Cheers to a slim-tastic Christmas!

🎵 It’s essentially the most wine-derful time of the yr! 🎵 and Slimming World members don’t should 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 tips on how to get pleasure from some slimming-friendly sparkle this festive season…

Prime tipple ideas

Festive fizz

🥤 Sugar-free fizzy thirst-quenchers, like food regimen cola and food 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 for those who’re within the temper for some subtle sparkle, you might create your individual low Syn bubbles utilizing slimline tonic and a touch of lime or elderflower cordial.

Chin-gin!

🍸 Love a G&T? Go for a slimming-friendly mixer like a slimline tonic or food regimen lemonade. And for a fuss-free, booze-free choice, you should buy 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 accessible that are normally extra slimming-friendly than an everyday pint. Cheers! 

Whisky hotter

🥃 Should you fancy a brandy or a brrrr-bon to heat you up, it is sensible that smaller measures are much less prone to trigger a shock on the scales. And sipping somewhat than gulping your drink will make it final for much longer. You would additionally dilute your whisky with water, and your brandy with food regimen cola.

Cease and scent the rosé

🍷 Perhaps you favor to wine-d down on the finish of the day with a pleasant glass of pink, white or rosé. In the case of wine, as a common 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 warmer is bursting with festive flavours. 

Extra for members

Our on-line Meals Search software lists the Syn values of plenty of totally different drinks – or you need to use the helpful barcode scanner for ready-to-drink cans and bottles. We make it straightforward to work out which drinks are sooo value it, and which fall somewhat flat.

This video – completely for members – takes a better have a look at alcohol and weight reduction. Right here’s a sneak peek…

What’s your ‘tipping level’?

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

More for members: Discover your tipping point with our member-only quiz.

Slimming World cocktail recipes

Nonetheless caught for gin-spiration? These Slimming World cocktails are a motive to have a good time!

Festive fruit punch

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

serves 8
prepared in 5 minutes (plus time to relax)
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 properly and add loads of ice. 

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

Clementine granita

What could possibly 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 (maintain them stage)

What you do:

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

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. Beautify 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 local Slimming World group or our Slimming World Online Community and provides your self one thing wonderful to have a good time this Christmas.