Meeting notes, recipes and Secrets of Thin People

Feed one's self with pleasures other then food!

Ice Cream-From meeting

2 cups frozen fruit
½ cup non fat cottage cheese
2-3 pkgs of zero calorie sweetner
2T milk

Blend until the consistency of ice cream.  2 smart points.



Chicken on Rice-From Nancy's newsletter 

6 servings @ 7 SmartPoints per serving  
1 can Healthy Request cream of mushroom soup
2 cups skim milk
3/4 cup uncooked brown rice
1/2 envelope dry onion soup mix
**optional 4-oz. can of mushroom pieces
30 ounces skinless, boneless uncooked chicken breast, cut into 6 pieces

Heat oven to 350°.  Blend soup and milk, reserve 1/2 cup of mixture.  Add rice; place on bottom of baking dish.  Place chicken on top, pour the reserved mixture over the top.  Bake for 1 hour or until chicken is done.

Easy Cheeseburger Pie-From Nancy's newsletter 

6 servings @ 5 SmartPoints per serving 
8 ounces cooked, 93% ground beef
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup reduced-fat, shredded cheddar cheese
3/4 cup HeartSmart Bisquick baking mix
3/4 cup skim milk
2 large eggs

Heat oven to 350°.  Grease 9” pie plate.  Sauté chopped onion until tender, add cooked ground beef, stir in salt.  Spread in pie plate; sprinkle with cheese.  Stir remaining ingredients until blended.  Pour into top.  Bake 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. 

Notes from www.realsimple.com "The Secrets of Thin People"

People who start out with a sizable soup or salad eat less for the rest of the meal.  It subtracts about 12% of the calories from the meal eaten.

Thin people watch portion sizes such as buying single serving worth of food.

People who keep weight off tend to eat 5 small meals day rather than 3 larger meals.

Thin people put themselves first.

Thin people have thin parents. 30% of being thin is genetics, the rest is environmental.

Thin people don't skip meals. Skipping meals tends to make one ravenous and less likely to control impulses to over eat.

Thin people limit their options.  The more types of foods we have available them more we tend to eat.

Colorado has the highest percentage of people with normal weight.

Thin people don't sit still.

Thin people weigh themselves regularly.

Thin people do not skip breakfast. If one skips meals they tend to make it up later.

Thin people enjoy food. They eat without reproach or guilt.

Thin people practice early intervention.  Thin people tend to limit the quantity or frequency of food when the numbers on the scale creep up.

Thin people do what works. Those that don't gain have com up with effective, specific and personal ways to keep their weight in check.

When good habits are integrated into your life, something shifts.  More than 90% of those who have mastered weight maintenance feel like they are not dieting, it has become a way of life.

Spaghetti with spaghetti squash noodles

My dinner was delicious! I love the spaghetti squash! I don't miss the pasta at all and I figured 29 points for the whole pan of spaghetti and 4 huge servings, 8 points each. There was 19oz of ground turkey and the whole jar of pasta sauce was 10 points. The onion, mushrooms and squash were ZERO. I sprinkled parmesan and some salt on top. 

I think next time I will try to cook out the water in the squash after I scrape it out.  I will throw it in the fry pan with some salt and pepper and maybe a little garlic. 

Recently purchased groceries and ideas for good eats

 

 I hesitated trying any chocolate flavored yogurt, I had this just minutes ago and it is really good.  2 points plus and it was on sale 90¢.

 This product was purchased at Aldi's, I don't have the price.  I have not tried the Priano brand sauces.  I am going to make spaghetti with spaghetti squash rather than pasta.  This product is 2 points per ½ cup and the jar is 6 servings.  That is pretty good point wise.  I will add some mushrooms to it.  I expect it to be very good.

 So I had a brilliant idea for a pounded chicken crust pizza.  Instead of using the grated mozzarella I would use this thin cut mozzarella on top.  It is 1 point per thin slice. The price per package was 3.49  A serving size is 3 slices but 1 point per slice for real cheese is great.

 I was thinking these would be great crumbled up as a crust for a pudding pie. 1 cracker is 2 points and 2 crackers are 3 points.  These were on sale for $2.50.

This was purchased at Aldi's and I don't have the price.  I also have not tried these preserves yet.  1 tablespoonful is 10 calories and 1 point.  2 tablespoonsful is 1 point also.  When you go up to 3 tablespoonsful then the points value increases to 2 points.

HyVee has a very good light whipped topping similar to Cool Whip but it is much cheaper.  This 8 ounce container was $1.38. 1 point per 2 tablespoonsful and increases to 2 points at 3 tablespoonsful. 

This Sugar Free Jello pudding is 2 points per container.  The 4 pack cost $2.28.  I am going to make a mini cream pie with ½ of a graham cracker, pudding and whip topping for 4 points.  Yum.

