Slim Calories

Dieting can be more challenging than usual when eating or drinking products purchased at a supermarket such as Aldi, because it's not always easy to know the values you're using. This list will help you count your values when shopping at Aldi, to help you lose weight.

General Values

Alcafe Hot Chocolate Light - Mint, 2 (per sachet)
Alcafe Hot Chocolate Light - Original, 2 (per sachet)
Asia Specialities Pilau Rice, frozen (380g pack), 2
Applebys slow cook minted lamb shoulder (per pack), 2
Ashfield Farm Southern Fried Chicken Goujons, chilled 270g pack (30g each), 2 (each)
Asia specialities chicken in chow mein, 4

Bilash Chickpea Dahl (canned), 1.5
Bilash Vegetable Curry, Chickpea Dahl in a Spicy Tomato & Onion Sauce (400g can), 1
Beautifully Butterfully Light Spread, 1 (per level teaspoon)
Bramwells lighter than light mayonnaise, 0.5 (per level teaspoon)
Brooklea light fat free vanilla yoghurt with dark chocolate flakes (165g pot), 0.5
Be Light Coronation Tuna - canned 3 pack (per 80g can), 1
Barbecue Pulled Pork (frozen), 1.5

Dreamy Bar (17g funsize), 4

Giannis Milk Lollies (35ml each), 3 (each)
Gluten Free Sausages, 2 (each)

Hunters Stewed Steak 411g can (per 100g), 1

Ice Cream Cornets 21 pack, 0.5 (each)

Make in minutes cheese and broccoli pasta sauce, 1.5
Make in minutes savoury rice chicken (100g), 0.5
Make in minutes cheese and broccoli pasta sauce (per pack), 3.5

Northern Catch Thai salmon fishcakes with Chilli sauce, (180g) 4.5
Northern Catch Salmon Fillets with Garlic & Herb Butter, frozen (112g each), 3

Oakhurst Chicken Kebabs, Tikka, frozen 4 pack (70g each) - 0.5
Oakhurst red Thai mini chicken fillets (frozen), 5 (per pack)
Oakhurst frozen chicken breast fillets (100g), 1
Oakhurst beef burgers 16 pack frozen, 3 (each)
Oakhurst gammon joint ham & muscavado (100g) - 0.5
Oakhurst chicken breast joint with with Sage & Onion stuffing (100g) - 2.5
Oakhurst pork shanks in peppercorn sauce Twin pack, 3 (each)
Oakhurst sweet & sour pork shanks Twin pack frozen, 1.5 (each)
Oakhurst Caesar Style Frozen Chicken, 3.5 (each)

Slow cooked beef brisket in red wine gravy (400g), 1
Simply Bistro Sweet and Sour Chicken with Basmati rice (400g pack), 4
Specially Selected Orzo Pasta & Slow Roasted Tomatoes (215g pack), 2
Stores Corale, Ravioli in Tomato Sauce, canned (400g), 1
Sweet Freedom Chocolate shot hot chocolate syrup, 0.5 (per teaspoon)

Today's Special Sliced Beef in Gravy, frozen (210g pack), 1.5
The Cheese Emporium Cottage Cheese with Pineapple (100g), 1
The Pantry Luxury Meringue Nests 8 pack, 2.5 (each)

Free Foods

Aldi Turkey Breast Steaks
Aldi Turkey Mince
Aldi Ocean Rise Tuna Chunks in Brine
Aldi Oakhurst Marinated Chicken Breast, Garlic & Herb, frozen 4 pack
Aldi Stores Sweet Harvest, Oriental Stir Fry Vegetables, canned
Aldi Quixo Stock Cubes
Almare Cod Fillets, Chilled
Almare Hot Smoked Salmon Fillets, Chilled
Aldi Murrays Peppered Beef Chunks, chilled (100g pack)
Alpenmark Bavarian Ham Slices
Alpenmark Bavarian Pork Loin Slices
Almare King Prawns, Chilled
Almare Salmon Fillets, Chilled
Almare Seafood Pesto Salmon with Mustard & Orange Sauce, Frozen
Almare Seafood Sticks, Chilled
Applebys Breaded Ham Joint, Chilled
Applebys Pastrami Slices, Chilled
Applebys Roast Topside of Beef Slices, Chilled
Appleby's slow cook bbq pork fillet
Ashfield Farm Chicken Tikka Breast Slices, Chilled
Ashfield Farm Honey & Mustard Dry Cured Ham, Chilled
Ashfield Pork Loin Steaks, Chilled

