Weight Watchers Facebook Live Chat: Aldi Finds with Smart Points!

Weight Watchers Live Facebook Chat:  Aldi Finds!  Please join us each Sunday night at 8pm eastern for a  live chat about  your favorite Weight Watchers finds, foods and fun.  Can’t wait to answer your questions LIVE!

These are the transcriptions from tonight’s chat about Aldi with Smart Points listed.  As always these are available on Facebook, YouTube and on my blog www.ifyouhaveanegg.com

• Fun Facts: Aldi was started in Germany and is owned by the same company as Trader Joe’s. The polished concrete floors are most likely done by one of the crews my husband is in charge of!
• Important info before you go! Aldi is a no frills shopping experience.  If you need a shopping cart (buggy) you will need a quarter to free it from the buggy chain.  It’s a quarter, and I suggest you get one unless you are a fast bagger.  Yes I said bagger…you will be bagging your own groceries.  Take bags, they have them available for sale but take your own.  Keeps prices down!
• Fit & Active is Aldi’s “lighter” or lower point product line. Doesn’t mean low points, just lower so always double check!
• Millville Greek Yogurt Protein Bars (most flavors): 1 bar, 6 SP
• Elevation Bars Peanut Butter Fudge Crisps: 1 bar, 4 SP
• Elevation Better for You Bar (most flavors): 1 bar, 6 SP
• Fit & Active Vitality Cereal Bar (most flavors): 1 bar, 4 SP
• PurAqua Sparkling Fruit Flavored drinks: 1 serving, 0 SP
• PurAqua Sparkling Frost Fruit Flavored beverages: 1 bottle, 0 SP
• Moro Blood Oranges, 0 SP – delicious!
• Coffee, 0 SP and these are my fave Kuerig pods!
• Gum, 0SP and the flavor lasts a long time
• Deutsche Kuche Sauerkraut, 0 SP – best kraut around. Great on pork so check out my Peter Brady Pork Chops & Applesauce recipe http://www.ifyouhaveanegg.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1413&action=edit
• Fit & Active Flavored Water Enhancer, 0 SP
• Tajin, 0 SP (a Mexican seasoning see more here http://www.tajin.com/products) really good on fruit!
• Fit & Active Diced Tomatoes and Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilis, 0 SP very good in soups, tomato sauces, use the one with green chilis in my Pineapple Recipe found on the blog at *****
• Sliced Mushrooms, 0 SP. Keep on hand,  pop top makes it super easy to add to soups, frozen meals, etc
• I promise…the dog is fine. He is super clingy because he has a boo boo and isn’t allowed to scratch his head right now.  He’s supposed to be snoodling with daddy 😛
• Canned 100% Pure Pumpkin, 0 SP and the best I have found! For humans I put in pancakes, waffles and my muffin recipes.  For dogs I use it as a natural laxative…plus Fur Babies love it!
• Unsweetened Applesauce: ½ cup = 0 SP. I use this in my Mini Apple Stack Cake Recipe found here on the blog http://www.ifyouhaveanegg.com/?p=1308
• Carlini Non Stick Olive Oil Spray and Carlini Basil Flavored Olive Oil Spray, 0 SP
• Friendly Farms Delightfully Pure (real cream and milk) Salted Caramel: 1 Tbsp = 2 SP
• The Little Salad Bar 100 Calorie Guacamole Minis: 1 container = 3 SP. Use these with a flatbread and the black bean burger…yummm!
• Little Salad Bar Roasted Pinenut Hummus (and most other flavors): 2 Tbsp = 2 SP and they are ALL YUMMY
• Super find! 1 SP bacon.  Appleton Farms Uncured Bacon: 1 slice = 1 SP hooooray!
• Fit & Active Light String Cheese: 1 piece = 1 SP
• Fit & Active Deli Sandwich Meat (turkey or ham): 2 oz = 2 SP
• Sea Queen Flake Style Imitation Crab Meat: ½ cup = 2 SP so good in seafood salad. We used it today on sliced ciabatta bread, spread on Trader Joe’s Jalapeno Artichoke Dip and the imitation crab on top, toasted them and yummm!
• Simply Nature Pumpkin & Flax Granola: 1/8 cup = 1 SP or ¼ cup = 3 SP great in yogurt or to add to lighter point cereal to spruce it up
• Fit & Active Salad Dressing Ranch: 2 Tbsp = 3 SP and it tastes like real ranch! F&A Light Balsamic Vinaigrette: 2 Tbsp = 2 SP.  Great marinade for chicken
• Fusia Sweet & Sour Asian Sauce: 1 Tbsp = 1 SP and so yummy on egg rolls or as a shrimp dip
• Fit & Active Canned Chicken Noodle Soup: 1 cup = 3 SP or 2 cups (one can) = 5 SP
• Deutsche & Kuche Red Cabbage with Apples: 2 Tbsp = 1 SP delicious on its own but delicious on sausages or pork chops!
• Fit & Active Tuna Salad Kit: 1 kit = 4 SP it even has a wee tiny spoon!
• Fusia Egg Rolls (most flavors): 1 egg roll with sauce = 5 SP I will be trying them in the Air Fryer soon
• Fusia Chicken Won Ton Soup with Vegetables (frozen): 1 container = 6 SP and ermagersh good
• Fusia Udon Soup Bowl (not frozen): ½ container (yeah right) = 3 SP or full bowl = 7 SP
• Fit & Active Strawberry Crisps: 3 crisps = 7 SP (not a poptart but they can keep me out of poptarts if I need staying out…but these are on the upper edge of my SP budget)
• Fit & Active Spaghetti, 2 oz (dry) = 6 SP
• Fit & Active Flatbread, 1 flatbread = 2 SP great with the Black Bean Chipotle Burger and a 100 calorie Guacamole cup for a total of 9 SP!
• Mama Cozzi’s Turkey Pepperonis: 16 slices = 2 SP
• Black Bean Chipotle Burger: 1 burger = 4 SP see flatbread & guac idea above
• Clancy’s Baked Pretzel Thins: 1 oz = 3 SP sooooo good with the hummus. Or put them in a single layer on a parchment paper, top with mozzarella cheese stick and the turkey pepperoni…pop in the toaster oven for wee little pizzas!
• Special Selections Vanilla or Anise Pizzelle: 5 cookies = 6 SP (or 1 SP per cookie) and these are soooooo good in my Mini Apple Stack Cake Recipe http://www.ifyouhaveanegg.com/?p=1308 on my blog or as the sandwich part of an ice cream sandwich made with light whipped topping with espresso powder mixed in!
• Use the 4 pack of corn and Basil Flavored Olive Oil in the Air Fryer or oven to make my Candy Corn link is here http://www.ifyouhaveanegg.com/?p=1373
• Ideas!
  • 1 oz Baked Pretzel Thins (3 SP) + 2 light string cheese (2 SP) + 16 turkey pepperonis (2 SP) melted in toaster oven for wee tiny pepperoni pizzas for 7 SP
  • 1 flatbread (2 SP) + 1 Black bean chipotle burger (4 SP) + 1 guac cup (3 SP) = 9 SP for a black bean burger
  • 1 flatbread (2 SP) + 1 guacamole cup (3 SP) + 1 light string cheese (1 SP) +2 oz honey ham (or turkey) (2 SP) = 8 SP roll up
  • 1 oz Baked Pretzel Thins (3 SP) + 2 Tbsp Hummus (2 SP) = 5 SP snack!

Remember to visit my other Chats on YouTube, Facebook or here!  Thank you again I can’t wait to see you next Sunday

<3 Kelly