Jaffa Slice

A combination of 2 recipes - Slimming World Orange Cake and The Giant Jaffa

For the Cake
2 eggs, separated
25g/1oz golden caster sugar
75g/2 1/2oz self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp finely grated orange zest
juice of 1 oranges
Apricot Jam
40g Dark Chocolate
3 tsp greek yogurt
Orange Jelly

1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/Gas 5. Line a loaf cake tin with non-stick baking parchment.

2. Place the egg yolks, caster sugar, sweetener, self-raising flour, baking powder and orange zest and juice in a bowl and whisk until thick and pale.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until softly peaked then fold them into the egg yolk mixture. Spoon this mixture into the prepared cake tin and cook in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until the cake is risen and firm to the touch. Leave to cool.

4. Cover the loaf tin with cling filn

5. Make up the jelly with 1/2 pint liquid and leave to cool in the loaf tin

6. Cut the cake in half; spread thinly with apricot jam and place the jelly in the middle

7. Melt the chocolate and mix with the yogurt; spread on the orange slice

Moussaka with Courgette & Mushrooms

Instead of aubergine the moussaka has mushrooms and courgette - very tasty; this amount serves 2.

200 g Lean Beef Mince
100 g button mushrooms sliced
1/2 courgette sliced or chopped
1/2 tin chopped tomatoes (I used some of my frozen ones)
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
2 tsp worcester sauce
pinch of garlic granules
1/4 pint stock (I used a Beef oxo )
1 large potato
1/2 Egg
3 tbsp zero fat Greek yogurt
50 g grated cheese (I used cheddar & mozzarella)

1. Thinly slice the potato and boil in salted water for 10 minutes
2. Season the mince with salt, pepper and garlic and fry till brown
3. Add the tomatoes, ketchup, worcester sauce and stock and cook for 5 minutes
4. Add the mushrooms and courgette and cook for 5 minutes
5. If sauce is too thin thicken with gravy granules
6. Place meat in oven proof dish and top with drained potatoes
7. Mix beaten egg, yogurt, cheese and place on top of potato
8. Cook in oven Gas 5 Fan 160 for 25-30 minutes till top nice and brown

Recipe adapted from WeightLossResources (WLR)