Name: Creamy Cheese & Bacon Coleslaw Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 carrots, peeled; 2 bacon medallions, cooked and chopped into small chunks; 1 small cabbage (red or white); 2 tbsp cider vinegar; 1 tsp mustard powder; 200g fat free fromage frais; 1 red apple; 1 tsp smoked paprika; pinch salt and pepper; 100g extra light cheddar, grated

Coleslaw, something that most of us enjoy straight out of a tub! But you may be surprised at just how fattening it can actually be!

It usually uses full fat coleslaw and sugar, which can add the calories on. This is my fully loaded coleslaw with bacon and cheese, making it extra special and extra delicious!

Of course, you could leave out both the cheese and bacon, yet still have a pretty impressive syn free coleslaw.

Supermarkets make life a lot easier now, and often offer a bag of coleslaw mix for you to make your own. This saves loads of time on preparation.

You can use either red or white cabbage in this dish, I like having a bit of red in there for extra colour.

This coleslaw is the perfect side dish for any lunch or dinner. Once I had made a big bowl up, it took everything within me to not just sit and eat the whole thing!

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Creamy Cheese & Bacon Coleslaw Recipe

Makes 6 large servings

Extra Easy Syn Value: 1.5 per serving (Remove cheese to make this syn free)

Healthy Extras: None (cheese included in syns)

All syn calculations are my own, and are for guidance only. I am not affiliated with Slimming World in any way. These are meals and recipes that I have followed myself. This website is unofficial and in no way part of or representative of Slimming World. You should check with Slimming world for the most up to date Syn values using official resources such as the Syns calculator, Syns Online on LifelineOnline or by calling the Syns Hotline on (0906) 851 8518.

You will need:

Some supermarkets now offer a coleslaw veg mix that is ready prepared, so you could buy this instead of the carrot and cabbage.
6 carrots, peeled
2 bacon medallions, cooked and chopped into small chunks
1 small cabbage (red or white)
2 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp mustard powder
200g fat free fromage frais
1 red apple
1 tsp smoked paprika
pinch salt and pepper
100g extra light cheddar, grated

Method:

Grate the carrot and finely shred the cabbage into a large bowl. Season with salt and the vinegar. Mix well and leave for 10 mins to pickle slightly.

Add the mustard powder, smoked paprika, salt, pepper and cheese to a bowl and mix well.

Drain the vinegar off the carrot and cabbage, then add the apple, bacon, carrot and cabbage to the fromage frais and cheese mix. Mix everything together well and serve.

Keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Notes

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*Schwartz have sent me a jar of Italian Herb Seasoning for review, but all views are honest and my
own*

I am all for simple yet delicious home cooking, and one thing that really helps me is having loads of seasoning to experiment with in my cupboard.

Schwartz Seasoning & Simple Italian Herb Recipes

I am something of a hoarder when it comes to herbs, spices and seasonings, and have to make sure that my favourites are always fully stocked in my kitchen.

Dried herbs and seasonings are such an easy way to add flavour to your dishes, and saves so much on preparation.

One of my personal favourite brands is Schwartz, and while they sent me a jar of their Italian Herbs, I already have jars and jars of their products in my cupboards.

While it is great to have your own herb garden, or to keep in fresh herbs, always having your favourites in dried form can save heaps of time, especially when trying to cook a healthy dinner on a weeknight!

The Italian dried herbs are so versatile, and I love to use them in any Italian inspired dish, like pasta, tomato sauces etc. The Italian herbs add a splash of flavour to any tomato sauce, roasted vegetables, oven-baked fish and other Mediterranean favourites.

The jar contains the perfect blend of Oregano, Thyme, Basil, Parsley, Sage, Black Pepper and Bay Leaves, to give your dish some extra flavour.

I've put together some simple recipes that use Italian Herb Seasoning:

Garlic Chicken & Prosciutto Pasta Recipe

slimming world friendly Garlic Chicken & Prosciutto Pasta Bake

This is a really tasty pasta bake, and the Italian Herbs add some delicious flavour to the garlic chicken. It's really easy to make, perfect for weeknight cooking.

