Dinner

Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe This easy chicken tortilla soup recipe is ready in about 30 minutes.  There is nothing better than a soup recipe that comes together mostly with pantry ingredients you already have in your pantry.  Fire roasted tomatoes, jarred salsa, pinto beans, hominy, corn and chicken broth do most of the heavy lifting. My trick is blending the fire roasted tomatoes, salsa...

Homemade Beef and Zucchini Meatballs These homemade Beef and Zucchini Meatballs are one of those recipes you’ll want to keep in your back pocket. They’re tender, flavorful, easy to make, and the zucchini helps keep them moist without making the meatballs taste like vegetables. We’re using 93/7 ground beef, so we added a little chopped pepperoni to bring in extra flavor and richness. The combination...

Meatball Couscous Salad This meatball couscous salad with an orange tahini dressing is going to be my new go to salad this summer.  At only 8 Weight Watchers points, 505 calories and a whopping 40 grams of protein, this will be a hit with your whole family and friends. Ingredients for Meatball Couscous Salad This ingredient list may seem long, but if you have a...

Tofu Masala I recently discovered Vegan Scratch Kitchen on Instagram, and I drool over most of his dishes.  When I saw that he made tofu masala it immediately went on the top of the list for things to make.  While this is 10 Weight Watchers points, each tofu serving is only 348 calories.  And I could do shots of this masala sauce! What did we...

Lazy Pork Wontons Half the battle of making wontons is figuring out how to wrap them.  These lazy pork wontons solve that problem.  This recipe serves one, so feel free to double or triple the recipe.  Each serving is only 4 Weight Watchers points and a whopping 30 grams of protein. Ingredients Needed ground pork – be sure to find pork that is 90/10 or...

Zero Point Chili When I first started my Weight Watchers journey, I was bound and determined to make the LOWEST Weight Watchers point recipes, like this zero point chili.  But what I sometimes sacrificed was flavor, texture and taste.  Remember when we used fat free everything and thought that was the answer to our weight loss problems? While I don’t subscribe to the lowest point...

Mini Chicken Parmesan Fun fact about me is that I would much rather have a mini version of something rather that a full size.  It could be pancakes, waffles, or this mini chicken parmesan.  This whole plate is only 8 Weight Watchers points! Hannah showed me a trick where you slice chicken, then put the cut side on the cutting board and then press.  That...

Thanksgiving Dinner for Under $30 I am always up for a budget challenge, so when Metro Market asked if I could do a thanksgiving dinner for under $30, I said “challenge accepted!” Happliy, I pulled off a full Thanksgiving dinner for under $30 this year, and it all came down to a few simple swaps that made a big impact. Instead of splurging on a...

Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese (High Protein) One of the questions I get asked often is “how do you get so much protein in a day?”  Recipes like this buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese (high protein)!  One serving is 12 Weight Watchers points, 519 calories and a whopping 48 grams of protein. Ingredients: macaroni (I like using large elbow macaroni)  whipped butter flour lowfat milk...

The Best Shrimp Taco Recipe These are hands down the best shrimp taco recipe I’ve ever made.  I follow Tony and Maribel on Instagram, and the other day they posted this recipe and I immediately knew I wanted to make it.  These shrimp tacos are the perfect example that Weight Watchers food doesn’t have to be boring.  They delicious, satisfying, and full of flavor without...