Potatoes in slow cooker with Italian Seasoning

For 4 servings

Spray bottom of slow cooker with some frylight

Add potatoes (approx 3 large potatoes cut into cubes  - I used small baby potatoes and cooked them whole)

Mix 1 tablespoon of olive oil

Add 1 tablespoon of homemade Italian Seasoning and mix though

Cook on high for 2-3 hours or low for 4-6 hours.

Italian Seasoning

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 tablespoon sugar

2 tablespoon oregano

1 teaspoon black pepper

1/4 teaspoon thyme

1 teaspoon basil

1 tablespoon parsley

2 tablespoon salt

Hash Brown

One great big massive hash brown...all for me! 

I ❤ potatoes and I ❤ Slimming World!

This takes 15 mins either side on medium-low setting on your hob - if you aint got 30 minutes to let it cook - don't make it.

Grate 1 large potato, squeeze out all the water and season well with salt/pepper - you could add a little grated onion if you like.  Then cook in a frying pan sprayed with frylight.  Spread it all out and flatten it all down and push in the edges to form it all together - and then leave it! 15 minutes - then after 15 minutes, spray the top with frylight again and then flip it over - then leave it for 15 minutes. Turns out nice and crispy on the outside and nice and soft on the inside.  

I had mine with some scrambled egg and beans - but there was no room to add it on the plate! :)

All syn free :)

Twice Baked Potatoes

Love potatoes :)

Bake your tattie, cut in half, scoop out the flesh and mash it with some fat free fromage free, spring onion and some grated cheese.  Season with salt/pepper and spoon back into the potato skin.  Spinkle a teeny bit of cheese on top and bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes until golden and crispy.

Roast Potatoes (Syn Free)

I saw this recipe on one of the slimming blogs I follow Vicki-Kitchen.  I love potatoes and miss having traditional roasters so was very intrigued when I saw how these were made.  They take a wee while but worth the wait :)

Oven needs to hot - gas mark 8 or 230 deg

Peel and chop your potatoes and par boil them in some salted water for 5 minutes, then drain.

Add potatoes to a roasting dish.

Make up some stock using an oxo cube. (I used chicken)

Pour in stock so that it's halfway up the potato.

Spray the tops of the potatoes with frylight.

Cook for 45-60mins until all the stock has been absorbed.  You might want to baste the potatoes half way through.

Enjoy X

Instant Potato Pancakes (Syn Free)

Okay this is my second recipe involving instant mash (makes me shudder) - so now I'm getting worried as yet again - I enjoyed it!!

These were very simple to make and a nice change from having just potatoes or chips.

The recipe made 4 decent size patties - and I ate all 4!  

1 cup cold water

3/4 cup instant potato

1 egg, beaten

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp garlic granules/powder

1/2 tsp onion granules/powder

Frylight

Whisk together water, egg and all the seasoning in a large bowl.  Add the instant powder and mix until coated and the consistency of the mixture should be slightly thick (not thick like you could stand a spoon up in, but not a runny slop either).

Divide the mixture into 4 and make balls with each portion and then flatten out to make a pattie.

Spray a frying pan with frylight and add the patties.  Fry for about 10 minutes turning once or twice until brown and crispy.

These were about 1cm thick and were slightly crispy on the outside and soft inside, but if you wanted a more crispier pancake you could make them smaller and thinner.

Next time I might add a bit of spring onion to the mixture or some dried chilli flakes - you could add whatever seasoning takes your fancy!

Potato & Tuna Salad

I was struggling to make anything for lunch as I needed to get shopping in - I love potatoes and tuna and so just cooked some baby potatoes (about 16 potatoes cut in half), mixed in 2 tablespoons of light mayo (5 syns), 1 can of tuna in spring water, added the only veg that I had in which was tomatoes, red onion and carrot - and voila! 

Normally I would add cucumber and peppers but I didn't have any!

Quite basic, but was nice enough - and it was served warm.

This gave me 2 servings - so 2.5 syns per serving