Simple Solutions: Ciabatta Cheese Sticks with Marinara – 11 Weight Watchers Smart Points

sim·pleˈsimpəl/ adjective 1.easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty. “a simple solution” synonyms: straightforward, easy, uncomplicated, uninvolved, effortless, painless, undemanding, elementary, child’s play; More 2.composed of a single element; not compound. synonyms: noncompound, noncomplex, uncombined, unblended, unalloyed, pure, single    But by it’s very definition simple means easy, no difficulty…even […]

3…2…1 Berry Cobbler – 4 Weight Watchers Smart Points

The strawberries are here, the strawberries are here!  Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE citrus fruit and my new love of Cara Cara oranges is pretty much unmatched among my friends.  Halos and other clementines are one of my favorite go to seasonal fruits that are easy to carry and […]

Warm Bacon Breakfast Salad – 4 Weight Watchers Smart Points

A long time and dear friend from Toledo, OH used to go home once each year or two to visit her mother.  Those visits were almost as exciting for us left at work as they were for her because she always brought us each back one jar of Tony Packo’s […]

The Original Weggo – 2 Freestyle Smart Points

03/24/18 updated to only 2 Freestyle Smart Points! I am a firm believer that things happen for a reason.  Even if those things are running out of pretty much every food conceivable and then overflowing the waffle iron when you are trying to make corn muffins but can’t find the […]

It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time…are you ready?

Sunday my Accountabilibuddy and I walked six and a half miles.  That is officially our longest single walk to date and our screaming thigh muscles would make you think it was uphill both ways…in the snow…and that we fought off a bear with a spiral bound notebook.  We may not […]

Nana’s French’s Crunchy Onion Tofu – 6 Weight Watchers Smart Points per serving

It’s not every day that you get invited to the vegan club.  Especially when you aren’t vegan.  Nana had me so nervous I brushed my teeth before we left so they wouldn’t smell the roast beef sandwich I had eaten hours earlier.  My sister had me so freaked out about […]

Polenta French Toast – 3 Weight Watchers Smart Points 

The first time I bought polenta it was at the suggestion of my sis-in-law Cathy.  She was doing Simply Filling and polenta was a free food.  Everything she made looked simple, delicious, zero points (on the WW Points Plus system) and she seemed satisfied.  Why wouldn’t I want to add […]

Recipe Hacks: Karen’s Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli – 5 Weight Watchers Smart Points per serving

You’ve heard me say on multiple occasions that having an Accountabilibuddy is a good idea.  In fact it’s a great idea.  Don’t feel like exercising?  Boom, Accountabilibuddy says let’s go.  Thinking about dropping out or skipping a meeting?  AB says I will be over in 10 minutes to pick you […]

Caramel Apple a’ la Mode – 5 Weight Watchers Smart Points / 4 Points Plus

Sometimes a recipe is so simple I hesitate to even call it a recipe.  And then I realize that if I don’t write it down I won’t remember how to make it again.  Or even to make it again.  Or that it was only Five Smart Points.  *quiver* Five. Little. […]

Pumpkin Spice Cake Doughnuts – 3 Weight Watchers Smart Points per serving

The last time I started a post like this it was dreary, rainy, I had been left home alone on a Friday night.   It was slow in the showroom, I was tired and the dogs and jammies were calling my name.     Guess what?  It wasn’t raining…it wasn’t Friday. […]