Recipes With Points
I started back on this journey 81 days ago and have lost 14 pounds so far.
I’ve joined several Weight Watchers Facebook groups for support and recipe ideas. Some of the groups I’ve had to leave for different reasons. Some are just full of SPAM and others are full of mean people. I have no room or energy for any of that this time around so I’m engaging with the positivity and leaving the rest behind. I have found some great support, lovely people, tips, suggestions and recipes too. I’m saving all of these here for ease of use and quick reference.
My Favorite Snack!
Ingredients
1/4 cup popcorn kernels
Brown paper lunch bag
Butter Spray
Assorted seasonings or salt.
Instructions
Add kernels to brown bag and fold over a couple of times.
Microwave for 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 (listen for popping and stop when the pops are 2 seconds in between).
Carefully dump in bowl, spray with butter spray and season as desired. Makes 4 (2 cup) servings.
Recipe Notes:
This is hands down the BEST spray I have found. I have to hide it from my kids because they will spray the whole can. It’s zero calories and zero points per serving.
3 Point Tortilla Chips!
Ingredients
3 Mission Corn Tortillas EXTRA THIN VARIETY
PAM cooking spray avocado oil
Seasonings or Salt
Instructions
Cut tortillas into triangles.
Spray cut tortillas with PAM cooking spray avocado oil .
Put tortillas in an air fryer at 380 degrees for 5 min and sprinkle with a little bit of your favorite seasoning. I usually do a quick grind of Himalayan pink salt.
Recipe Notes:
Keep a close eye on them because they go from perfect to burnt in a matter of seconds. These are Great for Nachos. Salsa is also zero point food!
Zero Point Tex-Mex Queso Dip!
Ingredients
1¼ cup(s) Fat free cottage cheese
1½ Tbsp Taco seasoning mix
4 oz Canned diced green chilies
Instructions
- In a food processor, puree the cottage cheese and taco seasoning until completely smooth, about 1 ½ minutes, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed. Add the green chiles and pulse to combine.
- Serving size: about ¼ cup
1 Point Fruit and Nut Oat Chip Cookies!
Ingredients
2 very ripe bananas
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pinch Kosher Salt
1 Tablespoon mini chocolate chips
1/8 cup chopped walnuts
1/8 cup chopped raisins
1 cup old fashioned uncooked rolled oats
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees, line a sheet pan with parchment (or I use a silicone baking mat).
In a medium bowl, mash bananas. Add oats, cinnamon and salt. Mix well. Fold in nuts, raisins, and mini chips.
Scoop 1 Tablespoon of dough onto prepared and repeat to make 14 cookies (leave an inch between cookies). Bake until firm. Roughly 12-13 minutes.
*Recipe Notes: Bake a minute or two less for a softer cookie. You can freeze or I store mine in an air tight container for grab and go snacks or a quick easy breakfast.
Dip
Tastefully Simple Spinach Herb Dip
1 POINT
1/2 cup non-fat plain Greek Yogurt
1/2 cup Light Mayonnaise
1 Tablespoon Tastefully Simple Spinach Herb Seasoning
(11 points for the light mayo, divided into 8 servings. 1 point per serving.)
Snacks
Ants on a Log
2 POINTS
3 stalks Celery
PB2
(mix 2 TBS PB2 with 1 1/2 TBS water)
1 Tablespoon raisins
*cut stalks into sticks, spread (or dip into PB2) Add raising on top.
Poultry
Skillet Chicken
ZERO POINTS
Boneless, skinless Chicken breast or tenders.
PAM butter Flavored Spray.
Dan ‘O Seasoning
BBQ Rub
*Spray and heat up skillet. Sprinkle seasonings on both sides of chicken. Add chicken to skillet and flip to cook evenly.
Seafood
Creole Shrimp
ZERO POINTS
Shrimp
PAM Butter Spray
Creole Seasoning
*Spray and heat up skillet. Sprinkle seasonings on both sides of shrimp. Add chicken to skillet and flip to cook evenly.
Deserts
Pudding Cheesecake Cup
Salads
Egg Salad
4 hard boiled eggs
1 Tablespoon Light Mayonnaise
Sweet Pickle (or dill if you prefer)
small onion
* Makes 5 servings, 1 pt per serving
Daily Plan With Points
Baby steps… I have a loooooong way to go but I’m getting there.
I didn’t put this weight on overnight so I know it’s not going to come off overnight either (no matter how hard I wish).
I get 23 points per day with 23 additional weekly points to use at my discretion. I’m attempting to use no more that 5 points per meal and 5 points per snack which allows me a 3 point excess to use as an additional snack or a larger point meal.
BreaKfast 5 Points
2 Eggs, Veggie Sausage, Toast & Fruit (5 pts)
2 Eggs (made with PAM), Sarah Lee Delightful 45 calorie bread, 1Tablespoon Brummel and Brown spread, cup fresh fruit.
Kodiac Pancakes & fruit (5 pts)
1/4 cup Kodiac Protein mix made as directed, (made with PAM), cup fresh fruit.
Fruit and yogurt parfait (4 PTs)
Dannon Light & Fit Toasted Coconut Vanilla yogurt, 1 medium banana, 1/2 cup blue berries, 1/2 cup strawberries, 1/8 cup Member’s Mark Honey Almond Granola
Lunch 5 Points
Egg Salad Sandwich (3 Pts)
Egg Salad on Sarah Lee Delightful 45 Calorie Bread, apple slices and grapes.
Grilled Cheese & Soup (5 pts)
Sarah Lee Delightful 45 calorie bread, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spray, Kraft Single Slice Cheese, 1 cup Progresso Vegetable Classics Garden Vegetable Soup
Dinner 5 Points
Cajun Shrimp Salad (zero pts)
made with Skinny Girl dressing.
