Slimming World Support thread

4li5on

dbs1 wrote: »

As I'm from SA, can any one please explain to me what Fromage Frias is?

Have a look on here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fromage_frais
Might shed a bit mre light on it! I assumed it was a worldwide thing, but it probably just has a different name!

dbs1_2

Hi 4li5on,

I had a look at the link you posted and feel even more confused
But will go and have a look at the Cream Cheese sections in the shops and hopefully I will find something

similar

.

Can anyone please let me know what the fat contents in the "very low fat natural

fromage

frais

" is so that I can maybe compare it with

some

low fat cream cheeses.

Thank you.

Burlesque_Babe

morning all.

Hope the results are good penguin - it's going to be interesting to see how WI's go with the new EE plan - my turn for my first weigh in tomorrow!

Not 100% sure about food for today, but I know so far that it will be


B: WW prune yoghurt with banana
L: homemade egg fried rice with bacon and spring onion

HEB and HEA will be my mid-afternoon porridge 'boost' and Ithink I might spend a couple of syns on some cherry jam on it Not sure about dinner yet as I have loads of bits to use up.

milliemonster

Can anyone explain EE to me please? I did ask on previous page but my request seems to have been ignored, sob!

4li5on

dbs1 wrote: »

Hi 4li5on,

I had a look at the link you posted and feel even more confused
But will go and have a look at the Cream Cheese sections in the shops and hopefully I will find something

similar

.

Can anyone please let me know what the fat contents in the "very low fat natural

fromage

frais

" is so that I can maybe compare it with

some

low fat cream cheeses.

Thank you.

Over here, it is classed as a yogurt ( I don't think our cream cheese would go very well with yogurt!). It is usually sold as an alternative to yogurt for children because of it's high calcium content.
Here's a link to an internet shopping page to give you a clearer idea - http://www.sainsburys.com/groceries/frameset/navigation_frame.jsp

The one I get from there is fat free, but I think in another supermarket, it is about 2.3% ish!
Sorry if I confused you!

angie_loves_veg

milliemonster wrote: »

Can anyone explain EE to me please? I did ask on previous page but my request seems to have been ignored, sob!

You wern't ignored <hug>

go back one page to post 635, SC answered....

dlb

Off to shops to stock up on fruit and veg..mainly because iv just remembered a quick superfree snack i quite fancy later.

Musrooms and onions slowley cooked in fry-light and then add a spoon of from frai, it makes a creamy sauce and is yummy with a sprinkling of mixed herbs. Also nice on toast if you have an healthy extras left as a warming supper, reminds me of the toast toppers you can get but with no syns!! And can be enjoyed on red and green and ee.!!!

angie_loves_veg

I have a tub of fat free fromage frais in the fridge... it describes itself as:

'Fresh skimmed milk soft cheese. Delicious with deserts or fruit puree or stirred into savoury sauces or dishes'

I would head more for the natural yogurt aisle than soft cheese - I think that is a bit of a curve ball

per 100g
cal 52
protein 7.3
carb 5.0
fat 0.3

retiredlady

Thought some of you might like this soup recipe, especially with this cold weather we are having!

Dutch Pea Soup - free on extra easy Slimming World

1 lb dried green split peas
6 cups water
4 cups chicken stock
few bits of smoked ham, gammon or bacon
couple of celery sticks including leaves - chopped
couple of leeks chopped
1 large onion chopped
3 large potatoes
2/3 large carrots
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp coarse black pepper
1 glug of hot pepper sauce

1. Prepare the dried peas by combining with the water and bringing to the boil, boil for 5 minutes, remove from heat, cover and leave in water for at least 1 hour. (I used ones I had already cooked and frozen)
2. Add the stock, meat, celery, leeks and onion to the peas and water and bring to the boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
3. Add the potatoes and carrots and cook soup for about 20 minutes, season with the salt an pepper and hot sauce to taste.
4. You can serve the soup as is but I chose to blitz it but left if fairly chunky.

Version 2 - all the ingredients as above but using the peas already prepared from my freezer - I simply chucked everything in my pressure cooker and cooked on high pressure for 15 minutes. Reduce pressure quickly, blitz and serve!

Skint_Catt

milliemonster wrote: »

Can anyone explain EE to me please? I did ask on previous page but my request seems to have been ignored, sob!

I posted this on the previous page in answer to your request

Extra Easy is the perfect introduction to Food Optimising and, for existing members, brings even more choice.

There are 3 Extra Easy steps:

1 Choose Free Food – anything that’s Free on Green or Original. So pasta, rice, potatoes, meat, fish, poultry etc are all Free.

2 Choose Healthy Extras – Each day select one Healthy Extra ‘a’ choice and one
Healthy Extra ‘b’ choice. (No need to choose chicken, new potatoes or wholemeal pasta as Healthy Extras – they’re all Free with Extra Easy!)

3 Enjoy 5 -15 Syns each day – And if the Syn values for Green and Original foods are different on the standard Syns list, count the lower one!