Entries from What I Really Think tagged with 'Weight Watchers'
Apple Braised Chicken
I like apples. I like chicken, so as I perused Weight Watchers recipes, looking for a simple but good weeknight dish, this seemed like a no brainer. I decided to make it last night because my Mom was staying with...
Peanut Butter Cup Blondies
I think the title should say it all. But if you need more convincing here's the picture! These were quite good and came together easily enough. The batter was very thick though which made distributing the chocolate chips at the...
Creamy, Light Macaroni and Cheese
I know, when you think of creamy, delicious macaroni and cheese, the first thing you reach for in the refrigerator is your ... butternut squash? No, well, maybe you should. We saw this recipe on the cover of September's issue...
Banana Snack Cake
Yesterday was the first day of school for my youngest, it was pouring and I had some over-ripe bananas sitting on my counter. I don't know what that adds up to for you but for me that means baking. But...
Lobster Rolls & Korean Cucumber Salad
I've been hankering for a long weekend in Boston this summer but we just can't seem to work out the dates. So instead, I decided to make one of our favorite Boston treats, lobster rolls, for dinner at home (and...
Spicy Chipotle Shrimp Salad
Batting 1000 this week. Last night I made this Cooking Light recipe and we all (sans Sammi, who is away and doesn't eat anything anyway), loved it. I sprinkled my shrimp with Chipotle Chili Pepper instead of ground black pepper...
Pasta with Sausage and Swiss Chard
This is my own creation. Although, really it's based on the broccoli raab and sausage dish you see in lots of places. I make that too but we've had an abundance of Swiss Chard from our CSA this year, so...
Classic Chicken Noodle Soup
Yes, I promised recipes and here's another (from March again). It's in the Weight Watchers Slow Cook It book and it's pretty darn good (and easy). Classic Chicken Noodle Soup 2 (1/2 pound) bone in chicken breasts, skinned 1 onion,...
Coconut Shrimp with Fiery Mango Sauce
I'm cleaning out stuff from my inbox (which contains lots of photos for restaurants and recipes I've tried) and you all are going to be the "beneficiaries" over the next few days (at least until I start to blog from...
Cucumber-Buttermilk Vichyssoise
Having a glut of cucumbers from our garden ... did I tell you the cucumber story? No? Okay, I'll digress for a moment. Every year we plant a small garden, mostly herbs, some grape tomatoes, and a zucchini or cucumber...
Sunday Slow Sides: Tomatoes
Still in my quest to get caught up with our Sunday Slow Sides, I made Week Five's selection, Tomatoes, with the recipe supplied by Nancy of A Wine Lover's Wanderings. Really, Nancy gave us a description more than a...
Sunday Slow Scoopers - Milk Chocolate Ice Cream
I think it was two years ago (right, not last summer?) that the Sunday Slow Cooks decided to make their way through Dave Lebovitz's book, The Perfect Scoop. Since then I've spent some time making other recipes of his,...
Quick Barbecue Chicken
While Chris is away during the week, Becky was in Israel and Sammi down at the shore, I was cooking for only me. Doing that, I would just poke around the freezer each afternoon to see what left over meat...
Sunday Slow Sides - Week 2 Avocados
A few weeks ago we started doing a Sunday Slow Sides cooking group, focusing on ingredients from the summer's bounty. I've actually been making most of the recipes, just not posting. So I'll be catching up over the next few...
Honey Corn Bread
Because there's been some interest, I'm sharing my recipe for Corn Bread. Sorry no pictures - it's really my go to version (and yes, it's sweet which may upset some of my southern friends). 1C flour 1C yellow cornmeal 2T...
Meatballs and Spaghetti
I have lots of recipes for meatballs and spaghetti. And of course, there's the stand by method that my mother taught me 20 years ago (remind me to tell you the story of my first pot of sauce/gravy). Anyway, I...
