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Rebster wrote: »

Thanks for all the suggestions for my ham and potato bake - think I'm going to go to the shop and see if I can get some Worcestershire sauce. If not, think I'll go with beans.


miss_independent - I like the sound of that pasta bake! What's your recipe?

Hope the Ham and Potato Bake was nicer for you today Rebster!

Oh my, the pasta bake was INCREDIBLE if I do say so myself!

It was a recipe I made up. I'm one of those people who chucks a bit of this that and the other in and see how it goes and on this occasion it was successful.

This is roughly what I did;

CHILLI BACON PASTA BAKE
(Serves 4) Syns - 0 if using Cheese as HeA. Add 5.5 syns if not using Cheese as HeA

300g Dried Fusilli Pasta (or Penne)
1 Chopped Red Onion
1 Chopped and De-Seeded Red Pepper
1 Chopped Courgette
2 Cloves of Garlic Minced
6 Rashers of Bacon, trimmed of fat and sliced into strips
1 tsp of Paprika
1tsp of Chilli Powder
1 tsp of Oregano
1 carton of Passata
114 g of grated Mature Cheddar
Salt and Pepper to taste

Method;

Preheat oven to 190 degrees.

Bring a pot of salted water to the boil, adding pasta and cooking as directed on packet.

Meanwhile, heat some Frylight to a saucepan. Add the garlic and saut! for 1 minute before adding the chopped vegetables. After 3 mins add the chopped bacon and spices/herbs.

Cook all, uncovered for 5 minutes or until bacon is cooked.

Add Passata and simmer on a low heat for 10 minutes. The vegetables should not be allowed to overcook or become mushy.

Add the drained pasta to the saucepan (you could reserve a little of the water used to cook the pasta and add this to the sauce). Check the seasoning, adding more chilli or other spices if needed. Stir well.

Transfer to an ovenproof dish, sprinkle with cheese and place in oven for 15 mins or until cheese is melted and the top starts to go crispy. If you want the top extra crispy, place under a grill.



I served mine with shredded cabbage, leek and carrots cooked with Frylight and mustard seeds. Really enjoyed my dinner tonight.

To echo what others have said, I definitely find losing weight harder now I'm 31 than I ever did in my twenties! I used to be able to easily lose half a stone in a week - now I'm luckily to lose a pound and yet I feel I eat much less than I used to .

Hi Everyone,
Attempted to make mince with pasta,it failed I had a big bowl which the mince
went into to put in the microwave,microwave didn't turn the bowl so Mince got burnt,going to try it another day.

Hope all that are feeling poorly get well soon,

Katie.

Great to see a loss, Arkers, orlao, dillon (hope you’re better soon) and Daisy.

No, not any easier to visit my friends at all, lol, shala. They both live in different towns from each other and from my village. I’m just happy that I am able to do it.

Beanie, you’ve done so well, I’m sure you’ll be over the hump before you know it.

Anyhooo, today went like this

Breakfast: hexb toast with part hexa laughing cow light 2 triangles, clementine
Lunch: tuna salad with rest of hexa as 18g grated cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, syboes, cucumber, green pepper, ML Greek mango yogurt
Snack: 2 x Werther original sweets (2 syns)
Dinner: spaghetti Bolognese, parmesan cheese (1 ½ syns)
Snack: Walkers Baked Stars (4 ½ syns)

Fingers crossed for tomorrow.