Caramelised Pineapple with Vanilla Coconut Sauce

I know the Slimming World plan states that you have to calculate the syn value for 'cooked' fruit; but as the pineapple is in and out of the pan in a flash, without changing the structure of the fruit in any way, I personally do not think it warrants being synned, but you have to take that into consideration when preparing this recipe.

Serves 2

½ syn on Extra Easy *see notes above

½ fresh pineapple

sweetener

cinnamon

1 tub Müllerlight Coconut and Vanilla Yogurt

chopped jelly to serve (optional)

Spray a non-stick frying pan with Fry Light and heat to very hot. Peel, core and slice the pineapple, and sprinkle with sweetener and cinnamon. Place sprinkled side down in the frying pan, sprinkle the upper side with sweetener and cinnamon and immediately turn over. Fry for 15-20 second on the second side and remove from the heat. Serve immediately with yogurt. 

 

Oriental-Style Coleslaw with Chinese-Style Pork

As plans changed today, I was left with no food for this evening, so Joe came to my rescue again – this time in the form of Chinese-style pork. What to serve with it? Hmmm, what's in the fridge....?

This is what I came up with:

Serves 3

Syn Free on Extra Easy

½ red cabbage

1 small onion

2 carrots

small knob ginger

½ pineapple

80g edamame beans

juice of 2 limes

2 tbsp sweetener

2 tbsp soy sauce

3 Joe's Chinese-style pork steaks 

 

Finely slice the cabbage and onion. Peel and cut the carrots and ginger into julienne strips. Peel the pineapple and cut into matchstick sized sticks. Mix the cabbage, carrots, onion, ginger and pineapple with the beans. In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, sweetener and lime juice. Pour over the salad and mix well.

Meanwhile grill the pork steaks on medium high for 8-10 minutes until cooked through. Serve with the salad. 

 

Hawaiian Pineapple and Ginger Dessert

 

 

We both love ginger, so this really appealed to me when I first saw it. I adapted the recipe slightly to fit in with the Slimming World Plan, and it was every bit as good as I thought it would be. You can adjust the amount of ginger to suit your taste – I used a knob about the size of half my wrist and it carried quite a punch! 

 

Serves 4

Syn Free on Extra easy

1 whole fresh pineapple

knob fresh ginger

sweetener to taste

1 tbsp cinnamon

fat free coconut yogurt to serve

Peel and chop the pineapple and place in four dishes (or one large serving fish). Finely chop the ginger and sauté in a little Fry Light until soft, ca 5 minutes. Add the sweetener and cinnamon and enough water to just cover the ginger by about 5mm. Gently simmer for a few minutes until the sauce has thickened, adding more water if necessary. Poor over the pineapple and and serve with the yogurt.