Wednesday 25 June 2014

Pizza - Goats Cheese and Red Onion

Serves 1 - 7 ProPoints

This pizza can be made with any topping you like. The Mediterranean flat breads are 4 ProPoints each and I buy them in a pack of 5 from Aldi. The ProPoints above are for the toppings I have used but they can be swapped out for mozzarella  / feta whatever you like, just point it up 

Ingredients 
1 small Mediterranean Flat Bread 
1tbsp Tomato Ketchup/Purée 
1/2 Red onion, finely sliced
1/4 Sweet Red Pepper, finely sliced 
1 tomato l, deseeded and finely sliced 
40g goats cheese 
1/2 tsp oregano
Salt and Pepper 

Method

1. Spread the ketchup / purée over the base 

2. Top with the onion, tomato, pepper, goats cheese, oregano and season with salt and pepper

3. Bake in an oven for 15/20 mins at 180 degrees 


Wednesday 18 June 2014

Blueberry Pancakes - Serves 4

5 ProPoints per Serving  / 6 ProPoints including Blueberry Syrup


This is a lovely breakfast and I think it would be great for kids! 

I always struggle wit breakfast ideas that are going to fill me up and keep me going till lunch. This breakfast works! 

You don't have to use blueberries. You could use banana, mango, stewed apple instead of the syrup.

Ingredients - pancakes 

100g flour, self raising
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tbsp maple syrup 
1 egg
100ml milk
Handful blueberries, fresh or frozen
1tsp low fat butter 

Ingredients - syrup

2 handfuls of blueberries, frozen or fresh
Tsp honey

Method

1. Whisk all the pancake ingredients together, except the blueberries, until smooth

2. Heat the butter in the pan and dollop a spoonful of the mixture in to the pan. My pan can take 2 pancakes at a time and this mixture makes 12 pancakes. 

3. Add three to four blueberries to the pancake and wait for it to cook. 

4. Once bubbles have formed on the top of the pancake and it looks a little set, flip it

5. To make the sauce, put the honey and blueberries in a pan and bring to a boil. Simmer and stir to help some of the berries pop

6. Serve pancakes with syrup on top

Monday 16 June 2014

King Prawns with Mango Salsa and Herby Cous Cous

Serves 2 - 5 ProPoints

Ingredients 

80g Cous Cous
16 Cooked and peeled King Prawns
1 Mango, diced 
1/2 Chilli, finely diced 
1 Spring onion, chopped 
1/2 Cucumber, diced
2 tsp Italian Herbs
1/2 Chicken Stock cube
Lime Juice

Method 

1. Place 80g Cous Cous in a bowl with 160g chicken stock and herbs, cover until all the water is absorbed and Cous Cous is soft. Fluff with a fork 

2. Add the mango, chili, spring onion, cucumber and lime juice together, toss and add to Cous Cous with the prawns 

3. Serve immediately or refrigerate for later. 

Spicy Chicken, Bacon and Avacado Salad

Serves 2 - 14 propoints per serving

Ingredients 

Salad
2 x boneless, skinless chicken breasts, diced 
1 tbsp Cajun Seasoning
2 x lean rashers, diced 
1 Avacado, pitted 
2 x Baby Gem Lettuce
Punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cucumber, seeded and diced
1 tsp olive oil

Dressing
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp honey
Salt & pepper 

Method

1. Heat tsp oil in pan and roll the diced chicken in the Cajun spices 

2. Cook chicken for 5-6 mins and add bacon. Continue cooking till bacon is crispy and chicken is cooked through

3. Meanwhile, make the dressing by whisking all the ingredients together.

4. Add the lettuce to the bowl and Drizzel over half the dressing and toss

5. Add the remaining vegetables and toss with the lettuce and dressing

6. Put the salad on a plate and top with the chicken, bacon and add 1/2 te Avacado to each plate by scooping te flesh out with a teaspoon

7. Serve with remainder dressing on the side