Pork Meatballs in a Herby Gravy

Low Fat Pork Meatballs in Gravy recipe slimming world

I use the Italian herbs in this dish to add a delicious depth to the gravy. You could also add them to the meatballs any time you prepare them.

Easy & Healthy Chicken Traybake

This dish is super simple, and is literally a case of adding all the ingredients to an oven proof tray or dish, and letting the oven do it's thing! The herbs add a little kick of flavour to the chicken in this dish.

Slow Cooker Meatballs

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Another meatball recipe, but this one is even easier to make as you can add all the ingredients into the slow cooker, and even leave it on all day while you're out at work!

You can purchase Schwartz herbs & seasonings from Tesco, and all other large retailers.

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A lot of people find it challenging to cook dinner at home. Not because they don’t know how to cook or because it’s difficult, but because they simply don’t have enough time.

At least, that’s what people tell themselves.

The reality is that we all have time to cook not just dinner, but also breakfast and lunch for ourselves at home. Even if it means prepping meals on the weekend or whenever we have time, it’s completely possible to live a lifestyle where you control every nutrient and calorie that goes into your body. This has huge benefits for your health and wellbeing, such as being able to finely-tune your nutrient intake and avoiding unnecessary calories.

But if you’re a busy person that has to work many hours on an unpredictable schedule, can you still find time to cook dinner every night? Yes, you can! And here’s how.

Make time for your cooking

Before you start cooking more at home, you need to try and make more time for it. This sounds like something incredibly obvious, but it’s important nonetheless. Start looking for ways to cut down on time spent outside, at work or doing anything unproductive. For instance, if you’re used to stopping by at a fast food place after work, avoid it and see how much time you can save by just going home instead to cook. Similarly, make sure you’re cutting out any lazy time spent binging on television or looking at social media at home so you can see how much time you can make for cooking.

This post titled The Essentials for People Leading a Busy Lifestyle has a great selection of tips that will help anyone cope with their stressful and busy lifestyles. Even if you have a busy lifestyle, it’s always possible to make more time for cooking as long as you take a good look at your day and where you spend your time.

Plan your meals in advance

A lot of people prefer to spontaneously cook something for their meals, but it’s a lot better to plan your meals in advance especially if you don’t have much time to cook at home. When you’re on break at work, look around for different recipes that you can try and make a shopping list so you can pick up the ingredients on your way home.

By planning your meals in advance, you can cut down on the amount of time you spend deciding what to eat and it also means you waste less since you’re not spending your money on ingredients and groceries that you’ll end up wasting. It’s also a fun way to try out new recipes every night so you’re always eating something different instead of the same old meals.

Stay organised in the kitchen

One of the best ways to speed up your cooking is to always be organised in the kitchen. If you spend too much time trying to find a certain sauce or utensil then it’s going to slow you down. Make sure you dedicate a day or two in the future to sorting out your kitchen and spend a couple of minutes at the end of the week clearing out your cupboards and removing anything that you don’t need anymore.

When it comes to appliances, try to keep them to a minimum. Certain appliances like a food processor can be a great time saver when it comes to chopping things, and microwaves can also be useful at heating up certain ingredients before you cook them. However, having too many niche appliances that only serve a single function can just clutter your kitchen and make it difficult to work in.

Cook long and slow

One of the best ways to always come home to a delicious meal is to start cooking low and slow. It’s a fantastic way to cook over a long period of time and if you use the right appliances and recipes, you’ll always come home to a wonderful hot meal. Take a look at some slow cooker recipes for some healthy and fun ideas on how you can start cooking in the morning and always come back to a healthy hot meal every day.

The slow cooker is arguably one of the best ways to cook over a long period of time. The recipes are simple, endlessly customisable and are packed with nutrients thanks to the way they’re cooked. It might take a few tries to perfect your recipes in a slow cooker, but it’s really one of the best ways to cook while you’re at work.

Make extra servings and save them for later

This is similar to a food prep tip, but the idea is to always cook more portions than you plan to eat so you can save the rest for breakfast, lunch or even a future dinner. This also helps you cut down on food waste since there are a lot of items that you simply can’t buy in single quantities. This is the case with most packaged vegetables, and there are other ingredients that you might need to leave in the fridge or store in containers if you want to keep them usable for the future. You might also be forced to use those ingredients in other recipes if you save them, limiting your choice of recipes.

