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Burlesque_Babe

giving up the cigs is a huge reason to treat yourself!! Well done!

coolmum

thanx Keren

its been hard but i think ive cracked it.....well for now at least lol


im goin home for 2 weeks in August so thats my motivation for this diet, i want everyone to see me fit and forty not fat and forty! lol

Burlesque_Babe

a couple of books I've always found useful is the pocket sized Little Book of Low Syn Snacks and also the pocket book which is supermarket Free Foods (can't remember the exact name of the second one, I haven't dug it out yet)

They are listed by manufacturer or supermarket and are great for finding stuff you wouldn't think are free!

My favourite quick snacky ready meal things are:

Batchelors Pasta n Sauce - all are free on a Green apart from the Carbonara which is 0.5 syn and Cheese, Leek and Ham which is 1 syn. Use water or milk from the a choice list.

Batchelors Super Low Fat Noodles - chicken and herb or smoky bacon, both Free on Green. Be careful you don't buy the regular SuperNoodles - they aren't free, but are still quite low. Asda Smartprice ones are 2.5 for the chicken flavoured ones.

Batchelors packet Savoury Rice - all the flavours are free on a green day

Just a couple of things I always have in the cupboard to snack on or have for lunch.

coolmum

they sound good thanx for that


i usually tend to like somethin quick to snack on in the evenings so these would be ideal


shame how the own brand cheapy ones are more syns and points than the more expensive brands tho, always the way eh

Burlesque_Babe

I guess the cheaper ones have more sugar and 'filler' ingredients in them.

ZTD

keren29 wrote: »

I guess the cheaper ones have more sugar and 'filler' ingredients in them.

Or don't have a "commercial agreement" with them...

Bunnyinthelights

I made the chicken tikka masala for tea tonight-my first ever attempt at a curry from 'scratch' and it was really nice!!! Im very pleased and want to try more curries now.

If anyone wants the recipe, let me know.
Syn free too btw-however, I like lots of rice so had 8 syns worth of rice...

Burlesque_Babe

well done bunny!

I was going to do curry tonight, but changed my mind to ratatouille chicken with chick pea cous cous. The chicken is cooking now.

When I do a curry, I chop onion and fry off, add garlic (and ginger if I have some) brown the meat, add the curry powder, tin of tomatoes and then (depending on what I have in the cupboard) stuff like chick peas, cooked potatoes, boiled egg, peppers, mushrooms, cooked butternut squash, chillies and spinach. I usually add some chopped coriander at the end.

Sea78

Not all the brand ones are syn free - quite a few of the vvv cheap noodles are free too- but they vary so worth checking on the site.

Sea xx

Burlesque_Babe

definitely Sea. I'm going to dig out my branded free foods and see what else is out there.