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Emma Browne February 7, 2016
1. Rice pudding with diet cream soda
Cream soda has such a unique flavour, and I don't know what mad genius came up with this recipe for a syn free rice pudding... but it works!
INGREDIENTS:
- 3oz Pudding Rice
- 500ml Diet / Sugar Free Cream Soda
- 1 Mullerlight Yogurt
- Drop of vanilla essence or another flavour of your choice
METHOD:
Put the rice and cream soda in a pan and bring to the boil | Reduce heat, add essence and simmer until liquid is absorbed |Allow to cool | Stir in mullerlight | Serve.
2. Slimming World KFC chicken made with Couscous
I heard about a KFC ex-employee who let the cat out of the bag regarding KFC's "secret recipe" for their chicken coating. You'd be right to think that couscous did not make the cut. However, the spice mix mentioned below is indeed part of that magic recipe, and the combination is a wonderful slimming world friendly alternative.
INGREDIENTS:
- 50g chicken pieces
- 100g plain couscous
- 1/4 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tsp onion granules
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1 medium egg
- Fry light
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 200 Degrees |Add the mustard powder, cumin, cayenne pepper and chicken stock cube to the couscous and add enough boiling water to cover |cover with a plate | allow couscous to absorb the water |mix egg into the couscous mixture |Dip chicken pieces into the mixture | Spray a baking tray with frylight |place chicken pieces on tray |Pop into the oven and cook for 25-30 mins
3.Diet coke chicken
It's the last thing you can imagine pouring over your chicken, a big ol can of diet coke. However, once you taste the first mouthful, you'll know it won't be the last time making it!
RECIPE:
- 330ml can of diet coke
- 350g diced chicken
- Veg of your choice
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- salt & pepper
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- tbsp passata
- 200ml chicken stock
METHOD:
spray pan with frylight | fry chicken, onion, garlic and veg for 5 mins | Add diet coke, stock, passata, garlic,soy sauce | Bring to the boile | Cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes
4. Chocolate mug cake
Whats not to love about this! at only two syns and under a minute to cook, its a perfect dessert.
- 1 options belgian choc sachet
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp sweetener
METHOD:
add the ingredients to a small mug | mix well | Microwave on high for 50 seconds | allow to cool and serve.
5. Fanta Sweet and sour chicken
- 2-3 chicken breasts cut into strips
- 330mls of fanta zero (or another diet fizzy orange)
- 60g passata
- 1 large sweet red pepper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 chopped onion
Fry onion, peppers and chicken using frylight for 5 minutes | add fanta and passata and bring to the boil | Allow to simmer for 10 minutes | serve with rice or salad
So there you have it. Us Slimming world heads are a creative bunch arent we? Do you know of any other crazy recipes? Let me know in the comments below!
