I made this lovely pasta dish for the first time last night & it was delicious. I find pasta can be a little boring at times with the same tomato based sauces but this was far from boring & had a lovely kick to it. Find the recipe on www.slimmingeats.com & type in ‘Chicken Fajita Pasta’ in the search bar. I served mine with a large salad.
I found this recipe on mumsnet.com & when I first saw it I thought it sounded disgusting but after reading the reviews it seemed like it might be worth a try & I can confirm it was delicious! It definitely tastes nicer than it sounds but when I thought about it, it makes perfect sense that a baked bean omelette would be so yummy- beans are a staple food in a Full English breakfast which of course has eggs in it, beans also go lovely with scrambled & poached eggs on toast too. It makes an easy, quick & cheap breakfast or lunch. I had it for lunch & served it with a salad. Seriously, try it you will be pleasantly suprised!
BAKED BEAN OMELETTE (Serves 1-2)
INGREDIENTS
3 eggs
Half a tin of beans
Salt & Pepper
1. Simply whisk the eggs, beans & seasoning together. Spray a frying pan with Fry Light & add the egg & bean mixture. Swirl the mixture around the pan to coat the base of the pan.
2. Cook the omelette over a medium heat for around 3 minutes until the sides begin to set & then flip over (if you find flipping the omelette over tricky like I do just place under the grill instead for a few minutes).
TIP: Add your healthy extra cheese for a cheesy baked bean omelette!
SYN VALUE: Free on Extra Easy
After losing 4lbs last week I am feeling more motivated than ever this week 🙂 Here is my meal planner for this week.
MONDAY:Fajita Chicken Pasta with salad
TUESDAY: Tarragon Chicken with roast potatoes & vegetables
WEDNESDAY: Chicken Rogan Josh with rice
THURSDAY: Bacon, leek & Sweet Potato Quiche with salad
FRIDAY: Salmon Fishcakes with rice & salad
SATURDAY: Moussaka with rice & salad
SUNDAY: Roast Dinner
MEATBALL MELT (Serves 3-4)
For the Meatballs
500g extra lean pork mince
1 onion, peeled & finely chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled & finely chopped
2 tsp dried oregano
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
For the Sauce
400g passata
2 red chillies, deseeded & finely chopped
1 onion, peeled & finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled & finely chopped
200ml vegetable stock
Fry Light
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
1. Put all the meatball ingredients into a bowl & mix well. Form the mince meat mixture into meatballs (around 6 meatballs per person should be enough) & set aside.
2. Once you have made the meatballs. Spray a pan with Fry Light & add the chillies, onion & garlic, cook until softened. Once softened add the passata & vegetable stock, bring to the boil & then cover & simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
3. Meanwhile spray a frying pan with Fry Light & place the meatballs in the pan. Fry until cooked all the way through.
4. Once your sauce & meatballs are cooked. Add the meatballs to the sauce & put in an ovenproof dish. Grate 84g of cheddar cheese if your dish is serving 3 people or 112g of cheese if it is for 4 people & sprinkle on top of the meatballs & sauce mixture. Place under a grill until the cheese is bubbling. Serve with spaghetti & a large crisp salad.
SYN VALUE: Free on Extra Easy
I had originally intended to just make pork meatballs with an arrabiata sauce but had a massive craving for cheese so the meatball melt was created! The meatball recipe is my own but the sauce is taken from the Slimming World website. This dish is real comfort food & is very tasty. The melted cheese & the spicy tomato sauce work really well together. This dish would work just as well with extra lean beef mince.
TIP: Be careful not to overcook the meatballs as the pork can become very dry.
TIP: Use half fat or reduced fat cheese as the cheese then goes further. I always use reduced fat cheese for dishes like this.
I love hot food & after a bit of research I found 5 great reasons why chilli in your meals is no bad thing 🙂
REASON NUMBER 1: Chillies enable your body to burn fat faster. Capsaici, the chemical that give such things as chillies & cayenne pepper their pungency stimulate a natural process whereby some of the food is converted straight into heat rather than the body storing it as fat.
REASON NUMBER 2: Chillies help to reduce appetite. Research by a Canadian University showed that chillies reduce appetite & reduce cravings for sweet, salty & fatty foods.
REASON NUMBER 3: Chillies can help to control diabetes. Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that chillies can help significantly control insulin levels after eating a meal.
REASON NUMBER 4: Great health benefits. It is believed that chillies boots circulation, improves heart health, thins blood & helps to protect against having a stroke.
REASON NUMBER 5: Great for helping with a cold! Chillies are great for opening up nasal passages & offer almost immediate relief from congestion.
Information taken from: http://www.dailymail.com, http://www.nhs.uk & http://www.chilli-willy.com
I have been invited to 4 weddings this year with the first one as close as April so I need to get focused to lose some weight so I feel more comfortable & confident in the outfits I choose to wear. I am going for a 5lbs loss this week (optimistic I know!) so in order to maximise my loss I am cramming plenty of super-free foods in this week.
MONDAY: Tandoori Chicken with boiled rice & salad
TUESDAY: Quorn Cottage Pie with vegetables
WEDNESDAY: Pork meatballs in an arrabiata sauce with spaghetti
THURSDAY: Chicken Cacciatore with rice
FRIDAY: Macaroni cheese with salad
SATURDAY: Chicken Rogan Josh with rice
SUNDAY: Gammon, egg, syn free chips & tomatoes
I got this recipe from my favourite Slimming World site, Slimming Eats. This tandoori chicken dish is very easy to make & tastes very authentic. Serve with boiled rice & a crisp salad. To find the recipe just go to http://www.slimmingeats.com & type ‘Tandoori Chicken’ into the search bar & the recipe will come up 🙂
TIP: The fry light on the chicken gives the meat an authentic tasting char on the meat.
I love Slimming World 
