Syn Free Cheese Scones

Wow.

I was over the moon to come over this recipe.

I am a real lover of anything savoury, bread, crisps and yes, scones.

Working in a cafe, serving them daily is a very cruel task when trying to be good.

So, as soon as I found this recipe on PINTEREST I rushed out to get the ingredients to give them a go.

I was not disappointed :)

RECIPE:

Pack of smash

Three eggs

250g fat free cottage cheese

125g fat free natural yogurt

1tsp dyjon mustard

 1 tbsp mustard seeds

salt and pepper to taste.

30g low fat cheddar cheese (A option- count as 6 syns if not using as A)

Mix all ingredients in a bowl apart from the cheddar cheese. Add a little water if needed to bind together into the consistency of dough.

Roll and cut out. Wash with egg. Add a little cheese onto the top of each and bake in a 180/200' oven for aprox 20mins.

Enjoy.

Joy x

Low syn baking...

Spent the afternoon baking some low syn treats/snacks.

Wanted to try out the scran bran that I bought in class.

The first thing I made was the

CURLY WURLY CHOCOLATE CAKE.

Ingredients

4 Scan Bran 

2 eggs 

3 or 4 tbsp sweetener (to taste) 

1 sachet Belgian Choc Options

26g Curly Wurly bar

Soak the Scan Bran in boiling water to soften. Then drain and mash. 

Beat the eggs and stir into mix, along with the sweetener and Belgian Choc Options 

Chop the Curly Wurly into pieces and add to the mix 

Pour the mixture into a microwavable bowl and cook for around 6 minutes

When cooked the cake will be springy to the touch and will have pulled away from the side

You can also cook the cake on 200°C/Gas Mark 6 for approximately 30 minutes

It's just 12 Syns for the whole cake and can be divided into as many slices as you like

I found the recipe HERE.

It is quite nice, I was a little sceptical. Definitely nicer when it's cooled.

Next I made a...

SPICED TEA LOAF.

The whole cake is 9 syns on all plans, or you can have it as a Healthy Extra B choice plus 4 syns (5 Scan Bran = HEB). Alternatively it would slice nicely into 9 pieces to make 1 syn per portion. A single slice would probably fill you up more than an Alpen Light bar!

Ingredients

5 Scan Bran

a large mugful of strong tea (I use 2 tea bags to make it)

28g dried mixed fruit (4 syns)

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 teaspoon baking powder (0.25 syns - I don't bother to count it's so small)

5 tablespoons sweetener

2 tablespoons mixed spice

Method

1. Soak the Scan Bran and dried fruit in the tea until soft and mush it up
2. Add the remaining ingredients and mix
3. Pour into a microwaveable container (I use a silicone loaf tin) and microwave on high for 6-7 minutes/ in an 180' oven for 30 mins (which is what I did)

I found this recipe HERE.

This is also a lot nicer than it actually looks. 

Enjoy,

Joy x

Some handy Syn Values.

Here are a few handy syn values that I found on pinterest

Ever find yourself out with nothing handy and a grumbing stomach? At least with a little advanced knowledge and a handy look to guide you have a sort of idea what you could grab without blowing the whole week...

I thought they might as well go on here so they are all handy in one place...

Joy x