I managed to stay within my points, even though I wasn't feeling the best and was taking care of a sick 5 year old. We made it!
Dinner last night was an adaption of a recipe from VickisFoodies.com.
9 point plus value
2 chicken thighs - 4 point plus value
Medium sweet potato, quartered - 4 point plus value
1 small onion cut in half - 0 point plus value
2 tablespoons of French onion soup mix - 0 point plus value
Wrap all of the above ingredients in foil, sprinkle with French onion soup mix, and make a tightly sealed pouch. Bake in the oven on a cookie sheet at 375 degrees for about an hour, until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender.
Then I sauteed fresh green beans (shout out to my little helper for snapping the ends off of a pound of green beans!) in 2 TB of extra virgin olive oil and 4 freshly minced garlic cloves. After about 10 minutes of stirring occasionally, I added 1 cup of fat free, low sodium chicken stock and covered, letting them steam for another 15 minutes until tender. They turned out great! No need for butter or salt on these green beans. They had a ton of flavor.
A serving was:
2 cups of green beans - 0 point plus value
1/4 cup of fat free reduced sodium chicken stock - 0 points plus value
1 tsp of olive oil - 1 point value
YES! That is a bottle of wine in the background. For the last week I have been having trouble using all my points (I know, I know, you don't want to hear it!) so I've been having celery and peanut butter after dinner, or peanut butter banana smoothies or something similar to use up the rest of my points. Anywhere from 10 to 30 points I've had to use up! I need to start drinking some milk during the day or something. Anyway, last night I had 30 ppv left over at the end of the day (I get 54 per day!) and I used all 30 points on 3 generous glasses of wine after the little bestie went to bed :)
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