Tuna Noodle Casserole
I'm a sucker for tuna casserole. Yes, I know, not your most highbrow food, but I love it. Mom used to make it with left over Kraft deluxe mac and cheese (had to be deluxe not the powdered crap -...
Baja Fish Tacos
We'd never eaten fish tacos in all our years though we've heard our California friends rave about them over and over. Then in Hawaii last June, while staying at the Kanapali Hyatt we finally ordered them at their pool side...
Nutella Hamentashen
I've offloaded a bunch of photos from my iPhone and found a bunch of entries I'd been meaning to do. This is the first. Purim was last weekend (not yesterday weekend but a week ago weekend) but if you're reading...
Valentine's Dinner
We celebrated our Valentine's dinner an evening early as Chris works tomorrow (though the girls are off from school). We were quite lazy, watching the Olympics (interspersed with House on Bravo) so it was a good thing this meal came...
Sunday Slow Suppers: Cashew Chicken
This week Candi of Candi's Corner: Wanderlust and Passions suggested our recipe for this week. She based this stir fry on a recipe she first learned during a cooking class in Chiang Mai Thailand (though she chose to add more...
BBQ Pulled Pork
Okay, I know you're expecting Sunday Slow Suppers but I didn't get a chance to do it yesterday (feeling under the weather), so I'm going to make it tomorrow. In the meantime, I got this recipe from Sheri of As...
Monkey Bread
Sammi has been asking me for years to make Monkey Bread. Y'all know what Monkey Bread is right? Well, for those who don't it's this pull-apart bread coated in a cinnamon-sugary caramelized syrup and it's downright decadent. Well, for obvious...
Pumpkin Muffins
Found this recipe on Cooking Light this morning, Pumpkin Muffins, when searching for something I could make for some friends coming over for coffee (I knew I had a can of pumpkin in the pantry). After reading reviews for the...
Weight Watcher's Zero Point Italian Soup
Made this soup today in the crock pot. Sorry no picture. Could not be easier and though the recipe said 5 hours on high, mine took about 3 - 3.5 in a 6 qt crock pot. I'm finding it a...
Olive Bread
I'm trying to use my bread machine more (c'mon let's face it, who doesn't like warm bread, baked fresh daily?). So I started searching around for Cooking Light bread machine recipes, and I found this one. Olive Bread Yield: 16...
Weight Watcher's Classic Beef Stew
I've had a fascination with crock pot (aka slow cooking) for as long as I can remember. The idea of prepping a meal in the morning and coming home to the wonderful smells of dinner ready is just too appealing...
Chocolate Chip "Squash" Bread
A couple of weeks ago I received a bunch of delicata squash from our CSA. I didn't know what to do with them until I did some research and found that they're similar to a butternut squash. Still, not having...
Snickerdoodles
I'm always on the lookout for one point cookie recipes. I'm also always on the lookout for snickerdoodle recipes. So Gold! Found both on Cooking Light (aka MyRecipes.com). Now my friend, Lisa, has been nagging for this recipe, as she...
Sunday Salad Samplers #7 - Roasted Corn & Wild Rice Salad
Deborah, of Old Shoes New Trip provided this week's recipe. It sounded like a great side salad to our barbecue dinner last night (gaucho steak sandwiches) so I made it yesterday evening, not realizing the flavors were supposed to blend...
Chocolate Glazed Bundt Cake
Last week we had some cool, cloudy days, days you don't mind turning your oven on. I also had some buttermilk that was about to turn, so I thought, why not bake? It feels like forever since I have, so...
Sunday Salad Samplers #6 - Fajita Salad with Creamy Cilantro-Lime Sauce
This week I got to choose but because I was late to pick, many types of salad had already been taken. I went with this recipe, that I made a few years ago, and then forgot about. I'm glad I...
SSS: Foraging the City Salad & Weight Watcher Vinaigrette
Well, the folks from the Slow Travel Talk Food Forum are back at it again. This time though, to go along with the spring/summer heat, we're doing salads! So welcome to the first edition of the Sunday Salad Samplers. Today's...
