This week I thought I would share with you some quite easy healthy one pot recipes. The longer we spend in the kitchen the more likely we are to snack, don’t you think? I definitely like the idea of easy one-pot type meals. Is this the kind of meal you like?
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Using these recipes for weight loss
If you follow Slimming World, Weight Watchers (WW), Noom or any other weight loss plan you can usually count this as free or easily within your allowances, of course always check your plan for advice.
Why you should choose easy one-pot meal plans
As I have just said I love easy healthy one-pot meals because it means I spend less time in the kitchen. The truth is while I am in the kitchen cooking it is so easy to get tempted by the Freddo bars in the snack tin or if a meal involves cheese pinching a little extra cheese! Meal plans where I spend less time in the kitchen are always better for weight loss for me because of that.
How to write a quick meal plan
Obviously using my meal plans is really quick and easy, especially if you subscribe to my meal planning library. I write a weekly meal plan you can follow and subscribers get a printable version as well as a ready-made shopping list too. All previous meal plans are easily accessible to everyone too here.
If you want to write your own meal plan then the easiest way I find is following these simple steps.
Choose breakfasts you enjoy and mark on your plan if they use your healthy extra b choice or healthy extra a choice.
Decide what meals you would love on your meal plan this week and if they make leftovers suitable for lunch and pop those on.
Check what you have in the fridge or cupboards that you need to use.
Remember to cross out any meals you are eating out.
Search for suitable recipes to fill the gaps using ingredients you fancy eg my recipes with rice or recipes with chicken.
Etsy for weight loss
If you are like me and like buying fun new items to motivate your weight loss, then here are my favourites. Etsy is great for items for the kitchen and weight loss goodies. I could spend hours browsing there.
There are so many great food diaries too so you can record your meal plans and track your weight loss to keep a record of the good and bad weeks. Click the photos to have a look for yourself.
A meat eaters 7 day plan of healthy one-pot meals
Monday
- Breakfast: Cherry Bakewell overnight oats with an apple. Uses healthy extra b choice.
- Lunch: Butternut Squash and red pepper soup.
- Dinner: Jamaican beef stew.
Tuesday
- Breakfast: Raspberry and white chocolate baked oats with extra raspberries. Uses healthy extra b choice and approx 5 syns.
- Lunch: Hearty vegetable pasta soup.
- Dinner: Asparagus Pilaf.
Wednesday
- Breakfast: Chocolate orange baked oats with a satsuma. Uses healthy extra b choice and 1 syn.
- Lunch: Spinach and pea frittata with carrot sticks and hummus.
- Dinner: Boston baked beans and jacket potato.
Thursday
- Breakfast: Banoffee overnight oats with a pear. Uses healthy extra b choice and 5.5 syns.
- Lunch: Roast plum, sweet potato and quinoa salad. Uses approx 1.5 syns per person.
- Dinner: Mixed mushroom risotto.
Friday
- Breakfast: Gingerbread baked oats with an apple. Uses healthy extra b choice for the oats.
- Lunch: Minestrone soup.
- Dinner: Keema curry and boiled rice.
Saturday
- Breakfast: Cheese and mushroom omelette with grilled tomatoes. Uses one healthy extra a choice.
- Lunch: Pea and coconut soup with 60g wholemeal bread. Uses healthy extra b choice and approx 3.5 syns per person.
- Dinner: Sausage traybake. Only syns in the sausages if syn free ones are not used. Check sausage syns here.
Sunday
- Breakfast: 2 Sausages, egg, baked beans, mushrooms and toast. Uses healthy extra b choice for the toast. Depending on sausages there may be syns to count in those.
- Lunch: Jacket potato with cheese, baked beans and salad. Uses one healthy extra a choice for the cheese.
- Dinner: Mixed vegetable biryani.
A vegetarian 7 day plan of healthy one-pot meals
Monday
- Breakfast: Cherry Bakewell overnight oats with an apple. Uses healthy extra b choice.
- Lunch: Butternut Squash and red pepper soup.
- Dinner: Aloo Gobi with greek yoghurt.
Tuesday
- Breakfast: Raspberry and white chocolate baked oats with extra raspberries. Uses healthy extra b choice and approx 5 syns.
- Lunch: Hearty vegetable pasta soup.
- Dinner: Asparagus Pilaf.
Wednesday
- Breakfast: Chocolate orange baked oats with a satsuma. Uses healthy extra b choice and approx 1 syn.
- Lunch: Spinach and pea frittata with carrot sticks and hummus.
- Dinner: One-pot chickpea curry.
Thursday
- Breakfast: Banoffee overnight oats with a pear. Uses healthy extra b choice and 5.5 syns.
- Lunch: Roast plum, sweet potato and quinoa salad. Uses approx 1.5 syns per person.
- Dinner: Mixed mushroom risotto.
Friday
- Breakfast: Gingerbread baked oats with an apple. Uses healthy extra b choice for the oats.
- Lunch: Minestrone soup.
- Dinner: Keema curry and boiled rice.
Saturday
- Breakfast: Cheese and mushroom omelette with grilled tomatoes. Uses one healthy extra a choice.
- Lunch: Pea and coconut soup with 60g wholemeal bread. Uses healthy extra b choice and approx 3.5 syns per person.
- Dinner: Sausage traybake. Only syns in the sausages if syn free ones are not used.
Sunday
- Breakfast: 2 Sausages, egg, baked beans, mushrooms and toast. Uses healthy extra b choice for the toast. Depending on sausages there may be syns to count in those.
- Lunch: Jacket potato with cheese, baked beans and salad. Uses one healthy extra a choice for the cheese.
- Dinner: Mixed vegetable biryani.
Other articles and meal plans you may enjoy
If you are looking for warming healthy meals then check out my slow cooker recipe guide here. If you want to take warm lunches but do not have anywhere to warm lunch up then the soup is perfect. Here is my soup guide.
I have a large number of ready-made Slimming World friendly meal plans. One of the most popular is a 7-day Slimming World friendly meal plan full of vegetables, also popular is my budget meal plan and my summer meal plan.
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