Corned Beef

After a recent spell of good weather, it's turned horrible again so we've been thinking of healthier ways to make some of our 'cold and rainy outside, winter-almost-spring' type dishes and after rooting around the different supermarkets, came up with corned beef slices!

One of our favourite cold weather dishes used to be corned beef hash, but with a pan of mashed potato with butter, a couple of cans of corned beef and a few cans of beans as a side, this belly buster would rack up the calories and fat content quite quickly.

These pre-packed corned beef slices (we've pictured a product from Tesco here, but all major supermarkets do a version of them) come with around 5-6 slices of corned beef in the packet and generally weigh in at around 70-80 calories (2 ProPoints) a slice. They seem to be lower in fat, protein and carbs than the tinned variety too, as long as 'value' versions are avoided - more fat than meat in them, it seems, than the 'mid-range' variety.

We used these slices, along with some onions and a rustic style butternut squash mash to make a lower fat/carbs corned beef hash, with a side serving of home-made barbeque beans or maybe some spicy tomatoes.

See our recipe here...