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Watermelon and feta salad- a light refreshing salad, perfect for lunch or as a side dish. Sweet fruity watermelon with feta cheese, cucumber and fresh mint, drizzled with a home-made balsamic dressing. Jump to Recipe I absolutely adore watermelon. Nothing beats it for pure juiciness and it's not overwhelmingly sweet. That makes it perfect to be served with a savoury flavours. The classic combination of feta and watermelon doesn't need too much adding too it. I simply chop some cucumber and fresh mint and then add a little home-made balsamic dressing. And there you have it, the perfect salad for your next BBQ or a nice lunch on a hot day; quick and easy to make.

Slow Cooker Smoky Cauliflower Cheese Soup- Cauliflower soup made in the slow cooker with smoked cheese and Dijon mustard. A delicious winter lunch option. Jump to Recipe I have tended to avoid cauliflower in the past, because I find it a bit of a bland vegetable. The only way I really enjoyed it was when it's slathered in cheese sauce on the side of a roast dinner! So, I thought, why not make a cauliflower cheese soup? It was still a little on the dull side until I used smoked cheese and then, and here's the magic, Dijon mustard. I can't tell you what a huge difference the zing of the Dijon makes. It transforms the whole soup from meh to wow. Gorgeous.

Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken- spicy, shredded BBQ chicken made in the slow cooker. Perfect for sandwiches. Jump to recipe I love BBQ flavours, don't you? It's such a relief that you can make BBQ meats in the slow cooker too. It doesn't matter if it rains or shines (usually rain here in the UK), the BBQ food can still go ahead. I have made BBQ Beef in the slow cooker for quite some time and, like this BBQ chicken, it's absolutely delicious in sandwiches. Pop over to the recipe and give it a try. You won't be disappointed. This BBQ chicken recipe packs a bit more punch than the beef as it has added jalapenos. If spicy, spicy isn't your thing, just leave them out and you'll get enough spice from the chilli powder. As with all slow cooker recipes, just whack everything in, leave it to cook and then all you need to do is shred the chicken and put it inside a lovely, soft roll with coleslaw, lettuce, whatever floats your boat!

Aubergine and Potato Curry- a spicy, tomato-based, vegan curry with aubergine, peppers and potato, very low in calories and syn free on Slimming World. It's my mission to find as many different ways to use aubergine as possible. Pretty much anything tastes better with aubergine in it, in my opinion! My other Aubergine recipes Warm Mediterranean Couscous salad with Roasted Aubergine and Feta Mediterranean Pasta Bake We are still going strong with our attempt to do a full year of Meat Free Mondays and aubergine has been a key ingredient for getting us as far as September successfully. This recipe for Aubergine and Potato Curry, is up there with my favourite spicy meals. It's absolutely packed with flavour and deliciously spicy. Of course, if you're more of a mild spice fan, just adjust the heat of the chilli powder and/or reduce the amount of fresh chilli that you use.

Avocado Salad Pittas- pitta breads stuffed with creamy avocado salad and fresh coriander- a quick and easy vegetarian lunch option, ready in 10 minutes. Jump to Recipe We have just had a very brief respite from this year's heatwave and now it's back with a vengeance. When it's hot like this, I really struggle to think of anything that appeals to me food-wise. These quick, avocado salad pittas did the trick though. I could have eaten double the amount, easily! To make Avocado Salad Pittas, you just need avocado, cherry tomatoes, spring onions, cucumber, mayo, fresh coriander and lime juice. There's very little prep- just a bit of chopping, mix it all together and then you've got a refreshing filling for a summer lunch. Put it in pitta bread like I do or pop it on crackers, use as a crumpet topping- it's very versatile. On a cooler day, it makes a nice topping for a jacket potato too. I prefer my pitta breads lightly toasted. Two reasons- 1) it gives them a bit of...

Bruschetta Brunch Crumpets- an easy brunch recipe for summer, using some classic bruschetta flavours, and it takes less than 10 minutes to make. Now that's a quick meal! Jump to Recipe I don't often get the chance to have brunch but it's always a treat. That perfect mix of breakfast and lunch foods- yum. This is such an easy brunch recipe, but it looks just a little but fancy, as though you've made lots of effort. So, if you serve it up to others they should be impressed! To make Bruschetta Brunch Crumpets, you simply toast your crumpets, spread a good layer of cream cheese on them, top with cherry tomatoes and red onion and finally drizzle with some pesto. See- such an easy recipe! Serve it with some fruit and you've got brunch in just a few minutes. It's so quick that you can decide to make it on a whim, no need to plan ahead. If you want it to be truly vegetarian, you'll need to get a special pesto as most are not vegetarian due to the parmesan content.

Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff- a slow cooker version of the classic, creamy Hungarian stew. Perfect with rice or jacket potatoes. Jump to recipe Last week I made beef stroganoff, something I haven't eaten for years. I had mushrooms leftover in the fridge and was looking for inspiration on what to use them for, when I remembered stroganoff. The first time I ever had it was at a friend's house when I was a teenager and I remember being very worried when they told me that's what we were having. It sounded strange and unfamiliar! I needn't have worried- it was creamy and delicious. Beef Stroganoff is a rich, creamy stew, originally from Russia. The main thing that most people associate with stroganoff is mushrooms, but they weren't in the traditional Russian recipe. It was all about the beef! My slow cooker version of beef stroganoff uses beef stewing steak, onions and mushrooms with beef stock, paprika, thyme and sour cream. I also use a little onion powder but if you d...

Quick and Easy Garlic Mushroom Linguine- a quick, vegetarian pasta dish using a selection of different mushrooms, perfect for quick weeknight meals. Jump to recipe So here we are with another Meat free Monday recipe- Garlic Mushroom Linguine. If you're looking for vegetarian recipe inspiration, pasta is always a good place to start. Creamy, garlicky pasta is an even better place to start! I'm quite a fan of mushrooms. They are so quick and easy to cook and there are so many tasty types to try- Button, Chestnut, Porcini, Shitake, Oyster, Portabello, even woodland varieties. The best thing about mushrooms for me though is how perfectly they are complemented by garlic. They just belong together! This recipe for Garlic Mushroom Linguine ticks so many boxes for me. It's quick and there's very little prep and absolutely no fancy cooking skills, so it's super easy as well. I prefer to make it with a few different varieties of mushroom for more flavour and texture, but if...

Vegan Chickpea Burgers- a vegan chickpea burger recipe with plenty of spices, perfect for a summer dinner. If you had told me a few months ago that I would be making chickpea burgers and putting them on the blog, I would have laughed! But here I am, sharing an easy recipe for chickpea burgers with you now. In my effort to eat one vegetarian meal a week (Meat-Free Monday) I have been looking at ideas for protein-packed, filling meals. Chickpea burgers fit that bill perfectly. We weren't entirely sure whether we would love them, but they were absolutely delicious and we were definitely full afterwards. Once again, my Meat F ree Monday recipe is not just vegetarian, it's accidentally vegan too! The key thing to get right with chickpea burgers, is flavour. Don't get me wrong, I love chickpeas. I'd happily drown myself in a vat of houmous any day, but where they really work is when they are complemented by the right flavours. For these Vegan Chickpea Burgers, I use a combina...

Slow Cooker Vegan Chilli- a vegan, gluten free slow cooker chilli with chickpeas, kidney beans, peppers and more. Healthy and full of flavour. Syn free on Slimming World and under 300 calories. Jump to recipe We are still in New Year's Resolutions territory, as it's early January, and our household has decided to reduce our meat consumption a little and see if we can make Meat Free Mondays work for us. I'm happy to eat vegetarian food; there are lots of delicious options and once a week seems achievable, especially as I will need to come up with some new recipes. My first Meat Free Monday vegetarian recipe is Slow Cooker Vegan Chilli. Mondays are often very full on, so quite a few of these recipes might end up being slow cooker ones! This Vegan Chilli is almost identical to a traditional chilli but with chickpeas to replace the beef mince and smoked paprika to really give it a smokey flavour. It's packed full of kidney beans, red pepper, onion and butternut squash, alo...

Slow Cooker Vegan Curry- a low calorie,vegan and gluten free curry packed with veg for a filling meal- butternut squash, potato, peppers and chickpeas. It makes a really healthy meal. Low syn on Slimming World and 217 calories. Jump to recipe This week I have been making vegetable curry in my slow cooker. I love everything about having a curry- all the trimmings that are involved. Naan bread in particular is a hot favourite for me. I would rather have curry and Naan than have curry and rice. If you like a really fiery curry, often a vegetable curry is the way to go. The veg absorbs a lot of the heat from the spices and really packs a punch! The advantage of using the slow cooker (apart from the usual bonus of leaving it to do its thing) is that it keeps the curry lower in calories because no curry paste or oil is needed. Add that to the fact that veg and pulses in themselves are packed full of nutrients and protein, and you're on to a winner all round. It's also accidentally...

Slow Cooker Beef and Butternut Squash Stew- a lovely autumn stew of beef and butternut squash and flavoured with rosemary and thyme, all cooked in the slow cooker for an easy, no-effort dinner. Syn-free on Slimming World. Jump to recipe Our freezer was looking a bit bare this week and the butternut squash was staring up at me from the potato cupboard, so I started with that and added everything else around it to make this Beef and Butternut Squash Stew. It makes a nice big batch, so you could serve it up to the whole family or freeze some, or use some as a meat pie filling. So many options! You could serve it with potatoes, which is what I do, or throw some pearl barley in with it to add bulk and then serve it as it is. Butternut squash goes with almost everything, and this beef stew is no exception. The butternut squash adds a lovely sweetness to the meatiness of the beef. Definitely one to add to your winter warmers list. Y ou can never have too many 'chuck it all in and leave ...