 

These wraps are 2 points each. They were $3.99 at HyVee.  I am thinking a wonderful pizza could be made with these.  I would toast it in the oven on my pizza stone and the load it with sauce and veggies and one of the slim slices of mozzarella!

I grabbed these thinking about banana pudding. I didn't realize they were reduced fat until I put them in my basket. The box was $3.98.  They are 3 points per 8 cookies, 2 points per 6 cookies and 2 cookies per point.  These also could be crushed up for a cream pie crust.

Another mad idea I had was crushed graham cracker crumbs on top of the pudding instead of a crust. 2.5 tablespoonsful is 2 points.  $3.19 a box.

 





Apple Angel Food Cake, 4 points of yumsters!

Absolutely delicious!  Easy to make and my only criticism would be the apples sink to the bottom.  My husband is tearing it up!

Apple Angel Food Cake

 
1 can of Sugar Free Apple Pie Filling
1 box of Pillsbury Angel Food Cake Mix

Preheat oven to 350°.  Spray the bottom of a 9½"x13" cake pan.  Mix the cake mix and the pie filling together and pour into the prepared pan.  Bake 20-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Slice into 12 equal pieces.  Each serving (1/12th) is 4 points.

Peach Cobbler

Peach Cobbler

1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist Yellow Cake mix
2-16 oz packages of frozen peaches
8 oz Diet 7 Up
Cinnamon

Spray the bottom of a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.  Preheat your oven to 350°.  Dump your peaches, still frozen, in the bottom of the pan.  Sprinkle cinnamon over the peaches.  Spread dry cake mix over that and then pour over the top the 7Up. There will be dry spots and that is okay.  Pop in your oven, I let my cook for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Cut into 12 servings.  3 points each.

This was absolutely delicious!  Orin destroyed it.  I will make it again.  Preparation is easy, baking time long but the results are yummy!  This is a Weight Watcher Girl recipe.

Asian Ground Turkey Stir-Fry

This was very good and I didn't have ground turkey so I cut up chicken breasts.  I thought about serving it with rice but didn't.  I bought the Green Giant Broccoli Slaw mix in a bag.  Next time I will add water chestnuts and mushrooms.  I enjoyed this recipe very much.  I will definitely make this again.  The recipe is from Slender Kitchen and you can follow the link to see the original recipe. 

Asian Ground Turkey Stir-Fry Servings: 4 Serving Size: about 1.5 cups Nutritional Info: 231 calories, 8.7g of fat, 9.8g of carbohydrates, 3.3g of fiber, 28.6g of protein Weight Watchers^® PointsPlus^®: 6 *

1 tbsp. olive oil

1 tbsp. sesame oil

2 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced

2 tbsp. ginger, minced

1 lb 99% lean ground turkey

16 oz. Asian vegetable mix

4 tbsp. low sodium soy sauce

2 tbsp. rice vinegar

 

Heat olive oil and sesame oil over medium high heat. Add the ground turkey, garlic, and ginger. Brown until turkey is fully cooked. Add the vegetables. Cook until vegetables are just tender, about 4-5 minutes. Add the soy sauce and rice vinegar. Cook for 1 minute. Taste and season with additional soy sauce if needed.

My cooking essentials

This is my must have list of panty item:

Splenda Brown Sugar/Splenda Mix
Spelda Baking Sugar/Splenda Mix
Unsweetened apple sauce individual containers
Pureed prunes (baby food)
Sea Salt
Kosher Salt
Red Salt
Minced Garlic
Light Soy Sauce

Brown and Brummel Yogurt Butter Spread
Almond Milk, unsweetened
Mexican Cheese, grated Weight Watcher brand
Greek Yogurt
HyVee Fat Free Cottage Cheese
Egg Beaters

HyVee Salad light dressings, French, 1000 Island
Hellman's Light Mayo

Frozen Vegetables

Smuckers Breakfast Syrup
Hershey's Light Chocolate Sauce
PB2
Honey

Cocoa powder
Oatmeal
Cream of Wheat
Sugar Free Jello mix
Wheat Flour
Rice
Pasta

Balsamic Vinegar
Distilled Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar
Ranch Dressing dry mix
Taco dry mix
Chili dry mix
Panko
Reduced Fat Bisquick

Fat Free Refried Beans
Water chestnuts, canned
Bean Spouts, canned
Diced tomatoes, canned
Black beans, canned
Kidney beans, canned
Garbanzo beans, canned
Mandarin Oranges, canned
Mushrooms, canned
Pure Pumpkin, canned
Pineapple, crushed, canned

Reduced Fat Cream of Mushroom Soup
Fat Free Chicken Broth