Slimming World Raspberry Roulade

I have been wanting to do this for a while now and I am so glad I did. It did not disappoint.

Serves 8

Syns per serving
Less than 0.5 syn

Ingredients:
4 eggs, separated
2 x 250g quark
3tbsp sweetener
1tsp baking powder
1tsp vanilla extract
200g raspberries
1 sachet Options white chocolate

Method:
Beat the egg whites until stiff. In another bowl mix together the egg yolks, 250g quark, 3tbsp sweetener, 1tsp baking powder and 1tsp vanilla extract. Fold in the egg whites carefully.

Cover a baking tray with baking paper (I used a silicone sheet, as its easier to peel off once its cooked). Poor over the mixture and bake in a 180c oven for 20 minutes.

Once cooked let it cool down. In a separate bowl use the remaining 250g of quark and mix in the white chocolate options. 

At this point you will have to peel off the sponge from the baking paper, very careful, and then flip it back over so that the side that was facing down, is still facing down (thats the prettier side and its the side you want to see once it's rolled up).

Spread over the quark/white chocolate mixture, spread over the raspberries and carefully roll up. 

Cut into 8 even pieces and enjoy!

Note: If you are not using a silicone baking sheet, you will need to spray some fry light on to the baking tray so that the baking paper sticks down, before pouring over the mixture.

Slimming World friendly Cinnamon, Jam and Nutella Swirls

I couldn't believe how easy and quick it was to make these. And I must say they are not far off the real thing 

Serves 25

Syns per serving
Cinnamon - 2.5 syns
Nutella - 3.5 syns
Raspberry Jam - 3.5

I have listed all the syns for each ingredient below so you can cut the pieces as small or as big as you like. As long as you take into consideration the syn values below as a whole. I managed to get 25 out of it

Ingredients:
1 packet of puff pastry light ready rolled (60 syns)
1 tbsp cinnamon and 2 tbsp sweetener mixed together (No syns)
2.5 tbsp nutella (10 syns)
10 tsp raspberry jam (5 syns)

Method:
Roll out the puff pastry and score into 3 sections.

In section 1 spread out evenly the cinnamon / sweetener mix.
In section 2 spread out evenly the jam.
In section 3 spread out evenly the nutella.

Roll it all up, cut and discard the ends. Cut in even slices and place on a baking tray.

Bake in a 180c oven for 15-25 minutes or until the pastry is lightly browned.

Enjoy!

WARNING: It is very easy to eat the whole lot!!

Slimming World one pot lasagne

This one pot lasagne recipe is a hit in any home, especially when time is not on your side but still want something as hearty as this.

Serves 6

Syns 

Free (add 6 if not using the mozzarella as your HEB)

Ingredients :

500g 5% mince beef 

1 onion, diced

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 bottle of passata 

1 beef stock

1tsp Italian herbs

Up to 500g mozzarella light, grated

Method:

Preheat the oven to 190c. Brown the onions and garlic for about 3 minutes or until softened. Turn the heat down to a medium heat, add the mince meat and cook until brown.

Add half of the passata and stock and turn the heat up stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes. 

Remove from the heat and pan. Assemble the lasagne sheets in the same pan, cutting any pieces needed for the edges. Add the filling and more lasagne on top.

Next, add the remaining passata and sprinkle with the mozzarella.

Cover and cook in the oven for 20 minutes. Remove the cover and cook for a further 10 minutes to brown the cheese.

Serve with a fresh salad.

Enjoy!

Slimming World Weetabix brownie muffins

These are delicious and so low in fat/sugar/syn, you can please the whole of the family whilst staying healthy.

Serves 6

Syns per serving
Just under 0.5 syn (if using the weetabix as your HEB, otherwise add another 1 syn for each one)

Ingredients:
2 Weetabix
10g coco powder
6tbsp sweetener
1 small carrot, grated
2 eggs
1 level tsp baking powder
a dash of skimmed milk

Method:
Blitz the weetabix in the blender for around 1-2 minutes. Add the sweetener and coco powder and blitz some more until well combined.

