Thursday, May 25, 2006

Layred Tortillas Bake
I got this recipe from a ww community blog and modified it a lil bit. It's yummy no matter what though.
Ingredients:
1 pound very lean ground beef (I replaced it with 2 quorn naked cutlets 2-3 points total)
1 can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed (you can use pintos as well)
1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes
1 can 4 (oz) chopped green chilis (if you don't like the spice, leave these out or use a 1 oz)
i/2- 3/4 pkg taco seasoning
p kg corn tortillas (12, 6 inch tortillas)
1 cup (4 0z) shredded low fat cheddar cheese (i used 1/2 c smar balance cheddar and 1/2 cup ff cheddar)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown ground beef in large nonstick skillet; drain well. Mix in beans, tomatoes, chiles and taco seasoning mix. Reduce heat; si,,er 5 min. Spray 9 x 13" baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Cut tortillas in half; place half them in bottom of baking dish, overlapping. Spoon half of beef mixture evenly over tortillas. Cover with remaining tortillas and then remaining beef mixture. Top with cheese. Cover, bake 25 min.
Makes 8 servings and each is 5.5 points, but with my modifications, more like 4.5-5 a piece.
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Friday, May 19, 2006

Asian Tempeh with Carrots and Rice
I know not everyone is a fan of tempeh, but it's yummy and nutty and healthy. The tempeh I use consists of water, soy beans, and brown rice and forms a rectangular patty. I used Lightlife Tempeh soy found in the produce section of my local Kroger.
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Cut the thichness of the tempeh in half then into bite-size pieces.
Marinate for 1-24 hours *the longer the better* in:
3 tbsp. low sodium soy sauce
1 tbsp light maple syrup
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp water
1/2 tsp. chinese 5 spice seasoning
1/2 tsp sesame oil
Spray Skillet with FF Vegetable spray and put in 1/2 onion and a couple chopped carrots
Brown for about 2 minutes
Add marinated tempeh with sauces
brown for about 10 minutes and add 5-6 tbsp. of light soy sauce and veg. spray as needed
Serve with 1 cup asian rice (I use botan found at Fiesta)
Makes 4 hearty servings fo stir fry
1 serving with 1 cup of rice is 6.5 points!
http://www.lightlife.com/original.html

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Camille and Carrie's 7 point "Pitninis"
When Carrie isn't busy grabbing her boobs Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting she's making awesome sandwhiches, or as she says "sammiches". Her dream is to open a sammich shop someday and she's been doing a sammich tour blog. So we teamed up last night on our weight watchers Tuesday.
We used white pitas (est. 4 points each)
spread some hummus inside (est. 1 point)
sliced cherry tomatoes
quorn (fake chick breast) cooked in italian dressing, veg broth, dill, salt/pepper/ceyenne (1 pt)
fat free shredded cheddar (1 point)
alfalfa sprouts
put em on the george foremon to get em melty
Some of Carries pickle juice got on mine and made it yummy
We estimated 7 points, wheat pita might have been lower but there were not available
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Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Carrie's is fat
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Top of the Muffin to you!
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I have been craving blueberry muffins forever now and found a mix for 2 point muffins. Krusteaz has a Fat Free Wild Blueberry Muffin mix with, get this, REAL BLUEBERRIES! Pretty Amazing! I wrote to Continental Mills and they provided me with the nutritional info, but I can't seem to copy and paste it. I can forward it via e-mail if anyone wants it. Enjoy!
http://krusteaz.com/brands/krusteaz/Muffin__Crumb_Cake_Mixes/fat_free_wild_blueberry_muffin_mix/

Monday, May 08, 2006

Wish-ya-had-it

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Wishbone has come out with spray-on salad dressing in 3 vinaigrette flavors that are only 1 calorie a spray. The serving size is 10 sprays, but I calculated 20 sprays and still only came up with half a point!
http://www.wish-bone.com/dressing.asp?kind=ss&dressing=ss_balsa
Hi everyone,
I've started this blog to post weight watcher-friendly recipes for those who don't have access to the site and to post ones that I have created or modified. I will try to photograph each item to give you an idea of how it turns out and will calculate the points to the best of my ability. I would also like to have "guest chef's" post their own recipes since I know many good cooks. Today is an appropriate day to start this since I heard it was "anti-diet" day in Europe. Some group that believes if you overcome the mental want for food at certain times, there is no need for a diet. I would just like to promote healthy eating and yummy alternatives to many high cal high fat recipes. I'll also post tips on new ww friendly products and hopefully where they can be found. Enjoy!
XOXO
Camille