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I'm continuing my love affair with butternut squash with this recipe for Roasted Butternut Squash and Bacon risotto; a very comforting dish. It's perfect for an autumnal risotto as it provides a lovely, smooth, creamy texture without using any indulgent ingredients (like actual cream, for instance!). The sweetness makes a nice contrast to the salty bacon too. As there is a lot of salt from the bacon, I don't recommend cook the risotto in stock, as you normally would, or the salt levels will become overwhelming and you won't taste anything else. When the risotto is served up, it doesn't look like a very large portion but it's incredibly filling. I was tempted to serve it with a salad, but I don't think I could have fitted it in, to be honest! This recipe for roasted butternut squash and bacon risotto is syn-free on Slimming World if you use bacon medallions and spray oil. It's around 520 calories if you are managing your calories.

Creamy Salmon Pasta- penne pasta in a warm pasta salad with salmon, peppers and peas, mixed with fat free yogurt to keep the calories down. Syn free on Slimming World if you use spray oil. Jump to recipe So the summer holidays are nearly over, it's not long until we are back to school, and it's definitely time for me to get back on the MyFitnessPal wagon! To try and get things started with a bang, I wanted to make something new. I served up this Creamy Salmon Pasta dish, which is also syn free on Slimming World, and comes in at around 600 calories (less if you're not as big of a pasta monster as I am!) The creamy sauce is achieved with fat-free Greek yoghurt, which gives it a really nice tang. I personally like the Liberte brand because I find it thicker and creamier than others, but any plain, fat-free yoghurt would work. Mixed together with stock, veg, salmon and your favourite type of pasta, it makes a quick and delicious dinner. I could easily have eaten a second bowl,...

Easy Chocolate Fudge Cake- an easy-to-follow recipe for classic chocolate fudge cake with light sponge and thick, fudgy chocolate icing. Chocolate fudge cake is a classic indulgent cake and a popular choice is for dessert or an afternoon treat in restaurants and cafes everywhere. It's a very rich chocolate cake which is made with real chocolate rather than cocoa powder and it is filled and topped with an even richer, thick chocolate ganache. What's not to like? If I'm not sure what to order for dessert, I will usually plump for the chocolate fudge cake because it's reliably delicious. Unless you're not a chocolate lover, it's pretty hard to resist all the deep chocolate deliciousness that's involved. If you want to make a chocolate fudge cake at home, this is an easy recipe and produces a reliably good result. It has a light, almost powdery-soft sponge and the icing is thick and fudgy. There are no tricky techniques or ingredients as it's an all-in-one m...

Bolognese Bake- a warm and comforting pasta bake, perfect for family meals, pasta mixed with bolognese and topped with cheese. Syn-free on Slimming World if you make the cheese your Hex A with reduced fat cheddar. Jump to recipe You'd think that now we're in the summer holidays, I would have all this spare time for making fancy, elaborate dinners. Doesn't seem to quite work out that way somehow! This bolognese bake fitted the bill of a comforting pasta meal on a rather cool summer evening last week, with plenty of leftovers for lunch the next day. Pasta, mixed together with a rich, meaty bolognese sauce and topped with grated mature cheese, makes a very tasty dinner. I find that mature cheese is essential to really complement the flavour of the bolognese. It makes a delicious meal, especially when served with a salad and some garlic bread. Just look at the cheese when it's all melted and crispy around the edges! I tend to keep my bolognese sauce fairly simple and reas...

Smoked Paprika Roasted New Potatoes- the perfect way to jazz up your next dinner. Crispy, golden, roasted new potatoes with a kick of smoked paprika. I made a big batch of my Very Garlicky Slow Cooker Lemon and Rosemary Chicken this week and was looking for something different to serve with it. I tend to stick to the same old potatoes and veg side dishes with dinner, especially during the week, and I just get very bored of them. I had new potatoes in the cupboard- the perfect summery accompaniment, but I wanted to add more flavour. The smoked paprika roasted new potatoes that I ended up making were just perfect; crispy on the outside and gorgeously fluffy on the inside, with a bang of flavour from the smoked paprika and the chilli. The best thing is that they are very easy to make, with just 5 basic ingredients and virtually no prep, so you could easily do them on weeknights to jazz up any meal. If you love easy dishes that you just throw on a baking tray- these are for you!

Feta Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing- a simple feta cheese salad, quick and easy to make for lunch or a starter, with a home-made balsamic dressing. Jump to recipe With the warmer weather over the last few weeks (and the heatwave that I really wasn't a fan of), all I have wanted to eat is salad. That has encouraged me into looking for a bit more variety in my ingredients. Lettuce, tomato and cucumber on their own gets old fast, and there's really no excuse for a boring salad! This weekend, I was in the mood for something Greek-style and I had a block of feta cheese in the fridge. I added a few delicious salady bits to contrast with the soft saltiness of the feta, whipped up a garlicky balsamic dressing and hey presto- a simple feta salad. The feta really is the star of the dish. If you can't be bothered to roast the peppers you can either put them in raw, or buy roasted peppers in a jar. It's absolutely delicious served as a starter, or with some crackers for lunch...

Crusted Cod Bites with Garlic and Rosemary Potatoes- chunks of cod crusted with garlic breadcrumbs and a slight hit of chilli, served with roasted garlic and rosemary new potatoes. A delicious dinner for the kids and healthier than shop-bought versions. The recipe I am going to tempt you with today is Crusted Cod Bites with Garlic and Rosemary New Potatoes. A lovely summer meal that requires only a small amount of prep. I love fish, really love it. I will happily eat any fish put in front of me. I even still love fish fingers. I have fond memories of sitting in my nana's back garden in Cumbria, in a den she had made out of sun loungers and a picnic blanket, eating fish finger sandwiches with my sister. Happy times! I usually buy cod and salmon when I fancy some fish, but I am happy with the much cheaper cobbler or pollock as well. Cod is a lovely meaty fish, but it can be a little bland. For this recipe, I added flavour to the cod bites through the chunky breadcrumb crust with gar...