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Stuffed Aubergines
In all my 48 years on this earth I have never stuffed an aubergine. It’s never been one of the things I would put down on my bucket list, but more to do…
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Victoria Sponge…Kind of!
Have you ever tried a proper Victoria Sponge cake? It’s the plainest of cakes, which is right up my street, because I am the ultimate plain Jane, enjoying rich tea biscuits, vanilla ice…
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Pasta Bake with Mozzarella Cheese
If you are following the Slimming World diet then this recipe is Syn free apart from the cheese, which isn’t many, probably about 1 or 2 per serving. I eat this with salad…
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Butterfly Cakes
This is a trip down nostalgia lane. I made these fairy cakes as my first cooking experience as a child. They were the first recipe I attempted at school, and they were also…
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Rock Cakes
These may look like rocks, but they don’t taste like them. This is the first ever recipe my great-grandmother, taught me. Easy Peasy! Ingredients 200g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder 100g butter…
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Low Fat Chilli Beef
Ingredients: 3 cloves of garlic crushed Low cal fry light Pinch of chilli flakes Quarter teaspoon of pepper Half a teaspoon of sugar Tablespoon light soy sauce 1 Teaspoon of chilli bean paste…
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Low Fat Pastrami Wrap
I’ve been dieting for a couple of months now and I’m always trying to make new food stuffs to relieve the boredom. I came across this tasty wrap idea the other day, adapted…
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Spicy Prawns with Noodles/1&1/2 Syns with Slimming World
This is virtually Syn free so you can eat as much of it as you like, and you’ll want to because it’s great. Even if you’re not following the Slimming…
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Sandwich
John Montagu. 4th Earl of Sandwich This guy to the right is John Montagu, who made the sandwich popular. It is said that around 1762 he asked for two slices of bread with…
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Chocolate Cake with Grated Twix
This cake is really nice and the use of 3 eggs gives it an excellent rise. I grated a Twix (a two finger chocolate bar) on mine, which works really well because you…
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Weight Loss Snacks
I’ve been losing weight for the past 5 weeks, and yesterday I stepped on the scales and lost this week another 2 lbs. So in total that’s 1 stone and 2 lbs. I…
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Carrot Cake
This is the best carrot cake you will ever eat. Ingredients: 4 eggs, 3oo ml vegetable oil 400g – 14 oz caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 250g – 9 oz plain flour…
