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blackberry-rum

JillD wrote: »

Hi there
I only have the July mag and cant se a recipe for Quorn Moussaka, so maybe its in the August issue if thats out already ? Anyway, here is one from the Green cookbook I bought on Tuesday, I guess its similar:

Quorn Moussaka
Ready in 50 min plus salting
Serves 4
1/2 syn per serving on Green

1 large aubergine cut into 1cm thick slices
salt
1 large onion finely chopped
2 garlic cloves
350g pack quorn mince
2 level tbsp tomato puree
397g/14oz can chopped tomatoes
1tbsp fresh parsley
2 eggs, beaten
511g/1lb 2 oz very low fat natural yoghurt
salt and freshly ground pepper
fry light

1. Preheat oven to 180C/G4

2.Place aubergine slices onto kitchen paper, psrinkle with salt and leave for 30 minutes . Rinse aubergine under cold running water and pat dry.

3. Meanwhile, dry fry onion, garlic, quorn mince for about 5 mins
Add tomato puree, tomaties, and parsely. Simmer for 30 minutes until tender.
Transfer mixture to an ovenproof dish.

4. Beat eggs and yoghurt together and season to taste.
Place aubergine slices on grill pan and spary with fry light .
Place under preheated grill for 4-5 minutes each side.
Arrange aubergine on top of the quorn mixture.
Pour yoghurt and egg misture over.

5. Bake in oven for 20-30 minutes until golden bron and bubbling.

Oooh I am really hungry now!!!

Hi JillD - you know you don't have to do that salting and waiting thing with aubergines these days, they used to do that with the old style, more watery, aubergines. You can honestly cut out that step! I shall try the recipe though, I like moussaka.

Caroline73_2

What a busy day! hello to all the newbies (says me just 4 days in!)

I was out in a field working today so took a packed lunch..

B - 2x alpen light (HEB)
L - cous cous, tomatoes, cucumber, feta cheese (HEA),
D - homemade sw chips, bacon (HEB) baked beans, eggs and mushrooms
S - apple, grapes, banana
sins - not had any! Took some snack a jacks with me but didn't fancy them.

I can't wait for weigh in next week my jeans feel looser already!

JillD_2

blackberry-rum wrote: »

Hi JillD - you know you don't have to do that salting and waiting thing with aubergines these days, they used to do that with the old style, more watery, aubergines. You can honestly cut out that step! I shall try the recipe though, I like moussaka.

yep, I skip it too. biut wanted to keep it the same as from the book for the preson who asked for the recipe. I dont thin kaubergines are any less watery these days (old style subergines ) necessarily, but ai just dry fry them andadd a bit of waer for a while until soft.

lab-dab

Thanks for the tips for EE & it's just altering my way of thinking i think to reach for some meat for my salad or potato instead of beans.

I've had bacon sarnies for breakfast so there is my start today.

Nice they were too x

BradnJanet

JillD wrote: »

I bought some but have no idea what to with it!
Can anyone give me some green (veggie) recipe suggestions ? Thanks!

I made a lovely mushroom pasta thingy. Fried onions in Frylight until soft then added a garlic clove (two would be good but I had a meeting in a small room the next morning!) then loads of mushrooms and some salt and pepper. When these were cooked I stirred in about half a tub a quark on a highish heat and it turned the quark into soft cheesy bits. I served it with some pasta tubes and it was delicious.

I have also stirred it into a home made tomato sauce to great sucess, it tasted like the bought tomato and mascarpone sauce but syn free.

yorkshire_laura

should you have at least 5 syns a day as in the book it says 5-15 but a couple of days i only have one?

thanks

laura

mairi

I've been with SW since April and although I got off to a good start, I'm now "stuck in a rut" so to speak. I don't have a lunchbreak as such although I do have time to eat a lunch. Up until now I've always resorted to having some kind of eggs at lunch e.g. scrambled, omelette, poached egg so it's probaly no wonder I'm getting so bored of them! I tend to stick with eggs as I often can't decide whether to follow a red day or green day and it "buys me time" to think. Occasionally I have a mug shot if I'm on a green day, but can anyone suggest some other alternatives? I'm not a huge lover of baked beans or potatoes but will eat them now and again. I love my green days and would happily live on pasta and rice, but I find my weight loss better if I stick to mostly red days so I tend to have more red days than green days. I always have bran flakes for b/fast as I cannot operate without breakfast and this is quick and easy, and I always have my ss milk as a heA. I normally always use up my other heB food with either pasta/rice/potatoes if on red day, or some kind of meat if on green day. I know myself a lot of this is down to being organised and pre-planning. I'd be grateful for any ideas/suggestions to stop me from getting bored and giving up.
TIA. Mairi

