries crisps (4 syns)

Lunch - boiled eggs, ham, pink coleslaw (0.5 syns), salad, bread (heb) & marg (2 syns) 

Snack - 1 festive friends biscuit (1 syn) 


Dinner - pork chops & savoury rice.



Total syns - 7.5

Week 12 - Monday

Breakfast - scrambled egg, bacon & mushrooms

Snack - lemon cheesecake mullerlight (1 syn)


Lunch - large baked potato, tune, red onion, cucumber, sweetcorn, red pepper, FF yogurt & extra light mayo (1 syn), salad leaves

Snack - cheese curl crisps (3.5 syns) mugshot

Dinner - smoked haddock in creamy parsley sauce (hea milk), bubble & squeak cakes, carrots. 1 festive friends biscuit (1 syn)


supper - 3 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb) & low fat marg (1 syn), french fries (4 syns)



Total syns - 11.5

Week 12 - Sunday

Breakfast - mullerlight yogurt Lemon Cheesecake (1 syn)

Snack - cheese curls & french fries (7.5 syns)

Lunch - Baked tomato & eggs, 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb) and extra light philly (hea)

Tea - bolognaise meatloaf (0.5 syns), SW chips, salad & extra light mayo (1 syn)


Total syns - 10

Week 12 - Saturday

Extra Easy

Breakfast - toffee & banana breakfast rice

Snack - cheese curl crisps (3.5 syns)

Lunch - pasta n sauce with added vegetables (1 syn)

Snack - mugshot, 6 wholegrain crackerbreads (heb) extra light philly (hea)


Dinner - seafood spaghetti

Supper - 2 x crisps (7.5 syns) 5 Festive Friends biscuits (5 syns)



Total syns - 17

Week 12 - Friday

Extra Easy

Breakfast - ravioli

snack - french fries (4 syns)

lunch - scrambled egg, bacon, banana


snack - 2 alpen light bars (heb) french fires (4 syns)

tea - mugshot


dinner - Teriyaki prawns, veg & noodles

supper - 2 packs french fries (8 syns)



total syns - 16 syns

Week 12 - Thursday

Extra Easy

Breakfasy - tinned tomatoes, scrambled egg & bacon

snack - cheese curl crisps (3.5 syns)


Lunch - leftover chicken breast from last night, salad leaves, tomato, cucmber, splash of balsamic vinegar, mullerlight


snack - french fries (4 syns)


Tea - spicy butternut squash soup, 6 wholegtrain crackerbreads (heb), marg (2 syns)

Dinner - spaghetti bolognase, alpen light (3 syns) 


French fries (4 syns)



Total syns - 16.5

Week 12 - wednesday

Extra Easy

Breakfast - muller light yogurt

Lunch - salad, asparagus & crabstick pasta salad (1 syn for extra light mayo), cheese curl crisps (3.5 syns)

Afternoon - mugshot, french fries (4 syns), 2 alepn light bars (heb)

Dinner - Lemon & thyme chicken breast, roasted carrots & butternut squash, broccolli & rosemary roast potatoes, cheese sauce (2 syns)

Bedtime - 1 festive friends coclate biscuit

Total syns - 10

New Year Weigh In

So I finally got the eveidence of my xmas & new year pig out. 4lbs on over 4 weeks! Now to get it off again!

Day Six - week 11

Extra Easy

Breakfast - syn-free sausages, tinned tomaotes

snack 2 x cheese curls (7 syns)

Lunch stuffed peppers (cheese = hea)

Day Five

No breakfast

Lunch - tomato & mascapone cheese pasta n sauce

Snack - 2 x cheese curls (7 syns) shortbread (???? syns)

Tea - French Onion soup 

Dinner - chicken korma (syn free) & rice