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Susan Carlson

Saturday, February 20, 2010

My Favourite Dinner

The way I work my food is to have a range of options for breakfast, lunch and dinner that I choose from.  I am happy to add new things to my rotation, but I am a creature of habit so tend to stick to the same few.  I know the points values for each, and have them all written in a notebook.  If I have extra points to use I usually just increase the protein component.


I thought I would share one of my all time favourites.  It is 5 points in Australian/UK Weight Watchers.  You can substitute chicken for the beef which tastes fabulous also.


Thai Beef and Mango Salad

POINTS=5 (Australian/UK WW)

makes 1 serve

120gm beef fillet steak
40gm dry pad thai noodles
1/2 cup bean sprouts, trimmed
1/2 cup chinese cabbage, thinly sliced
1 small carrot coarsely grated
1/2 small cucumber cut into straws
1/2 small mango sliced
2 tbs mint, chopped
2 tbs coriander, chopped
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs fish sauce
3 tsp sweet chilli sauce

1. Heat a non stick frying pan coated with cookin spray to medium high.  Cook steak for 3 minutes on each side or until cooked the way you like it.  Remove from pan and stand for 5 minutes.
2. Cook noodles according to instructions on the packet, then drain
3. Thinly slice steak.  Combine in a bowl with noodles and remaining ingredients.

2 comments:

Chat and cappuccino said...

Yumbo, this sounds delish. Will include it in my menu plan for this week. Thank you for sharing.

Martine (email: mdally@internode.on.net) said...

Sounds delicious, on my list of recipes to try in the next few weeks.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

My Favourite Dinner

The way I work my food is to have a range of options for breakfast, lunch and dinner that I choose from.  I am happy to add new things to my rotation, but I am a creature of habit so tend to stick to the same few.  I know the points values for each, and have them all written in a notebook.  If I have extra points to use I usually just increase the protein component.


I thought I would share one of my all time favourites.  It is 5 points in Australian/UK Weight Watchers.  You can substitute chicken for the beef which tastes fabulous also.


Thai Beef and Mango Salad

POINTS=5 (Australian/UK WW)

makes 1 serve

120gm beef fillet steak
40gm dry pad thai noodles
1/2 cup bean sprouts, trimmed
1/2 cup chinese cabbage, thinly sliced
1 small carrot coarsely grated
1/2 small cucumber cut into straws
1/2 small mango sliced
2 tbs mint, chopped
2 tbs coriander, chopped
1 tbs lime juice
1 tbs fish sauce
3 tsp sweet chilli sauce

1. Heat a non stick frying pan coated with cookin spray to medium high.  Cook steak for 3 minutes on each side or until cooked the way you like it.  Remove from pan and stand for 5 minutes.
2. Cook noodles according to instructions on the packet, then drain
3. Thinly slice steak.  Combine in a bowl with noodles and remaining ingredients.

2 comments:

Chat and cappuccino said...

Yumbo, this sounds delish. Will include it in my menu plan for this week. Thank you for sharing.

Martine (email: mdally@internode.on.net) said...

Sounds delicious, on my list of recipes to try in the next few weeks.