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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

0 Point Foods

With all the changes to the system, it is a little hard to know what is a 0 point food. With the definitive list below (source: Skinny Recipes) we all should have no further issues.




Apples Applesauce, unsweetened Apricots
Arrowroot Artichoke hearts Artichokes
Arugula Asparagus Bamboo shoots
Banana Beans 1 Beans, refried, fat-free, canned
Beets Berries, mixed Blackberries
Blueberries Broccoli Broccoli slaw
Broccoli rabe Broccolini Brussels sprouts
Cabbage 2 Calamari, grilled Cantaloupe
Carrots Cauliflower Caviar
Celery Cherries Chicken breast or tenderloin, skinless
Chicken breast, ground, 99% fat-free Clementines Coleslaw mix, packaged
Collards Corn 3 Cranberries
Cucumber Daikon Dates, fresh
Dragon fruit Edamame, in pods or shelled Egg whites
Egg, substitutes Eggplant Eggs, whole, including yolks
Endive Escarole Fennel 4
Figs Fish fillet, grilled with lemon pepper Fish 5
Fruit cocktail Fruit cup, unsweetened Fruit salad
Fruit, unsweetened Garlic Ginger root
Grapefruit Grapes Greens 6
Greens, mixed baby Guavas Guavas, strawberry
Hearts of palm (palmetto) Hominy, canned Honeydew melon
Jackfruit Jerk chicken breast Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes)
Jicama (yam bean) Kiwifruit Kohlrabi
Kumquats Leeks Lemon
Lemon zest Lentils Lettuce, all varieties
Lime Lime zest Litchis (lychees)
Mangoes Melon balls Mung bean sprouts
Mung dal Mushroom caps Mushrooms 7
Nectarine Nori seaweed Okra
Onions Oranges 8 Papayas
Parsley Passionfruit Pea shoots
Peaches Peapods, black-eye Pears
Peas and carrots Peas 9 Pepperoncini
Peppers, all varieties Persimmons Pickles, unsweetened
Pico de gallo Pimientos, canned Pineapple
Plumcots (pluots) Plums Pomegranate seeds
Pomegranates Pomelo (pummelo) Pumpkin
Pumpkin puree Radicchio Radishes
Raspberries Rutabagas Salad, mixed greens
Salad, side, without dressing, fast food Salad, three-bean Salad, tossed, without dressing
Salsa verde Salsa, fat-free Salsa, fat-free; gluten-free
Sashimi Satay, chicken, without peanut sauce Satsuma mandarin
Sauerkraut Scallions Seaweed
Shallots Shellfish 10 Spinach
Sprouts, including alfalfa, bean, lentil Squash, winter 11 Squash, summer 11
Starfruit (carambola) Strawberries Succotash
Swiss chard Tangelo Tangerine
Taro Tofu, all varieties Tofu, smoked
Tomatillos Tomato puree Tomato sauce
Tomatoes 12 Turkey breast or tenderloin, skinless Turkey breast, ground, 99% fat-free
Turkey breast, skinless, smoked Turnips Vegetable sticks
Vegetables, mixed Vegetables, stir fry, without sauce Water chestnuts
Watercress Watermelon Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat, unsweetened
Yogurt, plain, nonfat, unsweetened Yogurt, soy, plain
  1. Beans: including adzuki, black, broad (fava), butter, cannellini, cranberry (Roman), green, garbanzo (chickpeas), great northern, kidney, lima, lupini, mung, navy, pink, pinto, small white, snap, soy, string, wax, white.
  2. Cabbage: all varieties including Chinese (bok choy), Japanese, green, red, napa, savoury, pickled
  3. Corn: baby (ears), white, yellow, kernels, on the cob
  4. Fennel: anise, sweet anise, or finocchio
  5. Fish: anchovies, arctic char, bluefish, branzino (sea bass), butterfish, carp, catfish, cod, drum, eel, flounder, grouper, haddock, halibut, herring, mackerel, mahimahi (dolphinfish), monkfish, orange roughy, perch, pike, pollack, pompano, rainbow trout (steelhead), rockfish, roe, sablefish (including smoked), salmon (all varieties), salmon, smoked (lox), sardines, sea bass, smelt, snapper, sole, striped bass, striped mullet, sturgeon (including smoked); white sucker, sunfish (pumpkinseed), swordfish, tilapia, tilefish, tuna (all varieties), turbot, whitefish (including smoked), whitefish and pike (store-bought), whiting
  6. Greens: beet, collard, dandelion, kale, mustard, turnip
  7. Mushrooms: all varieties including brown, button, crimini, Italian, portabella, shiitake
  8. Oranges: all varieties including blood
  9. Peas: black-eyed, chickpeas (garbanzo), cowpeas (blackeyes, crowder, southern), young pods with seeds, green, pigeon, snow (Chinese pea pods); split, sugar snap
  10. Shellfish: abalone, clams, crab (including Alaska king, blue, Dungeness, lump crabmeat, queen) crayfish, cuttlefish, lobster (including spiny lobster), mussels, octopus, oysters, scallops, shrimp, squid
  11. Squash: Summer (all varieties including zucchini) and Winter (all varieties including spaghetti)
  12. Tomatoes: all varieties including plum, grape, cherry

