Month: October 2014

Gorgeous Green Fusilli with Bacon

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This delight of a dish involves hardly any cooking and the sauce  is so quick and easy (it takes around the same length of time to prepare as the pasta takes to cook). This is one of my favourite recipes as usually when you are trying to find low point pasta meals, you would stick to tomato based pastas as they are lower in points. This recipe however, is a nice low point tomato free alternative. Depending on how hungry I am I sometimes add an extra handful of spinach leaves whole at the end and let it wilt in the heat.

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Spicy Szechuan Chicken Stir Fry – 8sp

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I usually make stir fries from scratch (sauce and all) but there are some nights when I get home and frankly I can’t be bothered. I have been searching for something quick and easy to fix this for a while now and not found anything that took my fancy, until my friend suggested Asda’s fresh stir fry sauce mixes to me. They are nice and cheap (£1 each) and there is quite a variety to choose from. Knowing we had a busy two nights ahead, I picked up enough of everything to have stir fry two nights in a row and bought the Szechuan Sauce and Cantonese Sauce to mix things up.

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Tuna and Chorizo Pasta Bake – 14sp

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When I started Weight Watchers I would have never thought I could have had something like this on the plan, especially for only 14sp. I found that cooking each portion in separate dishes (like lasagne or small pie dishes) was a great way of making sure you had the correct portion size as often my boyfriend requests a lot more than a weight watchers portion would allow!

This is a quick, easy and filling meal which is perfect when your cupboards are a bit bare, the majority of the ingredients I have in my cupboards all the time! Omit the chorizo for a lower pro point option .

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Chorizo and Red Lentil Soup – 2sp

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Now the weather has got a bit colder and I’m starting to think about investing in my yearly pair of ear muffs (I somehow manage to snap them at the end of every winter) I thought it was about time I whipped up my first soup of the autumn. This is a gorgeous soup recipe which tastes like a real treat but at only 2sp per portion its a bargain smart points wise, especially considering the gorgeous smells and taste that ooze out of it!

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Sticky Five Spice Pork Stir Fry – Only 10sp!

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Me and the OH were planning on having a lovely pork stew the other night but, as they do, plans change quickly and I ended up having to cook something up fairly quickly so we could head out earlier than anticipated! I’ve been wanting to try out this stir fry combo for a while so took the opportunity that night and my oh my was it a treat!! The addition of the five spice made for a nice change and I loved it as it took no times at all and was all in the one pan, less dishes!! You can pop any stir fry vegetables with it that you like and even add some bean sprouts to bulk it out if you fancy but I got a fairly hefty bowlful for only 10sp!

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Aubergine Bake – 7sp

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I love lasagne but there are times when I’ve had a particularly carby few days when I just can’t hack more pasta/carbs. This recipe is therefore a perfect way of having a gorgeous, filling meal with no carbs and for hardly any points. The aubergines add such a nice flavour to the dish and make a really nice change to pasta.

When I made this I made a (very!!) big batch of bolognaise sauce (enough to serve 8). I only use 500g of extra lean mincemeat but I pad it out with lots of veg (onion, mushrooms, peppers, courgette see my recipe for Bolognaise sauce here, this serve 4 as a bolognaise but padded out serves 8 in a lasagne or aubergine bake). This gave me enough bolognaise sauce to make a lasagne to serve 6 and two separate Aubergine bakes. If you are going to give this a whirl, your points may change if you use more or less of the sauce so point accordingly.

I make this in individual lasagne dishes as I think they keep everything nice and combined and it means you have just enough Aubergine. If making for more than 2 people you could use a large lasagne dish but if so I would say use at least 1 aubergine per person and they are deeper and take more filling.

The recipe below is therefore written for making in individual lasagne dishes. I served mine with a big green side salad.

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