It’s taco Tuesday! – 3 recipes with video

Who says it’s a must to save the occasion for the weekend? Collect your favorite amigos for this unbelievable feast and taco your Tuesdays to the following degree! 

With Slimming World, you completely can take pleasure in all the meals you’re keen on – together with tasty tacos and loaded wedges – and nonetheless get an excellent weight reduction consequence. Plus, sharing a Mexican-style menu at house is a enjoyable solution to socialise and slim with out forking out restaurant costs.  

Let’s taco! 

Recipes may be scaled up or down, relying on how massive your occasion is. 

Rooster tacos  

Seize a taco and stuff it with our spicy rooster and peppers, plus salsa and salad. Or skip the shell to make this dish Free.   

serves 4 
3½ Syns per serving 
prepared in 1hr 15 minutes 

Price range tip: Should you don’t have each spice or vegetable right here, don’t fear – this dish is brilliantly versatile and can style simply nearly as good with out. You may additionally use a fajita spice combine as an alternative of the separate spices (use the barcode scanner or Meals Search device to test whether or not your favorite is Free). 

What you want: 

3 skinless and boneless rooster breasts, thinly sliced 
finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime 
1 tbsp dried oregano 
1 tsp smoked paprika  
2 tsp floor cumin 
1 tsp cayenne pepper 
½ tsp floor cinnamon 
1 purple onion, thinly sliced 
2 purple peppers, deseeded and thinly sliced 
2 courgettes, reduce into skinny batons  
100g mushrooms, thinly sliced 
4 tbsp fat-free pure fromage frais 
4 taco shells 

For the salsa: 

2 tomatoes, finely chopped 
¼ purple onion, finely chopped 
1½ tbsp finely chopped recent coriander 
Juice of ½ lime 

For the salad: 

1 iceberg lettuce, shredded 
1 cucumber, halved and thinly sliced  
6 tbsp fat-free French dressing 

What you do: 

1. Preheat your oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gasoline 6.  

2. Put the rooster in a large bowl with the lime zest and juice, the oregano and the spices, then season frivolously. Toss nicely, cowl and chill for 20-Half-hour. 

3. Spray a big non-stick frying pan with low-calorie cooking spray and put it over a excessive warmth. Stir-fry the rooster for 5-6 minutes, or till golden. Add the onion, peppers, courgettes and mushrooms. Stir-fry for an additional 5-6 minutes, or till the rooster is cooked via and the greens are tender. 

4. Put all of the salsa substances in a small bowl and provides them stir to mix. Then put all of the salad substances in a bowl, toss nicely and season with black pepper.

5. To serve, spoon a little bit fromage frais and salsa into every taco, then add the rooster combination. Serve sizzling, with the salad. 

Chilli-loaded wedges 

Improve your wedges with chilli and cheese to make tasty nacho-style spuds. 

serves 2  
6 Syns per serving   
prepared in 1hr 20 minutes 

Discover the recipe right here 

Taco-stuffed big mushrooms 

These Tex-Mex mushrooms are critically moreish and so easy to make. 

serves 4 
3 Syns per serving 
prepared in 40 minutes 
vegetarian 

What you want: 

low-calorie cooking spray 
8 massive portobello mushrooms 
1 medium onion, finely chopped 
1 purple pepper, deseeded and finely chopped 
4 garlic cloves, crushed 
350g Quorn Mince 
3 tbsp fajita seasoning* 
400g passata 
200g can sweetcorn kernels in water, drained 
400g can black beans, drained and rinsed 
80g reduced-fat Cheddar, coarsely grated 
chopped recent thyme, plus thyme sprigs, to serve 

* Spice blends are Free as long as they’re made out of herbs and spices solely and don’t embody any Synned substances like sugar, flour or oil. Slimming World members can use the barcode scanner or Meals Search to test. You may additionally make your individual spice mixes – learn the way right here.  

What you do: 

1. Preheat your oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gasoline 6 and spray a big non-stick baking tray or roasting tin with low-calorie cooking spray. 

2. Minimize off and put aside the mushroom stalks. Scrape out the brown gills with a teaspoon and discard them. Season the mushrooms on each side and put them within the baking tray, smooth-side down. 

3. Chop the mushroom stalks and put them in a medium-size non-stick saucepan together with the onion, purple pepper, garlic and 1 tbsp water. 

4. Cowl and prepare dinner over a medium-low warmth for five minutes or till mushy. Stir within the Quorn, fajita seasoning, passata, sweetcorn and beans, then cowl once more and simmer for five minutes. Season to style. 

5. Spoon the combination into the mushrooms, high with the cheese and bake for quarter-hour or till the cheese has melted and the mushrooms are tender. Switch to a serving plate, scatter over the thyme and grind over a little bit black pepper. Serve sizzling.  

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