Vegetable and chickpea soup

Serves 4
Each serving is :
Free on Extra Easy
Free on Green
8 Syns on Original

• 1 large red onion , peeled and finely chopped

• 4 celery sticks

• 2 large garlic cloves , peeled and crushed

• 1 carrot , peeled and finely diced

• 1 small red chilli , deseeded and diced

• 1,2 litres boiling hot vegetable stock

• 200 g small baby new potatoes , peeled and cut into small chunks

• 100 g fine asparagus tips

• 200 g canned chickpeas , drained

• 200 g frozen soya beans or broad beans

• salt and freshly ground black pepper

• a small handful each of fresh flat-leaf parsley and fresh mint , chopped

1. Place a large non-stick saucepan over medium heat , add the onion , celery , garlic , carrot , and red chilli and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
2. Pour over the vegetables stock , bring to boil then add the potatoes. 
3. Simmer   for 12-15 minutes or until tender.
4. Add the asparagus tips , chickpeas and the frozen beans for the last 4 minutes of cooking.
5. Season to taste and stir in the chopped herbs before serving.

Recipe come from All in One Extra easy  Slimming world book

Baked Spinach Chips

 Lay spinach  , in a single row, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
 Use more than one baking sheet, if you have them, or work in batches.
 Bake in a well pre-heated 200 degree C oven for 12 minutes,
 Makes 2 - 4 servings.  Or 1 serving if I'm the one eating it. :)

Tomato soup with rice

Extra Easy Free
Original Free
Green Free

Serves 4
Sysn per serving


Ingredients :

• Fry light 
• 1 onion , peeled and finely chopped
• 1/4 of swede , finely chopped
• 2 garlic clove , peeled and finely chopped
• 2 carrots ,peeled and finely diced 
• 0,5 l water or stock
• 400 g fresh tomatoes
• Freshly ground black pepper
• Bay leaf
• allspice
• 100 g cooked rice

Method :

1. Spray a saucepan with Fry light and place over a medium heat.
2. Add onion, swede, garlic, carrot and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes
3. Add water or stock , bay leaf ,allspice ,  tomatoes and bring to boil.
4. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 20-26  minutes.
5. Remove  bay leaf ,allspice
6. Remove from the heat , season well and using a hand-held blender or food processor , blend until smooth. 
7. You can add more boiled water if the soup is too strong .Blend.
8. Ladle the soup into warmed bowls , add rice. Serve immediately.

Recipe based on Best ever Recipes , slimming world 

Fish pie

Syns per Serving - Syns free on Extra Easy

Serves 4
Ingredients 

• 1 kg potatoes
• 500 g white fish without bones and skins
• 150 g mixing vegetables ( carrot , onion , celeriac , leek ) chopped 
• 150 g peas fresh or frozen
• 1 cube of fish stock
• 2 eggs
• pepper
• bay leaf
• allspice

Method

1. Peel and boil the potatoes ( in water with bay leaf , allspice , and 1 cube of fish stock)
2. Mash the potatoes.
3. Steam the fish (to keep it succulent)
4. When cooked, break the fish into chunks. 
5. Steam the vegetables and frozen peas.
6. Preheat the oven  to 200 degrees
7. Spoon into a large oven proof dish 1/4 of potatos , fish , vegetables , 3/4 of potatos.
8. Season to taste
9. Beat the eggs and pour over the top
10. Bake for 40 min 

Bacon and brie potato skins

Syns per Serving  -Extra Easy Syns 2
Serves 4:

• 4 Baking potatos 
• Fryligt 
• 8 rashes back bacon , all visable fat removed , cut into 1,5 cm pieces
• 4 spring onions , thinly sliced
• 1 tbs garlic salt or powder
• 1 roasted red pepper in brine , drained ( or 1 fresh tomato) and finely chopped
• 50 g brie ,  chilled and finely chopped
• Freshy ground black pepper

1. Preheat you owen to 200 degrees .
2. Prick the potatoes with a fork and bake on a baking tray for 1- 1 1/4 hours ,or until the skins are crisp and the insides fluffy. 
3. Cut them in half  lengthways
4. Scoop most of the insides into a bowl ( keeping about  a 1 cm layer of flesh) and set aside. Allow to cool for 15 minutes.
5. Meanwhile , place a frying pan sprayed with Frylight over a medium heat .Stir-fry the bacon for 3-4 min , or until cooked.
6. Stir the spring onions , garlic , red pepper or tomatoes , brie and half of the bacon into the bowl of potato insides and season.
7. Spoon the filling into the skins , and lay them on a baking tray so they fit snugly.
8. Spring over the remaining bacon and bake for 10-15 minutes.
9. Delicious

Recipe comes from Slimming world magazine 

Celeriac - Potato Cakes

Syns per Serving  - Extra Easy Syns free
 serves 4

• 1 kg floury potatoes , peeled
• 400 g celeriac , peeled
• 2 eggs
• bay leaf , allspice , black pepper

1. Boil the potatoes , celeriac and spieces togheter for about 20 min , or until tender.  Throw out the spices . Drain , mash well and set aside. Leave for about 30 min to cool.
2. Add 2 eggs and mix well.
3. Preheat oven  to 200 degrees.
4. Shape into small cakes and place on a baking tray.
5. Bake for about 25-30 min or until lighty browned.

EE syns free