so now the Winter is back!!

Hi all,

Now the winter is back and its sooooo cold i'm wondering what everyone is eating?? Having the normal Jacket and beans at the mo - but what other things can i have?? I used to enjoy having soup - but by the new booklet it doesn't mention the heinz winter broth?? What winter foods can anyone recommend for lunch to warm me up and keep me going for the gym after work..

K xx

how about leek and potato soup
just slice a large leek 1lb potatoes 1 onion litre of stock made with chicken bovril and salt and pepper to taste.chuck in a big pan simmer untill vegtables tender then blitz it up with a blender.yummy.in asda at the mo they have leek and potato veg allready prepared so easy just add your stock.free on green

I tend to make casseroles...

veg soup. Put any veg you like in a pot with veg stock. Bouillon is nice. Boil up and whizz. Lovely. I love it with butternut squash. Or jsut butter nut sqash soup with 5 spice. Boil and whizz and add 5 spice or curry powder. Chinese. Chinese oxo cybes, pak choi, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, cabbage (any veg really) and prawns, add 5 spice. Soup really is the esiest thing in the world to make. you don'r need a recipe book, just bung in anything tht you think'll go good together. Cauliflower boiled in milk and whizzed is good too. Ass curry poweder if you want. BNS and red pepper. Leek and potato. Onion. All sorts

Lynda

Thanks - i thought there was some rule about synning food when it is blitzed?? Is that just fruit??

K xx

that's just fruit!

My slow cooker tends to work overtime in the Winter, I make soups, stews and curries etc, all lovely Winter warming comfort food.

Has anyone got any recipes for lovely winter low syn stews? I've never made one before but want to have a batch cooking session while the OH is away. Thanks x

There are some great recipes in the recipes section for some yummy casseroles:

http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/106976-beef-butternut-squash-stew.html

http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-recipes/121307-country-chicken-casserole.html

Im thinking about doing a nice sausage casserole, found out that tesco healthy living low fat pork sausages are 1/2 a syn each on a red day, and the Scwartz classic sausage casserole sachet is 5syns on red or green, but not bad considering it will serve 4 people and you can divide the syns between 4.

Casseroles are great but I do miss dumplings and "winter stodge" but think that im going to try adding things like butter beans etc to bulk them out a bit... yummy looking forward to this!

Does anybody know of any low syn curry recipes that could be slow cooked for lovely winter warming food? xx

Butternut squash and rent lentil curry. From a self proclaimed meat addict that rarely eats green, I really recommend this. And you can ahve loads of rice too. In recipe section, along with otehr gorgeous recipes
Lynda