Slimming World — January-February 2018

Scottish seafood

cocktail

SUPER SIMPLE

Serves 

Ready in about  minutes

g fat-free natural fromage frais

Juice of ½ lemon

tsp white wine vinegar

tbsp chopped fresh dill (or  tsp dried)

½ savoy cabbage, shredded

 tbsp tomato purée

 slices smoked salmon (around g)

 cooked, peeled king prawns with

the tails left on (defrosted if frozen)

 Whisk the fromage frais with

the lemon juice, vinegar and dill.

Stir half the fromage frais mixture

through the cabbage and mix the

remainder with the tomato purée

to make a Marie Rose-style sauce.

 Arrange the salmon, prawns

and shredded cabbage on  small

plates and serve with the sauce

as a dip for the prawns.

Syns per serving: FREE

‘Haggis’ balls,

rumbledethumps

mash & gravy

EVERYDAY EASY

Serves 

 (meatballs and mash only)

Ready in about  hour, plus cooling

Low-calorie cooking spray

 onions, finely chopped

 g mushrooms, finely chopped

­g plain rolled porridge oats

€g lean beef mince (­‚ fat or less)

tbsp freshly ground black pepper

­ tsp mustard powder

 tsp each of ground mace and

ground coriander

vegetable stock cube

g floury potatoes, such as Maris

Piper, peeled and cut into chunks

…g swede, peeled and cut into chunks

½ savoy cabbage, roughly shredded

 x  ­g pots frozen Slimming World

Onion Gravy

Steamed green beans, to serve

 Spray a non-stick frying pan with

low-calorie cooking spray and place

over a medium heat. Fry the onions

and mushrooms until soft and any

liquid has evaporated. Stir in the

oats and leave to cool.

 Preheat your oven to ­€‚°C…fan

­‚°C…gas †. Combine the mince,

pepper, ‡ tsp mustard powder, the

mace, coriander and a pinch of salt.

Add the oat mixture, stir well, then

roll into ­€ balls. Spread on a non-

stick baking tray and spray with low-

calorie cooking spray. Bake for ‡‚-‡‰

minutes, or until cooked through.

 Meanwhile, crumble the stock

cube into a large saucepan of boiling

water. Add the potatoes and swede

and boil for ­‚-­‰ minutes. With

‡ minutes to go, add the cabbage.

Drain, reserving a mug of the

cooking water, then mash with

‹ tsp mustard powder and enough

Cranachan

with boozy

raspberries

EVERYDAY EASY

Serves 

V

Ready in about  minutes,

plus cooling and marinating

­g plain rolled porridge oats

 level tsp runny honey

tsp ground cinnamon

Pinch of fresh nutmeg

g fresh or frozen raspberries

(defrosted if frozen)

…­ml Scotch whisky

g plain quark

g fat-free natural fromage frais

 tsp vanilla extract

­ level tsp sweetener

Zest of unwaxed lemon,

plus a little juice

 Preheat your oven to ‡‚‚°C…fan

­€‚°C…gas . Line a baking tray with

baking paper. Mix together the oats,

honey, cinnamon and nutmeg, then

spread over the baking paper. Bake

for ­‚ minutes, or until toasted.

Leave to cool.

 Meanwhile, toss the raspberries

in the whisky. Set aside to marinate

for up to ‹‚ minutes.

 Whisk together the quark, fromage

frais, vanilla extract, sweetener,

lemon zest and a squeeze of lemon

juice. Divide the raspberries between

 dessert glasses. Top with the quark

mixture and divide over the oats.

Syns per serving: 

½

Simple, special

and with a wee

dram thrown

in... A meal that’s

made for winter

celebrations

cooking water to get a soft, rough

mash. Heat the gravy according

to the pack instructions. Serve

‹ ‘haggis’ balls per person with the

mash, beans and gravy.

Syns per serving: ½

 SLIMMING WORLD

celebrate!

RECIPES & FOOD STYLING: SARAH COOK. PROP STYLING: MORAG FARQUHAR

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