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Gaz23

nessie216 wrote: »

Beef & Bean Hotpot Bake
Serves: 4
Syns per serving: Extra Easy: 1
ingredients

750g lean stewing beef, all visible fat removed, cubed
2 large onions, peeled and roughly chopped
450g carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
1 level tbsp plain flour
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
200ml boiling hot beef stock
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
400g can baked beans
2 bay leaves
600g potatoes, peeled and very thinly sliced
method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4.
2. Place the beef, onions, carrots and flour in a baking dish, season and toss to mix well.
3. Pour in the boiling hot stock then add the Worcestershire sauce, baked beans and bay leaves. Stir to mix well and arrange the sliced potatoes on top of the meat mixture.
4. Cover with foil then place in the oven for about 1½ hours or until the potatoes are cooked and tender.
5. Remove the foil, then turn the oven up to brown the potatoes, or finish under the grill for 5-8 minutes until brown.


Beef & Onion Pie

Serves: 4 Extra Easy: FREE
ingredients

900g potatoes, peeled and chopped
A small handful of parsley, chopped
6 tbsp fat free natural yogurt
Low calorie cooking spray
1 red onion, peeled and chopped
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
2 celery sticks, sliced
2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
198g fresh or frozen peas
397g extra lean minced beef (less than 5% fat)
400g can chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp concentrated beef stock
2 tsp dried oregano
1 egg, beaten
To serve
Steamed broccoli and cauliflower
method

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/Gas 6. Boil the potatoes in a large saucepan of lightly salted water for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain. Add the parsley and yogurt, mash until smooth and set aside.
2. Spray another pan with low calorie cooking spray, add the onion, carrots, celery, garlic and peas and fry for 5 minutes. Add the minced beef and cook for a further 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, concentrated stock and oregano,bring to the boil, then remove from the heat and transfer to four individual baking dishes.
3. Top each dish with the potato mixture and rough up with a fork. Brush with the beaten egg and bake for 30 minutes or until the top is golden. Remove from the oven and serve with the steamed vegetables.

These sound good?

Perfect and reasonably hassle free! :-)

lucky-legs

stef240377 wrote: »

Tried these a while and they were difficult to cook. The mix was too thick and found that the bottom burnt no matter how low the temp while the middle and top remained to raw to be able to flip. After using half the mix gave up!

I just tried a 'pancake' with a cuppa tea, it turned out fairly well (ok it was more of a pile than a pancake as it stuck to the pan!) but it actually tasted really nice. I decided to keep it very thin and also used a lidded frying pan to make sure it cooked, at the end I put on a tiny bit of lemon juice which I think probabally made it seem a bit more real...Looking forward to having some more later

nessie216

Gaz23 wrote: »

Perfect and reasonably hassle free! :-)

Good luck & let us know how she likes it :-)

cherub1965

robpw2 wrote: »

morning all , pancake day .. and i have my niece here and she wasnt chooclate spread filled pancakes...

me on the other hand
b shreddies (heb) milk (hea) bannanas
L mug shot and salad ..(love salad)
t stir fry

are all the mugshots free?

maman

Gaz23 wrote: »

we will both eat anything :-/

i have lots of SW cookbooks at home just wondered if anyone had any other ideas on here.

a beef and onion pie would be nice maybe?

:Ton your support for your partner.:A

The main problem with a pie is the pastry lid. What about

http://www.slimmingworld.com/recipes/beef-and-red-wine-casserole.aspx

which I'd serve with new potatoes and maybe some tenderstem broccoli. Leeks can easily be substituted/added for onions. You could use this for a base for a pie if it's a favourite and syns could be saved specially for the lid: filo is best.

or there's this:

http://www.slimmingworld.com/recipes/steak-and-mushroom-pie.aspx

HTH

psychopathbabble

cherub1965 wrote: »

are all the mugshots free?

i think it's the 1% fat ones that are free, the others need to be synned

nessie216

cherub1965 wrote: »

are all the mugshots free?

Nope

The tomato, chicken are free (i only eat these ones)

I think the rule of 1% fat = free, 2% = 1 syn & 5% = 2syns still works (it should say on the front of packet)

maman

cherub1965 wrote: »

are all the mugshots free?

They vary depending on flavour. As a rule of thumb it's the cheesy ones with syns and the tomatoey ones are free. Tell us what flavours you like.

robpw2

cherub1965 wrote: »

are all the mugshots free?

the ones i buy are but there are some with cheese in which are low syns its worth checking the packet and then checking the app

Gaz23

maman wrote: »

:Ton your support for your partner.:A

The main problem with a pie is the pastry lid. What about

http://www.slimmingworld.com/recipes/beef-and-red-wine-casserole.aspx

which I'd serve with new potatoes and maybe some tenderstem broccoli. Leeks can easily be substituted/added for onions. You could use this for a base for a pie if it's a favourite and syns could be saved specially for the lid: filo is best.

or there's this:

http://www.slimmingworld.com/recipes/steak-and-mushroom-pie.aspx

HTH

Thank you, stocking up a nice few extra recipes here!