Cheese Steak Rolls

I was craving a Philly cheese steak, I don't think I've ever had one in Ireland but anytime I'm in America I eat them and clam chowder in ridiculous amounts.

I decided to try recreate. My main issue is finding the right steak to fry, I got a couple of thin sirloins but maybe deli beef would be better? I need something thinner. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. 

Serves 2 people (2 rolls, 1 steak each) 

Ingredients:

- 2 Thin Sirloin steaks

- 1/2 large white onion

- 1 green pepper

- 1 portobello mushroom 

- Low fat white cheddar (eg. Dubliner light slices)

- 4 Slim rolls (eg. Slimsters, sandwich Skinnys, slimbos etc.)

Method:

Preheat oven to 180

Place steaks between pieces of cling film and bash them with a rolling pin to get as flat as possible.

Chop onion, pepper and mushroom.

Spray pan with low calorie oil and veg until soft.

In a separate pan or the same one emptied and cleaned spray low calorie cooking oil and on a low heat fry steaks until slightly coloured. 

In a baking tray lay out the bottom parts of your rolls. Distribute the onion, pepper and mushroom mix evenly on each. Then divide the steak on top. Add a slice of low fat white cheddar. 

Place in the oven and leave for approx 5 mins or until cheese has melted just right.

Per person 

Calories: 450 

Weight watchers points: 12

Enjoy with a pepper sauce on the side.

(Add extra points and calories for this)

Buffalo cauliflower bites

I love buffalo chicken but its so not skinny food so when I saw a recipe online for buffalo cauliflower bites I thought I'd give it a go. I don't particularly like cauliflower, unless its swimming in a creamy cheese sauce! 

I once tried a recipe I saw online for cauliflower mash, it was described as a great alternative to mashed potato. It really wasn't for me, it just tasted like cauliflower.

If you like cauliflower it might work for you. 

(http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/

george-stella/mock-garlic-mashed-

potatoes-recipe/index.html)

So I was very sceptical about these buffalo wing style bites but there was no need, they were really tasty! 

Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of water

- 1 cup of  flour

- 1 tbs of garlic powder/granules 
- 1 head of cauliflower
- 1 cup buffalo or hot sauce 

   (I use Franks buffalo sauce)

Method:

Combine the water, flour and garlic powder/granules until you have a smooth batter.

Chop the cauliflower into bite size pieces and coat in the batter.

Spray a baking tray in oil and bake the cauliflower in the oven for 20-25 mins until golden and crispy.

Remove from the oven, toss and pour on buffalo hot sauce, toss again.

Bake for a further 5 mins.

You may want to add an extra few drops of buffalo sauce.

So good served with blue cheese dressing. 

Serves: approx 6 people

Calories: approx 650, average 100-120 per person 

Pro Points: approx 3 per person 

I just need to figure out a good low calorie low point blue cheese dressing! Please let me know if anyone has a recipe or a tip on where to buy one in Ireland.

No fasting for now & new slim bread

We've been having amazing weather in Ireland. Yes really! Strange but true. I've been out and active so much that the fasting thing isn't practical right now so 5:2 diet is on the back burner for now.

I'm back to keeping an eye on calories and weight watchers points instead. 

It's great how many salads I've been eating, I just need to curb the amount of BBQ burgers and hotdogs I've been eating too! I think it's time to start cooking a little healthier on the BBQ, steak or fish for a change, maybe make up a few skewers. 

A new range of bread I found is the Irish Pride Slimsters rolls & sliced pan. The bread is nice, kind of like a white and brown mix and the rolls are nice and big compared to some of the other low cal rolls on the market at the moment. 

The bread is 60 calories a slice and 2 weight watchers pro points

The rolls are 100 calories and 3 weight watchers pro points