Weight Watchers Recipe's
 

Ok, my husband and I just joined weight watchers and I'm wondering if anyone can give us some good recipe recommendations. Either directly from weight watchers or similar....

I made this today but when Misty put it in her Master Cook, it came out to the 3 points for 1/2 cup plus two tablespoon.


Makes 4 servings; 2 points per serving

4tsp Olive Oil
4 plum tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, minced
1/4 cup each diced green and red bell pepper
2tbs fresh sage or 1 tsp minced sage
1 minced garlic clove
1/4tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1 16oz Cannellini white kidney beans, rinsed and drained


heat oil in a medium non stick skillett, Add everything but White Kidney Beans , cook, stir occasionally until sauce thickens about 5 minutes. Take off heat and stir in beans.

I've been on WW for a long time - but I really don't have any recipes, per se. What I do is try to cook very low fat, substitute splenda for sugar, and things like that. I try to lower the fat and calories in everything I cook.

I do have a trick that I think is very good. It is yogurt cheese. You get a large carton of fat free plain yogurt and you put it in some cheese cloth or an old thin tea towel. You "hang" it in your fridge and let it drain for about 24 hours.

At the end of the 24 hours, it has the consistency of cream cheese and can be substituted for cream cheese in any recipe. It has about 10 calories per tablespoon. It will reduce to able half of the volume you started with. I like it on baked potatoes.

One of my favorite recipe's is green salad.

2 packages of sugar free lime jello
1 carton of fat free cottage cheese
1 cup yogurt cheese (can use more or less to taste)
1 small can crushed pineapple - well drained (you can rinse it to reduce calories)

dissolve the jello in a cup of hot water. Put in fridge or freezer till almost set, but not quite. Stir in carton of ff cottage cheese and yogurt cheese (I use the mixer to stir in the yogurt cheese - but I leave some "chunks" because I like to taste it). Stir in the pineapple.

It is a great dessert or snack. Also, you can use any flavor of jello you prefer. You can leave out the pineapple, if you want even lower calorie.

Where do you find cheese cloth?

I started WW too!!!! Last Friday; I decided not to officially start until tomorrow because I need to go shopping for some healthy foods. I tried it for a day; and felt deprived of food; and was super cranky. I don't know if I can do it...I have zero willpower!!!:(

May I ask how many points you get?

Low Point Yummy Dessert
 

Alternative cold version of this...

Get the low fat whole wheat graham crackers
Sugar Free, Fat Free Cool Whip


Put Cool Whip *serving according to tub* between two crackers
Freeze overnight

very yummy!! And should be only one point if you get the right graham crackers!



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Originally Posted by twalla
This is from my week 7 book and OMG the picture of them look delicious!!!

Makes 8 servings
3 points per each serving


8 whole low fat honey graham crackers
3/4 cup marshmallow fluff
4 tbsp semi sweet choco chips
1/8 tsp cinnamon
8 sheets of foil

Preheat oven to 425

Spread 4 crackers each with 3 tblsp of marshmallow fluff. Top each with 1 tblsp of choco chips and sprinkle cinnamon. Top each with another cracker. Cut each cracker in half, making 8 sandwhiches.

Place each sandwhich in center of a sheet of foil and wrap, making 8 packages. Set the packages on a baking sheet and bake until hot and melted, about 8 minutes. Open packages carefully and serve at once.

I have 35 per week; but I feel totally deprived!!!

My niece is a WW leader and has a site with lots and lots of recipes. Here it is: http://www.skinnyweek.com/index.asp

I might add that I am doing it via the internet as well..so it was somewhat confusing. And I posted a question on their forums...and was totally attacked!! It def. not as comfy as my YT forums =(

Are you doing the CORE Plan or Flex Plan? By you stating the 35 per week, it makes me think the CORE Plan.

Awesome! THanks!

yeppers...I am doing the Core Plan

Oh ok... Sorry I am not going to be much help then. I dont know anything about the Core plan. Everyone that is doing it with me at work is on the Flex Plan.


I am sure someone on here can help us out with the CORE plan tho!!

The points seemed easier to me which is why I chose that one.

In the fabric section of walmart

check out www.hungry-girl.com. This site has healthier versions of all kinds of yummy foods and their WW points values.

I pulled this from your neice's site and thought it was insipiring......Thanks for sharing :)

START OVER ~author unknown

If you’ve started out in pursuit of your goal and you’ve really tried with your heart and soul, but somehow things got out of control – START OVER

When you’ve tried your best to do what you should and you thought this time that you surely would, but once again you didn’t do good – START OVER

When you’ve worked so hard for a healthy way and you fought to win a victory each day, but one more time you went astray – START OVER

When the road to success seemed much too long and each temptation was oh so strong and once again you gave in to wrong – START OVER

When you’ve told your friends what you planned to do and trusted them to help you through and soon discovered it's up to you – START OVER

When you know you must be physically fit but your hope seems gone and you're stuck in a pit. That’s not the time for you to quit – START OVER

When the week seems long and successes few and at weigh-in time you're feeling blue, remember tomorrow is just for you – START OVER

To start again means a victory’s been won and starting over AGAIN means a race well won and starting over AGAIN proves it CAN be done, so don’t just sit there – START OVER!!

Awww, that's really nice! Thanks for sharing!:p

Here is another great site I go to often, she is so fun to watch on her little videos. Some great recipes too. I have been on WW for about a year now, and I have completely changed my eating life style, I feel so much healthier plus I have lost 30lbs. I too try to substitute healthier things in all of my recipes, once you get used to it, it just becomes second nature. http://greenlitebites.com/

What a GREAT thread and great links too!:thumbs_up

my daughter and I are both on WW... we make up our own version of "stir fry" and it is great.... using green beans, yellow squash, zucchini, onions and carrots....
we use double the alloted amount of "fat" with olive oil, measure out everything in two's and split the dish, it is GREAT, especially with lots of Creole seasonings... hehe...

sometimes, we will grill chicken, measure it out, then throw it in too... it is great!
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My new fave thing to use is Hummus! Its only one point per servings and delicious! I prefer the spicy pepper one.


I buy the orange crunchy tostada shells - 2 points for 2
Spread Hummus on each shells - 1 tbs each = 1 point
Top with 3oz chicken fajita meat- 2 points
1/2 cup black beans (drained, rinsed)= 1 point
1/4 cup of low or ff cheese= 2 points

Put in the microwave for a minute and top with salsa!

Total= 8 points

Sometimes I may eat Rice with it so add another 3 points!

Yummy