Greek burger with mixed baby green and fruit salad

1/4 lb 80 % lean Organic ground beef (weighed before cooking) - 6 pp
Healthy Life whole wheat bun - 2 pp
1 TB tzatziki sauce from Trader Joe's - 0 pp (2 TB is 1 pp)
1/2 oz Organic feta cheese - 1 pp

2 cups mixed baby greens - 0 pp
1 cutie orange - 0 pp
1/2 green apple, sliced - 0 pp
2 TB Trader Joe's Champagne vinaigrette - 2 pp

Total: 11 points plus

Egg scramble with veggies, canadian bacon and feta cheese

Breakfast Today:

2 eggs, scrambled - 4 pp
3 slices canadian bacon - 2 pp
1/2 green pepper, chopped - 0 pp
1/4 red onion, thinly sliced - 0 pp
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes - 0 pp
1/4 cup mushrooms - 0 pp
Topped with 1 oz feta cheese - 2 pp

Banana - 0 pp
2 cuties - 0 pp

Total: 8 points plus

Egg on a bagel thin with avocado, feta and red onion

Today's Breakfast:

Thomas' Bagel Thin - 3 pp
1 egg - 2 pp
2.5 oz avocado, sliced - 3 pp
1 oz feta cheese - 2 pp
Thinly sliced red onion - 0 pp

1 green apple, sliced - 0 pp
1 cup cherry tomatoes - 0 pp

Coffee with 3 TB hazelnut liquid creamer and 1/4 c unsweetened almond milk - 2 pp

Total: 12 points plus (includes coffee)

Panko crusted tilapia, steamed broccoli, tri-color quinoa and toasted pitas

Panko crusted tilapia, 1 filet - 4 points plus
(3.5 oz tilapia filet, 1/3 c panko bread crumbs, Lawry's seafood seasoning, salt, pepper and 1 tsp of extra virgin olive oil)
1 cup steamed broccoli - 0 points plus
1 cup tri color quinoa, cooked with 1/2 c chicken broth and 1 tsp olive oil, topped with 1 oz fat free feta cheese - 6 points plus
1 pita, cut into triangles, sprayed with cooking spray and sprinkled with granulated garlic and italian seasoning (toasted at 450 for 6 minutes) - 3 points plus

Total: 13 points plus

Pita pizza with feta, canadian bacon and capers served with mixed greens salad

Tonights dinner:

Pita pizza:
1 medium pita - 3 points plus
2 1/2 TB tomato paste - 1 point plus
1 ounce fat free feta cheese - 1 point plus
1 TB capers - 0 points plus
Thinly sliced vidalia onion - 0 points plus
2 slices of canadian bacon - 1 point plus
1 spray of olive oil from WW sprayer - 1 point plus

Total for pizza: 7 points plus

Salad:
2 cups mixed baby greens - 0 points plus
1 cutie orange - 0 points plus
1/2 green apple, sliced thinly - 0 points plus
1 TB sunflower seeds - 1 point plus
2 TB Trader Joe's champagne vinaigrette - 2 points plus

Total for salad: 3 points plus

Total: 10 points plus

It's amazing what leftover roasted chicken thigh can become in a sandwich press...

Today's lunch:

2 slices of Healthy Life Italian bread - 2 points plus

1 ounce of feta cheese with Mediterranean herbs - 2 points plus

Thinly sliced onion and red bell pepper - 0 points plus

1/2 small avocado (42 grams) - 2 points plus

Thinly sliced boneless, skinless chicken thigh that was roasted (1.5 ounces) - 1 point plus

Assembled sandwich, sprayed press with olive oil cooking spray, cook until bread is crisp.

Served with 10 Tuscan Cheese Pretzel Crisps - 3 points plus

1/2 large grapefruit - 0 points plus

Total: 10 points plus

Mediterranean "Pizza" and Arugula Salad

Today's Lunch was a pita pizza with pepper arugula salad

Pizza:
1 medium pita - 3 points plus
1 TB organic tomato paste - 0 points plus
1 ounce of crumbled feta with Mediterranean herbs (Trader Joe's) - 2 points plus
1/4 cup baby spinach, torn - 0 points plus
1 spray from Weight Watcher's oil sprayer, extra virgin olive oil - 1 point plus
Total for pizza: 6 points plus

Salad:
2 cups organic arugula - 0 points plus
1/2 green apple, diced - 0 points plus
1/4 large cucumber, peeled and diced - 0 points plus
2 TB Trader Joe's Champagne Vinaigrette - 2 points plus
Seasoned with cracked black pepper and pink Himalayan sea salt
Total for salad: 2 points plus

I sliced the other 1/2 of the green apple on the side.