Skillet Chicken wrap (4 points)
Mission Carb Smart wrap, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, Laughing Cow Cheese
Hearts of Palm with Marinara (2 pts)
Prego Marinara 1/2 cup, salad
Snacks 5 Points
PB2 ants on a log
(2 pts)
Fudgsicle no sugar added (1 pt)
Fruit & nut oat chip cookies (1 pt)
chips & salsa or queso (3 pts)
LAUGHING COW CHEESE WEDGE (2 PTS)
28 SNYDERS HANOVER PRETZEL STICKS (3 PTS)
17 BLUE DIAMOND ALMOND NUT THINS (4 PTS)
1/2 PIRATES BOOTY (5 PTS)
The Weight Watchers Program Zero Point foods list
Beans, Peas & Lentils
- Adzuki bean
- Alfalfa sprouts
- Bean sprouts
- Black beans
- Black-eyed peas
- Cannellini beans
- Chickpeas
- Edamame
- Fava beans
- Great northern beans
- Green peas
- Kidney beans
- Lentils
- Lima beans
- Lupini beans
- Navy beans
- Peas
- Pinto beans
- Refried beans, fat-free
- Canned Soybeans
- Split peas
Chicken & Turkey Breast
- Chicken breast, skinless
- Ground chicken breast
- Ground turkey, 98% fat-free
- Ground turkey breast
- Turkey breast, skinless
Corn & Popcorn*
- Corn, canned
- Corn, fresh (sweet, white, or yellow)
- Corn on the cob
- Popcorn, air-popped without oil, butter, or sugar
- Hominy Popcorn with salt and/or spice, air-popped without oil, butter, or sugar
- Popping corn (for popping at home)
Eggs
- Eggs
- Egg whites
- Egg yolks
- Eggs, hard-boiled or soft-boiled
- Eggs, scrambled, made without fat
- Liquid egg substitute, made from egg whites
Fish & Shellfish
- Abalone
- Alaskan king crab
- Anchovies, canned in water
- Arctic char
- Bluefish
- Branzino
- Butterfish
- Carp
- Catfish
- Caviar
- Clams
- Cod
- Crabmeat, lump
- Crayfish
- Cuttlefish
- Eel
- Fish roe
- Flounder
- Grouper
- Haddock
- Halibut
- Herring
- Lobster
- Mackerel
- Mackerel, canned in water
- Mahi-mahi
- Monkfish
- Mussels
- Octopus
- Orange roughy
- Oysters
- Perch
- Pike
- Pollock
- Pompano
- Salmon
- Sardines, canned in water or sauce
- Sashimi
- Scallops
- Sea bass
- Sea cucumber
- Sea urchin
- Shrimp
- Smelt
- Smoked fish (haddock, salmon, sturgeon, trout, and whitefish)
- Snails
- Snapper
- Sole
- Squid
- Steelhead trout
- Striped bass
- Sturgeon
- Swordfish
- Tilapia
- TroutTuna
- Tuna, canned in water
- Turbot
- Wahoo
- Whitefish
Fruits*
- Apples
- Applesauce, unsweetened
- Apricots, fresh
- Bananas
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Cantaloupes
- Cherries
- Clementines
- Cranberries, fresh
- Dragon fruit
- Figs, fresh
- Frozen mixed berries, unsweetened
- Fruit, canned in water with or without artificial sweeteners
- Fruit cocktail, unsweetened
- Fruit salad, unsweetened
- Grapefruit
- Grapes
- Guavas
- Honeydew melons
- Jackfruit
- Kiwis
- Kumquats
- Lemons
- Limes
- Mangoes
- Meyer lemons
- Nectarines
- Oranges
- Papayas
- Peaches
- Pears
- Persimmons
- Pineapples
- Plums
- Pomegranates
- Pomelos
- Raspberries
- Star fruit
- Strawberries
Non-Starchy Veggies
- Artichoke hearts, without oil
- Arugula
- Asparagus
- Baby corn
- Bamboo shoots
- Beet greens
- Beets
- Bell peppers
- Bok choy
- Broccoli
- Broccoli rabe
- Broccoli slaw
- Brussels sprouts
- Butter lettuce (Bibb or Boston)
- Butternut squash
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Cauliflower rice
- Celery
- Chiles
- Coleslaw mix
- Collard greens
- Cucumbers
- Delicata squash
- Eggplants
- Endive
- Escarole
- Fennel
- Frozen stir-fry vegetables, without sauce
- Frozen vegetable mixes
- Green beans
- Green leaf lettuce
- Hearts of palm
- Iceberg lettuce
- Jalapeño peppers
- Jicama
- Kale
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Mixed greens
- Mushrooms
- Mustard greens
- Napa cabbage
- Nori (dried seaweed)
- Oak leaf lettuce
- Okra
- Onions
- Pea shoots
- Pickles, unsweetened
- Pico de gallo
- Pimientos, canned
- Pumpkin
- Pumpkin purée
- Radishes
- Red leaf lettuce
- Romaine lettuce
- Rutabaga
- Salsa,
fat-free - Sauerkraut
- Scallions
- Shallots
- Snow peas
- Spaghetti squash
- Spinach
- Summer squash
- Sugar snap peas
- Swiss chard
- Tomatillos
- Tomato purée, canned
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
- Water chestnuts
- Wax beans
- Zucchini
| Yogurt & Cottage Cheese* | |
|---|---|
| Almond yogurt, plain Cottage cheese, plain nonfat Greek yogurt, plain nonfat | Quark, plain, up to 1% fat Soy yogurt, plain Yogurt, plain nonfat |
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