To avoid this, try to measure out the portions and how much you need for each recipe, then cook extra to ensure you use up all of the ingredients and have extra leftover for a snack in the future or another meal. This is a great way to both save time in the future and money.

We hope that these tips have encouraged you to cook more at home. We all have time to cook dinner for ourselves every night, but it does take a little planning and consideration especially if you’re used to just buying pre-made meals or even fast food every night.

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Creamy Beef Peppercorn Pasta Recipe slimming world friendly

I absolutely love a good Pasta Dish! I think it is the perfect comfort food, in fact, I could probably eat pasta for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Scroll down for the full recipe and instructions

If you are following Slimming World or a similar plan, you can often have some pasta in your diet without the guilt. I always try and make healthier pasta dishes so that they can be enjoyed by anyone following a healthy eating plan.

This dish is really simple to make, and only used up a frying pan and saucepan for the pasta, so saves on washing up too!

It has a creamy peppercorn sauce flavour, with succulent beef strips, peppers and onions.

I used strips of frying steak in this dish, but you could easily replace this with beef mince, or if you are looking to make this vegetarian friendly, swap for Quarn mince.

My frying pan is also oven proof, so I could pop it under the grill to melt the cheese on top. If you don't have a pan like this, make sure you just pop the pasta into an ovenproof dish before you put it in the oven.

Here's a little video I made when cooking this dish up:

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This dish goes perfectly with my delicious cheesy garlic bread! Simple to make and also Slimming World friendly! I always serve my pasta dishes with a big salad as well.

Any leftovers of this pasta dish can kept in the fridge and eaten the next day for lunch. I always cook more than I need, so that there are plenty of leftovers the next day.

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Creamy Beef Peppercorn Pasta Recipe

Serves 4

Extra Easy Syn Value: 3 per portion

Healthy Extras: 2 x A

You will need:

500g thin frying steaks cut into strips
Low calorie cooking spray
Pinch Sea Salt
large handful of mushrooms
1 green pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 large onion
1 tbsp Worcester sauce
1 tsp smoked paprika
160g extra light cheddar
250g dried pasta
1 tub extra light cream cheese
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/2 teaspoon crushed peppercorns
100ml beef stock (made up from a cube)

Method:

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.

Boil the pasta as per pack instructions.

Spray a frying pan with low calorie cooking, and add in the peppers, onions, mushrooms, and garlic.

Cook for around 3 minutes, or until the veg has softened.

Remove veg from the pan and set aside.

Add in the beef strips, the balsamic vinegar, Worcester sauce, and smoked paprika season with salt and cook until beef is sealed around the edges.

Turn the heat down to the lowest. Mix in the cream cheese until melted, careful not to let it overheat. Sometimes you can do this without the hob heat being on. Add in the crushed peppercorns.

Add the beef stock and mix. Add half of the cheddar cheese, mix until melted.

Add the pasta and mix well.

Top with grated cheddar and pop in the oven to melt. If you don't have an oven proof pan, transfer mixture to a large greased baking dish and then top with the cheese.

Bake for 10 to 25 minutes or until the cheese has completely melted.

Notes

I am not affiliated with Slimming World in any way. These are meals and recipes that I have followed myself.

All images and content on Sugar Pink Food is copyright protected.

If you wish to share this recipe, then please do so by using the share options provided. Do not screenshot or post recipe or content in full

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Knowing how to get the most from your money, is a skill that any thrifty homemaker will benefit from. The reality is, most of us will have household budgets that go as far as they can. Weekly expenses for a family of four in the UK worked out at an average of £536.80 in 2017. This figure will only have risen alongside the rising food prices and costs of living. Apart from the cost of housing, food, fuel, and power are significant drains on household’s resources. With even the most careful planning and food shopping, your weekly shop can often be the biggest drain on your household budget. However, there are certainly ways you can maximise your household budget, and you can find some of these ways listed below.

