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Skinny Nacho’s

August 1, 2014 Nicole

Since I started watching what I was eating much closer than normal I have found that life can be anything but “normal”. I have started to come up with recipes that are similar to things I love but in a much healthier way. Lower fat, and calories, and Weight Watchers points for those who are counting.

I found this recipe to make me feel much closer to what I consider to be a normal snack in our home but now for me it’s no longer a snack but a meal! For those counting Weight Watchers PointsPlus this recipe is 6 points! How amazing do they look? That’s a huge plate for the calories!

Ingredients:

1/4 cup fat free refried beans
3 Mission extra thin tortillas
¼ cup fat free cheddar cheese
Cooking Spray
1/4 cup lettuce sliced
1/4 cup tomatoes diced

Directions:

Cut Extra Thin Tortillas into 4 slices each using a pizza cutter. You should have 12 tortilla slices.
Lightly spray each slice with cooking spray on the top and bottom. Place each slice on a baking sheet baking at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until brown turning half way through the baking process.
Remove from the oven and allow each tortilla chip to cool for 1-2 minutes.
Cover each tortilla in bean dip or fat free beans out of a can.
Then top the beans with cheese.
Return to the oven and bake until the cheese is melted.
Remove from the oven and top with lettuce and tomatos.

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Homemade Loaded Weight Watchers Friendly Pizza

July 31, 2014 Nicole

This pizza is amazing when you are just trying to feel normal while watching what you are eating. This pizza makes 8 slices, two slices per person, and if you are following Weight Watchers that is 4 points per slice.

So 8 points per person. I served the two slices of pizza with a large salad to make the meal more filling but not be so killer in points that it wasn’t do-able.

I have to admit I loved this idea! It was fantastic and easy and like I said before it made me feel a little normal again.

Obviously the points and calories will vary depending on the crust and topping you use to make your pizza.

Ingredients:

1 Mama Mary’s Thin and Crispy Pizza Crust
1 cup Spaghetti/pizza sauce
1 cup Fat free mozzarella cheese
2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese
24 Pepperoni slices
8 Black olives sliced
½ cup Sliced Bell pepper
½ cup Sliced Onion
½ cup Sliced Mushrooms

Directions:

Line a pizza pan with tin foil then spray with cooking spray
Cover entire crust with pizza sauce
Cover the pizza crust with pepperoni
Spread vegetables evenly over the crust
Top entire pizza with cheese
Bake according to pizza crust directions
Divide pizza into 8 slices.

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Wordless Wednesday: New Orleans Dragon Fly

July 30, 2014 Nicole

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Toasty Dogs

July 29, 2014 Nicole

When my husband was a kid the school would serve toasty dogs every once in a while for lunch. He would always buy his lunch on toasty dog day.

I needed to cut some calories off of my dinner so I decided to cut down on calories by using a piece of bread verses using a hot dog bun. My husband told me about toasty dogs so I thought I would give it a try. The bread I used was 60 calories a slice whereas a bun is at least 120 calories.

Ingredients:

6 slices Sandwich Bread
6 low fat hot dogs
3 cheese sticks
1 cups hot dog chili
Condiments

Directions:

Add any condiments to each slice of bread then put your hot dog in the middle of the bread along with half of a cheese stick cut long ways.
Fold your bread into a triangle.
Next bring your bread edges to a peak, then you use a toothpick to put the edges together. Place each toasty dog in a baking pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray and bake on 350 degrees until the cheese is melted.
Carefully remove from the pan.
Use chili and other condiments as a dipping sauce for your toasty dog. Delicious and much lower in calories!

Easy Peasy Toasty Dogs!

*the nutritional information below do not include condiments other than chili

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Fruity Cottage Cheese Cups

July 27, 2014 Nicole

I love fruit on the bottom cottage cheese. I think it’s fantastic but what I am not a huge fan of, besides the fact that it’s overpriced, but the fruit choices are very limited.

I starting thinking how silly it was to buy these little cups when I could just as easily make them myself. It’s fast simple and there is nothing added that you were not counting on like extra sugar or salt. I have become more aware of how much salt can be in a lot of processed food and it’s not pretty.

Here is a super simple recipe to make your own fruit filled cottage cheese cups.

Ingredients:

½ low fat cottage cheese 2% milk
½ black cherries (any fruit)
½ packet stevia (or more)

Directions:

Place all ingredients in a bowl
Smash your cherries down a bit to make sure that they release some of their juices.
Mix well and refrigerator for a half hour or eat right away. I have found that letting it sit for about will help the flavors meld and will help thicken the cottage cheese back up.

Weight Watchers PointsPlus 2 Points