burtoc

Hi Mairi; I'm getting to a similar point, 17lb lost since April, but since weigh in on Wednesday & a 2lb loss, I haven't counted syns or completed a food diary and have eaten (in no particular order (and what I can remember)) a twirl, packet of randoms, huge bags of crisps, an all you can eat chinese buffet, chips from the chippy, boston chocolate brownie and the biggest piece of chocolate fudge cake this afternoon. I think we need to go back to basics and look at how we did so well at the beginning.

To save HE's at breakfast, have you tried cooking pudding rice in the evening and mixing it in the morning with a muller yoghurt to make a free "porridge" then you could have a banana and still have all HE's?

I find lunch difficults too; if I can get in to town I will have a salad from subway and can still make the decision if I'm red, green or extra easy in the evening. I really have to think about it if I remember to take lunch! I did make a free cous cous quiche the other week that was tasty and lasted for 2 lunches the other week. I find I have problems with snacking on a red day (I can't find anything!)

If you search around the net there are lots of sites out there with lots of ideas and recipes minimims is very good.

Keep going ....

JillD_2

BradnJanet wrote: »

I made a lovely mushroom pasta thingy. Fried onions in Frylight until soft then added a garlic clove (two would be good but I had a meeting in a small room the next morning!) then loads of mushrooms and some salt and pepper. When these were cooked I stirred in about half a tub a quark on a highish heat and it turned the quark into soft cheesy bits. I served it with some pasta tubes and it was delicious.

I have also stirred it into a home made tomato sauce to great sucess, it tasted like the bought tomato and mascarpone sauce but syn free.

Thankyou, those are great ideas. I could also add some veggie bacon (conting syns of course) and make it carbonara style.
The mascarpone type thing is also a great idea

JillD_2

mairi wrote: »

I've been with SW since April and although I got off to a good start, I'm now "stuck in a rut" so to speak. I don't have a lunchbreak as such although I do have time to eat a lunch. Up until now I've always resorted to having some kind of eggs at lunch e.g. scrambled, omelette, poached egg so it's probaly no wonder I'm getting so bored of them! I tend to stick with eggs as I often can't decide whether to follow a red day or green day and it "buys me time" to think. Occasionally I have a mug shot if I'm on a green day, but can anyone suggest some other alternatives? I'm not a huge lover of baked beans or potatoes but will eat them now and again. I love my green days and would happily live on pasta and rice, but I find my weight loss better if I stick to mostly red days so I tend to have more red days than green days. I always have bran flakes for b/fast as I cannot operate without breakfast and this is quick and easy, and I always have my ss milk as a heA. I normally always use up my other heB food with either pasta/rice/potatoes if on red day, or some kind of meat if on green day. I know myself a lot of this is down to being organised and pre-planning. I'd be grateful for any ideas/suggestions to stop me from getting bored and giving up.
TIA. Mairi

I've only been doing SW since Tuesday. It feels like its going well in that I am sticking to the plan and not struggling but then again I have no idea if I will lose any weight this week. Basically I am trying to say I am not an expert. I am only doing green days so can only offer my suggestions for green day lunches. Here goes:

pasta salad - cooked pasta with salad veg eg sweetcorn, pepper, cucumber, psring onion. Could add bit of olive oil for 1 syn to make it less dry/bland

savoury rice - the Asda value veg savoury rice is free - cook it night before and have with salad

frittata/tortilla - basically a thick omelette with veg in it (tomatoes, peppers, courgettes) cooked then chilled and served cold. Different take on eggs ?

couscous salad

roast veg/crudites with homemade hummus - not sure of exact ratios but whizz up can chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, nat yog and you get a passable hummus dip

some of the savoury rice with a hard boiled egg and salad veg makes a really nice lunchtime salad

for breakfast I've been having oatso simple (HEB) made with water and with a muller light stirred in and fruit on top. Really filling. Of course you only have one HEB for rest of the day then.

HTH but it probably doesnt halp as it doesnt encompass any need for meat !
Jillx