Ice Cream Sandwhich

Another Pinterest find!!!!  I love these great ideas on Pinterest.  This one is Weight Watchers Ice Cream Sandwiches.

2 SP   1 Graham Cracker Sheet
1 SP   2 tbsp of Frozen Lite Cool Whip

3 Total SmartPoints

It was actually quite satisfying for that ice cream fix I needed tonight.

Salmon Burger w/ homemade sauce

I am a huge fan of Blue Apron meals and my all time favorite recipe of theirs so far is their Salmon Burger.  I decided to attempt a mock up of it with my Schwan's Salmon Burgers that I had in my freezer.  Wow!!  So good.  The sauce was a quick throw together sauce I came up with last minute and it was amazing.  

2 SP   1 Schwan's Salmon Burger
3 SP   1 Lite Hamburger Bun
My Salmon Burger Sauce:
1 SP   1 tbsp Lite Sour Cream
0 SP   Splash of fresh lemon juice
0 SP   Pinch of lemon zest
0 SP   1/2 tsp minced onion or shallot
0 SP   salt and pepper to taste
0 SP   Pinch of Wildtree Picnic Salad Blend
6 Total SmartPoints


The meal below was my salmon burger served with a kale veggie mix and a quick and easy pesto tortellini salad.

3 SP   1/2 Cup Schwan's Six Cheese Tortellini, prepared and rinsed under cold water
1 SP   1/2  tsp Wildtree Pesto Grapeseed Oil
0 SP   1/2 tsp Dry Pesto Mix
0 SP   1/2 tbsp Grated Parmesan Cheese
Total 4 SmartPoints

Chicken Fajitas

I couldn't decide which hot sauce so I used one of each. 

I made some yummy Chicken Fajitas tonight for dinner.  They were scrumptious. :)

Dinner : 6 PointsPlus

3 oz Schwan's Fajita Chicken Strips - 3 PP
Wildtree Fajita Seasoning - 0 PP
1/2 cup mixed peppers - 0 PP
2 tbsp Reduced Fat Cheese - 1 PP
2 Carb Balance Wheat Fajita Tortillas - 2 PP
Hot sauce and salsa

Homemade Arby's

I love Arby's but it is the FURTHEST from a healthy decision.  So what I did tonight was make my own Arby's Dinner.

2 slices of Rainbo 40 cal multi grain bread - 2 PP
1 Slice of Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese - 1 PP
1.5 oz Hillshire Chicken (heated up in microwave for 40 seconds)- 1 PP
1 oz Arby's Sauce - 1 PP
4 oz Frozen Oven Baked Fries - 5 PP
1 oz Ketchup - 1 PP

Total Dinner Points : 11 PointsPlus

This was a FANTASTIC Arby's Substitute!!!

If you haven't seen the bottles of Arby's Sauce in the stores then I suggest ordering some online, such as ebay.com or Amazon.com.  It's fantastic to have in the fridge all the time.

Old El Paso Tortilla Stuffers

These things are AWESOME!!!  I love making dinner with these.  They are super fast and easy.  You just heat in microwave for 60 seconds and stuff it in a tortilla, and it's enough to feed me for a few days.

I have tried them all and they are all equally great.  I recommend them.  They are also low in points which is AWESOME!!!

2/3 cup Tortilla Stuffers - 4 PP (it's 2 servings so each serving is only 2 PP!!! Sweet!)
2 Corn Tortillas - 2 PP
2 tbsp Reduced Fat Cheese - 1 PP
hot sauce - 0 PP

Total of 7 PointsPlus for dinner.  Yum!

Chocolate Peppermint 321 Cake

So, do you remember when I mentioned these yummy limited time only snacks on this post?

Well I have just figured out a great off season substitute!!!  I'm so excited!  They are, of course, WAY more points than the Fiber One Brownies and WAY less fiber but they are great for the craving.

It's a simple 321 cake adjustment.
3 tbsp of chocolate cake mix in a mug
2 tbsp of water
1 tbsp of peppermint baking chips.