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Buy wholesale

We’ve all heard of Costco, but did you know that you can buy wholesale online from the comfort of your own home? Forget about buying small bags of coffee each week at your local supermarket, and consider wholesale coffee quickly delivered to your home. In this financial climate, it’s never a bad thing to have a stockpile of food in your pantry, so it’s certainly worth buying non-perishable food in bulk. Worst case scenario you can just eat the food you have stockpiled, or donate to a food bank. In a non-apocalyptic scenario (here’s hoping) stockpiling food and buying wholesale will save you money in the long term. For example, online, or wholesale stores, often provide discounts for wholesale purchases, as a way to encourage the customer to buy more which also works out cheaper for the customer.

Heard of flexitarianism?

With meat and fish making up a considerable portion of the average food budget, it makes sense from a financial aspect to cut down on your meat consumption. Of course, the ethical and environmental factors are major reasons many people are choosing to reduce or eliminate their animal consumption. If you can’t quite see yourself eliminating meat entirely, then you might be interested in flexitarianism. A flexitarian is someone who is ‘flexible’ with their diet. Whether you choose to reduce your meat or dairy consumption, this lifestyle can suit a variety of diets and preferences. It is essentially the reduction of meat from your diet, but provides you the flexibility to have some meat days, without the label of being vegetarian or vegan.

Shop around

We tend to be creatures of habit in our daily lives. Instead of going to the same supermarket week in week out, consider other stores and look where you can find the best deals in each one. For example, one supermarket may have a deal on toiletries while another one has a better priced vegetable section. Do take a look at local markets, as fruit and veg can be found at discount prices especially towards the end of a market day. This also goes for petrol. The differences in price between one petrol station and another one a couple of miles away is sometimes staggering. Don’t always go for convenience, as it doesn’t pay when you are trying to be conscious of your budget.

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It's a well known fact that January is one of the longest months in history! It is finally the last day of the month, as I type, and January has been a funny month.

Throughout January, myself and the others on the January challenge had been working hard to keep on track and lose as much weight as we can. I personally lost 13lbs in the month, which I was really pleased about.

I am currently gathering the results from those that have submitted their weight loss stats, but at the moment it is looking as though the group has lost upwards of 20 stone!!!

What is the challenge?

The challenge is to start 2020 in the healthiest and best way that you can. Whatever diet plan you may be following, stick to it every single day in January. Add in regular exercise and water intake to hit your weekly goal. In addition, share updates (daily if possible) into my closed Facebook group to keep yourself on track, and help inspire others.

What's in it for me?

Apart from the obvious health benefits of eating healthily and exercising, I want to help encourage everyone with regular giveaways, prizes and certificates along the way! You also get to be surrounded by inspiring people, who have all taken the same step towards a healthier 2020.

It could help you lose weight in the process, give you exercise and meal ideas, and really help keep you get focused and committed to a healthy year. Once you complete January, February becomes achievable as well.

I will also be sharing my recipes, meal plans and meal ideas to help give you inspiration from my large back catalogue.

How much does it cost?

The challenge is FREE to take part in! I will be running the challenge predominantly from within the special closed Facebook group. I may offer products to help you with the challenge, such as my planners or meal planning kits, but you don't need to purchase anything to get involved and come along on the journey.

The only real cost is your own time and effort to help improve you health and wellbeing.

What are the rules to take part?

1. Join the closed Facebook Group

2. Stick to your healthy diet every day (whichever plan you may be following) Check out my healthy meal plan for food ideas!

3. Drink at least 2 litres of water every day

4. Exercise at least twice a week

5. Post your updates, meals, inspiration in the closed Facebook group, and support others doing the same.

6. Use the hashtag #SugarPinkFebruary in your Social Media shares online.

7. Prizes/certificates given to those who take part and complete the challenge

So,what are you waiting for? Get in the group and get ready to start in January!

* Join the closed challenge group on Facebook here *

I will be a little bit stricter this time, and those who are not actively taking part in the challenge will be removed.

I am also going to be gathering more weekly info to keep a track of the top amount of weight lost, so there is more of a challenge!

Listen and subscribe to the Sugar Pink Podcast as we chat about the challenge and lives trying to lose weight

Why so much water??

Drinking water can help suppress your appetite, and not only that, it also helps your body to flush the fat out of your system. Your body can retain a lot of water weight, so the more you drink the more you flush out!

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