Your Slimming Essentials – The Weekly Pinch of Shopping 27.09.24
Hey, hey! It’s Friday which means it’s time to look through the supermarket gems we’ve found for your NEW Weekly Pinch of Shopping.
You’re not gonna believe what we’ve spotted: Cadbury Caramilk Mousse Pots! The indulgent-tasting chocolate bar has had a velvety, smooth makeover, and we can’t wait to hear what you think (we’ve got the deets on where to find them below).
They’re just one of a handful of caramel-flavoured goodies on this week’s list. We wanted to give you plenty of sticky-sweet ideas to take home, to help brighten up this wet and miserable weather.
Oh and we’d never forget to serve up some savoury comfort food too. Aldi has a whole-new range of crunchy fried chicken goodies (inspired by a certain fast food restaurant), and we’re trying a box of Chicken Poppers first.
We’re so grateful to those of you who’ve picked up a copy of our FIRST-EVER magazine (your photos in the group are making our week!). If you’ve not grabbed one from your local supermarket yet, you’ll find heaps of good stuff squeezed into the pages, including community stories, kitchen kit recommendations, and an ‘Ask Kay & Kate’ feature!
And of course, you also get 30 full recipes printed inside too. Check where to find an issue near you, or order a copy online by tapping the image below.
WE’VE GOT BIG BOOK NEWS! Pinch of Nom: All in One is available to pre-order right now. It’s jam-packed with the easiest, breeziest recipes that you can think of, and every single one can be cooked all in one pan, pot or tray. That’s all the flavour, now with less washing-up!
We just hope you lot know that it’s completely down to you that Kate and Kay still get to bring you new books. Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times over!
Make sure to let us know if you spot any yummy-looking, slimming-friendly new products on the supermarket shelves – we might just feature them in our next article! The members in our incredible Facebook group are always happy to have a good old chat about lots of these shopping items. You can join the group by clicking here.
Our Weekly Pinch of Shopping list aims to show you slimming-friendly products that you can find online or in one of your local supermarkets. We try to make it as easy as possible for you to pick up these items as part of your usual weekly shop, and we’ll always include the calorie information and the RRP for you.
Please remember that, although all prices are correct at the time of writing, supermarkets can change their prices often, so this should be used as a guide only.
Along with our favourite new finds from the supermarket shelves, each week we include details of the Aldi Super 6. Every fortnight Aldi discounts a selection of 6 fruits and veggies that you can pick up for a fraction of the price. There’s a fresh selection this week, so scroll down to find out what’s included, along with some ideas on how to make the most of the ingredients.
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**A note on our shopping list: we do not take payment, promotion or gifts for including any of the items mentioned in these articles. We bring them to you because we love them and hope you will too!**
Onken Greek Style Natural Set Yoghurt – 112 calories per 100g
With a pot of Onken Greek Style Natural Set Yoghurt in the fridge, you can easily whip up tasty baked treats, smoothies, sauces or marinades, without the need for full-fat creams, oil or butter.
The thicker, creamier texture really takes things up a notch, for fewer calories, and that’s with heaps of good-for-your-gut live cultures thrown in too.
When it comes to cooling down spicy dishes, yoghurt is usually our first port of call. A few dollops of Tzatziki instantly elevates any Greek-style feast, and you can use Onken to rustle up our recipe.
Refreshing and zesty, a spoonful or two has always proved to be a good idea with just about any marinated meat – think juicy lamb chops or chargrilled chicken kebabs.
Or, if you’re feeling snackish, take wholemeal pitta bread slices or chopped veggies for a dunk.
Onken Greek Style Natural Set Yoghurt is available from Morrisons, priced at £1.50 per tub.
Alpro Barista Caramel Chilled Drink – 50 calories per 100ml
It’s that time of year where we fancy a warm, sweet brew basically all the time! Pick up a carton of Alpro Barista Caramel Chilled Drink, and you can recreate your favourite cafe-bought beverages at home with no sugar-loaded syrups in sight.
The plant-based blend of soya and oats is so silky, it pours seamlessly into an Americano, or foams up perfectly for a latte.
You can even stir some into our wholesome Apple Pie Porridge for an added layer of sweetness. It’ll pair nicely with the honey-glazed, caramelised apple slices and crunchy almonds nestled on top.
Feel free to have a look through our list of slimming-friendly porridge topper ideas for more inspiration. Just be sure to take note of any additional calories, if you’re counting.
Alpro Barista Caramel Chilled Drink is available from Tesco, priced at £1.75 per carton.
The Gym Kitchen High Protein Maple Pancakes – 119 calories per pancake
These time-saving The Gym Kitchen High Protein Maple Pancakes come ready to slot straight into your toaster. Simply let them warm up for 60 seconds and enjoy!
You’ll get 6.6 grams of protein in each fluffy pancake, or 26 grams from the full stack.
They’re already infused with moreish maple flavours, but there’s nothing to stop you adding an extra drizzle of sugar-free syrup. Sprinkle on some juicy berries and a dollop of fat-free yoghurt for good measure.