The Best Chicken Marinade- a simple marinade for chicken, packed full of flavour. Perfect for when you want to chargrill your chicken. Jump to recipe You're about to read about the BEST chicken marinade (in my humble opinion) and once you try it, I promise you'll keep going back again and again and again. I'm not usually one to boldly proclaim that my recipes are the 'best ever' because there are so many amazing recipes out there and it really depends on personal preference. That being said- you must try this marinade! I keep trying to describe the flavour and just coming up with yummy, delicious, juicy (is juicy a flavour???) er delicious... and other hopeless descriptions. All I can really say is that it's the ultimate chicken marinade and you won't be disappointed if you try it. I love marinated chicken. I have a couple of marinades on the blog already: Spicy Maple Chicken and Sweet Smoked Paprika Chicken and I quite often have a lot of fun playing ab...

Slow Cooker Lamb Madras- a spicy slow cooked lamb curry, less than 200 calories. A great alternative to a takeaway and syn-free on Slimming World. Jump to recipe You just can't have enough curry recipes in my opinion, especially slow cooker ones. They help to get the absolute best out of those cheap cuts of meat which absorb all the delicious spices. So with that in mind, I was inspired by a pack of diced lamb that I got on special offer, to do a slow cooked lamb madras. Madras comes in many styles and originates from South India. The name madras for the curry however, is a British invention, like most of the curry names that we know and love. Madras is a red curry with plenty of chilli used to make it hot. It usually has a sour element included such as lime juice or vinegar, and sometimes will have yoghurt added to cool the heat. I used both fresh chillies and chilli powder to make this slow cooker lamb madras and add lime juice for the sour flavour. It thickens up beautifully ...

Slow Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup- a slow cooker version of the classic soup recipe, that makes a warm and comforting lunch. It also freezes beautifully. Syn-free on Slimming World and under 300 calories. Jump to recipe Today, I'm sharing a recipe for one of my childhood favourites, broccoli cheese soup. It's the only soup I remember my mum making on a regular basis- enormous saucepans full of broccoli boiling away on the hob with cheddar cheese stirred through. As you know, I am a big fan of making soup in the slow cooker, so I don't have to stand over it, or even check on it regularly. In fact, I can even confidently go out leaving something cooking, which I would never do with a pan on the hob. Broccoli cheese soup works beautifully in the slow cooker. Broccoli, carrot and onion are pretty standard in a broccoli cheese soup, but I also use potato to add some creamy thickness. Many recipes will ask you to make a traditional cheese sauce to add to the soup, but my feelin...

Well, we're back to school after the long summer holiday and that means I have to start thinking in advance about what I want for lunch. No more deciding on a whim, no more choosing what I fancy at the time, no more lazy mornings with no lunch prep. I actually don't like getting my lunch ready in the morning, I find it strange thinking about lunch while I eat my breakfast! Soup is my go-to lunch, especially for the Autumn and Winter. You can make it in big batches, it freezes well and you don't have to put much thought into it. This recipe is for Slow Cooker Carrot and Coriander Soup. Carrot and coriander is a classic flavour combination that works beautifully; the sweetness of the carrot and the spice of the coriander are perfect. It's full of veggie flavour and goodness with the bonus of not having to stand over it while it cooks. Thank you, slow cooker! I added an orange pepper for additional veg and some potato to bulk it out and make it go further. This recipe make...

Cheese and Jalapeno scones- a classic cheese scone with a kick of spice from the jalapenos. Perfect for afternoon tea, a snack or a buffet. Jump to recipe Scones are such a British thing aren't they? And so easy to make too. I love them- traditional scones, fruit scones, cheese scones, all the scones! Cheese scones are possibly my favourite type of scone. I like them so much because they are versatile; they work for breakfast, a snack or afternoon tea and all you need to have handy is a knife and some butter. I made some mini cheese scones for my nephew's first birthday party recently and they went down very well with the parents and the children. This time I wanted a bit more kick with the cheese. A lot of spicy cheese scone recipes use cayenne pepper, but I find that to be a bit forceful, a bit sharp and I wanted something a bit more subtle against the cheddar, so I made Cheese and Jalapeno Scones. Jalapenos are spicy, but they also have a touch of sweetness to them, which I ...

Slow Cooker Smoky Butternut Squash and Pepper Soup- an easy slow cooker soup spiced with smoked paprika and cumin, perfect for lunch. Under 200 calories and syn-free on Slimming World. Jump to recipe Slow cooker soup is something that I think of in Autumn and Winter, ready for all my work lunches on those cold days. However, my Leek and Potato Slow Cooker Soup recipe gets just as many repins and views during the summer as it does in the winter, and it remains one of my most popular posts. So it would seem that slow cooker soup is popular no matter the time of year or the weather! Coincidentally, today my husband requested a batch of soup ready for when he goes back to work next week, and so this recipe was born. The idea of butternut squash and pepper soup is already delicious, but add a little little cumin, smoked paprika, garlic and chilli powder to give it some punch against the sweetness and you've got a winner. I use red peppers as that's usually what I have to hand, but ...