Friday, 29 July 2011

Chicken and Bacon Kiev


Serves: 4

Time: 50 minutes

Extra Easy: 4 syns per serving
Original: 4 syns per serving

Ingredients
3 slices wholemeal bread, from a 400g loaf
2 eggs, whisked
2 tsp dijon mustard
3 Laughing Cow Light triangles 17.5g
3 tbsp fat free natural yoghurt
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
4 skinless chicken breasts
8 bacon medallions
4 red onions, cut into wedges
Fry Light (or equivalent)
250g cherry tomatoes
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
200g sugar snap peas

Method
  • Preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • Food process bread to breadcrumbs and place in shallow bowl.
  • Mix eggs and mustard in second shallow bowl.
  • Mix Laughing Cow, yoghurt and garlic to make filling.
  • Slice chicken lengthways to make pocket, and fill with cheesy garlic mix.
  • Wrap chicken in 2 bacon medallions.
  • Dip chicken in egg mix and then breadcrumbs.
  • Place chicken on non stick roasting tin and surround with onion wedges.
  • Spray with Fry Light and bake for 30 minutes, until breadcrumbs slightly crisp.
  • Remove chicken to serving plates, add tomatoes to roasting tin and drizzle with balsamic vinegar, bake for a further 5 minutes.
  • Whilst tomatoes are roasting, steam the sugar snap peas or other green vegetables of your choice.
  • Divide roast vegetables and sugar-snap peas and serve, enjoy!
This was adapted from a recipe in Slimming World magazine, as I was unable to source all the ingredients locally, and determined by what I had in the larder.  This was a really sucessful recipe and I would quite happily serve it to guests as it looked great too.  The kids enjoyed the chicken and green veg, but I couldn't get them to try the roasted veggies!


Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Welcome

Hello and welcome to my new blog.  My name is Jo and 'My Slimming World Family' is a blog primarily for posting family friendly recipes that are suitable if you are following Slimming World.  I will also post details of my own Slimming World journey, but to get you started in as brief terms as possible...I have been overweight, obese and latterly morbidly obese all of my adult life.  I have tried to lose weight so many times, and followed pretty much every plan going, but since discovering Slimming World in January 2011 I am a changed person.  So far I have lost over 4 stone and have just over a stone left to lose to reach my target weight.  With Slimming World I am able to eat till I'm full, no food is forbidden, and I've lost all this weight and still manage to eat out or have take-out at least once a week! However I do try and plan my meals the rest of the week, and I am always looking for new ideas.  My recipes tend to be old favourite recipes I have adapted to Slimming World, or inspired by magazines and books but tweaked and re-worked to my own liking.  Enjoy!
Jo xx