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I needed a little comfort food tonight and decided on pizza. Back to the Magical Mommy Binder I went and scrounged up an old recipe for pizza crust made with whole grain oat flour (great source of fiber, higher in protein, and lower in carbs than other grains). Add to that some fat-free tomato sauce…
Breakfasts really are the most important meal of the day. If Alexa and I don’t have a good breakfast — with a healthy protein — the rest of the day is iffy. No exaggeration! We prefer eggs for their rich B-complex vitamins (which help us focus) and eat quite a bit of them here. I’ve…
Sometimes I just want a cookie. But cookies are not on the Weight Watchers Simply Filling plan, unless I want to spend a few extra points. I like to reserve those for my nightly mini Coke (in a glass bottle, of course), and traditional cookies are a lot of points. Like 4 points per cookie….
Last night I tried enhancing my breakfast banana pancake recipe to create a sweet dessert treat … and succeeded! With a couple extra ingredients, you can make a healthful, low-cal dessert you can indulge in without any guilt: healthy crepes! I actually couldn’t finish the full plate, so this is something you could certainly share…
I love making my Pumpkin-Coca Chili, but it’s better with a little starchy something on the side. Crackers are out for me. But rummaging around my old Weight Watchers folder (from my pre-baby days) I discovered a recipe I’d saved for “CORE-n Bread.” The Weight Watchers Simply Filling plan evolved out of the CORE plan,…
This morning Alexa made pancakes completely on her own for the first time. I was overseeing casually, puttering around the kitchen, and decided pancakes sounded good, too. I’ve experimented with healthier pancakes made with cream of wheat and oatmeal pancakes in the past, but this morning I tried something new as we have plenty of…