Garlic Lover's Shrimp
Still cooking and still doing quick and easy meals, so for the last Friday of Lent (aka Good Friday), I returned to cooking light and found this shrimp recipe. It couldn't have been easier, with some chilled white wine, roasted...
Chile-Spiced Tenderloin Steaks
Tons of beer left in the fridge from last weekend, a beautiful day and a major craving for red meat, sent us out to the grill last night for some Chile-Spiced Tenderloin Steaks. We went back to Cooking Light, looking...
Orecchiette with Sausage, Peppers, and Feta
Cooked again last night and this time I tapped into some of Cooking Light's Pasta Presto recipes from 2003 (must remember to bookmark these puppies for the next few weeks). This was another delicious dish that will take you as...
Gnocchi with Broccoli Rabe, Caramelized Garlic, and Parmesan
As life returns to "normal" I've started to cook again. Though, with the expectation that I'll be tired by the end of the day, I'm selecting recipes that are labeled either quick and easy or under 30 minutes. Last night,...
Mini Beef Wellington w/ Gorgonzola
Once a year, a make beef Wellington and this is one of our favorite recipes.
Amatriciana
Pasta Amatriciana Okay - let's get past the debates of what is and what isn't an authentic amatriciana sauce. This is the standard in our home and pretty much a "go to" recipe in our house. It takes about...
Jambalaya
I get a few days where I can cook every couple of weeks, and boy is my family glad I made this recipe during this time. I don't know why but I've been craving Jambalaya lately, and just this week,...
Cassoulet
On Sundays in the winter, I love dishes that sit and simmer on the stove or in the oven for a long period of time. They make the house smell wonderful and if I get them going early enough, cooking...
Oatmeal Cranberry Classics
Lest you think I've been wallowing in self-pity, I decided to throw some recipes up too. Friday and Saturday night we've enjoyed some really good dinners, so as time allows, I'm going to throw the recipes up here. First, last...
Flavors of Fall
There are certain foods that tell me fall is in the air, apples, butternut squash, soups, home-baked bread, and now, added to the list, the Pumpkin Spice Frappucino at Starbucks. Now I personally can't enjoy one of these suckers (at...
Pasta e Fagioli
Wednesday night (for reasons I will discuss in some future post), I wanted something quick and easy for dinner and yet comforting. Of course, when I planned our weekly menu (yes I plan a menu on the weekend and then...
SSS - Chocolate Peanut Butter
For this week's Sunday Slow Scoopers, Chris chose any flavor of chocolate from the Perfect Scoop. At first I thought I'd keep it simple and go with the Philadelphia Style Chocolate Ice Cream - basic and simple. But then I...
Pumpkin, corn, and Lemongrass Soup
This week Chris brought home lemongrass from our CSA. Of couse, I had no idea what to do with it but luckily they provided several recipes and this is the one I decided to make. A 1.5C serving comes in...
Pork Medalions with Double Apple Sauce & Maple Sweet Potatoes
It's pretty warm here right now - in the seventies - but the calendar says October, the leaves are changing and starting to fall, and for me that means fall. Along with that, it means fall flavors. Nothing says fall...
Suse's Challah
I got this recipe many years ago from an old friend. She made this Challah for Rosh Hashanah because it's especially sweet but you can use it whenever. Suse taught me how to bake and how cooking for your friends...
Noodle Kugel
This is an old standard recipe that I've lightened a bit using fat free sour cream and egg beaters. Though I think I'm going to go back to either light sour cream and/or real eggs - I just think the...
Jewish Apple Cake
I made this for dessert for Rosh Hashanah this year and it was really good. I left out the nuts in my version, only because I forgot but still no issues. I'd definitely make this lightened version of my normal...
