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These jumbo blueberry lemon muffins are the bakery style muffins you crave, with less calories and WW points! Have you ever had Casey’s gas station blueberry muffins?  So delicious!  I found out after the fact that just one (and it wasn’t even that jumbo!) was 26 WW points and 600 calories. Below are two recipes, nearly identical.  However the baking time was different for each...

I know it can’t just be me that can never make a single serving of pasta.  These three leftover pasta recipes will come in handy when you make too much! Cooking starches ahead of time reduces glucose spike Did you know if you cook starches ahead of time, such as pasta, potatoes and rice, even if you reheat them, they can reduce the glucose spike...

Turkey meatballs get a bad wrap.  But in this quick post, I’ll show you how to meal prep turkey meatballs to use throughout the week. The secret to delicious turkey meatballs Because ground turkey breast does not have much flavor, you need to add a bit of fat to make them not only flavorful, but juicy.  I’ve used diced turkey pepperoni before, but in this...

Golden Mushroom Beef Stew This golden mushroom beef stew is the best beef stew I’ve made to date. The secret ingredient?  Campbell’s Golden Mushroom Soup. I must have been living under a rock, because in my 55 years on this earth, I’ve never heard of it until a couple weeks ago. According to the Campbell’s website: Campbell’s® Condensed Golden Mushroom Soup is a flavorful combination...

Cinnamon Crumb Cake Have you ever had a slice of Panera’s cinnamon crumb cake?! So good! But a slice of that is 24 Weight Watchers points, and basically a whole day of points for me. When I think back to the way I used to eat, it was no wonder why I got so big.  I would eat a big banana muffin on the train...

These blueberry tarts are the perfect balance of sweet and savory. If you are new around here, in December 2017 I wrote a recipe for Skinny Pizza Dough.  At the time, the WW plan changed and non-fat yogurt was zero points. Sadly, not sure who started the 2 ingredient dough, but the premise was that if you mixed equal parts self-rising flour and non-fat Greek...

Pumpkin Protein Pancakes This is a bold statement, but these are one of the best pancake recipes I’ve made – Pumpkin Protein Pancakes! People comment to me from time to time telling me what I can and cannot eat being diabetic. And it drives me nuts. I follow a woman on Instagram who is a Type 1 Diabetic coach for newly diagnosed and for parents...

Top 10 Potato Recipes! Below is my Top 10 Potato Recipes!  The Idaho Potato Commission and the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) have announced a multi-year partnership making fresh Idaho® potatoes the first vegetable to participate in the ADA’s esteemed Better Choices for Life program. The purpose of the partnership is to help educate tens of millions of Americans on ways they can add Idaho potatoes to...

Are you looking for a quick chili recipe?  Look no further!  This recipe is only 3 Weight Watchers points too. Grocery shopping is one of my favorite things to do.  It used to drive my late husband nuts because he would complain “why do we have to go down every aisle?!” My answer was always “because you never know what you will find! Yesterday I...

Macaroni and Cheese and I have had a love affair for many many years.  This simple macaroni cheese is full proof! What kind of cheese is used for macaroni and cheese? Weight Watcher peeps – why does cheese have to be so many WW points?  I’ve been watching TikTok’s of macaroni and cheese recipes that use upwards of FOUR POUNDS of cheese. For this recipe,...