Slow Cooked Mozerella Stuffed Meatballs, Serves 3, 9 ProPoints per Serving

This recipe is using the Aldi Lighter mozzarella cheese which is 1 propoint per 30g.  If you are using another cheese please adjust the points

Ingredients

30g lean minced beef
Tbspoon tomato paste
Tsp basil
Salt and Pepper
30g Aldi Light Mozerella, diced into 15 pieces
1 white onion, finely diced
1 garlic clove crushed
1 can 400g tomatoes
Tsp basil
Tsp oregano
Salt & Pepper
150g Pasta

Method

Roll the mince into balls, press the cheese into the middle and fold the meat over itself

In a frying pan on a med heat, dry fry the onion until soften, add the garlic and fry for one min, add the tomatoes, herbs and seasoning

Add to the Slow Cooker and arrange the meatballs evenly spaced in the sauce.

Cook on high for 4 hours

Cook pasta according to package instructions and toss in the sauce and serve

Diet Coke Prawns 8 ProPoints Serves 1

This is a lovely Fake-away! You can really add as much veg as you like to this. Whatever you have in the fridge!

Ingredients
8 king prawns
40g brown rice, cooked and cooled
1/2 red and green pepper, cut into chunks
1/2 white onion, thickly sliced
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
2 tbsp passata
1 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 tsp wostishire sauce
80 ml diet coke
50 ml chicken stock
1/2 tsp Chinese five spice
1/2 tsp chili flakes (or to taste)

Method

Place the diet coke, passata, Tomato paste, wostishire sauce,  soy sauce, stock, five spice and chili flakes in a pot and bring to a boil stirring.  Reduce and simmer

Heat 1/2 tsp oil in a pan and cook the prawns for about 3-4 mins and remove from the heat.

Heat the remaining oil in a pan and stir fry the veg, adding the crushed garlic for the last minute.

Add the rice and stir fry till warmed through and add the prawns

Toss all in the sauce and serve immediately

Weight Watching Wife's Paella - 10 ProPoints per serving

I called this after myself because there are no peas in it, because I hate a pea. It's the one veg you've not got a snowballs chance in hell of getting me to eat!!!

Ingredients - Serves 2

80g Rice, you can use paella rice if you like, I used brown
12 tiger prawns
1 red pepper, grilled until blackened and skin removed and diced
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 white onion, diced
30g chorizo, diced
2 scallions, diced and divided between white and green

1/2 tsp paprika 

1/2 tsp saffron threads 

1/4 cup hot water
160ml chicken stock
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp parsley
Pepper to season

Method

Heat the oil on med heat and sauté the onion and chorizo for about 5 mins, until onion starts to soften

Add the paprika, tomatoes, garlic, scallions and rice.  Cook for one min and coat the rice with the ingredients. Then add the stock and saffron water. Cook on low heat for 12 mins, or until stock is almost absorbed.

Add the prawns and cook for a further 3 mins.

Add the pepper and the Green end of scallion. Stir and ensure all liquid is absorbed an snd prawns are cooked.

Season with parsley and pepper

Salt & Chili Chicken with Stir Fried Rice and Veg - 11 Propoints per Serving

I can't claim that I made this, a lovely member on the weight watchers Facebook page shared it and I borrowed! It was an amazing Fake-away.  Really satisfied that itch for something naughty 

Ingredients (Serves 2)

Salt & Chili Chicken

2 chicken breasts, cut into strips
1/2 packet knoor in stand mash
1 tsp chili powder (or to taste)
2 tsp sea salt
1 beaten egg

Stir Fry

80g rice, cooked and cooled
2 tbspoon sweet chili sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 yellow pepper,  chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 white onion, chopped
1 red chili, finely sliced
1 garlic clove, finely diced

Method

Heat oven to 180 degrees

Combine the instant mash, chili powder and salt in a bowl.

Dip the chicken in the beaten egg and roll in the mash mixture, lay on a baking tray and cook in oven for 20 mins, or until chicken cooked through

Heat oil on high heat and add the onions and peppers. Cook to liking (I like my veg really really crunchy). Add the chili and garlic and cook for 2 mins more

Add sweet chili sauce and coat the veg.  Then add the rice and toss all together.

Serve the chicken on top of the rice and veg