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Slimming World Recipe

Pizza Chicken

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. 2. Cook the sausages according to the pack instructions, then leave to cool. Thinly slice the sausages, then stir-fry them for a few minutes in a non-stick saucepan with the pinch of paprika. Set aside. 3. Crumble the stock cube into a large jug, add 50ml hot water and stir to dissolve. Add the passata, garlic, smoked paprika, oregano and fennel seeds and blitz until smooth using a stick blender (you could also do this in your food processor). Stir in the basil. 4. Put the chicken in a large ovenproof dish and pour over the tomato sauce. Top with the sausage slices, peppers, onion and tomatoes and cook in the oven for 50 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

Season to taste and serve hot.

This is great with Slimming

World chips (although it would no longer be suitable for an

Extra Easy SP day) and salad.

This classic Slimming World recipe is a favourite amongst members for a very good reason. Syn free and full of flavour!

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Ingredients:

4 Slimming World ½ small pack

Pork Sausages fresh basil, 1 tbsp smoked chopped paprika, plus a 4 skinless and pinch boneless 1 chicken stock chicken breasts cube 2 peppers (red 500g passata and green), deseeded and 4 garlic cloves, diced peeled 1 red onion, diced 1 tbsp dried oregano 4 tomatoes, diced 1 tsp fennel seeds

Serves: 4 Ready in: 1 hours 40 mins Syns per serving: FREE!

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REVIEW • REVIEW • REVIEW • REVIEW • REVIEW TJ’s Restaurant @The George & Dragon

Voice Magazines were invited to dine with husband and wife team Tony and Julie of TJ’s restaurant set within the ever popular George & Dragon public house in the heart of Newton, Derbyshire. Regular readers will know this is not our first visit to TJ’s restaurant probably because when we go, we have to shout about it, and this visit was no different.

A bit of background.

Tony, the chef, and his wife Julie have been in the trade of entertaining people with their flavoursome creations in the kitchen for many years. Sharing their hospitality and flare for producing perfection on a plate with all who join them. Knowing Tony’s reputation as a chef, the owner of the George and Dragon offered Tony and Julie the opportunity to open their own restaurant within his pub. Then, just before the first lockdown, TJ’s restaurant opened. With hindsight, probably wasn’t the best time to open a restaurant but not even a crystal ball could have predicted what would happen! Set with the covid challenge, Tony and Julie adapted their business plan and offered a takeaway service. This service went down so well, it continues to this day. When the lockdowns ended the doors finally opened on TJ’s restaurant, it blossomed.

This Voice Team Visit

As always, the Voice team were greeted by friendly and attentive staff in a comfortable, warm environment. As you can see by the images around the article, we were lavished with a plethora of sumptuous dishes which everyone devoured and enjoyed. There was something for even the fussiest of us, such as Emily with her Dianne sauce (which she wouldn’t share)! A great night was had by all. Well, you can’t really go wrong with homecooked food cooked to perfection and presented beautifully, Tony really does have an eye for presentation.

Get in there quick TJ’s is growing from strength to strength and are currently promoting their Christmas Fayre Menu, The Voice Team recommend booking quick to avoid disappointment.

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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN 1926 - 2022

Like the whole of the UK and many people around the world, the team at Voice Magazines were stunned and saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 8th September. For all of us here she was a constant and steadfast presence in our lives, and the one person we could rely on to hold true to her values as the world around us underwent epoch-defining changes.

Although she lived to a remarkably great age of 96, she had understandably become a more private person after the death of her husband Prince Philip in 2021. Nevertheless, she was still there at the most important moments, despite her increasing mobility problems, and who can forget the wonderful four-day celebration of her Platinum Jubilee earlier this year in June? The Queen notched up some remarkable achievements during her 70-year reign. In pure numbers alone they would have required immense stamina, focus and fortitude. Since 1952 she travelled to more than 100 countries and made more than 150 visits to Commonwealth countries including 82 state visits. She worked with all 15 UK Prime Ministers, met 13 US Presidents and 7 Popes. She attended 21,000 public engagements, including 39 Royal Variety Performances, posed for 1,000 official photographic and painted portraits, sent 300,000 birthday messages to centenarians, vetted over 1,000 new laws, and owned 30 corgis. Those closest to her often talked about her wicked sense of humour, which became apparent to the rest of us during some big national moments. The 2012 Olympics opening ceremony featured a skit in which she accompanied Daniel Craig as James Bond from the palace to the Olympic Stadium; her own idea, which she had kept secret from the rest of her family. This year, her Platinum Jubilee celebrations included her playing herself in a short video with a CGI version of Paddington Bear, bonding over a shared love of marmalade sandwiches – finally revealing the secret of what she’d been keeping in her handbag for all those years! And let us not forget she was also a mother and grandmother, a matriarch as well as a monarch. She was married to Prince Philip for 73 years, had four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. For them as well as us, she was a symbol of stability, resilience, and wisdom. During times of national strife, she provided comfort and reassurance. It’s difficult to summarise her legacy in just a few words, other than to say that we’re grateful for her grace, humour, and tireless support in helping Britain navigate its way through the 20th century and onto the 21st. She was an extraordinary figure, and we feel proud and very, very lucky to have had her in our lives for as long as we did.