More Eggplant - Quick Eggplant Stirfry
Have you gotten the idea yet? We're getting lots of eggplants this summer from our CSA. Don't get me wrong, I really like eggplant. But sometimes, too much of a good thing ... In an effort to help me, Tourmama...
Chicken Tikka Masala
We love Indian food. But I've always been intimidated to make it at home. Not to mention the caloric count on many dishes. You can imagine my surprise though when my sil recommended a Chicken Tikka Masala recipe on the...
Pasta with Roasted Eggplant-Tomato Sauce
The eggplant glut continues (I think I have two left in the refrigerator). I also had a bunch of tomatoes left (we got to take 20 last week at the CSA). So I decided to make this dish last...
Eggplant Glut - Eggplant Parm Lasagna
As I've mentioned before, our CSA has totally gone overboard this year on Eggplants and I'm darn tired of making caponata. So I've started scouring Cooking Light, looking for other eggplant dishes. Although, not fall yet, and really not cool...
SSS - Peach Ice Cream
I have two disconnected memories of Peach Ice Cream from my childhood. One, I'm not sure is real but I remember visiting cousins of my mom, at their house on a lake, and having peach ice cream. Another time, I...
Zucchini Bread
It's that time of year again, the time of year when zucchini comes out of everyone's ears! We are no exceptions. Well, at least this year we didn't even bother growing our own. I've tried several zucchini bread recipes including...
Swiss Chard Out My Ears
Many of you know that I belong to a CSA, which means every week from June through November, I get a box off localy, organically grown goodies. Each week you don't know what you get until you arrive, but after...
SSB - Week 8 - Chocolate Polenta Tart
And we're back with the Sunday Slow Bakers. This week, MarciaB made the selection and a good one she did. We made the Chocolate Polenta Tart. All I can say is yum and yummier! First it calls for the Polenta...
SSB Week 7 - Zucchini Olive Oil Cake with Lemon Crunch Glaze
I made this cake on Sunday afternoon since we were having friends over for dinner Sunday evening. Some comments from memory, it said to grate the zucchini but I've always shredded it in the past when making zucchini cakes (using...
SSB6 - Hazelnut and Grape Tart
So this week I got to choose what our Sunday Slow Bakers made. I wanted something slightly challenging, different, and with produce I knew I could easily find this time of year. I would have chosen the zucchini cake but...
SSB5 - Lemony Semolina Biscuits (aka Biscotti di Limone e Semolino)
Jerry picked Biscotti di Limone e Semolino for this week's challenge Sunday Slow Baker's Challenge, initiated by Krista. I'm cheating this week, since I made them before, when I first got the book, Dolce Italiano, you can check out my...
SSB4 - Grappa (not really) Soaked Mini Sponge Cakes
Okay, okay - I know I'm two weeks behind. I still haven't even done the bread sticks from week three but today, I finally got to the Grappa Soaked Sponge Cakes from week 4. Now, like so many of my...
SSB Week 2 - Sicilian Pistachio Bars
This week for our Sunday Slow Bakers, Deborah chose Sicilian Pistachio Bars. Like the other recipes, this one came from Gina DePalma's Dolce Italiano. Normally, with pistachios, the hardest part of the recipe for me, is finding unsalted, shelled pistachios...
SSB Week 1 - Italian Crumbly Cake, Sbrisolona
Much updates to the blog must occur (for example, getting rid of the March Madness bloggers - bye friends and replacing them with our new group, Sunday Slow Bakers (we're really not slow, we're just all affiliated with SlowTrav in...
Purim
It's Purim today (well, I'm pretty sure it's today or tonight and tomorrow, I'm on vacation, so I've lost a bit of time). Anyway, Purim is a Jewish holiday, like many other Jewish holidays, that we celebrate, in that, the...
Today's Weight Watcher Saying
So I mentioned about my Weight Watchers sayings/tasks a day calendar. When last we met, I left off with March 4. Since then, we've had, "This is a great day to focus on eating lots of leafy green vegetables. The...
