23/11/2025
🥔 A Traditional Sunday Roast… Slimming World Style! 🥕✨
One of the meals I used to struggle with the most when I first joined Slimming World was the classic roast dinner. Because honestly… how on earth could something I grew up eating — cooked in lard, fat, full-fat meat, skin-on, mountains of stuffing and proper gravy — ever fit into Food Optimising?
A roast was the staple in my childhood home.
We didn’t just have a roast on Sundays… we had one every single day! It was the very first meal I learned to cook, it fed everyone happily, and it’s still one of my favourites today.
But here’s the magic ➡️ you absolutely CAN make it Slimming World friendly.
And it can be every bit as comforting, tasty and satisfying as the one you grew up with. 💛
Just look at these roast potatoes…
Golden, crispy, gorgeous — and totally FREE.
No SWIPS at all because I use low-cal spray instead of lard or fat.
Honestly, they hit the spot every time.
Then we’ve got:
🥬 Loads of Speed veg (more than a third — it takes centre stage now!)
🍗 Lean meat — still juicy, still delicious, still part of that classic roast feel.
🧆 Stuffing options — I haven’t got it on this plate, but when I fancy it I either:
• make up the SWIPS value for traditional stuffing or
• use Linda McCartney red onion & rosemary sausages, defrosted and rolled into stuffing balls — Free and so tasty!
🍯 Gravy — sometimes I use granules, sometimes I make it my usual way… but I’m mindful now and balance the rest of the plate around it.
And that’s the beauty of Food Optimising:
You don’t have to lose the meals you adore.
You just learn how to make them work for your journey instead of against it.
❤️ A roast dinner is still a staple in my week, still comforting, still nostalgic — but now it supports my goals rather than pulling me off track.