Ok, so peppermint baking chips are tough to find in the off season too but you could use chopped up Andes mints as well or some peppermint extract. (I just happened to find some on the clearance table at the grocery store) Mix the cake mix (only) with the water and then add the tbsp of baking chips and microwave for 1 minute.  Voila! It's really good.  Unfortunately it's 6 PointsPlus but that's ok, it's better then a 12 point mint chocolate cupcake.  LOL

I chose German Chocolate Cake because it's less sweet and rich as any other chocolate cakes. I'm not a huge fan of rich and sweet.  But I love a touch of it.

Recipe - Smoked Mozzarella & Tomato Chicken Pasta

I cooked up some Chicken and added it to half a cup of cooked high fiber rotini pasta.  Then added 1 tsp of Pesto Flavored Wildtree Grapeseed Oil and 1/2 tbsp of Wildtree Smoked Mozzarella & Tomato Blend and tossed it all together.  Made some roasted cauliflower to add to it for a filling dinner.

Smoked Mozzarella & Tomato Chicken Pasta
6 PointsPlus

1 oz High Fiber Pasta (1/2 cup cooked) 3 PP
2 oz Chicken Breast - 2 PP
1 tsp Grapeseed Oil - 1 PP
1/2 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese - 0 PP
1/2 Tbsp Mozzarella Tomato Blend - 0 PP

Recipe - Egg Tortilla Roll-Up

I saw these on Pinterest not long ago.  I love making these.  They are quick and filling.

I usually add a strip of bacon to each one but I don't have any bacon in the house today and I don't feel like going to the store for just that so I will make due without.

Egg Tortilla Roll-Up
8 PointsPlus

2 corn tortillas - 2 PP
2 eggs - 4 PP
1 slice of reduced fat cheddar cheese (split in half) - 1 PP
1 tbsp light sour cream - 1 PP
1 tbsp salsa - 0 PP



I fry up the eggs over hard and set aside on a dish.  then on warm pan place tortilla and half the slice of cheese.  Top with egg till cheese is melted and tortilla crisps up.  repeat with other tortilla and egg.  fold in half or roll up.
Serve with light sour cream and salsa or dash of hot sauce.

Recipe - Potato Pancake Disaster Turns To New Mush Recipe

So I was wanting to try to make some potato pancakes today. I have never made them before but wanted to try a simple WW friendly version.  well.....  That didn't work out as well as I thought it would.
My recipe started out as this:

I added the garlic, cheese and bacon bits into a bowl while heating up the instant mashed potatoes. 

I then added the potatoes and mixed it all up. 

I scooped a couple tablespoons of potato mix and sprinkled both sides with flour and put in pan sprayed with cooking spray.  

this is where things turned very very wrong.  They browned up quite nicely but were very flimsy and even though they didn't burn the smoke detector started going off.  I don't even think there was that much smoke.  But fan on and windows now open.  I continued cooking these up but  I wasn't even able to flip them.  They were slightly crispy on the outsides but not enough to handle.  So...

I did what I do best.  I improvise and make the best out of a kitchen failure.  I turned it in to my newest "Mush" meal.  :)

I added half the pancake mix to a bowl and cooked up a Schwan's Philly Style Chicken Patty.  Mixed it all up with 2 tablespoons of slight sour cream and 2 tablespoons of salsa.  "Mushed" it all up and enjoyed my lunch.  

Wasn't too bad.  Might try this again...  With out the pancake part.  LOL 

Chicken Salsa Potato Mush

8 PointsPlus

1/2 container instant mashed potatoes

2 tbsp reduced fat shredded cheese

1/2 tbsp real bacon bits

1/2 tbsp minced garlic

1 Schwan's Philly Style Chicken

2 tbsp light sour cream

2 tbsp salsa

Loaded Baked Potato Mush

So I LOVE savory everything.  I will choose savory over sweet any day.  Today I wanted something salty and cheesy,so I had a half a baked potato left over and decided to make myself a messy looking mush for lunch.

I chopped up the half baked potato and heated it up in the microwave with a table spoon of minced garlic and a few sprays of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.

Then I added 2 tbsp of reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese, 2 tbsp light sour cream, 1 tbsp real bacon bits and some salt and pepper.  I mixed and "mushed" it all up into a nice mess and devoured it.  Pretty freaking yummy.