Brannan's Chicken Tikka Breast Slices, Chilled
Brannan's Deli Style Chicken Slices, Chilled
Brooklea Fat Free Greek Style Lemon Yogurt
Brooklea Fat Free Greek Style Strawberry Yogurt

Comeragh Sparkling Flavoured Water, All Varieties
Comeragh Still Flavoured Water, All Varieties

Duneen Low Fat Fruit Yogurts, Blackberry & Blackcurrant
Duneen Low Fat Fruit Yogurts, Peach & Nectarine
Duneen Low Fat Fruit Yogurts, Strawberry

Everyday Essentials Gammon Round Steaks, Chilled

Four Seasons Black Forest Fruits, Frozen
Four Seasons Pineapple Chunks, Frozen
Four Seasons Summer Fruits, Frozen
Freshcure Extra Large Smoked Gammon joint, Chilled

Glenisk Greek Style Fat Free Yoghurts

Make in Minutes Cupshotz Noodle Snack, Chicken / Spicy / Chinese
Make in mins pasta & sauce chicken & mushroom

Nature': Isle Irish Ham Fillet, Chilled

Oakhurst Garlic & Herb Chicken Breasts, Frozen
Optifit Fat Free Cherry Yogurt
Optifit Fat Free Forest Fruits Yogurt
Optifit Active Fat Free Yoghurts Cherry/Forest Fruits
Oakhurst boneless chicken roasting joint

Quixo chicken stock cubes

Severn Vale Super Lean Minced Beef, Chilled
Specially Selected Cranberry & Orange Ham, Chilled
Specially Selected Roast Peppered Turkey, Chilled

The Cheese Emporium Cottage Cheese with Chives
The Cheese Emporium Natural Cottage Cheese
The Lake District Quark

Healthy Choices

Ballymore Crust Wholemeal Thins Low Fat Bread, 2 slices

40g Harvest Morn Bran Flakes
2 Harvest morn light benefit bars
2 Harvest Morn Wheat Bisks
40g Harvest Morn Bran Flakes
35g Harvest Morn Malt Wheaties Cereal 625g pack
35g Harvest Morn Fruit & Fibre Cereal 750g pack
1 (60g) Has No Wholegrain Rolls, Gluten Free
50g slice Has No Soda Bread, unsliced

Who says when you're making a life style change (dieting) 'you can't eat cake'? I say BAH! What utter rubbish!

The NEW Weight Watchers 'Bakes' cook book is a god send for cake lovers and I've totally been getting my inner baker on, eating cake and still losing weight!

Check out these I've tried so far… they are so good!

Strawberry Bakewell: 5sp per piece
(Mr Kipling Bakewell, 9sp)

White Chocolate Blondies, 4sp per piece
(Crown Carveries version, 19sp)

Black Bean Chocolate Cake, 5sp per piece
(Hungry Horse Brownie, 31sp)

Gingerbread Biscotti, 3sp per piece (or in my case 2sp as I cut smaller pieces)
(Starbucks Almond Biscotti, 8sp)

Why not give some of these a try… or buy the book yourself from a meeting or on the Weight Watchers website.

Natalie

Soup

Chicken & Sweetcorn, 7.5
Crab & Sweetcorn, 6.5
Hot & Sour, 5
Won Ton, 13

Main Meals

BBQ Spare Ribs, 8.5
Beef Chow Mein, 8.5
Beef in Black Bean Sauce, 5
Beef with Mushroom, 4.5
Beef with Pepper, Onion & Water Chestnuts, 12

Chicken & Cashew Nuts, 8.5
Chicken & Mushroom, 5.5
Chicken Chop Suey with Noodles, 5.5
Chicken Chow Mein, 7
Chicken in Black Bean Sauce, 5
Chicken in Oyster Sauce, 4.5
Crispy Duck, 10.5

