Pumpkin Spice Muffins – 3 Weight Watchers Smart Points (2PPV) per serving

(updated Jan 20, 2016 to Smart Points) Hold on to your hats ladies (and gents)…this is the first of 6 new recipes for absolutely moist, oh so delicious, and ridiculously low point indulgent treats. I got left alone on a dreary rainy and downright gloomy Friday night.  It had been […]

Product Review: Trader Joe’s Sriracha and Garlic BBQ Sauce – 1 Points Plus per 2 Tbsp

I follow a couple of Trader Joe’s employees who are also doing Weight Watchers on Instagram which is either a blessing or a curse, the jury is still out.  On the one hand they always post the points plus for all the new things they are trying in store.  But…they […]

Sweet N’ Spicy Turkey Burger (featuring TJ’s Sriracha BBQ!) – 10 Points Plus per serving

I follow a couple of Trader Joe’s employees who are also doing Weight Watchers on Instagram which is either a blessing or a curse, the jury is still out.  On the one hand they always post the points plus for all the new things they are trying in store.  But…they […]

Blooming Snickers Apple – 5 Weight Watchers Smart Points (3 Points Plus)

(Updated 12/08/15 for the new Weight Watchers Smart Points plan) That’s right.  You heard me.  Are you sitting down?  5 Smart Points for this baby…I’m still in shock. Yesterday on the drive home I had some crazy fall recipe ideas bouncing around in my head.  It was still 90 degrees […]

Mediterranean Egg Mug – 3 Weight Watchers Smart Points (3PPV)

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Busy Mom’s Potato Soup – 5 Weight Watchers Points Plus (4 servings)

Yesterday I drove past an allergy clinic and their new sign read “Ragweed Season is Here, We’ll See You Soon!”  And…welcome to East Tennessee.  Every year when the ragweed arrives I think to myself “I waited too late this year but hey, I should make a note for next year […]

The Mac Attack – 10 Weight Watchers Points Plus

Show of hands, which of you have ever been to McDonalds?  Now, which of you have been to McDonalds in the last week?  Some of you just lied and the rest of us forgive you.  No one wants to get caught under the arches but we have all snuck a […]

Basic Egg Mug – 0 Weight Watchers Freestyle Smart Points (3PPV)

BLT.  Cali.  Mediterranean.    Mushroom Lover’s.  Canadian Bacon.  You name it. I’m an equal opportunity egg mugger. My husband is a a little less international and likes to stick with something simple like ham and cheese or even just a basic mug some mornings. Here’s the thing….they are so fast […]

Mushroom Lover’s Egg Mug – 3 Weight Watchers Points Plus

And the egg mug adventures continue!  Vegan Nana and I had Daiya pizzas last weekend and the mushroom smell from the oven was delightfully overwhelming.  One thing lead to another (actually our noses lead us to our tummies which lead us to another thing) and we started researching mushrooms.  Several […]

Turkey Taco Pie – 11 Weight Watchers Points Plus

Remember a blog post or two ago when I was daydreaming about cooler weather and turning the rest of my Taco Turkey Filling into soup?  Well, it was 58 when I walked this morning and the high never got above 70.  Perfect Taco Soup weather!  The only problem is my […]