Slimming World Support Thread

Nessa56

I have been an absolute angel, even no alcohol as well (boring but true)

so I will let you know

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consultant31

angie_loves_veg wrote: »

I am currently hunting about for a chick pea felafel recipe - this would be great for your picnic - anyone know a good one??

Falafel

227g/8ozs dried chick peas
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 level tsp ground cumin
1 level tsp ground coriander
1 small red chilli, deseeded & finely chopped
1 tblsp chopped fresh coriander
2 tblsps chopped parsley
¼ tsp baking powder
salt & freshly ground black pepper
Fry light for spraying


1. Put the chick peas in a bowl and cover with plenty of cold water. Leave to soak for at least 48 hours. Drain and rinse well under cold running water in a colander.

2. Put the drained chick peas in a food processor with the onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, chilli and herbs. Process to a thick smoth pur!e. Add the baking powder and seasoning and stir well. Transfer to a bowl and chill in the fridfge for an hour.

3. Take small pieces of the mixture and form into little balls between your hands, then flatten slightly. Arrange these balls on a baking tray which has been sprayed with Frylight.

4. Cook the falafel in a preheated hot oven at 220°C/425°F/Reg 7, for about 12 - 15 minutes until crisp and golden.

A bowl of very low fat natural yogurt flavoured with fresh mint and chopped chilli, makes a good dip for the falafel.

angie_loves_veg

oooh, that looks perfect - thanks Consultant!

they will be perfect with a mint/yog dip and a heap of tabulleh! Roll on summer

kellybigboobs

consultant31 wrote: »

Falafel

227g/8ozs dried chick peas
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 level tsp ground cumin
1 level tsp ground coriander
1 small red chilli, deseeded & finely chopped
1 tblsp chopped fresh coriander
2 tblsps chopped parsley
¼ tsp baking powder
salt & freshly ground black pepper
Fry light for spraying


1. Put the chick peas in a bowl and cover with plenty of cold water. Leave to soak for at least 48 hours. Drain and rinse well under cold running water in a colander.

2. Put the drained chick peas in a food processor with the onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, chilli and herbs. Process to a thick smoth pur!e. Add the baking powder and seasoning and stir well. Transfer to a bowl and chill in the fridfge for an hour.

3. Take small pieces of the mixture and form into little balls between your hands, then flatten slightly. Arrange these balls on a baking tray which has been sprayed with Frylight.

4. Cook the falafel in a preheated hot oven at 220°C/425°F/Reg 7, for about 12 - 15 minutes until crisp and golden.

A bowl of very low fat natural yogurt flavoured with fresh mint and chopped chilli, makes a good dip for the falafel.

CONSULTANT 31,can I check how many syns these are?As I understand the plan using the chick peas uncooked and ground up should mean they have to be synned?Or does the extra long soaking 'cook' them?

shala_moo

Hi could someone pm the password for SW website please.

Want to see if it can help in my quest.

Thanks
Moo x

moosetastic

Thanks everyone for all your wonderful messages , and huge congrats to everyone who has lost!! xx

Time to try the meat and egg loaf that is in the 100 original recipe book (which I won at SW raffle last week). Ive already tried the tuna quiche which is yummy, as soon as Ive tried the loaf ill let you know how nice (or minging) it is and post recipes if anyone is interested

bringmeshoes

i'm off to wi in a few mins but things sint lookin too good, had a bad week, including the new reggae reggae chicken sub form subway :eek: (it was sooo nice tho!!)
pretty sure ive gained this week so need to get back on track....NOW!!!

Emma37

moosetastic wrote: »

Thanks everyone for all your wonderful messages , and huge congrats to everyone who has lost!! xx

Time to try the meat and egg loaf that is in the 100 original recipe book (which I won at SW raffle last week). Ive already tried the tuna quiche which is yummy, as soon as Ive tried the loaf ill let you know how nice (or minging) it is and post recipes if anyone is interested

I'd love the recipes. Please post when you can.

earth

Hello.
i am gatecrashing your party! i have now been doing SW for about 14 months and have lost 4stone so far but I have hit a big cloud of depression and my weight loss seems to have ground to a halt. i am dong all the right things like filling up on Superfree foods, drinking plenty of water but I cant seem to shift the pounds because i have lost the motivation to do any exercise. its lovely to read all the posts on this thread because some of you are in exactly the same boat as me and some of you are inspirational!
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angie_loves_veg

kellybigboobs wrote: »

CONSULTANT 31,can I check how many syns these are?As I understand the plan using the chick peas uncooked and ground up should mean they have to be synned?Or does the extra long soaking 'cook' them?

I don't believe this is the case with soaked (dried) chickpeas, or tinned chickpeas Kelly.

I read this recipe as free on green.

Gram (chickpea) flour however would be synned, so I suppose technically so would ground dried (unsoaked) chickpeas. However soaked chickpeas being processed creates a texture more like coarse mushy peas than flour, so I wouldn't describe it as grinding.... rather... erm..... pureeing or mashing.