Ingredients
1 small tin sweetcorn
1 pepper, diced
1 stick celery, diced
1 small red onion, finely chopped
12 cherry tomatoes, quartered
3 inch piece cucumber, diced
2 heaped tbsp chopped coriander (I use Sainsbury's frozen chopped coriander, more convenient and works out cheaper!)
Pepper and salt
FF Italian dressing
Lime juice
Sweetener

Method
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and add pepper, saldressing and lime juice (4 parts dressing to 1 part lime juice) and sweetener to taste.

Breakfast
3 sl WW Brown Danish (HEb), tomatoes, egg, baked beans
2 syn-free sausages, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 tbsp ketchup (1 syn)

Lunch
Leftover Tuna Pasta Salad (snack size)

Dinner
Chicken Noodle stir-fry with spring onions, tomato, corn, bean sprouts, Tesco Stir Fry vegetables, egg noodles, homemade stir-fry sauce (passata, ginger, garlic, soy sauce)
1/2 tbsp oil (1 1/2 syns)

Apple pie and custard
(Yes, I know.  Shocking!  Not much I can do about it now, just resolve to have a better day tomorrow!).

Syns for the day - 17 Kajillion

3 sl WW Brown Danish (HEb)
Tomatoes, egg, baked beans
1 tbsp ketchup (1 syn)

When I use passata, say in a pasta sauce, I always just pour the whole thing in the pan and never have any left.  I hate to open a new carton for a recipe that just needs a few spoonfuls so I usually just bypass that recipe!  With that in mind, I thought I'd share a way that I've started to use to get around the problem...

Pour a carton of passata into ice cube trays and put in the freezer.  When they're frozen, remove from the trays and store in the freezer in a freezer bag.  The next time you have a stir fry, take a few passata cubes out of the freezer, let them thaw (you can zap them in the microwave if you're in a hurry) and add soy sauce, garlic, ginger, chillies for a great syn-free stir fry sauce!

Tuna pasta salad, potato salad, mixed salad
Pickled beetroot and onions
Ham, pease pudding
6 tbsp Extra low fat mayo (3 syns)





Syns for the day - 6

4lbs off for me today, which means I got my 1 stone award!  Also got slimmer of the week and slimmer of the month - I'm very chuffed :)

Group was really interesting too, ate from an imaginary buffet and had to try to guess how many syns were in the food that we chose.  I had 135 syns on one plate!  Worst item of all (luckily I don't like them so didn't pick any) was Pringles - almost 100 syns for a large tube!

Serves 4
Syn-free on EE

Ingredients
6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, diced
2 cans tomatoes, blitzed in processor (you can use passata if you wish)
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 onions, sliced
2 red/green/yellow peppers, in large dice
2 sticks celery, thinly sliced
100g button mushrooms, quartered
2 cloves garlic, minced (I use 2tsp garlic powder instead)
3 tbsp smoked paprika (some paprikas are hotter than others so try 2 tbsp at first and add more after a half an hour or so, if you think it needs it).
1 tbsp dried parsley
1/4 tsp dried thyme (omit if you don't have it, no biggie)
2 chicken stock cubes (I use oxo, easier to crumble in without adding extra water)
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
Fat-free natural yogurt to serve (optional)

Method

1. Use a large skillet with a lid.  Spray pan with fry light and place on medium heat.
2. Add onions, peppers, celery and fry gently until onions are softened and starting to colour.
3. Add carrots and garlic, fry for a couple of minutes then remove vegetables from pan onto a plate.
4. Spray pan with fry light again and add the chicken, fry until golden brown on all sides.
5. Add vegetables back to the pan, plus all of the remaining ingredients and bring to the boil.
6. Turn heat down to lowest possible setting (pan should just be gently simmering), cover with the lid and simmer for 1 hour (or more, if you have the time).
7. Test for salt (I added none, due to the celery salt and stock cubes) and add if you think it's needed.
8. Serve with a dollop of fat-free natural yogurt (optional - I hate sour cream, the traditional complement to goulash, so fat-free yogurt is a good syn-free subsitute.  If you want to use sour cream instead, by all means do, but remember to count the syns!)