Cheers to a slim-tastic Christmas!

🎵 It’s probably the most wine-derful time of the 12 months! 🎵 and Slimming World members don’t need to miss out on gin o’clock or mistletoe-and-wine. Whether or not you like a cheeky cocktail or are channelling your interior Christmas angel and going alcohol-free, right here’s learn how to get pleasure from some slimming-friendly sparkle this festive season…

High tipple ideas

Festive fizz

🥤 Sugar-free fizzy thirst-quenchers, like eating regimen cola and eating regimen lemonade, are Free on Slimming World (which implies you can get pleasure from them as typically as you want, with none weighing, measuring or counting). And in the event you’re within the temper for some refined sparkle, you might create your individual low Syn bubbles utilizing slimline tonic and a splash of lime or elderflower cordial.

Chin-gin!

🍸 Love a G&T? Go for a slimming-friendly mixer like a slimline tonic or eating regimen lemonade. And for a fuss-free, booze-free possibility, you should purchase cans of low or non-alcoholic ‘G&Ts’ in supermarkets, prepared combined (simply give them a fast zap with our barcode scanner earlier than popping in your basket!).

Pull a cracker

🍺 If nothing makes you hoppier than an ice-cold beer, there are some nice low-alcohol variations out there that are normally extra slimming-friendly than a daily pint. Cheers! 

Whisky hotter

🥃 If you happen to fancy a brandy or a brrrr-bon to heat you up, it is smart that smaller measures are much less more likely to trigger a shock on the scales. And sipping moderately than gulping your drink will make it final for much longer. You may additionally dilute your whisky with water, and your brandy with eating regimen cola.

Cease and odor the rosé

🍷 Possibly you like to wine-d down on the finish of the day with a pleasant glass of crimson, white or rosé. Relating to wine, as a normal rule of thumb, the decrease the alcohol content material, the decrease the Syns.

Good and spicy

🎅 Nothing says Christmas greater than mulled wine – and our low-Syn winter hotter is bursting with festive flavours. 

Extra for members

Our on-line Meals Search device lists the Syn values of a lot of totally different drinks – or you need to use the useful barcode scanner for ready-to-drink cans and bottles. We make it simple to work out which drinks are sooo price it, and which fall a bit of flat.

This video – solely for members – takes a more in-depth take a look at alcohol and weight reduction. Right here’s a sneak peek…

What’s your ‘tipping level’?

Whereas there’s completely no cause why you possibly can’t get pleasure from a drink or two on the Slimming World plan, our analysis exhibits that, once we attain our private ‘tipping level’ (for some that may very well be one glass of wine, for others it may very well be three…) we then go on to eat and drink way more than we had deliberate – together with high-fat, high-sugar meals the next day. We discovered that this may end up in an additional 6,400 energy consumed inside 24 hours, which might derail your weekly weight reduction.

Extra for members: Uncover your tipping level with our member-only quiz.

Slimming World cocktail recipes

Nonetheless caught for gin-spiration? These Slimming World cocktails are a cause to have fun!

Festive fruit punch

This non-alcoholic punch will make sure you’re merry and vibrant (eyed) this Christmas.

serves 8
prepared in 5 minutes (plus time to sit back)
1½ Syns per serving

What you want:

300ml unsweetened apple juice
150ml cranberry juice
150ml mango juice
500ml slimline tonic water or soda water
250g seedless grapes (a mixture of colors will look enjoyable)
ice cubes or crushed ice, to serve

What you do:

1. Chill all of the fruit juices and the tonic or soda water within the fridge.

2. Thread the grapes on to eight cocktail sticks and put aside.

3. Pour the fruit juices and the tonic or soda water into a big jug, stir effectively and add loads of ice. 

4. Pour the punch into glasses and prime every one with a grape stick with serve.

Clementine granita

What may very well be extra Christmassy than a clementine? Put your stocking stuffer to good use and knock up a frosty batch of this zingy granita.

serves 4
prepared in quarter-hour (plus freezer time)
2 Syns per serving

What you want:

juice of 6 clementines (plus 4 unpeeled slices to embellish)
2 tbsp Cointreau
2 tbsp sweetener (preserve them degree)

What you do:

1. Pour the juice, Cointreau and 300ml chilly water right into a jug, add the sweetener and stir effectively. 

2. Pour right into a shallow, freezer-proof container (like a Tupperware field), cowl and freeze till set (about 6-8 hours).

3. Take away from the freezer and chill within the fridge for quarter-hour. 

4. Utilizing a fork, smush up (technical time period!) the ice crystals and spoon into 4 glasses.

5. Embellish every glass with a clementine slice to serve.

They are saying ‘grape minds assume alike’ – and Slimming World members like to swap ideas for the tastiest tipples (each alcoholic and non-alcoholic). Be part of your native Slimming World group or our Slimming World On-line Neighborhood and provides your self one thing wonderful to have fun this Christmas.