Total Points Plus: 8

Salad with sliced flank steak and feta cheese

An amazing 7 point salad full of deliciousness!

1 romaine heart, chopped - 0 points plus
1/4 tomato, sliced - 0 points plus
1/4 green pepper - 0 points plus
1/4 red pepper - 0 points plus
1/8 cup fresh dill, chopped - 0 points
3 TB vidalia onion - 0 points plus
1/2 small cucumber, sliced - 0 points plus
4 ounces lean flank steak, sliced thin - 3 points plus
1 ounce of feta - 2 points plus
3 TB Trader Joe's Light Champagne Vinaigrette - 2 points plus

Chicken Gyros, Sweet Potato Waffle Fries, French Green Beans

Let me start by saying this, I am a Trader Joe's fanatic.  They have interesting foods there, most are reasonably priced, you can find great stuff for all tastes and diets.  Today I bought some Tzatziki cucumber sauce to use on top of chicken "gyros" I made for dinner.  This sauce is amazing!  And it has 2 ppv for 4 tablespoons! I think I'm in love! :)

17 point plus dinner
2 medium white pitas from Trader Joe's - 6 points plus value
4 ounces of chicken breast, cut in strips and pan grilled with oregano, garlic, salt and pepper - 4 points plus value
1 ounce of full fat Feta cheese - 2 points plus value
4 tablespoons of Trader Joe's Tzatziki cucumber sauce - 2 points plus value
1 cup of french cut green beans, steamed and then sauteed with fresh onion, salt, pepper and garlic - 0 points plus value
1 cup of Alexia sweet potato waffle fries, baked - 3 points plus value

This was a great dinner. I am full and felt like I got more than enough yummy stuff to eat.

I still have 20 points plus left for today!  10 of that will be used for a big glass of red wine, the other 10.... probably something with peanut butter!

Bow tie pasta salad - 9 points!

Another variation on the bow tie pasta salad I normally make:

This time it was 9 points plus value

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces of bow tie pasta (weighed before cooking) - 5 points plus
• 1/2 ounce blue cheese crumbles - 1 point plus
• 1/2 ounce feta cheese crumbles - 1 point plus
• 1/2 ounce toasted sunflower seeds - 2 points plus
• 1 cup of organic arugula, torn into pieces - 0 points plus
• 1/4 of a red bell pepper, chopped - 0 points plus
• 3 portobella mushrooms, pan grilled with non stick olive oil spray, salt, pepper and garlic, chopped into small pieces - 0 points plus

Instructions:

Boil pasta until al dente.  Meanwhile grill portobella mushrooms in a pan sprayed with olive oil cooking spray, sprinkle mushrooms with sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper and garlic powder.  Grill for about 4 minutes then flip, grill another 2 to 3 minutes until soft. 

Chop mushrooms and bell pepper into pieces (try and keep them bite size, and close in size).  Remove pasta once cooked, and drain well.  Put pasta and arugula in a glass bowl and cover with plastic wrap until arugula is wilted slightly.  Add peppers, mushrooms, cheese and sunflower seeds.  Stir well and serve.  Makes 1 serving.

This made a whole plate of food for 9 points! So filling and tasted great.  That picture is a dinner plate to give you an idea of the serving.

I slept in today so I had lunch about Noon, and then a larger dinner at 6 pm to use up points.

I still have 11 points left after this awesome dinner!

Weight Watcher's Recipe from eTools:
Greek-Syle Cheesburgers

1 pound uncooked lean ground beef
1/2 tsp dried oregano, crushed
Salt and pepper
1 clove of garlic, mashed
1/2 cup minced uncooked onion
2 sprays of cooking spray
4 light hamburger rolls
5 tsp crumbled feta cheese
1 cup of fresh baby spinach leaves

Instructions:
In a medium bowl combine beef, oregano, salt and pepper to taste, garlic and onion. Gently form into four patties.

Coat a nonstick ridged grill pan with cooking spray, heat on medium/high heat for about 30 seconds.  Place burgers in pan, grill for 5 minutes.  Flip burgers and grill until cooked through to center, about 4 or 5 more minutes.

Place burgers on buns, top each with 1 1/4 tsp of cheese and some spinach.  Serve immediately.

Makes 4 servings at 8 ppv each.

I had 2 burgers for 16 ppv and 2 servings (about 2 cups) of Alexia sweet potato waffle fries (7 ppv) for a total of 23 points!

This is obviously a lot more points than I would normally consume in one meal, but I had 34 points left to use for the day, and this took care of 23 of them!

Make the point value even less by substituting ground turkey for all or half of the meat!