Heading for winter with Slimming World

copperjar

Hello! Sorry to butt in - just wondered if ayone had any good SW recipes for a slow cooker. Was thinking of buying one but I imagine I'll end up making non SW things in it!

lbnblbnb

Dinner ideas
All based on green days as that is all I do (I am vegetarian)

• FREE: Chachouka (spicy tomato and pepper sauce with eggs broken into it) and Merguez chips (ideas from River Cottage Veg, but using frylight instead of oil)
• 1X HEA: Goats cheese and leek and pea frittata (1 x HEA) again subbing frylight
• FREE: Roast squash and cous cous (again, idea from River Cottage Veg but subbing frylight)
• FREE: Cauliflower and chickpea curry (guess where this idea came from….)
• FREE: Vegetable biriani (yes, Hugh F-W again).

I do love spicy food, as you can see! We get a veg box each week so I plan meals round the veg we have.
I might try to adapt this recipe too:
Parsnip pancakes

As we have far too many parsnips and I need to use them up. Not our favourite vegetable.
Breakfasts I am planning lots of bubble and squeak (cooked on the GF grill) and for lunch probably things on toast to use my HEBs.
I do love cooking, that is part of the reason I need SW. I don’t start work til next Tuesday so have time to experiment at the moment.
Good luck everyone!
L x

maman

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

Maman I listened to you - I planned for a day when I was in and out for meetings and I took a flask of lentil soup with me and fruit so that I was covered for all eventualities!

Well done mm, I love lentil soup. Now I just need to listen to myself.:o

I've gone a bit off plan again. Had a SW breakfast then went out with DH and we ended up sharing a pasty. Not SW and not very mse either as we have loads of food in the house that needs eating up! Came home and had a small ham sandwich (more white bread and crisps).

I'm thinking jumbalaya for supper. That'll give plenty of veg and get me back on plan.

copperjar, I'm not an avid SC user but I do think it's worth getting one. They're not much more expensive than a good saucepan and use very little fuel and don't need watching. They're particularly good for SW friendly soups, I batchcook chilli and bolognese sauces and I always cook pieces of gammon in mine too.

copperjar

Thanks maman. I do think I'll get one - I'm just the worst cook ever so need to find some recipes!

saidan

i'm still off plan - home from MILs tomorrow so will be easier then

today had cereal, pickie lunch of white bread, crisps, ham, and tuna smothered in Mayo (thanks MIL). still eating chocolate - just how many syns is a chocolate orange LOL

must try harder.

i use my slow cooker all the time - mostly for soup - throw in a bag of prepared veg, some stock, and meat if wanted - and voila 8 hours later nice soup.

maman

copperjar wrote: »

Thanks maman. I do think I'll get one - I'm just the worst cook ever so need to find some recipes!

For the recipes I've said (bolognese, chilli, soup) then ordinary SW recipes off here (post1) or the website or the mag are fine. I almost always get mine all sorted in a big pan on the hob first then transfer to SC.

Mediterranean_Mum

lbnblbnb wrote: »

Dinner ideas
All based on green days as that is all I do (I am vegetarian)

• FREE: Chachouka (spicy tomato and pepper sauce with eggs broken into it) and Merguez chips (ideas from River Cottage Veg, but using frylight instead of oil)
• 1X HEA: Goats cheese and leek and pea frittata (1 x HEA) again subbing frylight
• FREE: Roast squash and cous cous (again, idea from River Cottage Veg but subbing frylight)
• FREE: Cauliflower and chickpea curry (guess where this idea came from….)
• FREE: Vegetable biriani (yes, Hugh F-W again).

I do love spicy food, as you can see! We get a veg box each week so I plan meals round the veg we have.
I might try to adapt this recipe too:
Parsnip pancakes

As we have far too many parsnips and I need to use them up. Not our favourite vegetable.
Breakfasts I am planning lots of bubble and squeak (cooked on the GF grill) and for lunch probably things on toast to use my HEBs.
I do love cooking, that is part of the reason I need SW. I don’t start work til next Tuesday so have time to experiment at the moment.
Good luck everyone!
L x

I love chakchuka - the more vegetables the better - thanks for reminding me about it!

I'm also not a lover of parsnips but I love them roasted (you can make them the same way as SW chips). It's made me miss them actually just thinking about them as we can't get them over here - the closest thing is parsley root but it's more bitter and not as big as a proper parsnip - I put them in soup.

lbnblbnb

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

I'm also not a lover of parsnips but I love them roasted (you can make them the same way as SW chips). It's made me miss them actually just thinking about them as we can't get them over here - the closest thing is parsley root but it's more bitter and not as big as a proper parsnip - I put them in soup.

I am sure my husband would be more than willing for me to package up ours and send them to you, MM....
Seriously, I have got to ask the veg box people to not give us any more parsnips. It is the only vegetable I can't stand and I think I have tried it cooked in almost every way.
A good day so far, plus a 20 minute run (although it did involve a lot of stopping for my four year old on his bike to sort out his gloves etc). So not exactly perfect, but I am having a go!
The chachouka smells gorgeous, not doing the last stage until later as eating late tonight, and the merguez chips smell great too.
L x

Nikkisun

Just been to wi and have somehow managed to lose 2lbs!!!

turbo5019

Nikkisun wrote: »

Just been to wi and have somehow managed to lose 2lbs!!!

Well done :T