Slimming World Secret.....Scan Bran

Scan Bran, chances are unless you've done slimming world or had a friend that's tried it, you'll never have heard of Scan Bran. 

It basically 40% fiber "cracker bread" (bread is used in the loosest sense of the word!)

Eating Scan Bran can get really boring, really fast. Least it was for me. Its hard to eat, I mean it tastes like fiber (AKA Cardboard). Its the secret ingredient for a lot of people trying to lose weight on slimming world. 5 of these fiber bad-boys count as your "Healthy Extra B" a day. I have a friend who can eat all 5  in one sitting for lunch. I can't get through more than 3 (even then it's a struggle)

for Lunch I would usually have a Laughing Cow Light Triangle, some meat (usually Ham or chicken) some Tomato and some rd onion. It certainly is easier to eat it like this. But i still struggle eating this more than once a week, and daily is the best way to lose weight with it. I've heard of people eating it with soups and making cakes with it (I tried that once....not great, but i need to perfect the recipe)

So I decided to try to make it into a type of breakfast loaf. Seen as eating at lunch was more of a success that turning it into a sweet thing.

If you use the Scan Bran as your Healthy Extra B and the cheese as your Healthy Extra A this is totally FREEEEEEEE!!

Here's the recipe I used (if you can call it that, as I pretty much made it up)

7 scan bran
4 eggs
3 Large Mushrooms
Handful of cherry tomatoes
1 small red onion

2 Rashers of lean bacon

42g Low Fat Chedder

Method:

First i blended the Scan Bran, the few recipes i found for cakes said to just break them up and soak them, but i wasn't sure about that, so i ground them up as fine as i could get them, then soaked them in some boiling water.

Then i fried up some onions and bacon, with some Tomatoes and mushrooms.

I then added the eggs and cheese together, then the scan bran, then the rest of the ingredients and mixed them together.

I added in to a non stick baking tin and cooked for about 30 minutes on 180. 

It came out well. and tastes really good.

I will do two things differently next time.

I will add in half a teaspoon of baking powder to make it rise slightly. (which will add half a syn to the whole thing)

And i will add a little seasoning to the eggs (I always forget to do this!!)

Enjoy!

If you have any questions write them in the comments below :)

Stay Positive

Nessa