Meal Prep 101: Use by dates

I know, I know! Boring, yes but, very important if you don’t want to get food poisoning. Whatever you make, the use by date will be whatever the shortest date of what you use. Cooked vegetables = 4 days in the fridge or 10 months maximum in the freezer. Cooked meat/poultry (beef, pork, lamb, chicken, […]

Meal Prep 101: Advice for beginners

As you can see i’m starting a meal prep series in which I help you to stay on track by giving you recipes you can make in advance to eat throughout the week and months (if making frozen meals) Equipment: All big supermarkets (and I believe Poundland and Wilkinsons) sell takeaway style containers (the plastic […]

Arrabiata sauce

This is a totally simple but easy pasta sauce. There is only 2 syns for the whole batch so you will have to divide that by how many portions you get out of it. (I get around 8 with this batch so I don’t really bother synning this dish!) 1 tsp olive oil 2 tbsp each […]

Perfect sushi rice

Sushi rice always seems daunting but is ridiculously easy to make. When you have your sushi rice figured out it is easy to make homemade sushi that can be syn free or near enough syn free. Ratio – 1:1.5 (e.g 1 mug of rice to 1.5 mugs water) OR enough to cover the rice with […]

Cooking pasta in a pressure cooker

Sounds insane but I thought I’d give it a go and it works! Let’s get to it! Cooking in a sauce: If you have a sauce in your IP or PC (instant pot or pressure cooker) you want to add your pasta, and top with enough water to just come under the pasta, give it a […]

Hash Browns/Rosti

These #slimmingworld friendly #synfree hash browns are freezer friendly and moreish i dare you to not fall in love with them.

Christmas punch (child friendly)

Tangy sweet and full of festive feeling. This festive fruit punch will put a smile on all of your family’s faces.