Add the rest of the ingredients and again give it a good blitz until all the ingredients are combined well with no traces of any dry powder.

Give it a good stir with a spoon to create some air and divide into 6 muffin cups.

Bake in a 190c oven for approximately 20 minutes or until the knife comes out clean.

Let them cool down before removing from the muffin cups.

Enjoy!

These are nice served with some fromage frai or quark and rasberries. 

Slimming World Baked Vanilla & Clementine Cheesecake

I am not one for baking but I had some quark lying around and wanted to try something different. And boy was I pleased I did. This low syn gorgeous desert can be the WOW factor at any dinner party or for a quick desert on a Sunday afternoon.

Serves 10

Syns per serving
4.5 syns

Ingredients:
10 digestive biscuits, finely crushed
50g of Flora light (or the equivalent)
1 vanilla pod
750g quark
3 large eggs, beaten
1tsp ground cinnamon
2tsp vanilla essence
4tbsp sweetener
8 clementines, peeled and sliced horizontally
Finely grated zest of 6 of the clementines
200g fat free natural fromage frais
100g any vibrant fruit (to decorate) 
1/2 tsp icing sugar, to dust

Method:
Melt the spread and put in a bowl with the biscuits and mix well. Spoon into a 22cm diameter, non stick loose bottomed cake tin. Flatten using the back of a spoon, cover and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 180c. Split the vanilla pod lengthways and scrape out the seeds into a bowl. Add the quark, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla essence, sweetener and two thirds of the clementine zest. Beat until well combined.

Pour the mixture over the prepared cheesecake base and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until just set and golden.

Leave the baked cheesecake to cool completely, cover with clingfilm and chill in the fridge for 6-8 hours or preferably overnight.

To serve, mix the fromage frais with 1tbsp of sweetener and spread over the cheesecake, top with the clementine slices, the remaining clementine zest and vibrant fruit and dust with the icing sugar. 

Cut into 10 slices and serve. 

Always keep refrigerated and consume within 24 hours.

Enjoy!

Slimming World Chocolate Brownies

A little treat when you are short of syns but still fancy something sweet 

Serves 12

Syns 
0.5 syns per muffin

Ingredients:
30g coco powder
35g sweetener
3 eggs, separated
1 tsp vanilla extract

Method:
Whisk the egg whites until they form a stiff peak.

In a separate bowl mix the egg yolks, coco powder, sweetener and vanilla extract. 
The mixture will be vert dry so add a few spoonfuls of the egg whites slowly until it becomes moist.

Then carefully fold in the remaining of egg whites until smooth.

Grease the bottom of the muffin tray with a little fry light, separate into 12 muffin trays and bake in a 180c oven for 15-20 minutes.

Slimming World Lemon Drizzle Cake

This is up there with the pancakes for me. It is absolutely delicious and you don't even feel you are on a "diet" when you're eating it. And the best thing about it...... it's only 8 SYNS for the whole cake!!!! And yes I would eat the whole cake that's how good it is!

Serves 8

Syns per serving
1 syn 

Ingredients:

For the cake
50g self raising flour
2 lemons
5 eggs, separated
28g sweetener

For the drizzle
20g sweetener 
Juice of 1 lemon

Method:

Sift the flour first to remove any lumps. 

Mix together the flour, rind of 2 lemons, juice from 1 lemon, sweetener and 5 egg yolks.

Whisk the egg whites until stiff then fold into the flour mixture.

Transfer into a loaf tin and bake in a 180c oven for appx 30 minutes or until the knife comes out clean.

While that is baking, mix the drizzle ingredients together in a saucepan on a low heat.

Once the cake is done, take out of the oven, pierce with the knife a few times and pour the drizzle over it. Put back in a 100c oven for another 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven and let it cool down a bit before cutting into 8 pieces.

You can serve with a dollop of fat free vanilla yogurt and some fruit.
Enjoy!