This Slimming World cheesy broccoli bake makes a family favourite into a healthier meal.
This easy-to-make cheesy broccoli bake from Slimming World can be served either as a side dish or as a meal in itself, sure to satisfy lots of tasty kids as well as your dieting ambitions.
By using a low fat cheese sauce, this is a great way to get one of your five-a-day and not worry about the calories.
SW Syns: 4
Ingredients
500g broccoli florets
8 spring onions, finely chopped
200g cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
2 large eggs, beaten
200g fat-free cottage cheese with spring onion and chives
3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 tbsp finely chopped parsley
110g reduced fat Cheddar cheese, grated
Method
Preheat the oven to 220°C/Gas Mark 7.
Cook the broccoli in a large saucepan of lightly salted boiling water for 2-3 minutes.
Drain, transfer to a bowl and set aside.
Add the spring onions and cherry tomatoes to the broccoli, mix well and spoon into an ovenproof dish.
Meanwhile, whisk the eggs in a clean bowl with the cottage cheese and garlic until smooth.
Season well and add the parsley.
Pour the egg mixture over the vegetables and stir briefly to distribute the ingredients evenly.
Sprinkle the cheese on top and cook in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the mixture has just set.
Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
Fill up on free food
All our meals are based on Slimming World Free Food: nutritious, everyday foods that fill you up for fewer calories, which means they’re great for weight loss. Free food includes lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, pasta, rice, potatoes, pulses, fruit, vegetables and more. And you can eat these foods freely, making them perfect for satisfying the biggest of appetites. Some free foods have the added bonus of being Speed Food: fruits and vegetables that are super low in calories and keep you slimming beautifully. For best results, always reach for Speed Food first between meals and include at least a third of a Speed Food dish at every meal, where it makes sense.
Add Healthy Extras
To help provide a good balance of nutrients, enjoy two measured servings of milk or cheese each day – your Healthy Extra ‘a’ options. Options include 350ml skimmed milk or 250ml semi-skimmed milk; 40g reduced-fat hard cheese or 30g full-fat; 50g mozzarella (cow’s milk); 45g feta or 35g Danish blue, which can be eaten as part of a meal or snack. Also have a portion of wholemeal bread or cereal for breakfast each day, your Healthy Extra ‘b’ option. To keep things simple, we have incorporated your Healthy Extra ‘b’ option into the menu plan each day.
Choose your Syns
Foods and drinks that pose a risk to your weight loss, those high in fat or sugar, as well as alcohol, can be enjoyed as carefully counted Syns. We recommend that you plan between 5 and 15 Syns in your day (see the bottom of the next page for some ideas).
Make simple swaps
To help protect your weight loss, choose the leanest meats and trim any visible fat: cut off white bits of bacon and remove the skin from poultry. Dry fry or cook with low-calorie cooking spray instead of fat or oil, swap sugar for sweetener and swap cream and crème fraîche for plain non-fat yoghurt or plain quark.
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