1/2 Baked Potato 3 PP
2 tbsp RF Cheese 1 PP
2 tbsp light sour cream 1 PP
1 tbsp real bacon bits 1 PP
1 tbsp minced garlic 0 PP

6 PointsPlus

Pesto Sauce

I have found this great recipe for Weight Watchers Pesto Sauce on this blog and I am really pretty excited to try it.  I love pesto but since it's basically all olive oil,  I don't have it very much due to the points in it.  But this one looks like a good version. 

Source

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

2 Cups of fresh basil
3 Tablespoons pine nuts
1 Tablespoon olive oil 
2 Garlic cloves crushed
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons of water
1/2 Cup + 2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

WHAT TO DO:

In a food processor combine the basil, pine nuts, oil, garlic, salt, and water. 

Puree, and then add cheese and puree additional 30 seconds. 


Serving size 3 large tablespoons... 88 cal, 7g fat, 2g sat fat, 6mg chol, 253mg sodium, 2g carbs, 1g fiber WEIGHT WATCHER POINTS POINTS 2

Roasted Cauliflower

So my friend told me about this recipe the other day and made it for me last night.  This is fantastic!  So I decided to make it for myself tonight.

Roasted Cauliflower

Ingredients:
8 oz of frozen cut up cauliflower
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1 tbsp lime juice
salt and pepper
parmesan cheese

Put cauliflower in a bowl and spray with olive oil cooking spray. Toss with garlic salt, lime juice and salt and pepper.  Put in baking dish in single layer and bake for 20 minutes at 450, then tossing and baking for another 10-20 minutes until browned.

When done sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve immediately.

This is a fantastic snack.  PointsPlus comes from only the amount of parmesan cheese you choose to use.

Mini Fritattas

2 Mini Frittatas is 3 PointsPlus

12 Tbsp cooked asparagus, cut up

12 Tbsp diced canned new potatoes

6 Tbsp shredded reduced fat mozzarella cheese

6 Tsp graded parmesan cheese

3/4 cup egg beaters original

3/4 cup of egg beaters egg whites

Preheat oven to 350. 

Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl except for mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese.  Fill 12-muffin pan with approx 1/4 cup each.  Sprinkle 1/2 Tbsp of Mozzarella cheese on top of each one and 1/2 Tsp of Park cheese.  Not using cooking spray in muffin pan caused frittatas to climb the pan and be much fluffier. 

Bake in oven for 25 minutes. 

Other filling ideas I have tried are sauteed mushroom with onions and garlic with reduced fat cheddar cheese. 

Chicken Piccata

One of my favorite dishes of all time is Chicken Piccata.  I loved the meal box sets that Macaroni Grill used to sell at the grocery stores.

They don't seem to have them anymore and that is a bummer.  So I found a copycat recipe online.  I built the recipe on the Weight Watchers app and it turns out to only be 6 PointsPlus.  (Add points for pasta) 

Source

CHICKEN PICCATA

Macaroni Grill Copycat Recipe

Serves 4


4 chicken breasts (4 oz. each), pounded

salt and pepper, to taste

flour, as needed

olive oil, as needed

1/4 cup dry white wine

1/2 cup chicken broth

2 tablespoons capers

2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley

juice from 2 lemons

2 tablespoons unsalted butter




Season the chicken breasts lightly with salt and pepper. Dredge in flour on both sides. Coat a saute pan with olive oil and heat over a medium-high flame. Add the chicken to the pan and saute several minutes until well browned on one side. Turn and continue cooking until nicely browned and cooked through. Remove the chicken to a warm serving platter.




Deglaze the pan with the white wine, scraping up any browned bits that stuck to pan. Add the chicken broth along with the capers, parsley, lemon juice and butter.




Return the chicken to the pan and cook briefly in the sauce. Bring the sauce to a simmer and correct the seasoning with salt and pepper, if needed. Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve immediately.

Mexican Pizza

Tonight for dinner I decided to try something I remember seeing on Pinterest not long ago. Mexican Pizza. Turned out pretty good. Lower in points plus than I realized though. Normally that's a good thing but I have some catching up to do today.

Ingredients:

1 carb balance tortilla

1/4 cup of fat free refried beans

1/3 cup of weight eatchers shredded cheese

2 tbsp enchilada sauce

2 tbsp light sour cream

2 tbsp salsa

7 points plus

I spread beans on tortilla.