We like our sweet toppings to have a hint of savoury in the mix, that’s what makes our Bacon and Maple Blueberry Pancakes recipe so flippin’ good.
You won’t find flour on our ingredients list. Instead, we get oh-so-fluffy results every time by using Ready Brek instead. Finely-blitzed rolled oats work like a charm too!
The Gym Kitchen High Protein Maple Pancakes are available from Tesco, priced at £2.00 for a pack of 4 pancakes.
Heinz Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo – 62 calories per 10g serving approx.
We know Heinz Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo won’t be for everyone, but we couldn’t say no! This weird yet wonderful condiment adds the mouthwatering punch from pickle flavoured Monster Munch to butties, wraps, burgers and more.
We spotted this quirky limited edition with the Specialbuys at Aldi, so you might want to get a wriggle on if you’re thinking of using it as a scary dip for spooktacular buffets.
Pleeease let us know if you give it a try! We’d love to see your comments, posts and photos in our Facebook group.
There’s nothing better than choosing from a shareable platter of savoury picky bits, especially if crunchy-coated Chicken Goujons are part of the selection. Our recipe’s only 300 calories per portion, leaving plenty of room for your favourite sauces – or pickley mayo!
Heinz Monster Munch Pickled Onion Flavour Mayo is available from Aldi and Iceland, priced at £1.99.
Morrisons Street Slow Cooked Beef Brisket In A Peppercorn Sauce – 168 calories per 1/2 pack (oven cooked)
There are loads of new additions to choose from in Morrisons’ latest oven-cook range, and this ‘Morrisons Street’ Slow Cooked Beef Brisket in a Peppercorn Sauce is just one of the meals that caught our eye.
Your oven will do the hard work for you here, taking 25 minutes to turn the beef fall-off-the-fork tender with a bubbling rich and velvety peppercorn sauce. What’s not to love?
For a midweek dinner that’s hearty without any hassle, plate it up with your favourite veg and a batch of Air Fryer Roast Potatoes.
You can’t beat air-frying when it’s fluffy-in-the-middle, crispy-on-the-outside spuds you’re after. Follow our recipe and they’ll be perfectly golden within half an hour, for only 315 calories per portion (turn to pages 126-127 of our Air Fryer cookbook).
Don’t worry if you’ve not got an air fryer at home yet – you can tap here to try our oven method.
Morrisons Street Slow Cooked Beef Brisket In A Peppercorn Sauce is available from Morrison, priced at £5.00.
Aunt Bessie’s Cauliflower Cheese – 121 calories per 1/4 pack
We’re always over the moon to see something new from Aunt Bessie’s, which made picking up a bag of new Aunt Bessie’s Cauliflower Cheese a no-brainer. It’s a tough job taste-testing tender florets smothered in a four-cheese sauce, but someone’s gotta do it!
Our top tip is to bake it for a little bit longer than you think, until you spot that gorgeous, golden brown skin on top. Now we’re in the mood for a plate of beef and gravy…
With cottage cheese and reduced-fat Cheddar on our ingredients list, we’ve kept the calories in our own Cauliflower Cheese recipe lower, without losing cheesy deliciousness.
The sauce turns out luscious and creamy, with a crispy topping – and we’ve stirred in soft leeks and red onion for even more flavour and texture.
This was the first of a batch of classic recipes we’re revamping on our website! Make sure you’re on our email list so you don’t miss the next one.
Aunt Bessie’s Cauliflower Cheese is available from Aldi, priced at £3.25 per bag.
Morrisons Southern Style Chicken Gravy – 66 calories per 1/3 pack
Add a glug of Morrisons Southern Style Chicken Gravy to chicken or chips, and you’ll immediately feel like you’re eating a takeaway. This thick, rich mix has all the Southern-style flavours you’d find in a pot from a restaurant, with hints of cayenne pepper thrown in for a subtle kick of heat.
If you really want to give KFC a run for its money, crisp up a chicken burger to pair with gravy-loaded chips, with the help of our Flava It! Crispy Southern Chicken seasoning mix.
There’s nothing secretive about our blend of herbs and spices, and it’s not just great for giving burgers a golden coating: try it with nuggets, Katsu curry, Scotch eggs and more.
All of your questions about our full range of Flava It! sachets are answered in our blog.
Morrisons Southern Style Chicken Gravy is available from Morrisons, priced at £1.50 per pack.
Roosters Breaded Chicken Poppers With BBQ Dip – 294 calories per 1/3 pack (oven cooked, with dip)
If it wasn’t obvious already that we’re big fans of a certain Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, our excitement over these Roosters Breaded Chicken Poppers is bound to give us away. These bite-sized, breadcrumb coated poppers aren’t alone, they also come with a separate sachet of sweet and smoky BBQ sauce.
You can’t argue with how easy they are to ‘pop’ in the air fryer!
We know a thing or two about air-frying popcorn chicken, thanks to our Air Fryer Chipotle Popcorn Chicken recipe. The trick is never to overfill your basket; that way, your air fryer should make light work of recreating restaurant-quality, crispy chicken pieces.
