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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Egg and red bell pepper panini for breakfast

2 slices of Healthy Life light Italian bread - 2 points plus
1 wedge of Laughing Cow light mozzarella cheese with sundried tomato and basil - 1 point plus
2 eggs - 4 points plus
1/4 red bell pepper, sliced - 0 points plus
1 TB slivered onion - 0 points plus

Spray panini press with olive oil cooking spray, grill until bread is brown and crispy.

Sliced 1/2 green apple.


Total: 7 points plus

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

9 point plus breakfast - Egg scramble with low fat sharp cheddar cheese and broccoli

2 eggs, 1 cup of broccoli, 1 ounce of 2% milk sharp cheddar, 1 TB cooked onion - 6 points plus value
2 slices of Healthy Life Italian bread, toasted - 2 points plus
1 TB I can't believe it's not butter light with olive oil spread - 1 point plus
1/2 large grapefruit - 0 points plus


Total: 9 points plus

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Still eating the mini quiches, still loving them!

Today's breakfast is 5 points plus

2 mini quiches (see recipe earlier this week) - 3 point plus value
2 small corn tortillas - 2 point plus value
1/4 cup fat free salsa - 0 point plus value
1 TB Oikos 0% fat Greek yogurt - 0 point plus value
1 medium pear - 0 point plus value


I almost ran out of the house without eating, I have errands to run.  But then I thought about it, being hungry is dangerous, more likely to stop somewhere I shouldn't.  Had a quick breakfast, now ready to go!

Monday, January 30, 2012

Breakfast Quiche

Today I made a revised version of the Weight Watcher's recipe for breakfast quiche.

They are 3 points plus for 2!

1 serving is 2 quiche, recipe makes 6 servings

I used:
1/2 green pepper
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 can of mushrooms, chopped
1 medium green onion, thinly sliced
12 grape tomatoes, halved
6 eggs, beaten (11 ppv)
1 TB dried parsley
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/2 cup 2% milk reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese to top (5 ppv)


Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 12 cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Cut bell peppers, mushrooms and green onion into small pieces.  Halve all the grape tomatoes.  In a large measuring cup beat 6 eggs.  Add parsley, red pepper flake and salt and pepper and combine well.

Pour equal amounts into each muffin cup of the egg mixture.  Add vegetables to egg mixtures in the muffin pan.  Top each muffin cup with an equal amount of reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese.

Bake for 7-10 minutes until eggs are set.

I topped mine with 1/4 cup of fat free salsa and 1 TB of plain nonfat Greek yogurt.

These make a great easy breakfast that you can eat all week.  Switch it up and add spinach, garlic, broccoli or whatever other vegetables you have on hand.  You could even add turkey sausage or crisp bacon, but you would have to reconfigure points.


I had my quiche with 1 slice of Aunt Millie's Light Potato Bread (1 ppv) topped with 5 sprays of I can't believe it's not butter with olive oil (0) and half of a large grapefruit.

4 point breakfast

Friday, January 20, 2012

Weighed in last night...

Lost another 4 pounds! That makes 10.8 pounds in two weeks! Woohoo!

Breakfast this morning was 9 ppv
1 bagel thin - 3 ppv
2 eggs - 4 ppv
1 slice of american cheese - 2 ppv
1/2 large grapefruit - 0 ppv


I think my daughter finally shared her cold with me.  So something quick and easy (with lots of vitamin c!) was what I needed for breakfast!

For dinner my boyfriend is making the Turkey Chili Verde recipe off Weight Watchers eTools.  It makes 6 servings and is 6 ppv per serving.  We haven't eaten yet, but it looks yummy!

I wanted to make cornbread to go with the chili, but the recipe on the back of the cornmeal called for 1/4 cup of butter, which in this house would have to be 1/4 cup of dairy/soy free shortening, and that's something in the range of 30 ppv! No way!  So I made some substitutions and was able to get it down to 4 ppv per muffin.

Cornbread Muffins
1 1/4 c corn meal
1/4 c unsweetened apple sauce
1 c cake flour
1 TB baking powder
1/4 c of sugar
1/2 tsp of salt
1 c of unsweetened rice milk
1 egg
2 TB canola oil

Bake at 400 deg for 16-20 minutes in paper lined muffin tin!


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A low point plus value hearty breakfast.

It's amazing what vegetables become when you add a little salt and pepper and cook them slowly in a pan.  My breakfast this morning was simple, and amazing.

1/2 red bell pepper sliced (0 ppv)
1/2 green bell pepper sliced (0 ppv)
1/2 small onion sliced thinly (0 ppv)
5 sprays of olive oil cooking spray (0 ppv)
2 large portabella mushrooms (0 ppv)
2 large eggs, over easy (4 ppv)
Salsa verde, 4 TB (0 ppv)

I sauteed the peppers and onion with 3 sprays of olive oil cooking spray, salt and pepper. Once they were cooked I removed them from the pan and added 2 large portabella mushrooms, stems removed and sprayed them with the remaining 2 sprays of olive oil cooking spray, salt and pepper.  Cook for about 4 minutes on each side then top the pepper and onion mixture.  Add two over easy eggs and top with salsa verde.

4 points!

Friday, January 13, 2012

A lighter version of Wednesday's breakfast...

Having a Thomas' bagel thin instead of a large bagel saved 6 points! It dropped the bagel from 9 points to 3 points.

Add in 2 points for 2 tablespoons of 1/3 less fat Philadelphia Chive and Onion cream cheese, 1 point for 6 slices of Oscar Mayer 98% fat free mesquite turkey breast, sliced roma tomatoes for 0 points and I had a filling 6 point breakfast, including 1/2 of a large grapefruit.


I am making a trip out to the Whole Foods in Naperville today to get Makayla more of her dairy/soy free butter, yogurt and cheese.  Wish they would build one closer, but then I would really be in trouble.  Love their selection, but better quality ingredients also come with higher prices!

Drive carefully everyone!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Breakfast of Champions? Maybe not, but it got me through 2 stores worth of grocery shopping!

This morning I woke up HUNGRY, which is not usually the case, so I opted for a larger breakfast and a lighter lunch.

13 point breakfast:
Bagel - 9 points
1/3 less fat chive and onion cream cheese (4 TB) - 3 points
Oscar Mayer mesquite roasted turkey breast - 1 point
Sliced roma tomato with salt and pepper - 0 points

It was filling, yummy and quick!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

This morning an amazing thing happened!

We have been doing a token system with Makayla to encourage her to do chores and things for herself (Thank you Melissa and Doug for making a great one!), so while she was dressing herself in her bedroom I made us both breakfast.  Normally I don't have time to eat before she goes to school because I am running around like crazy getting her ready, but with some incentive she has been able to do a lot more for herself!

Anyways I made myself 1/2 c. of quick oats prepared with water, 1 packet of Stevia in the Raw, and 1/2 c. of frozen blueberries for 4 points total.  Makayla had Organic Honey Nut Cheerios with Rice Milk.

As I said I don't normally eat before she goes to school with her, but I was able to this morning and we sat at the kitchen table together and ate and talked, it was so nice!  Even nicer was not hearing Spongebob turned on immediately after she woke up.  In fact, she never turned the TV on at all.

Changing your menu not only helps you lose weight, it can change the way you handle food all together.