Wednesday 28 October 2015

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. 

Wednesday 14 October 2015

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: 

Sunday 11 October 2015

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

Slow cooked Pork Goulash and Brown Rice - Serves 2; 9 ProPoints

This is a slow cooker recipe. It's easy and quick to prepare and the perfect comfort food!

Ingredients

200g pork fillet
1 red pepper, thinly sliced
1 yellow pepper, thinly sliced
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 red chilli, finely sliced
1 tbspoon paprika
4 tbspoon red wine vinegar
400g tinned tomato
1 tsp caraway seeds, ground
1 tsp oregano
Boiling water
Salt and pepper
100g brown rice

Method

1. Put all the ingredients, except the rice into the slow cooker

2. Cook on high for 6 hours

3. Cook rice according to packet instructions and serve

Monday 5 October 2015

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