Fruity Rice Pudding

I expect you all know the recipe for the syn free rice pudding, but i thought i would post my version. I must admit i was very sceptical about a rice pudding made with cream soda and no milk or cream, but i have to admit it is very good!

I much prefer it cold with lots of fruit in it.

Although it is syn free on extra easy, please be careful because if you eat too much of it, it may affect your weight loss. If you find you aren't losing while having this delicious dessert it could be down to eating too much!

Ingredients

2 litres low calories or no added sugar cream soda

400g pudding rice

1 vanilla pod or 1 tsp vanilla extract

I used ½ tube of Muller light vanilla yoghurt per serving

Selection of fruit to serve

Method

Pour the cream soda and rice into the slow cooker, split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds add the seeds and pod to the slow cooker, i set my slow cooker to 4 hours as that was my shortest high setting.

Stir every now and then.

I divided mine into 8 portions and each time i had one i stirred in ½ tube of yoghurt and a selection of fruit.

Best served cold.

Tiramisu

As a special treat on Valentine's Day i decided to make a creamy and delicious dessert. I was amazed at how good it was, for being fat free, it was really creamy and rich, with just enough coffee flavour and a touch of almond from the Amaretti biscuits.

3 syns each.

Make 2 desserts

Ingredients

1 tub of fat free quark

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 double shot espresso

3 tsp sweetener

6 amaretti biscuits 1 syn each

Method

Whip the quark, vanilla extract, sweetener and half the espresso together.

In nice glasses, place an amaretti biscuit in the bottom of each and pour over ¼ of the remaining espresso, layer over some of the quark then crumble over another biscuit, pour over another ¼ of the remaining espresso, layer some more quark. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, Overnight is even better. Crumble over the 3rd biscuit and serve.

Fruit Sundae

I had some quark in the fridge that needed to be used up so decided to make a dessert out of it. I was very pleasantly surprised at how lovely it was.

It was creamy and sweet with a sharp note from the raspberries, but you can use any fruit you like.

As i crumbled ½ a rocky road Hi Fi bar on top and ½ a piece of dark chocolate, it was only 2 syns on extra easy for the whole dessert.

Makes 2 desserts at 2 syns each.

Ingredients

1 tube of quark

1 punnet of raspberries

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp sweetener

1 hi fi bar

1 piece 5g dark chocolate

Method

Mix the quark with the vanilla extract and sweetener, layer the quark and raspberries in a glass, crumb ½ a hi fi bar on top of each then grate over the chocolate, chilli then serve.

Maple Cinnamon Quinoa Bake

I had better warn you from the start there is a bit of debate about the syns on these bakes!!

As any good consultant will tell you these are considered a tweak, which means as the main ingredient is being used for something other than a main meal, (the "supposedly" thing it is meant to be used for) you may eat more than you normally would, which can cause weight gain, so hence a tweak.

So it is totally up to you what you want to syn these at, if you find you do eat a lot and start gaining then it could well be down to these bakes, it is all about the individual.

To be honest, i don't think you could eat many of these at a time as i find them very filling and normal one is enough.

They are great with a dollop of yogurt and fruit, or as a grab and go breakfast bar, but just as nice eaten plain with a nice cup of tea or coffee.

I made 20 out of my batch, so mine worked out at 0.5 syns each, as the whole batch is 10 syns, but that is only if you don't syn the quinoa.

Preheat oven to 200c, 400f, gas mark 5.

Ingredients

2 cups of uncooked quinoa cooked as per packet instructions and cooled

4 eggs beaten

80ml skimmed milk 2 syns

60ml maple syrup 8 syns

1 tsp vanilla extract

1.5 tbsp ground cinnamon

Method

In a large bowl mix together all the ingredients, then pour into a baking tray lined with parchment paper and sprayed with frylight, smooth it out and bake in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes until golden and set.

remove from the baking tray straight away so it doesn't steam. 

Cut the slab into portions and put onto a oven proof wire rack and put back in the oven for 10 minutes so the edges crisp.

You could always add nuts and raisins or cranberries to them, or maybe some chocolate chips, but these thing would have to be syned.