Syn-Free Hash Browns

Breakfast is always my favourite meal of the day and that doesn't need to change when you're food optimising. These home-made hash browns are tasty and relatively straight-forward to make, albeit they do take a little longer than warming up the pre-made ones.

This recipe is essentially just 1 ingredient so the serving size is going to depend on how many potatoes you want to use and how big you want your hash browns to be.

Ingredients:

Potatoes (as many as you want)

Low-calorie spray

Salt

Equipment:

Pan

Bowl

Cheese Grater

Baking Tray

Oven-Safe Bottomless Moulds (I used egg rings but metal cookie cutters might work)

Syns per serving: Free*

Method:

1. Boil the potatoes in a pan of hot water until they soften a little.

2. Drain and leave to dry. Meanwhile pre-heat your oven to around 200 degrees.

3. Once dried off, grate the potatoes into a bowl, add salt to taste. (you really do need to add salt to this - it's really bland without.

4. Line a baking tray with baking paper and place your egg rings on top of the baking paper. Spray with low-calorie cooking spray and use a spoon/fork to push the potato mixture into the egg rings. Spray again with low-calorie cooing spray and place in the oven.

5. Turn the hash browns over after around 15 minutes (at this point they will have set in their shape and you will be able to remove the egg rings. Return the the oven until golden.

If you'd like to freeze some hash-browns, they can be frozen once they've been half-baked (so the point where you would turn them over). To reheat simply place in the oven from frozen and bake until golden on both sides.

Serving Suggestions:

On the weekend: These can be served as part of a Full English Breakfast, alongside some lean bacon, syn-free sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms a fried egg (cooked with low-calorie cooking spray) and 2 rounds of toast (from a 400g wholemeal loaf) for a hearty syn-free breakfast.

During the week: For a quicker breakfast, these are a great way of saving your Healthy extra B option for later, simply cook up 2 of these hash browns and use them as the bread part of a bacon sandwich.

*Syns accurate as of 15/10/2017, Slim Savvy is in no way affiliated with Slimming World and will not be responsible for any inaccurate information with regards to syn values. We do endeavour to update our recipes when syn values are reviewed to keep our information as up-to-date as possible.