Yummy Roast Chicken Dinner

Tonight i had a roast chicken and it very yummy but the main thing was that it was syn free which is really good. I did have roast potatoes and roast parsnips. How i hear you asking, well i cooked them in fry light so it was really dry roasting which is how i have always done my chicken. But today i sprayed some fry light over the chicken and as i type this i'm cooking chicken stock from the carcass which i'll use for a couple of my dinners this week instead of using stock cubes. I've never done this before but i've seen my bff do it when i've stayed at hers so i thought that i'd give it a go as it doesn't cost anything to do.

Now i don't normally do a roast that often but when i was doing my menu for this fortnight i had just been staying at my bff's for the weekend and they always have one on a sunday so i thought why not. There was a lot of chicken left over but i have plans for it during the week like a chicken, lemon and garlic casserole tomorrow and curry or stew on tuesday.

Cooking all my meals from scratch means that i know everything that's in them so i can count the amount of syns that is in everything that i eat. I'm the first to admit that i was a big ready meal junkie and i'd eat a couple of them a week and even polish off a whole 12inch pizza by myself. Doing that at least once a week isn't really a good idea is it but i enjoyed it so i thought why not. But my biggest weakness has to be ice cream, i just can't get a enough of the stuff and really doesn't last long as i'll eat it as soon as possible and then spend a couple of days regretting it. So i've spent some time online looking at the slimming world website and it has a syn free ice cream recipe which i can't wait to try. That wasn't the only recipe that i found on there and to be honest there was loads and i will be trying them. The casserole that i'm having tomorrow is from there. Not that that is the only place that i've got recipes from, i've got several from weight watchers recipe books which i have worked out for their syn value which is quite good. My favourite so far has to be the sausage and pear hotpot which was so yummy and only 4 syns per serving. Next time i have it i'll post the recipe.

That's enough for tonight so take care and happy slimming