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Smoked haddock with a creamy sauce

Smoked haddock with a creamy sauce

Ingredients

4 x 170 g/6 oz skinned smoked haddock fillets (30 Sins on Green) | freshly ground black pepper | 142 ml / 1/4 pint skimmed milk (2 1/2 Sins) | 113 g/4 oz very low fat natural fromage frais | 2-3 tablespoons finely snipped chives

To make this dish even more filling and substantial, you can serve it, if wished, with a poached egg on top. This won't add any Sins!

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Bombay Bhajis & Cucumber Raita
  • Complexity: medium
  • Origin: Indian

Bombay Bhajis & Cucumber Raita

Ingredients

Raita: | 1/2 cucumber, chopped | salt | 113g/4 oz very low fat natural yogurt | 4 spring onions, chopped | Bhajis: | Fry Light, for spraying | 1 medium onion, chopped | 170g/6 oz potato, cooked & chopped | 227g/8 oz canned chick peas, drained | 1 egg, beaten | 1/2 tsp baking powder | 2 tsp dried Bombay mixed spice | 1 tsp dried mixed herbs | salt & ground black pepper

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Mushroom sauce

Mushroom sauce

Ingredients

50 g (2 oz) closed cup mushrooms, sliced | 40 g (1 1/2 oz) butter | 1 teaspoon lemon juice | 25 g (1 oz) plain flour | 300 ml (1/2 pint) milk | salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Ham and asparagus party roll-ups

Ham and asparagus party roll-ups

Ingredients

113 g/4 oz very low fat natural cottage cheese | 1 teaspoon snipped chives | 1/2 small yellow pepper, deseeded and finely chopped | salt and pepper | 227 g/8 oz baby asparagus spears | 113 g/4 oz wafer thin sliced | lean ham, fat removed (10 Sins on Green)

These tempting party snacks can be prepared in advance, then chilled in the refrigerator for several hours until you are ready to serve them. They look very pretty when arranged on a large serving platter, garnished with sprigs of watercress and tiny cherry tomatoes.

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Trout & morel cream sauce

Trout & morel cream sauce

Ingredients

2 tablespoons dried morel mushrooms, soaked in warm water for 20 minutes, then drained | 4 trout, about 175 g (6 oz) each, gutted and cleaned | 4 tablespoons lemon juice | 1 bunch mixed herbs: parsley, chives, thyme | 300 ml (1/2 pint) water | 300 ml (1/2 pint) dry white wine | 2 juniper berries, crushed | 2 black peppercorns, crushed | 2 teaspoons cornflour | 150 ml (1/4 pint) double cream | knob of butter | salt and freshly ground white pepper

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Basil Spaghetti & Cherry Tomatoes
  • Complexity: medium
  • Origin: Italian

Basil Spaghetti & Cherry Tomatoes

Ingredients

227g/8 oz dried spaghetti | 170g/6 oz red cherry tomatoes | 170g/6 oz yellow cherry tomatoes | 2 level tbsp very low fat natural Greek yogurt | 1 garlic clove, crushed | 4 spring onions, chopped | 1 bunch fresh basil leaves, torn | salt & ground black pepper | 1 tbsp olive oil

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Sun-dried tomatoes topping for baked jacket potatoes

Sun-dried tomatoes topping for baked jacket potatoes

Ingredients

2 tablespoons very low fat natural fromage frais | 28 g/1 oz sun-dried tomatoes without oil (1/2 Sin), cut into thin slivers | snipped chives or garlic chives

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Prawns and basil topping for baked jacket potatoes

Prawns and basil topping for baked jacket potatoes

Ingredients

very low fat natural yogurt | small handful of basil leaves, chopped | 142 g/5 oz shelled boiled prawns | 2 tablespoons very low fat natural fromage frais

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Chicken with mushrooms

Chicken with mushrooms

Ingredients

4 chicken quarters | dried oregano and ground paprika, for seasoning | 2 tablespoons olive oil | 1 tablespoon plain flour | 425 g (14 oz) closed cup mushrooms, quartered | 300 ml (1/2 pint) chicken stock | 1/2 onion, grated | 1 green pepper, cored, seeded and cut into fine strips | 150 ml (1/4 pint) double cream | 50 ml (2 fl oz) Cognac | cayenne pepper (optional) | salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Cheese & mushroom souffles

Cheese & mushroom souffles

Ingredients

50 g (2 oz) butter | 175 g (6 oz) closed cup mushrooms, finely chopped | 50 g (2 oz) plain flour | 300 ml (1/2 pint) milk | 3 eggs, separated | 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley | 75 g (3 oz) Edam cheese, finely grated | 1/2 teaspoon made mustard | salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Vegetable Dip

Vegetable Dip

Ingredients

2 red peppers, deseeded | 2 onions, halved | 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled | Fry Light, for spraying | 113g/4 oz Sainsbury's Be Good To Yourselt Onion & Chive Cottage Cheese | 227g/8 oz quark skimmed milk soft cheese | salt & ground black pepper | handful freshly chopped parsley | large pinch cumin seeds

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Baked jacket potatoes
  • Time: Cooking time: 1 - 1 1/4 hours; Microwave cooking time: 4-5 minutes
  • Complexity: very easy
  • Origin: Eastern Europe

Baked jacket potatoes

Ingredients

sea salt and freshly ground black pepper | 1 x 227g/8oz baking potato (6 Sins on Original) | 2 tablespoons very low fat natural yogurt

Baked potatoes can make a versatile light meal to serve for a TV supper curled up in front of the fire. In fact, they are the ultimate in quick and easy snack meals — just pop them in a conventional or microwave Oven for the specified time and then add your favourite topping.

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Wild mushroom feuillete

Wild mushroom feuillete

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) packet frozen puff pastry, thawed | 15 g (1/2 oz) butter or margarine | 500 g (1 lb) closed cup mushrooms, sliced | 375 g (12 oz) oyster mushrooms, sliced | 300 ml (1/2 pint) soured cream | 300 ml (1/2 pint) single cream | 1 garlic clove, crushed | salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Luxury Potato Salad

Luxury Potato Salad

Ingredients

454g/1 lb new potatoes in their skins, chopped | pinch of salt | 227g/8 oz very low fat natural cottage cheese | 1 bunch spring onions, finely chopped | 2 eating apples, chopped | 2 gherkins, chopped | 2 tsp dried dill | 57g/2 oz seedless grapes, halved | 3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped | 1 level tbsp reduced-calorie salad cream

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Farfalle with mushrooms

Farfalle with mushrooms

Ingredients

250-300 g (8-10 oz) farfalle (pasta bows) | 25 g (1 oz) butter | 2 tablespoons olive oil | 500 g (2 lb) button or small closed cup mushrooms | 2 garlic cloves, crushed | 50 g (2 oz) can anchovies in oil, drained and roughly chopped | 6 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley | 300 ml (1/2 pint) soured cream | salt and freshly ground black pepper

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