The sticky chipotle marinade soaks in like magic, turning every bite into a mildly spicy, smoky treat. That’s still true even if you cook them up in your oven, by the way!
Roosters Breaded Chicken Poppers With BBQ Dip are available from Aldi, priced at £2.49 per box.
Cadbury Caramilk Mousse – 72 calories per pot
Prepare to fall in love with Cadbury Caramilk Mousse. If you’re already a fiend for Cadbury Caramilk chocolate bars, you’ll be in heaven with these lovely little pots. The light and airy mousse mixture is just as golden as the chocolate you’re used to, with that same blend of caramel and white chocolate flavours.
We’d recommend grabbing a blanket and chilling on the sofa while you tuck in!
The same goes for our decadent-tasting, crunchy-topped Biscoff Mousse. It only takes 5 minutes to follow the recipe, and then you’ll just have to resist temptation for 30 minutes while it sets in the fridge.
We’ve not stopped at swirling in everyone’s favourite spiced-caramel spread, we’ve also crumbled Biscoff biscuits on top – luckily you can never have too much Biscoff!
Cadbury Caramilk Mousse is available from Morrisons, priced at £2.00 for a pack of 4 pots.
Magnum BonBons Gold Caramel Billionaire – 100 calories per 2 bonbons
That’s right, we’ve got yet another golden caramel treat for you! You can pick up White Chocolate Cookie or Salted Caramel Almond BonBons if you’d prefer, but we went for Magnum BonBons Gold Caramel Billionaire.
Who can say no to vanilla ice cream swirled with salted caramel sauce, wrapped in golden caramel white chocolate and biscuit pieces, ready divided into bite-sized chunks? Not us.
We’re making room in the freezer right now for a big batch of our Millionaire’s Ice Cream. It’s from pages 240-241 of our Enjoy cookbook, and we can promise one thing: it’s luxury by the scoop!
An ice cream swirled with toffee, biscuit and chocolate pieces might not sound slimming friendly, and yet our recipe is at just 156 calories per bowl.
Magnum BonBons Gold Caramel Billionaire are available from Ocado, priced at £4.50 per tub.
NEW Aldi Super 6 Fruit and Veg Selection
We love Aldi’s fortnightly selection of fresh fruit and veggies! They choose different items for a special offer where you can pick them up for much less than the normal price.
Here’s the rundown of this week’s Super 6 offering, along with some recipe ideas for you.
Carrots – 41 calories per 100g
A bag of carrots never goes to waste in our kitchen! From pies and soups to salads and even cakes, there’s always somewhere tasty to use this eye-catching root veg.
It’s starting to feel like that time of year where we want a roast dinner every week! Our Maple Glazed Carrots make for a gorgeous sticky-sweet addition to any gravy-filled plate, and the recipe will work nicely with any kind of carrot.
You can read through our top tips for serving a slimming-friendly roast dinner by tapping here.
Celery – 14 calories per 100g
Celery is a versatile vegetable that’s well worth picking up each week! It makes for a tasty addition to base sauces or stews and soups, along with two of the other items on this week’s Super 6: onions and carrots.
It’s also great to nibble on dunked into a budget-friendly homemade dip. Celery cooks down nicely to boost the flavours cooking sauces for lots of wholesome dishes, our Creamy Tomato Pasta.
Red Onions – 41 calories per 100g
With more antioxidants than their white and brown counterparts, Red onions are a super versatile veggie that you can enjoy raw or cooked. It’s always handy to have a few in your kitchen, especially if you’re looking to sauté the base for a rich, homemade sauce.
You’ll find red onion finely chopped and simmered until sweet for our Caramelised Onion Quiche. Delicious hot or cold, we never get bored of this recipe.
Closed Cup Mushrooms – 17 calories per 100g
Love them or hate them, mushrooms are a handy, versatile ingredient that can be added to lots of different dishes. Super low in calories, they bulk out recipes, making them more filling while keeping things slimming friendly.
There’s definitely been a chill in the air lately, that’s why we’ll be adding this Chicken and Mushroom Pie to our weekly meal plan. Don’t be fooled by the crunchy pastry topping, our recipe is just 247 calories per serving.
Salad Potatoes – 75 calories per 100g
You can’t beat the versatility of potatoes! While they might look similar to baby potatoes, these ones are a little more dense and hold their shape nicely, even after being cooked.
Why not pop a few in your basket to make a refreshing side portion of our Potato Salad recipe? We’ve used a satisfying mixture of quark, spring onions and chives to make this creamy salad as tasty as it is slimming friendly.
Royal Gala Apples – 52 calories per 100g
Royal Gala are pink-red dessert apples with a mild sweet flavour and a crisp texture. They’re also a lot of fun to cook with, especially if you’re making a sweet treat!
Our Apple Strudel recipe is delicious all-year-round, but we love it even more when there’s a chill in the air. Why not make this sweet-filled pastry for dessert tonight?
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