Skinny Beef Lasagne - 7 PropPoints per Serving; Serves 3

This is adapted from The Hairy Bikers Diet Cook Book

I left out the stock, wine and flour in the meat sauce and you wouldn't even notice!

This is a time consuming creation but I think worth your while.

Ingredients 
1 large leek
1 medium onion
1 medium carrot, grated
300g lean mince beef
1 garlic clove peeled and crushed
400g tinned tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
2 bay leafs
142ml skimmed milk
2 tbsp corn flour
50g low fat chddar cheese, grated
Salt and Pepper

Method:

1. Trim the leeks till they fit the dish you are using.  Cut them length ways through to the middle and open them out into 'sheets'.  Take the inner leaves from the center and finely chop them.  When you have separated the larger leaves, which will be your 'lasagne' sheets. Finely chop half the onion and cut the other half into wedges 
2. Cook the mince beef in a non-stick frying pan until beginning to brown, then add the leeks and onions.  Cook for a further five mins, or until the mixture looks dry.  Add the carrots and cook for a further two mins, followed by the garlic, herbs, one bay leaf, tomato paste and tomatoes. Allow to simmer until the sauce thickens. 
3. While the mince is cooking put the onion wedges, bay leaf and some pepper into a pan.  Mix two tablespoons of milk with the corn flour and add the remainder of the milk to the pan with the onions.  Allow to simmer gently for a couple of mins and then remove from the heat and allow it to infuse. 
4. Half fill a pot with boiling water and put your 'lasagne' sheets in to blanch for about five mins, until tender.  Remove and run under cold water to stop the cooking process and lay out on a clean towel to dry. 
5. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Remove the onion and bay leaf from the milk and mix in the cornflour mixture, stiring over a low heat until the sauce thickens.  Loosen with some water if necessary 
6. Allow all the components to cool. Then assemble as you would a normal lasagne. 
7. Bake for about 30 mins or until the cheese is golden and bubbling 

Prawn and Quinoa Salad; Serves 1 - 7 ProPoints

Ingredients 

50g Quinoa, soaked and rinsed
2 slices of Lemon
100ml boiling water
1 tsp Chicken Bovril
1 carrot, grated
1 spring onion, sliced
3 cherry tomatoes
8 Prawns, cooked and cooled
25g of Alphonso Mango Salad Dressing with Chilli & Lime

Method

1. Soak and rinse the Quinoa really well. If you skip this step it can taste bitter. Add to the boiling water, chicken bovril and slices of lemon and cook until the liquid is absorbed.  Drain, remove the lemon slices and cool 
2. Add the cooled quinoa, prawns, salad ingredients and dressing to a bowl and toss.  If you are making up a Mason Jar Salad, add the dressing to the bottom of the jar, followed by the carrots, scallions, tomatoes, prawns and then quinoa.  Shake it all up before serving! 

Note:

Quinoa can come in pre-rinsed packets.  I would still give it a good rinse just to be sure that the coating has been washed off because if it is not correctly rinsed it can be very bitter! It's always good to cook it in some kind of stock or broth just for added flavour! 

The dressing I mention is one of the Specially Selected Aldi brand dressings which is 1 ProPoint for 25g of dressing and it looks like this: 

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