Smokey Spicy Sweet Potato Wedges - Slimming World Friendly Syn Free and Vegetarian

A nice side to meals like Lilt Zero Gammon, Fanta Gammon and an alternative to chips with for example a nice steak.

Ingredients

Smoked Paprika Powder
Sweet Potato (or regular potato if preferred.)
Salt
Frylight

Preparation Time 10 Mins
Cooking Time 25 Mins

Method

Peel Potato and cut into wedged pieces. I go for about an 4-5 cm pieces about 1-2 cm thick. Place in cold water and bring to the boil. Turn back and simmer until soft to touch but so they don't break up, roughly about 6 mins size dependent.

Strain Potato and allow to cool.

Heat oven to Gas Mark 6 and place a baking tray sprayed with frylight into the over to heat up the oil.
Spray a frying pan with Frylight Oil and heat, once hot fry off the wedges for 5 mins to crisp-en up the edges. Sprinkle a good couple of teaspoons of Smoked Paprika over the potato in the frying pan and some rock salt. Toss the potato to ensure a good even covering of salt and smoked paprika and then transfer potato into the pre-heated oil on the baking tray and cook on the bottom shelf of the oven on gas mark 6 for a further 20 mins or until crisp and cooked to taste.

These are a lovely Syn Free alternative to spicy fries/wedges or chip!

Please feel free to leave me any feedback or creative suggestions and I hope you enjoy if you try the recipe!

Lilt Zero Gammon/Chicken - Slimming World Friendly - Can be made with Quorn Chicken for a Vegetarian Option

Have tried Fanta Gammon before but decided to try a different version with slightly more SuperFree in the dish and with hopefully a slightly less Sweet Sauce. With this in mind, I decided to give Lilt Zero Sauce ago. This Dish is Syn Free on Slimming World, Extra Easy Plan, if made using Frylight and Lilt Zero.

Ingredients to Serve 2 People

2 x Gammon Steak (Fat Trimmed off) or 2 Skinned Chicken Breast
2 Medium Onions
1 Red Pepper
2 Carrots
4 Medium Mushrooms
1/2 Fresh Pineapple
1 Can of Lilt Zero
250g Tomato Passatta
1 Tablespoon of Dark Soy Sauce
Frylight

Preparation Time 15 Mins
Cooking Time 30 mins

Method

Cut Gammon Steak into roughly 1cm Cubed Squares. If using Chicken  chop chicken into pieces.
Rough Chop Onion,
Slice Red Pepper, Finely Slice Mushroom and Finely Sliced Carrot
Chop Pineapple into Cubes and keep any juice.

Heat frylight in pan and then fry off Gammon/Chicken pieces until fully cooked.
Add the onion and fry for 3-4 mins or until soft and slightly brown.
Add the pepper and carrot and again fry for a few mins until softened.
Add in the Mushroom and fry for a further 3 mins.

In a seperate jug mix together the passatta, soy sauce and Lilt Zero. Turn the heat back on the pan and add the contents of the jug into the Gammon and Vegetables.

Bring mixture to the boil and then turn back and simmer for 20 mins or until sauce is reduced to personal taste. I like mine fairly thick but can be served with a less viscous sauce if you prefer.

I personally served this with Potato and Sweet Potato wedges (will add a blog for my slimming world friendly recipe) and a green salad and a winter salad. Would also work well served with Veg!

Personally preferred this to the Fanta Gammon as it had a slightly less sweet sauce, but both are lovely. If you try it I hope you enjoy, please leave and feedback or creative suggestions for changes!

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Curried Onion Mushroom and Potato Cake, Slimming World Syn Free on Extra Easy and Suitable for Vegetarians

I was looking for some options for a side dish to a Slimming World Curry Recipe and couldn't find anything that didn't contain either a lot of Flour (Syns) or Deep Fried (Syns) so I created this as an attempt at a replacement. Its fairly simple and relatively quick to make.

Ingredients

3 Medium Potato's (Peeled)

1 Medium Onion

4 Medium Sized Mushrooms

Curry Powder (I used Tikka Powder, but what ever flavour is your personal preference)

Frylight

Salt

Method

Peel 3 Potato's and soak in cold water for a few mins to help reduce the starch levels.

Peel and finely chop Onion.

Peel and finely chop Mushrooms.

Lightly fry off the Onions and Mushrooms in Frylight and a pinch of salt, add in Curry Powder and fry off together for a couple more mins. Ive found a couple of teaspoons is about the right amount for my taste but this can be altered to your taste. 

Strain and dry off the potato and then use a fine grater and grate potato. Mix grated potato with the fried Onion and Mushroom into a bowl and mix together well. Split the mixture into 4 equal balls and then flatten out into round circular 'cakes' about 2-3 cm thick.

Using a Griddle or a frying pan heat some frylight until it starts to sizzle and add in the individual cake pieces and fry for 3-4 mins on one side until golden brown. (Do not be tempted to turn to quickly as this will often result in the cake breaking up.) Once first side is nicely cooked flip and cook on other side for roughly the same length of time. 

Remove from pan and serve.

If you want to change the flavour or want to make them more spicy you can add in fresh Chilli, Chilli Powder or Cumin Seeds etc.

As always please feel free to leave any comments or feedback and if you do try adapting the recipe or adding in other flavours please let me know how it goes! 

Enjoy! :)

A little Update and what to expect from future recipes!

Been a while since I last posted and this is due to the fact that I myself have joined Slimming World in an effort to lose some weight and it has meant a fairly huge change to the type of food I have been cooking and the ingredients and methods of cooking I have been using. Therefore there has been a lot of trial and error and developing of recipe's and I haven't wanted to post anything without having ensured that I am completely happy with it first.

I am generally following the Extra Easy Plan with Slimming World and from now on the majority of recipes will be Syn Free or Low Syn food on this diet plan. I will try to give Syn Values for the dishes where appropriate and also state if it is on Extra Easy, Red Day or Green Day plans. Please bear in mind though that whilst I am trying my hardest to be as accurate as possible, for my own sake as much as yours, none of these recipes will be Slimming World Approved and may have slightly wrong Syn Amounts. I will also be editing my previous recipes where appropriate to give more information based around the Slimming World Diet Plans.

My recipes will still include a mixture of Meat Dishes and Vegetarian Options as I am Meat eater but my partner is Vegetarian and also following Slimming World Diet. I hope any of you who try the recipe's continue to enjoy them and hopefully appreciate the slightly healthier feel to them!