Ginger & Garlic Prawns with Noodles, 5

Noodles (plain & boiled), FREE

Peking Duck with Pancakes, 30
Prawn Crackers (five crackers), 1.5
Prawn Sesame Toast (two pieces), 7
Prawns in Batter with a Sweet Chilli Sauce, 19

Rice:
Fried, 4
Pilau, 2.5
Plain, FREE

Special Fried Rice with Chicken, Pork & Prawns, 9.5
Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables, 6.5
Sweet & Sour Chicken, 8.5
Sweet & Sour Chicken in Batter, 17.5
Sweet & Sour Pork, 15
Sweet & Sour Prawns, 9

We all need a piece of chocolate from time to time and you don't have to deny yourself. You just have to make smart choices as to what chocolate eat and I hope this comprehensive list helps you decide which one to have.

Cadburys Caremel 50g - 12
Cadburys Creme Egg - 9
Cadburys Crunchie - 9.5
Cadburys Curly Wurly - 6
Cadburys Dairy Milk 49g - 13
Cadburys Flake 32g - 8.5
Cadburys Fruit And Nut 49g -12
Cadburys Fudge - 6
Cadburys Twirl 43g - 11.5

Celebrations Advent Calendar Chocolates (each) - 2
Celebrations Chocolate Miniatures (each) - 2

Ferrero Rocher (each) - 3.5

Galaxy Gift For You - 10

Lindt Lindor Balls All Varieties (each) - 4

Miniature Heroes - 2.5

Nestle After Eight, All Varieties - 2
Nestle Quality Street (each) - 2.5

Quality Street Assortment (each) - 2.5
Quality Street The Big Green Triangle - 9.5
Quality Street The Big Orange Crunch - 9.5
Quality Street The Big Purple One - 9.5
Quality Street Big Toffee Finger - 8.5

Roses Assortment Dairy Milk (each) - 2.5
Roses Caramel Velvet - 2.0
Roses Caramels - 2.5
Roses Country Fudge - 2.5
Roses Golden Barrel - 2.5
Roses Hazel Whirls - 2.0
Roses In Caramel - 3.5

Terry's Chocolate Orange, Segment (each) - 2.5
Terry's Chocolate Orange, Whole - 50
Terry's Chocolate Sensations (each) - 2

Thorntons Classics Chocolates (each) - 3.5
Thorntons Continental Chocolates (each) - 3.5

I don't have breakfast on my weighing days, so I often have lots of points left over by the end of the day.

Based on my Weight Watchers Leader's recommendation and having not had this dessert since I was a child, I decided to make this week's recipe card dessert (it also features in the new WW 'Bakes' cook book). I decided to have it as an afternoon snack with a spoonful of Simply Plain Alpro and some of my chocolate drops were white chocolate as I didn't quite have enough of the dark ones.

If you love chocolate, you will LOVE this. It's delicious and the yoghurt really set it off.

I entered another Bread and Butter Pudding recipe into my WW app recipe builder to see what they usually cost in Flex Points and a basic one with chocolate drops would usually cost 11sp!

So this massive slab is definitely worth 6sp!

Ingredients

• 9 slice(s) Weight Watchers Soft Malted Danish Bread, lightly toasted
• 25 g Low Fat Spread
• 3 medium, raw Egg, whole, raw
• 3 teaspoons, heaped Cocoa Powder
• 2 serving(s) Truvia Calorie Free Sweetener
• 1 teaspoons, level Vanilla Extract
• 200 ml Unsweetened Almond Drink
• 25 g Dark Chocolate, chocolate drops
• 3 serving(s) Drinking Chocolate, Low Calorie, 3 tablespoons

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 160°C, fan 140°C, gas mark 3. Spread each slice of toast with a little of the spread and cut in half diagonally.

Whisk together the eggs, chocolate powder, cocoa powder, sweetener, vanilla and almond milk in a jug until completely smooth.

Arrange the toast in a small baking dish then pour over the chocolate custard mixture and leave to soak for 5 minutes.

Scatter over the chocolate chips then bake for 30-35 minutes until cooked through. Serve warm.