Your Slimming Essentials – The Weekly Pinch of Shopping 27.05
It’s Friday, the weekend is in sight and (best of all) it’s time for a brand new Weekly Pinch of Shopping! Grab a cuppa and get comfy – here’s what we’ve spotted on the supermarket shelves this week…
Planning a BBQ or buffet for the bank holiday weekend? From snacks to sides, you’ll love the summery food on this week’s list. Coronation chicken snack rolls anyone?
And, for anyone who fancies making a fakeaway tonight, you’ll want to get yourself to Iceland. We’re obsessed with these new prawn toast burgers – they’re so crunchy and surprisingly slimming friendly!
Speaking of doing your weekly shopping, did you know we’ve got a brand new food planner coming out in less than a month? The Pinch of Nom Family Meal Planner is our most family-friendly food planner yet – it’s ideal for planning your meals and organising what you need to buy (plus there are 26 exclusive new recipes inside!). It’s out on June 23rd and you can pre-order a copy here.
Don’t forget to let us know if you’ve tried any of the recipes from Pinch of Nom Comfort Food! We’d LOVE to know which dishes are your favourites! If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, you can order yours right here.
You can share your recipes and photos by posting over in our Facebook group, where you’ll also find our members having a good old chat about lots of these shopping items too. You can join the group by clicking here. 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!
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. This week we’ve given you a reminder of the current selection, so hurry down to Aldi to pick up some bargains before a fresh selection goes on offer next week!
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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!**
Iceland Coronation Chicken Snack Rolls – 82 calories per roll
Planning a Jubilee bank holiday celebration? You’ll have the best buffet table around once you put out a plate of these Coronation Chicken Snack Rolls from Iceland.
They might look like mini sausage rolls, but these pastry puffs are filled with mild curried chicken – and they’re just 82 calories each!
Pop them in the oven for 10 minutes until the pastry is golden and crispy, or enjoy them cold at a picnic or party. Either way, you’ll find them completely irresistible!
If your buffet spread is in need of some vegan-friendly snacks too, we’ve got you covered with these Vegan Sausage Rolls. They’re every bit as tasty as a meaty version and so incredibly easy to make from scratch!
Iceland Coronation Chicken Snack Rolls are available from Iceland, priced at £2.00 for a pack of 10.
Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Raw King Prawns with Wild Garlic Butter – 129 calories per 1/2 pack
If you’re cooking to impress, these Taste the Difference Raw King Prawns with Wild Garlic Butter will do most of the hard work for you. Ready to cook, you don’t even need to get any of your pots or pans dirty – simply take off the lid and pop the pot into the oven for 18 minutes.
The juicy prawns are mixed in with sweet, chargrilled peppers and a generous chunk of wild garlic and Cornish salt butter. As this melts, it infuses the prawns with all those delicate sweet, salty and aromatic flavours. So easy and delicious!
Big fan of prawns? Have you tried this Sticky Prawns with Ginger recipe yet? We think it’s even better than the prawn dishes you can get from the takeaway.
Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Raw King Prawns with Wild Garlic Butter is available from Sainsbury’s, priced at £4.00.
Merchant Gourmet Moreish Mediterranean Grains – 174 calories per 1/2 pack
Looking for a side dish with a difference? This pouch of Merchant Gourmet Moreish Mediterranean Grains makes creating a healthy, balanced meal so much easier.
Inside you get a mixture of freekeh and wheatberries, with red pepper, tomatoes and green olives, all coated in a Mediterranean-inspired blend of herbs and spices. Freekeh is a grain made from roasted durum wheat – it’s filling, high in fibre and has more protein per gram than rice or quinoa.
Cook in the microwave or simmer quickly in a pan with a little bit of water. Vegan, low in fat and with bags of flavour, this is the perfect side for so many different midweek meals.
Why not serve a scoop with these Minty Halloumi and Vegetable Kebabs for the perfect combo of fresh, Mediterranean flavours?
Merchant Gourmet Moreish Mediterranean Grains is available from Morrisons, priced at £2.00 for a 250g pouch.
Corona Tropical Guava & Lime – 96 calories per can
Get a load of this new tipple that we’ve spotted at Tesco this week. If you don’t drink beer, don’t be put off by the ‘Corona’ on the label – this is an alcoholic sparkling water!
Made with real fruit juice, this is summer refreshment in a can. Sweet and fizzy, sit back and enjoy the tropical flavours of guava and lime; delicious ice cold, straight from the fridge.
At only 96 calories per can, this may just be the drink of the summer! We can’t think of anything better to sip in the sunshine.
Double up on zingy lime and enjoy your drink with this Summer Pineapple, Lime, Feta and Quinoa Salad. On the table in just 10 minutes, it’s no surprise this is one of our top salad recipes.
Corona Tropical Guava & Lime is available from Tesco, priced at £2.75 for a 330ml can.
ASDA Mini Pizza Flavour Breadsticks – 86 calories per individual pack
Need a crunchy nibble to get you through the afternoon? How about a snack pack that’s well under 100 calories and tastes like pizza? These Mini Pizza Flavour Breadsticks from Adsa come in individual packets, and they’re just 86 calories each – winner!
