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Mediterranean_Mum

Made these for lunch today from Slimming Eats site -

Rustic Courgette and Potato Cakes
Slimming Eats Recipe
serves 3
Green – syn free per serving
Extra Easy – syn free per serving
Ingredients
2 large russet potatoes, cooked and mashed (plain)
2 courgettes (zucchini), grated
1 egg
garlic pepper (if you haven’t got this, sprinkle with a little black pepper and garlic powder)
Frylight or Pam spray
Method
Preheat oven to 200c or 400f (gas mark 6)
Add to a large bowl, your mashed potato, grated courgette (zucchini), 1 egg and a sprinkling of garlic pepper.
With a wooden spoon, combine together thoroughly and form into 6 equal sized patties.
Carefully place on a baking tray, sprayed with Frylight or Pam spray and spray over the top with some more Frylight or Pam spray.
Bake in the oven for approx 15 mins, take out and carefully turn over with a spatula (they will fall apart slightly, but this is fine). Return to oven and cook for a further 15 mins. They should be slightly golden on both sides.

I used one sweet potato and one regular potato, only one courgette and an onion in place of the 2nd courgette. I added some finely chopped dill.

I'm not sure it needed the egg and I think it became a bit too sloppy when I added it. I baked them for 30 mins each side in the toaster oven and they were really good. Served them with a big chopped salad of cucumber, tomato, red pepper and spring onion with 1 tblspn light mayo.

gettingthere54

Mediterranean_Mum wrote: »

Made these for lunch today from Slimming Eats site -

Rustic Courgette and Potato Cakes
Slimming Eats Recipe
serves 3
Green – syn free per serving
Extra Easy – syn free per serving
Ingredients
2 large russet potatoes, cooked and mashed (plain)
2 courgettes (zucchini), grated
1 egg
garlic pepper (if you haven’t got this, sprinkle with a little black pepper and garlic powder)
Frylight or Pam spray
Method
Preheat oven to 200c or 400f (gas mark 6)
Add to a large bowl, your mashed potato, grated courgette (zucchini), 1 egg and a sprinkling of garlic pepper.
With a wooden spoon, combine together thoroughly and form into 6 equal sized patties.
Carefully place on a baking tray, sprayed with Frylight or Pam spray and spray over the top with some more Frylight or Pam spray.
Bake in the oven for approx 15 mins, take out and carefully turn over with a spatula (they will fall apart slightly, but this is fine). Return to oven and cook for a further 15 mins. They should be slightly golden on both sides.

I used one sweet potato and one regular potato, only one courgette and an onion in place of the 2nd courgette. I added some finely chopped dill.

I'm not sure it needed the egg and I think it became a bit too sloppy when I added it. I baked them for 30 mins each side in the toaster oven and they were really good. Served them with a big chopped salad of cucumber, tomato, red pepper and spring onion with 1 tblspn light mayo.

These sound absolutely fab!! :D:D:D
I am going to make some for my tea today, I don't experiment very much with recipes, I usually stick to the spud, cabbage, carrots and stuff like that, with chicken or ham, not adventurous I know, but I look forward to trying some of these ideas out, maybe incorporate them into success express.

For success express I know its 2 HEX and 2 HEXB, 2/3 SUPERFREE, so that's all kinds of veg and salad, so how do you count the spuds rice and pasta, then protein?

I think I will try SE this week starting from tomorrow and see if I can speed up my last 8 pounds, ( hopefully less after WI later )
Thanks xx

sarahs999

Oooh, I like the sound of all that cheese - DH and I were just saying last night how much we miss it. Sadly though I can't get on the website as my membership has expired; is there a list of them anywhere? Or can you just confirm how much hummus you can have? Num!

gettingthere54

Cap One £1300 (0%: 27.5.12). Virgin £945 (0%: 10.12) TOTAL £13,128 £2,245
Clear £9k in 2012: £2,245.82/£9,000 (no 3)
'Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.' Michael Pollan

Can you tell me please how do I get this sort of thing on the bottom of my posts, I am not too bright with computers.
A step by step guide would be brilliant!! :rotfl:
thanks xx

maman

rachbc wrote: »

I shall make my white sauce using HEA milk and 'sauce flour' which will have a syn value but can be used without fat to make a bechamel. Only use 4 tablespoons for 600ml of milk (enough for 4) - which I make to be 3.5 syns per portion - not bad for a proper lasagne!

