Creamy Orzo with King Prawns - 8 ProPoints, Serves 1

Ingredients 

50g Orzo
8 King Prawns, raw and peeled
1 scallion, thinly sliced
50g Quark
1 Garlic Clove, crushed
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp orgeano
Salt & Pepper
4 Sprays Low Cal Spray Oil

Method

Cook the Orzo in accordance with the instructions on the packet
Spray a pan with the oil and put on a medium heat. Add the prawns and cook until just turning pink
Add the scallions and the garlic and cook for 1 minute
Add the Quark and stir until melted, used some of the cooking water from the orzo to loosen it out
Add the herbs and seasonings and toss the orzo in the sauce
Serve immediately

Baked Tomatoes stuff with Herby Crab and Mozzarella, 4 ProPoints, Serves 1

Ingredients 
3 normal sized tomatoes, top cut off and seeds scooped out
100g white crab meat
1/4 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp basil
1/4 tsp chilli flakes
1 triangle laughing cow light
1 scallion, finely chopped
Pinch of black pepper
10g Mozzarella Cheese, thinly sliced

Method 

1. Heat the oven to 180 degrees. 
2. Mix the crab meat, herbs and spices, scallions and laughing cow light together in a bowl until it makes a kind of paste. 
3. Scoop it into the tomatoes and top with the mozzarella 
4. Bake for 15 - 20 mins until the cheese is bubbly and melty 
5. Serve with a side salad 

Note; the mozzarella was nice on it, but i think next time i will use something a little bit sharper for the extra points. 

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: 

Spicy Prawns Nachos - 8 ProPoints per Serving serves 2

Ingredients 

2 Tortilla wraps - the wraps I have used are 5 ProPoints each, if you are using WW ones, reduce to 3 ProPoints each and reduce the overall propoints accordingly 
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp pepper
1 red pepper, grilled until blackened, skinned and chopped
1 onion, finely diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 chili, deseeded and chopped
400g Passata
1/2 tsp oregano
Salt to taste
16 tiger prawns, peeled and uncooked
60g Aldi Every Day Essentials Light Mozzarella this cheese is 1 propoint per 30g, please adjust your points in accordance with the cheese you use
1 tsp olive oil

Method: 

1. Cut the toritlla wraps into triangles and season with the paprika, pepper and garlic salt 
2. Put on a tray and bake for about 5-10 mins at 180 degrees until they become golden and crispy. Set aside and allow to cool
3. Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat and begin to cook the onions until they soften. 
4. Add the chili and cook for a further 2 mins, then add the garlic and the passata and seasonings and cook on a low heat until the sauce begins to thicken 
5. Add the prawns and allow them to cook in the sauce 
6. Serve in a bowl with the nachos and mozzerella cheese on top 

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

Strawberries and Feta Cheese with Prawns and balsamic dressing - 8 ProPoints

Ingredients - serves 2

16 king prawns
12 Stawberries , quartered
Bag of mixed lettuce leaves, I use spinach and rocket
80g Feta Cheese
1/2 red onion sliced

Dressing

1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 tablespoon shallots
Salt and Pepper

Method

Add the oil and vinegar together, whisk to emulsify then add the shallots and season

Add a 1/2 tablespoon of dressing to the quartered strawberries

Toss the remainder of the salad with the dressing and crumble over the cheese and top with the strawberries and prawns

Grilled Fillet of Hake with Avacado Sauce and Saffron scented couscous - 8 ProPoints per serving

Ingredients - serves 2

For the Fish
2 fillets of hake
Salt and Pepper

For the Cous Cous
60g couscous
120ml boiling water
Pinch Saffron

For the sauce
1/2 med avacado
1 jalapeño chili
1/2 white onion
3 cloves garlic
55g Quark
1/2 tsp oregano
Pinch cumin
1/4 cup water
1/2 lime juiced

Method

Heat the grill, prick the whole chili and place onto the tray with the onion and grill for 8 mins, until blackened.  Make sure to blacken both sides of the chili.

Place the whole peeled garlic cloves under the grill for 3 mins

Add the grilled chili (seeds removed), onion,garlic, diced avacado, quark, water, spices and salt and pepper to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.

Place the seasoned hake under the grill skin side up and cook for 4 - 5 mins, turning half way.

In the meantime, soak the saffron in the boiling water until the water turns a golden  colour,  add cous cous and cover until all the water has been soaked up.

Serve the fish on a bed of the sauce surrounded by the Cous Cous and with a zero point side salad if desired

Thai Sweet Chilli Salmon with Baked Potato and Salsa - 1 Syn & 1HA per Person

This is a lovely filling dinner that's colourful and easy to make

Ingredients
2 salmon darnes
2 medium potatoes
2 tbsp thai sweet chili sauce
30g cheddar cheese

The salsa
2 tomatoes, finley diced
2 scallions, finely chopped
1/2 Red chilli
1/4 cucumber, deseeded and finely sliced
Salt & Pepper

Method

1. Heat the oven to 180 degrees. To speed up the baking I always bake my potatoes for 14 mins in the microwave first. Make sure you pierce them before zapping them. When you zap them, wrap them in tinfoil and put on a tray

2. While the potatoes are being microwaved, spoon over 1 tbsp of sweet chili sauce on to each salmon darne and wrap in tinfoil

3. Put the salmon and potatoes into the oven for 20 mins

4. Meanwhile, place the salsa ingredients into a bowl with salt and pepper and put in the fridge until ready to serve

5. Top the potato with grated cheese and the salsa and serve with a side of salad leaves. I have used raw spinach

Skinny Fishermans Pie

This serves 2 and is delicious!!!

Ingredients

400g mixed seafood -I used cod, salmon and smoked haddock
8 King Prawns, uncooked
400g tub quark
1/4 pint veg stock
1tsp tarragon
2 medium potatoes, finely sliced
1 onion finely chopped
1 clove garlic grated
Salt & Pepper
Frylight

You may also add cheese but if you do add 6 syns for the whole dish
4 tbsp dried parmessan cheese

Method

1. Boil the potatoes with salt and pepper until they become soft

2. Heat the frylight in a pan on a medium heat and sauté the onion until it begins to soften

3. Add the garlic and tarragon amd fry for another 2 mins

4. Add the fish and cook for 5 mins

5. While the fish is cooking, and the stock and quark to a pan and combine

6. Add the prawns and the sauce to the fish mix

7. Place one layer of potato in an oven proof dish and add the fish mix and top with rest of the potato

8. Cook for 30 mins at 180 degrees

9.  After 25 mins top with cheese if using

Harrisa CousCous Salad with Crab - Syn Free

Serves 1

This is a really lovely salad.  The clementines add a nice twist, giving bursts of flavour that go really well with the crab.  King Prawns are also delicious with this.

Ingredients

60g CousCous
1 Chicken stock cube
1 tsp Harrisa Paste
1 red pepper, diced
1 scallion, diced
1 tin white crab meat
2 clementines

Method

1. Crumble the stock cube into a jug, mix with the harrisa paste until smooth, add 100ml of boiling water and combine with the couscous in a lidded dish.  Leave aside until all the liquid is absorbed  
2. Fluff the couscous and, when cool, mix with the pepper, scallion, crab and clementines