As well as giving you a great crunch, these mini breadsticks have a moreish tangy tomato and herb taste. Enjoy them on their own or dip into some hummus – either way, this snack will keep you going until dinnertime.
If you think these sound good, wait until you discover our Pizza Twists with Pizza Dip recipe. Cheesy, tomatoey twists of puff pastry with a pizza flavoured dip? Yes please!
ASDA Mini Pizza Flavour Breadsticks are available from Asda, priced at £1.25 for 6 x 125g packs.
Ryvita Vitamin Boost Toasted Oat & Black Sesame – 37 calories per slice
When it comes to healthy snack options, you can never go wrong with a Ryvita. Low in calories, the classic rye crackers are ideal for topping with a whole host of different spreads, dips, sliced meats or veggies.
Ryvita has given these Toasted Oat and Black Sesame slices a Vitamin Boost, so now they’re better for you than ever before! With added calcium and B vitamins, nibbling on these is good for your heart, immune system and gut – and they can help reduce tiredness too. The only tough decision is what to stack on top!
How about a scoop of this Coronation Coleslaw? The mild kick of curry powder makes such a nice change from traditional coleslaw, but you still get the delicious crunch of all those fresh veggies.
Ryvita Vitamin Boost Toasted Oat & Black Sesame is available from Tesco, priced at £1.59.
Waitrose Gunpowder Baby Potatoes – 151 calories per serving
These little spuds pack a big flavour punch! We spied these Gunpowder Baby Potatoes at Waitrose this week and we reckon they’ll come in handy all summer long.
Ready for roasting, they come coated in a fiery spice mix inspired by the flavours of Southern India. To make sure there’s fragrant flavour in every bite, the mini potatoes are lightly crushed – all you need to do is pop them in the oven for half an hour or so.
Perfect for your next BBQ, these go so well with barbecued meat and a nice fresh salad.
The chicken steaks from this Sweet Chilli Chicken Burger recipe are perfect for throwing on the barbecue. The chargrilled taste adds even more flavour and a lovely smokiness.
Waitrose Gunpowder Baby Potatoes are available from Waitrose, priced at £2.50.
Tesco Loaded Strawberry Meringue Mess – 250 calories per serving
A family-friendly dessert that you can keep in the freezer for a rainy day, this Loaded Strawberry Meringue Mess from Tesco needs to be on your shopping list! It serves 5 and defrosts in the fridge in 3 and a half hours – ideal for a lazy Sunday pudding.
Who can resist light, melt-in-the-mouth meringue, topped with whipped vanilla mousse cream, sweet strawberry sauce and a white chocolate drizzle? At just 250 calories per serving, you won’t need to say no to dessert!
If you’re looking for a low-calorie, strawberry-flavoured dessert that you can serve warm, we can’t recommend this Strawberry Pancake Traybake enough! It’s so easy to make and only 55 calories per portion.
Tesco Loaded Strawberry Meringue Mess is available from Tesco, priced at £2.00.
Iceland Prawn Toast Burgers – 230 calories per burger
Can’t choose between a burger or Chinese-inspired fakeaway this weekend? We’ve found the perfect solution in the freezers at Iceland! These Prawn Toast Burgers are fit for a fakeaway feast – and they’re only 230 calories each.
Made from a mixture of prawns and white fish, and coated in sesame seeds and breadcrumbs, these get so crunchy when they’re cooked! Bang them in the oven or pop them in the air fryer if you have one (you can find a handy air fryer conversion chart here.)
If prawn toast is your favourite thing off the takeaway menu, try your hand at our Sesame Chicken Toasts recipe. Using chicken rather than prawns helps to save a few pennies, and they still turn out crunchy and moreish.
Iceland Prawn Toast Burgers are available from Iceland, priced at £3.50 for a pack of 2.
Fox’s Viennese Double Swirls Orange Biscuit – 113 calories per biscuit
It’s no secret that we can’t resist a chocolate orange themed treat! If you’re anything like us, you’ll want to stock up on these Fox’s Viennese Double Swirls Orange Biscuits.
Just imagine that zingy, orange cream sandwiched between crumbly, buttery, chocolate swirls. If that’s not enough to make your mouth water, there’s a sticky Seville orange jam right in the centre too – and it’s made with real orange juice and orange oil for a true burst of zesty flavour. Someone put the kettle on!
We’ve got plenty of chocolate orange flavoured recipes you can get stuck into, but we’ve got a soft spot for these Chocolate Orange Brownies. Squishy squares of chocolatey goodness and just 72 calories each, what’s not to like?
Fox’s Viennese Double Swirls Orange Biscuits are available from Tesco, priced at £2.00 for a pack of 8.
REMINDER Aldi Super 6 Fruit and Veg Selection
We love Aldi’s Super 6 selection of fresh fruit and veggies! Each fortnight they choose six different items for a special offer where you can pick them up for much less than the normal price.
Here’s our reminder of this week’s Super 6 selection:
- Jazz Apples – 56 calories per 100g
- Loose Mango – 60 calories per 100g
- Avocado – 160 calories per 100g
- Bananas – 89 calories per 100g
- Satsumas – 41 calories per 100g
- Sweet Pears – 58 calories per 100g
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