Yesterday I had a Friday Feeling on a Thursday and was soon to be no work and all play for a long weekend, yeah bay! This meant that today I wanted a really easy clean-up dish so I reached for my collection of cookbooks for inspiration instead of doing the same ol' things with defrosted chicken. And if you loved my Slow Cooker Chicken & Leek Orzo Risotto last year, you'll probably love this too.
But this time, after finding a recipe bookmarked in my favourite Slow Cooker recipe book that I'd bought yonks ago from The Works, I was intrigued and surprised to find a perfect Vegetable Stew & Dumplings recipe to adapt that old Vikkie had kindly thought of for Present Day Vikkie. (Thanks younger Vikkie, it was perfect!)
But then I was left to scour the web for no sinful dumplings that weren't couscous tweak. You will struggle, folks, I almost whipped out the Vegetable Shredded Suet! But a lovely member, Tracy Walker from my I LOVE Slimming Soup Facebook Group suggested why not use gnocchi instead?
Is Gnocchi Sinful?
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*Any syn values are personal estimates and not verified by Slimming World.
(Apparently, gnocchi can be 2 syns per 100g). I LOVE gnocchi and to be honest, I'd always assumed it was as high as fresh egg pasta. So I stocked up in Asda because I've missed it but mine was from the World Foods aisle, not the fridge section. And they really do give a dumpling bite that beautifully slips down like proper comfort food, offering 1 syn per serving (by the way, this recipe serves 4).
And of course, if you can share me your secret on a low syn dumpling (I can't promise I'll keep it to myself), but I would love to hear it and try it out without breaking the syn bank.
You'll definitely be seeing more gnocchi recipes from now on and I'm thinking with soup maker on this one; I may be sharing some polenta ones soon too as I also couldn't resist. (But annoyingly, I'm now craving a tweaked Polenta cake for the first time).
Recipe - Serves 4 (Estimated as 1 Syn)
- 400g (or 2 breasts) of diced chicken
- ½ a swede, peeled and chopped
- 2 onions, halved & sliced
- 1 medium potatoes, peeled & chopped
- 200g chantaray carrots, whole or 2 regular carrots, peeled & sliced
- 2 celery stick, sliced
- 2 courgettes, sliced
- 2 bay leaves
- A few sprigs of fresh thyme (or 2 teaspoon dried)
- 600ml water
- 2 & ½ chicken stock cubes
- Seasoning
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 200g gnocchi (Estimated as 4 syns in total)
- A sprinkling of cheese if you wish (part of your allowance)
- Chuck everything in the slow cooker except the basil, gnocchi, cheese & ½ a stock cube.
- Set you SC on low and cook for 6 & ½ hours.
- Whack up the heat to high, and throw in the gnocchi, half a stock cube and basil, stir well and replace the lid for a final 30 minutes.
- Season again to taste, remove the bay leaves, then serve and sprinkle with a little cheese if using.
- And don't forget to tag me in a pic of your meal if you're posting on Instagram; they make me smile 🙂
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Slow Cooker Chicken Stew & Gnocchi Dumplings Recipe | Unofficial Slimming World
Equipment
Ingredients
- 400 g chicken breasts diced (*about 2 breast)
- 150 g swede peeled and chopped
- 2 onions halved & sliced
- 1 potato peeled & chopped
- 200 g carrots peeled & sliced
- 2 sticks celery sliced
- 2 courgettes sliced
- 2 bay leaves
- sprig thyme (or 2 teaspoon dried)
- 600 ml water
- 2 ½ chicken stock cubes
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon basil
- 200 g gnocchi *must be counted on Slimming World
Instructions
- Chuck everything in the slow cooker except the basil, gnocchi, cheese & ½ a stock cube.
- Set your slow cooker on low and cook for 6 & ½ hours.
- Whack up the heat to high, and throw in the gnocchi, half a stock cube and basil, stir well and replace the lid for a final 30 minutes.
- Season again to taste, remove the bay leaves, then serve. It tastes great with a sprinkle of parmesan!
Disclaimer
*This is an unofficial page and has no affiliation or endorsement from Slimming World. Slimming World's website can be found at https://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/. Any syn values are personal estimates and not verified by Slimming World.
Charlene
Ah I c thanks. However I live in Malta so no Asda here 😉 I can follow ginos recipe and make my own 🙂 loving this site. Trying to get back on the plan this week. No groups here so I'm on my own 🙁
Charlene
How do you make the dumpling
Nicola
How does yours go thick?
vikkie
The potato disintegrated while I stirred at the end and the chicken shredded up a bit naturally and once I added the gnocchi, it soaked up the rest of the moisture x
Margaret
Thanks Vikkie. I love your recipes and am really looking forward to your ebook.
vikkie
Aw, thanks Margaret. Hopefully it will be ready in a couple of months x
Margaret
What did you do with the 1/2 stock cube?
vikkie
Hi Margaret, I crushed it in when adding the gnocchi towards the end. I've now added it to the instructions x