Slimming World Recipe #2

Homemade BBQ Pulled Pork 

So I'm still going strong on my slimming world and have now lost 9.5lbs, over half a stone i also have weigh in tomorrow so hopefully will have lost a couple more. Im feeling loads better in myself and went shopping Milton Keynes yesterday and fitted in a smaller size which made me very very happy and also made me want to keep going on and not give up. 

Todays recipe is BBQ pulled pork, i loveeeee pulled pork and its mainly what i choose on a menu when i go out for dinner so to be able to eat it at home felt very naughty like i was indulging in a very bad dinner but it was completely syn free (all you fellow slimming world people will know how good that is) its actually really easy to make i can't say I'm experienced in cooking but since joint slimming world I've tried a lot of things. 

Ingredients 

1.5-2kg shoulder of pork all fat removed

5 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp of Mustard Powder

500g Passata 

3 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar

2 Cloves of Garlic, crushed

3 tbsp of sweetener

Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper

In a small bowl, mix passata, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, mustard powder, garlic, sweetener and seasoning. Transfer to a small pan and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the sauce thickens

Meanwhile, trim and remove all visible fat from the pork and sear all sides in a hot frying pan sprayed with low calorie cooking spray. Transfer to a roasting tin lined with aluminium foil and pour the sauce over the pork making sure all the meat is covered. Cover with the foil and bake on 160°C/140°C Fan for 4-5 hours.

Remove the pork from the oven and place on a cutting board. Allow the meat to cool for approximately 15 minutes, then shred into bite-sized pieces using two forks.

It tasted soooo good i actually impressed myself a little haha. There was also enough left for lunch the next day. Have you made any nice recipes lately? 

Slimming world Recipe #1

Sticky 5 Spice Gammon

As I said the other day this year I'm trying to get fit and healthy and i have joined slimming world this year and have found that some of the recipes are absolutely amazing and i don't even feel like I'm on a diet half the time, i had my second weigh in yesterday and lost 2 pounds so that 6 all together nearly  half a stone YAYY! so I'm going to share with you my favourite ones. This week is sticky 5 spice gammon which is so so tasty.

This recipe serves 4 and the whole recipe is 4 syns which when you share it out between 4 of you its only 1 syn which is perfect when your allowed up to 15 a day.

Ingredients2 tsp Chinese 5-Spice powder
4 x 175g gammon steak cut into bite-sized pieces (remove all the fat first)
Frylite or other syn-free cooking spray
2 red chillies, deseeded and finely sliced
Finely grated zest and juice of an orange
1 level tbsp of runny honey
100 ml of chicken stock
2 tbsp dark soy sauce
Egg noodles to serve

Most of the time I'm only making this for me and my mum so i half the ingredients and leave the chillis out as mum doesn't like spicy things. Boring i know. 

Method

1 – Cook the noodles according to packet instructions

2 – Sprinkle the 5-spice powder over the gammon pieces.

3 – Put a few sprays of frylite into a wok or large frying pan.

4 – Cook the gammon over a high heat for around 2-3 minutes until the edges are slighty browned.

5 – Add the soy sauce, honey, red chillies, orange zest and juice and stock and simmer for 4-5 minutes or until the sauce becomes sticky and the gammon is glazed and golden (with slightly burned edges if you like that sort of thing).

6 – Serve straight away with cooked egg noodles, and any pan juices poured over.

I can't even describe how amazing this tastes, i would easily eat this like 3 times a week.
Ive got a feeling this week for slimming world is going to be tough, even though I'm going to bokwa (post coming soon) and body attack. Tonight i am going for my friends birthday meal at a gorgeous Italian which is cheese and carb galore. One of my friends going is also on slimming world so were hoping to help each other make sensible choices when eating. Wish me luck!!! haha.


Have you got any slimming world recipes to share?