When you need a burger! 4pp

With the summer just around the corner (ha ha!!) I thought I would share one of my favourite convenience foods.

 

I do like to cook from scratch when I can but having two young children, a husband that works long, irregular hours and a busy life it isn't always possible!

 

As soon as the weather is half decent we love to get the BBQ out so having these burgers in the freezer is really handy. They are really nice and tasty and only 4pp.

 

They are from the freezer secion in sainsburys and cost £2.49 per 4 pack.

 

This week loss

This week I lost 1.5lbs - taking me to goal +8. I now need to loose another 3lbs and I can go to my local meetings for free. (As a gold member you are free from goal +5). I have lost 9lbs in 5 weeks since I went back to weighing in.

Weighing in is really the key for me, I don't know why but it keeps me motivated. I have tried doing weight watchers at home but I just can't stick to it without the added incentive of my thursday weigh ins.

My aim for this week are to up my exercise and earn more activity points. Last week I earn 24 activity points through a run, a big walk and a Body Step class. My little boy starts playschool on monday (I am so nervous) so I am going to use this time to get to some more classes. My aim is to earn 50 activity points.

I am also going to use a few more of my weekly points. I always feel guity when I use too many weekly points and even though I know Weight Watchers do their research and wouldn't give you those points if you weren't supposed to use them! Last week I only used 13 weeklies so think I will up this to 30.

0pp smoothie

I often have one of these smoothies in the afternoon to stop me snacking while the kids are having their tea - one of my worst habits is hoovering up the food they don't eat. It is one habit I am finding really hard to break!

Ingredients:
1 banana
1 tin of fruit in juice (I used natures finest tropical fruit in juice)
small glass of orange or tropical squash

Method
Chop the banana and put it in a blender. Drain the tinned fruit (don't use this juice or it means the smoothie is no longer 0 points). Add the fruit to the blender and whizz up. Add squah bit by bit until it reaches your desired conistency. Pour in a glass and drink!

Linessa crisps 3pp - lidl

These crisps are lovely, 3 points a pack but you get more than the weight watcher packs.

Weight Watchers Lasagne - 8pp

Total Pro-Points for 1 serving is 8 (Total Points for recipe is 48)

 

Serves 6

Ingredients:
1 onion, diced - 0pp

2 garlic clove, chopped - 0pp

Couple of sprays of Fry Light - 0pp

1 Aubergine (diced) - 0pp

400g tin chopped tomoatoes - 0pp

150ml beef stock - 0pp

90g Pancetta - 7pp

500g Extra Lean Beef Mince - 15pp

6 x Lasagne Sheets - 12pp

50g Parmesan - 5pp

2 tomatoes sliced - 0pp

30g low fat spread - 3pp

30g flour - 3pp

600ml kimmed milk - 3pp

 

Method:
Spray a large pan with frylight and fry the aubergine for 1-2 minutes until lightly golden. Remove from the pan.

Fry the pancetta in the same pan for 3-4 minutes. Set aside.

In the same pan again fry the onions for about 10 minute until soft. Add the mince and fry until browned.

Add the garlic, tinned tomato, pancetta and aubergine and bring to the boil. Add the stock and simmer for 30 minutes.  (I made this sauce in advance and kept it in the fridge until we needed it).

Put the spread, flour and milk into a saucepan and heat, whisking continuously until smooth and thickened.

Layer half of the meat on the bottom of a large oven-proof dish. Top with 3 lasagne sheets and half of the white sauce. Then the rest of the meat, remaining lasagne sheet and the rest of the white sauce. Top with the sliced tomatoes and parmesan. Bake for 45 minutes in over gas mark 4/180c/fan 160c.

Serve with salad.

 

Tuna rice salad - 7 pro points

Total Pro-Points for 1 serving is 7

Serves 2

Ingredients:
200g of leftover cold cooked rice - 10pp

1 Tin of tuna drained (130g) - 3pp
1 tbs Light Mayonnaise - 1pp

Red Pepper diced

Spring onion diced

Tomato diced

Squeeze of lemon juice


Method:
Put all the ingredients in a bowl and stir!

 

Total Points per recipe - 14 (7 points per serving)

 

Summer Chicken - 6pp



This is called summer chicken and I had hoped it may help me feel a bit more summery in this cold weather! It was really nice, I served it with rice for an added 6pp.

Total Pro-Points for 1 serving is 6

Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 Chicken Breasts approx 165g each - 4pp each
2tbsp Light Pesto - 1pp each
2tbp half fat creme fraiche - 1pp each
10 Cherry Tomatoes halved


Method:

Heat a few sprays of fry-light in a frying pan, preferably non-stick. Add the chicken and fry without moving it until it takes on a bit of colour. Turn the chicken and cook on the other side. Continue cooking for 12-15 mins until the chicken is cooked through.

Add the tomatoes to the pan and heat until softened. Reduce the heat and stir in the pesto and crème fraîche until it makes a sauce. Serve with rice.