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Low Calorie Peanut Butter Cup Shake!

August 2, 2014 Nicole

This recipe is ridiculously delicious! How is it possible to have something so good with so few calories or Weight Watchers Points? This is the kind of dessert you need to keep you going when you are having one of those days where you just need something sweet but you don’t want to go too crazy and go over in calories or in points.

I love this recipe not only was is super delicious but super filling at the same time. I like recipes that serve multiple purposes and this one certainly does that!

Ingredients:

2 tbsp. Jell-O sugar free dry chocolate pudding
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
2 tbsp. PB2
4 tbsp. fat free cool whip
6-8 ice cubes

Directions:

Place all Items in the blender and blend.
If you desire top with extra cool whip or chocolate shavings.

3 Weight Watchers PointsPlus…. So delicious and very filling

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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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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