Spring into Summer 2012 with Slimming World

cyclingyorkie

Last weeks unexpected (and devastating) weight gain may be slightly more explainable now - as * has arrived. Now I am normally in synch with DD1 and DD2 - but DD1 has informed me she's not due for over a week - so I have kicked in again at 21 days!

I think 'the change' is imminent!

gettingthere54

lalamb wrote: »

£1 for 4 is really good, they are £1.79 at Tesco and that's apparently half price! :eek: They are so yummy but I wouldn't pay £3.50ish for 4! I would love to try and make a desert using them, they remind me of panna cotta for some reason.....ohhhhh yum!

In our tesco they are £1 for four!

maman

This is the bhaji recipe from the thread. It's syn free so I don't know if you could adapt yours la lamb?

Recipe:
3 small potatoes
Tin of chickpeas
3 small onions
Madras curry powder
Turmeric
Asafoetida (This is in the recipe but I don't know what it is! )
Salt and pepper
1 egg

Preheat the oven at 220 degrees C. Chop the potatoes into smallish cubes and boil. Fry the onions until soft, before adding the potatoes and the chickpeas, drained, to the frying pan. Add large pinches of the spices to the pan and mix in before frying on a low heat for a few more minutes. Mash the contents of the pan until all the potatoes and chickpeas have formed a thick paste. Shape, bake.

Where did you get your jalfrezi recipe from? I'd love to see it.

lalamb

maman wrote: »

This is the bhaji recipe from the thread. It's syn free so I don't know if you could adapt yours la lamb?

Recipe:
3 small potatoes
Tin of chickpeas
3 small onions
Madras curry powder
Turmeric
Asafoetida (This is in the recipe but I don't know what it is! )
Salt and pepper
1 egg

Preheat the oven at 220 degrees C. Chop the potatoes into smallish cubes and boil. Fry the onions until soft, before adding the potatoes and the chickpeas, drained, to the frying pan. Add large pinches of the spices to the pan and mix in before frying on a low heat for a few more minutes. Mash the contents of the pan until all the potatoes and chickpeas have formed a thick paste. Shape, bake.

Where did you get your jalfrezi recipe from? I'd love to see it.

Thanks for that,will have a look at the ingredients and see if I can tweak it to suit my tastes.

The jalfrezi is really simple and quick to make

This would serve 3 or 4 people
You will need
Green chillis finely chopped( the more you add the hotter it will be)
Turmeric - about 1 teaspoon
Cumin Seeds - I use approx 2 - 3 teaspoons
2 or 3 cloves of garlic
Either tinned tomatoes or you can do your own from fresh tomatoes, removing the skin.
Chicken breast
Garam Masala
Fat free yoghurt - I only use a little, I don't like it too tangy
Peppers
Onions

So fry your green chillis, cumin seeds and garlic in fry light briskly watching the garlic doesnt burn
I add a little bit of garam masala here too
Then add your tomatoes, let it cook on a highish heat, add your turmeric and stir. Then add your chicken breast(no need to brown your chicken breast before hand) add your yoghurt, a bit of water about a cup. Then let it cook for approx 30 mins. I always taste it, and if there isn't enough spice I add a little more cumin powder and maybe some curry powder.
Then in a seperate pan fry your peppers and onions in fry light, add your garam masala and fry for approx 2 -3 mins then you can add it to the curry, cook for a further 5-10 mins.

The way I used to make curry was frying onion and peppers first but this is the way it should be cooked, adding it last to leave it with a bit of a crunch and not soggy.
I've been using this recipe for years, it is authentic, and very similar to what you would get from an Indian restaurant......the house smells lovely when I cook it!

lamarsi

gosh this thread moves FAST!!!
working yesterday, and went well, to say a little of track would be an understatement but hey ho, back on now onwards and upwards, maybe I needed a blow out to get me refocused cause this last week I've been 'drifting'
just had lush brunch of two large mushrooms stuffed with bacon garlic veg quark and a little grated cheese then grilled yum!!

lalamb

lamarsi wrote: »

gosh this thread moves FAST!!!
working yesterday, and went well, to say a little of track would be an understatement but hey ho, back on now onwards and upwards, maybe I needed a blow out to get me refocused cause this last week I've been 'drifting'
just had lush brunch of two large mushrooms stuffed with bacon garlic veg quark and a little grated cheese then grilled yum!!

That sounds lovely!

czerniacha

-4lbs this week! :j:j:j

red days must have helped :T

I'm over the moon and just treated myself to a few Hotel Chocolate chocs and will have a few drinks tonight

but all other meals will be very SW friendly(just had a huge salad with some pasta and roast pork, dinner will be salmon with some sweet potato wedges and salad) and I also bought the 50 free original recipies cookbook so will have a look later and plan a few red days for next week :cool:

off to do some shopping now...

hope you all have a great weekend

gettingthere54

czerniacha wrote: »

-4lbs this week! :j:j:j

red days must have helped :T

I'm over the moon and just treated myself to a few Hotel Chocolate chocs and will have a few drinks tonight

but all other meals will be very SW friendly(just had a huge salad with some pasta and roast pork, dinner will be salmon with some sweet potato wedges and salad) and I also bought the 50 free original recipies cookbook so will have a look later and plan a few red days for next week :cool:

off to do some shopping now...

hope you all have a great weekend

Wow!!!!!!! Brilliant kiddo congrats xxxxx

kandfs_mam

well done czerniacha. x

czerniacha

thanks, I'm really chuffed

shopping done I decided to swap mullerlight for activia as I find them much nicer although the greek ones are fine got some oranges and lemons(thinking of drinking hot water&lemon in the mornings) with the 1gbp off voucher in T and some cheese and sliced cooked meat too... will try to get some frozen stuff tomorrow as well

I asked my consultant about the 1syn=20kcal thing and she said it's rubbish? I gave starbucks coffee as an example but no... I still can't understand how espresso and milk can be more syns then what's in milk