A Saying a Day
My Weight Watcher leader sometimes hands out these calendars each month with a little saying for every day, or a little suggestion for something to try while you're on program. Some people tape these to their mirrors and actually execute...
Almond Fingers (ditti di mandorle)
Okay - shhh...don't tell anyone, but I forgot to post this last night, so my last day of February entry will be post dated. Anyway though, I was in a minor baking frenzy yesterday and thought I would return to...
Spicy Cashew Chicken Stir-Fry
Another Weight Watcher recipe, this time from Turnaround Program Cookbook. I love Chinese food so anything that resembles that, and satisfies a craving, I'm in. This one did that and came together quick. I'm usually concerned that there's not enough...
Beef Burgundy
Something about winter Sundays makes me want to eat stew. Well, at least something that's cooked slowly all afternoon while I slovenly sit on the couch, in this case, watching Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. So for yesterday's meal, I...
Cinnamon Chip Biscotti
We had our first snow day on Friday and I promised Chris, if it snowed, I'd make him Cinnamon Biscotti. And I kept my promise. This recipe originally came from Cooking Light but I modified it with the addition of...
Chili Chicken Mole tacos
Last week I needed a quick easy weeknight meal. My friend, Lisa, gave me the Weight Watchers Turnaround book a few months ago (she ended up with two), so having just rediscovered it I decided to give it a try....
Braised Lamb Shanks
Last Friday I took a ride down to Whole Foods (aka Whole Paycheck). I needed to pick up Tilapia for Friday's dinner and since Matt sold the fish store I used to patron, I'm not as crazy about the quality...
Tilapia with Thai Coconut Curry Sauce & O'Reilly's
A few weeks ago, Jerry, posted a recipe for Tilapia with Thai Coconut Curry Sauce that he originally got from Cooking Light. It looked so good, I knew I wanted to make it but always having the hardest time finding...
Cabbage Heads
I think I mentioned somewhere that my CSA is experimenting with a winter share this year. They've never done one before but for $400 we get 16 weeks worth of crops from November through March (or so). It sounded like...
Weight Watcher Scones
Sometimes at my Weight Watcher meeting, my leader, Amy, hangs recipes on the walls. Today there were two up there that sounded interesting, oven fried chicken (still to come) and Raisin Scones. I opted to try the raisin scones first,...
Polynesian Pineapple Chicken
I don't know if the Polynesians actually ever made anything like this but Weight Watchers thinks they did and as I went back to the Stir It Up, Super Skillet Cookbook for inspiration again, I thought I'd give it a...
Lo Mein Pork and Peanut Noodles
A while ago - probably over a year now, I bought Stir it Up, Super Skillet Cookbook at my Weight Watchers meeting. For a while, I cooked out of it but back then I was core, and so it got...
Wheat Berries
I love wheatberries. No, I really do. I loved them for years before I even knew what they were. Chris and I used to go to this restaurant, around the corner from our first apartment, Park and Orchard and they...
Venetian Apple Cake
I have a few dozen recipes I've bookmarked in Dolce Italiano but unfortunately got a bit side-tracked during the holidays. But I'm back now. Last night I went to a friend's house for dinner and I thought I'd bring a...
Carrots
My friend, Rain, is having a baby. It's getting difficult getting to the supermarket, when she's very pregnant and already has a toddler in tow. So she decided to try one of those home delivery/pick-up services. Basically, she goes on...
Hearty Lasagna
I thought the girls and I would have a nice Friday night dinner, so I decided to make a big lasagna (also had some noodles I wanted to use up in the pantry). Anyway, as it turned out, Becky...
Updated Bistro Salad - Mix It Match It - Weight Watchers
Last week I received a $5 off coupon to Weight Watchers new book, Mix it, Match it, so I bought it. Each page is divided into three, so you can make "x" many permutations of daily menus by selecting one...
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