{"id":8602,"date":"2024-04-30T10:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T09:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slimmingworld.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/?p=8602"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:52:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:52:35","slug":"try-our-top-3-winning-dinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/try-our-top-3-winning-dinners\/","title":{"rendered":"Try our top 3 winning dinners!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You might remember that February was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/discover-free-food-festival-fun\/\">Free Food Festival<\/a> time at Slimming World, with members sharing their own favourite Free Food recipes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/what-happens-in-group\">groups<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/what-happens-online\">Slimming World Online<\/a>. From the stack of amazing recipes submitted,&nbsp;we had the &#8216;tough&#8217; task of taste-testing the shortlisted creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allison Brentnall, Head of Food and Publications at Slimming World, says: &#8220;The recipes that came in were fantastic and covered an enormous variety of cuisines. It felt like the most wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/discover-slimming-world-free-foods\/\">Free Food<\/a> showcase!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Slimming World Free Food Festival winners 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/hunters-chicken-risotto\">Maria&#8217;s hunter&#8217;s chicken risotto<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/hunters-chicken-risotto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hunters-chicken-risotto-fff-sw-500px.jpg\" alt=\"Slimming World hunters chicken risotto\n\" class=\"wp-image-8607\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria Rusolo\u2019s clever creation is going to be turned into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/eat-new-slimming-world-food-range-products\/\">Slimming World food range meal<\/a> \u2013 the ultimate accolade for any Free Food dish! A satisfying and scrumptious marriage of two classic meals, keep an eye out for it at your local Iceland store (or Dunnes Stores in the Republic of Ireland) in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A big congratulations to our runners up too&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/slow-cooked-lamb-kleftiko\">Dave Blount&#8217;s slow-cooked lamb kleftiko<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/slow-cooked-lamb-kleftiko\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/slow-cooked-lamb-kleftiko-fff-sw-500px.jpg\" alt=\"Slimming World lamb kleftiko\" class=\"wp-image-8609\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/chicken-en-papillote-thai-style\">Jackie Beanland&#8217;s chicken en papillote Thai-style<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/chicken-en-papillote-thai-style\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chicken-en-papillote-thai-style-fff-sw-500px.jpg\" alt=\"Slimming World chicken en papillote Thai style\" class=\"wp-image-8611\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to every one of our 10 national finalists \u2013 we loved your meals! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d love to know more about Free Food Festival and the other fun Slimming World events, chat to your local Consultant or pop along to your nearest group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/nearest-group-search\">Get in touch<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tell me more about Slimming World Free Food&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/slimming-world-spaghetti-bolognese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/body-image-bolognese.jpg\" alt=\"Spaghetti bolognese\" class=\"wp-image-6038\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Free Foods are those foods that are lower in calories for their weight (low energy dense foods). They help fill you up and leave you feeling satisfied for longer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are hundreds of tasty, everyday Free Foods, and new members are often flabbergasted when they find out what\u2019s on the list. As well as the usual suspects like fruit, vegetables, beans and pulses (including baked beans and potatoes \u2013 yes, really!), you\u2019ll notice that lean meat, meat replacements \u2013 such as tofu and some Quorn products, poultry, eggs and fish are also on the menu \u2013 so that\u2019s your cooked breakfasts and Sunday dinners sorted. New members are even more surprised by the fact that pasta and rice are completely Free \u2013 so you can enjoy a plate of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/slimming-world-spaghetti-bolognese\">spag bol<\/a>&nbsp;or a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/recipes\/chicken-tikka-masala-1-1\">chicken tikka fakeaway<\/a>&nbsp;whenever you like!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Free Food means never feeling hungry, guilty or deprived, so you\u2019re less likely to want to rebel and reach for the high-fat, high-sugar foods that can so easily send your weight loss off track.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More on the blog:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/discover-slimming-world-free-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How and why Free Food works<\/a>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/your-5-favourite-free-food-recipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Your 5 favourite Free Food recipes<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More for members<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/slimmingworld.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Take5Free-More-For-Members.png\" alt=\"Take Five Free more recipes for members\" class=\"wp-image-8227\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Slimming World members<\/strong> <strong>have access to an online collection of more than 2,000 recipes, including more than 900 that are completely free<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/group-or-online-membership\">Join to unlock our recipe collection<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re delighted to reveal the winning recipes from our Free Food Festival cook-off competition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,12,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slimmingworld.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}