Then drizzled enchilada sauce over the beans

I then spread the cheese over the top of everything

Heated the whole thing till cheese melted. (Oven or nuwave oven) 

Cut into wedges and added a dollop of light sour cream and salsa on each quarter. 

Pretty good!! 

Next time I think I'll try bean and cheese tostadas with oven baked corn tortillas.

Recipes

So one of my favorite Weight Watchers Blogs is Living a Changed Life.  She has wonderful recipes and even recipe reviews with pictures.  She is great at motivation and being inspiring.  I am going to go through some of my favorite recipes of hers and post them to my recipes page. I highly recommend checking them out.  They are really great, fast and yummy.

**All of these recipes on this post are Source: Living a Changed Life **

Weight Watcher Smoothie Pancakes 

French Toast  

Egg and Cheese Breakfast Sandwiches     **  One of my favorites. I love them. 

Berry Cobbler  

Cool Whip Cookies  

Lemon Bars  

Pineapple Angel Food Cake  

Soda Cupcakes  

Strawberry Pie  

Apricot Glazed Pork Medallions

Baked Ranch Tilapia

Bubble Up Enchiladas

White Chicken Enchiladas

Caramel Apple Salad

Chipotle Chicken Taco Salad

Crock Pot Hawaiian BBQ Chicken

Crock Pot Italian Chicken

Crock Pot Sweet Barbacoa Pork

Crock Pot Taco Junk

Potato Soup

Crescent Pepperoni Roll-Ups

Dusty Grapes

Enchiladas

Ingredients

 2 corn tortillas

1/4 cup refried beans mixed with 1/4 teaspoon taco seasoning

1 Schwan's philly steak or 3 oz of cooked and shredded chicken

1/4 reduced fat cheddar or Mexican stle cheese

1/2 cup enchilada sauce

2 tbsp low fat sour cream

2 tbsp salsa

Cook meat. Warm and soften tortillas. Put 1/8 cup of sauce in small baking dish. Drench tortillas in sauce. Spoon 1/8 cup refried beans down center of tortilla. Top with divided meat and roll up in dish with seam down. Top with remaining sauce and 1/4 cup of cheese. Heat in oven at 350 until cheese is melted. 

12 points plus

Smoked Turkey Quesadilla

1 oz of sliced turkey meat
1/4 cup of reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 low carb tortilla
1 oz bbq sauce

Warm tortilla on pan, add cheese to half of tortilla to warm and melt, added sliced turkey and drizzle balsamic vinegar over turkey slowly.  Fold tortilla and warm both sides till slightly crisp and browned.  Cut into wedges and serve with bbq sauce for dipping. 

1 Serving 5 points plus

Fried Rice

Chicken Fried Rice

Shrimp Fried Rice

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked brown rice
1/2 cup frozen peas and carrots
1/4 chopped fresh or frozen onion
1 tbsp of fried rice seasoning
1 egg - scrambled
1-2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
3 oz of diced chicken breast OR
3 oz of canned and drained shrimp

I using chicken cook the chicken in pan with cooking spray first. Spray cooking spray on pan and added peas, carrots and onions till they thaw.  Add the cooked brown rice and fried rice seasoning and soy sauce and mis together in pan.  If using shrimp add this now and heat thoroughly.  push rice mixture to one oside of pan and add scrambled egg into other side of pan.  scrample and when egg is set mix with the rice. 

Makes 1 or 2 servings.
1 serving 11 points plus
2 servings 6 points plus

Recipe - Pork Tenderloin Carnitas

 

	2 pound(s) uncooked pork tenderloin
	2 Tbsp minced garlic
	3 Tbsp canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
	1 small uncooked onion(s), chopped
	3 cup(s) fat free chicken broth
	1/2 cup(s) fresh lime juice Instructions Cut pork into large pieces and braise in skillet until all sides are browned.  Put braised pork in crock pot and add chicken broth to pan and stir up browning at bottom of skillet in the broth.  Add chopped onions, garlic, lime juice, chipotles and adobo sauce on top of pork in crock pot. pour broth over pork and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8-10 hours.  When done remove pork and pull with fork.  Put pulled pork into baking dish and bake at 350 for 30 mins. then stir and bake for another 20 minutes.  Repeat until desired crispness. Serves 10.  Each 3 oz Serving is 3 Points Plus