I'm interested in what you said about the 'sauce' flour rachbc. I've never used it, only cornflour or plain.So if my cheese and milk were HEXs then only the flour needs synning as you don't need fat? I avoided making lasagne all the time I was getting to target because basic bolognese had no syns. if I'd known it was a case of sharing a tbsp of flour among the portions I'd have had it long ago. Incidentally, I love cheese sauce with lasagne rather than bechamel. Not very authentic but really tasty.

piglet, you were asking about cutting portions or syns or what do do when you're near target. My advice would be none of those unless you're desperate to get to target for a specific date (which I think you may be?). If you are then I'd do some success express.

My reasoning is that you soon have to decide what 'normal' eating is for you. I carried on eating almost all SW and just kept losing more weight!! So I'm saying you need to eat all your SW food and then some when you get to target. If you have been depriving yourself of syns or portions you'll either carry on losing weight or suddenly have to eat loads more which could be difficult to control.

I've got sausages for dinner tonight, first I've had (except for a few of those syn free chicken ones that used to exist) since I started SW. Do I just do sausage and mash? or make a bit of an effort and do Tana Ramsay's sausage casserole?
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/588087

I used to adapt this (use frylight and minus chorizo and using bacon for pancetta). It's yummy and you only need to syns the sausages (or feed them to everyone else as it's filling in itself).

maman

sarahs999 wrote: »

Oooh, I like the sound of all that cheese - DH and I were just saying last night how much we miss it. Sadly though I can't get on the website as my membership has expired; is there a list of them anywhere? Or can you just confirm how much hummus you can have? Num!

The lists are massive but to get you started: 35g of 'normal' hummus (or 55g of reduced fat).

sarahs999

gettingthere54 wrote: »

Cap One £1300 (0%: 27.5.12). Virgin £945 (0%: 10.12) TOTAL £13,128 £2,245
Clear £9k in 2012: £2,245.82/£9,000 (no 3)
'Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.' Michael Pollan

Can you tell me please how do I get this sort of thing on the bottom of my posts, I am not too bright with computers.
A step by step guide would be brilliant!! :rotfl:
thanks xx

Look up at the top of the screen to where it says 'quick links'. Click it. CLick 'edit signature' Away you go!

sarahs999

maman wrote: »

The lists are massive but to get you started: 35g of 'normal' hummus (or 55g of reduced fat).

Thank you - I've got the printouts at home that I downloaded when I was a member so I guess it will all be on there - unless that's only for EE. Can't remember now as I've never looked at green.

terrie78

Hi,
Can anyone tell me how many syns a packet of cheesy wotsits is please? I'm on Extra Easy.
Thanks

rachbc

maman wrote: »

I'm interested in what you said about the 'sauce' flour rachbc. I've never used it, only cornflour or plain.So if my cheese and milk were HEXs then only the flour needs synning as you don't need fat? I avoided making lasagne all the time I was getting to target because basic bolognese had no syns. if I'd known it was a case of sharing a tbsp of flour among the portions I'd have had it long ago. Incidentally, I love cheese sauce with lasagne rather than bechamel. Not very authentic but really tasty.

Its something I read about on good old Delia - I got it from sainsburys, its made by carrs and there is some science about how its mil (Its not cheap but a little goes a long way) led and the gluten and all sorts of clever stuff but basically you chuck it in cold milk, stir and heat and hey presto white sauce!