Slimming World - Slimming Worlds 30-minute meals

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Photographs Jon Whitaker, 2007

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Recipes created by Sunil Vijayakar
Editor: Emma Callery
Design: Nicky Barneby

Food photography: Jon Whitaker
Food stylist: Sunil Vijayakar
Prop stylist: Rachel Jukes

For Slimming World
Founder and Chairman: Margaret Miles-Bramwell
Managing Director: Caryl Richards
Project co-ordinators: Allison Brentnall and Beverley Farnsworth
Text by Sheila Ashton

• Both metric and imperial measures are given for the recipes. Follow either set of measures as they are not interchangeable.
• All spoon measures are level: 1 tsp = 5ml spoon, 1 tbsp = 15ml spoon.
• Suitable for vegetarians
• Suitable for freezing
• Ovens should be preheated to the specified temperature. Grills should also be preheated.
• Use large eggs unless otherwise specified.
• Note that some of the recipes contain lightly cooked eggs. Avoid serving these to anyone who is pregnant or in a vulnerable health group, because of the small risk of salmonella infection.
• Always use fresh herbs, unless dried herbs are suggested in the recipe.
• Use freshly ground black pepper and sea salt unless otherwise specified.

Dear Food Lover,

Welcome to the newest, temptingly mouth-watering addition to Slimming Worlds family of recipe books. With bookshop shelves groaning under the weight of so many sumptuous-looking titles, its great you know you can trust us to satisfy your familys needs and fit in with your busy lifestyle. Rest assured, this book wont disappoint.

Bring back the happy times when families came together for their main meal of the day. If you want ways to please a hungry household without compromising on health; if you want to lose weight without feeling deprived; if you want to save time and money without skimping on quality; if you simply want to get back round the dining table together, Slimming Worlds 30-Minute Meals are for you!

The pages that follow are packed to the brim with delicious dishes that you can whip up in just half an hour and enjoy together at leisure. Each has been carefully developed with both weight control and the needs of the family in mind and follows the very latest nutrition guidelines. Isnt it good to know that, with all the demands placed on us in this fast-paced, modern world, where family weight and health issues have never been more acute, we can all be free to enjoy our food and family life to the full?

Food Optimising is the eating plan that lies at the very heart of Slimming World. Freedom is the key. All the recipes in this book, using ordinary, everyday foods, are Food Optimising meals with Free Food as their base. Prepare to be amazed that you can have all this taste and all this food and still lose weight. Food Optimising has been Slimming Worlds cornerstone ever since its inception 37 years ago with dramatic success! As well as bringing this amazing weight-loss system to the rescue of slimmers everywhere, my passionate desire was then and remains to this day the development of a support system that recognises what spurs us on or holds us back from living our dreams and that is actually effective in bringing those dreams to reality.

At Slimming World were driven by a fervent belief that every one of us deserves to be free free from guilt, free to set our own goals, free to enjoy our food, free to live life to the full and, most importantly, free to be ourselves. Thats why, in a Slimming World group, no one is ever judged, preached to, humiliated or pressurised on their journey to their personal target. You plan your own route. Were just shining a light on your personal map to success.

That same conviction drives our most recent pioneering initiative, Family Affair. In an age when the problem of obesity among children and young people as well as adults continues to climb alarmingly, we know that the real long-term answers lie within the home, within the family. Thats why weve taken a bold, family-based approach to healthy eating that empowers families to change their lifestyle jointly. Attending a Slimming World group together, families can not only enjoy the expertise, understanding and support of their Consultant and fellow group members, they can reinforce their new approach to a healthier lifestyle by planning meals and creating dishes together and motivating each other at home. Generous, versatile and nutritionally balanced, Food Optimising has also been made even more liberal to meet the needs of young people, with whom our focus is on health and vitality, rather than on weight.

So please use this book to the full. Youll find these fabulously tasty menus will allow you the freedom to make family mealtimes an all-round guilt-free pleasure. And if youre looking for support to overcome your own or your familys weight issues, remember, were here, ready to welcome you into the Slimming World family. The door to success is always open at Slimming World and youll find the friendliest of welcomes.

With warmest wishes,

Margaret Miles-Bramwell

Founder and Chairman

We live in an age in which we know more about health and nutrition than any previous generation. Yet were less active and subject to more temptations and mixed messages than ever before. And when time is precious, how do we make sure we feed our families nutritious meals, without spending hours in the kitchen?

Slimming Worlds 30-minute meals shows you how. Each one of the delicious, nutritious time-saving recipes has been created especially for Slimming Worlds acclaimed Food Optimising eating plan. Food Optimising helps you reach the weight you want to be without ever going hungry. The unique combination of healthy eating and group support has helped hundreds of thousands of people achieve their weight-loss dreams.