This Low Syn Meatball Marinara is perfect for the whole family, in fact it’s that good they probably won’t even realise it’s a Slimming World friendly meal.
For the full list of ingredients and comprehensive instructions, please see the recipe card at the end of this post. Before you scroll, there’s important stuff in the blurb 👍
Marinara sauce is an Italian recipe made with tomatoes, garlic, herbs and onions. Like many traditional Italian dishes there are many variations, but our version is packed full of speed foods. Which can only be good for helping with your weight loss, right?
If you work on 6 meatballs per person then this will work out at 1 syn per portion, and you’ll get 3 portions from this recipe.
We used shop bought low fat meatballs for this Low Syn Meatball Marinara recipe, which worked out at 0.5 syns for 3 meatballs.
However, if you want to save some Syns then you could make your own. You’ll find the instructions here in our Syn Free Meatball Marinara recipe.
We like to use Cirio Chopped Tomatoes and Tomato Puree, because we don’t find them anywhere near as watery as some other brands. And if you are going to make a traditional Italian dish you really do need traditional Italian tomatoes.
You can serve these with pretty much whatever takes your fancy. Spaghetti, pasta, rice, Slimming World chips, anything!
The best thing about this Low Syn Meatball Marinara?
You can use any leftovers to make our 0.5 Syn Meatball Marinara Sliders of course!
Whenever we need to replace oil in cooking we use Frylight. Perfect for everyday frying and cooking, it delivers exactly one calorie per spray, which makes it Syn free! The Sunflower or Rapeseed Oil flavours are ideal for this Low Syn Meatball Marinara recipe.
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Syn Free Meatball Marinara
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Servings |
Prep Time |
Cooking Time |
| people | 10 minutes | 20 minutes |
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Calories |
WW |
Slimming World |
| 222kcal |
Smart Points (Flex/Freestyle) |
1 Syns |
| Per people | Per people | Per people |
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INGREDIENTS
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- 18 Low fat meatballs we used shop bought ones that worked out at 0.5 syns for 3 meatballs
- 1 tin Chopped Tomatoes
- 2 large Carrots chopped finely
- 1 Onion chopped finely
- 1 stick Celery chopped finely
- 4 good sized Mushrooms thinly sliced
- 1 Courgette finely diced
- 2-3 cloves Garlic crushed
- 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
- 1 good pinch Italian Herbs or 1 handful of fresh. chopped basil and some dried oregano
- Frylight
- 1 Veg stock Cube
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper optional to taste
- Salt optional to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Saute the onions and garlic in a few sprays of Frylight, until they start to soften
- When the onion starts to soften add the meatballs, carrots and celery and continue to cook until they start to brown
- Add the courgettes and mushrooms, and allow to cook for a few minutes
- Add the herbs, tomato puree and chopped tomatoes. Stir well
- Mix the stock cube in about 100ml of boiling water, then add that to the pan. Mix well, then bring to the boil
- Reduce the heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 15 - 20 minutes stirring occasionally
- Serve 6 meatballs per portion with spaghetti, pasta, rice slimming world chips or whatever you fancy
RECIPE NOTES
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We use a fan assisted oven for all of our recipes. Need help converting the temperature for your oven? |
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This recipe can be frozen, but please remember to do the following; - Freeze it as soon as it is cold enough. |
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If making this recipe Gluten Free please make sure to check the ingredients that you’re using. Especially things such as; - Stock cubes |
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Where does the syns come from? All looks free? (And very yummy!😋)
To have a serving of 6 meatballs per person, the 6 meatballs would be 1syn
Could I use beef stock cube instead of veg stock? As thinking of making it in the next couple of days and have already been shopping and have no veg stock at home? Thanks
Hi Sarah-Jane
It will be fine to use a beef stock cube instead of a veg one! Enjoy! 🙂