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Recipe Update

Ok... I thought it would take me days to update all the recipes, but I saved them all into my Weight Watchers account and all I had to do is compare the points from the blog to WW. What a smart boy I was :).

Below are all the recipes that have changed on the blog and it is a bunch. I have sorted them based on the highest change to the lowest change. Have a look, and then click on the link below to see all the recipes!

Changed Recipes << Click the link to see them all on the blog

Recipe Old Pts New Pts Change
Skinny Baked Chicken Parmesan 6 2 -4
Slow Cooker 3-Bean Turkey Chili 4 0 -4
Black Bean Brownies 4 1 -3
Buffalo Chicken Rolls 7 4 -3
Corn and Zucchini Summer Frittata 4 1 -3
Slow Cooker Santa Fe Meatloaf 5 2 -3
Slow-Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup 5 2 -3
Spiralized Mexican Sweet Potato and Chicken Casserole 6 3 -3
Turkey Chili Taco Soup 6 3 -3
Asparagus, New Potato and Chive Frittata 3 1 -2
Baked Chicken Parmesan 6 4 -2
Breakfast Burrito Bowl with Spiced Butternut Squash 5 3 -2
Broccoli Chicken Zucchini Boats 4 2 -2
Cauliflower Hashbrown Egg Cups 5 3 -2
Chicken and Broccoli Casserole 6 4 -2
Chicken Crack-Slaw 3 1 -2
Chicken Taco Casserole 6 4 -2
Provencal Beef Slow Cooker Stew 4 2 -2
Quebec Tourtiere 8 6 -2
Sausage, Egg & Cheese Hash Brown Cups 4 2 -2
Shrimp Zoodles Parmesan 5 3 -2
Spicy Shrimp Tacos with Garlic Cilantro Lime Slaw 9 7 -2
Turkey Fajita Stuffed Zucchini 5 3 -2
Broccoli Cheddar Tots 5 4 -1
Chicken & Broccoli Mini Pies 3 2 -1
Chicken Caesar Bubble Up Casserole 7 6 -1
Eggplant Parmesan Casserole 6 5 -1
Eggplant Tomato Pie 3 2 -1
Ground Turkey and Potato Casserole 4 3 -1
Hamburger Soup 2 1 -1
Lightened-Up Shepherd's Pie 6 5 -1
One-Pot Cabbage Casserole 2 1 -1
Parmesan Zucchini Fritters With Lemon Garlic Yogurt Sauce 6 5 -1
Skinny Broccoli & Cheddar Turkey Quiche 1 0 -1
Skinny Eggnog 3 2 -1
Skinny Slow Cooker Fudgy Dark Chocolate Brownies 4 3 -1
Sloppy Joe - Stuffed Peppers 7 6 -1
Spinach and Ricotta Breakfast Pie 6 5 -1
Spinach and Turkey Lasagna 4 3 -1
Strawberry Yogurt Cake 4 3 -1
Sugar-Free Carrot and Date Cake 3 2 -1
Sweet and Sour Turkey Meatballs 2 1 -1
Sweet Potato Pancakes 2 1 -1
Turkey Stuffed Peppers 4 3 -1
Zucchini Fry Nachos 7 6 -1
Zucchini Tots 2 1 -1

Weight Watchers Freestyle

Welcome FREESTYLE!

Well, Freestyle has launched in Canada on Sunday and it has many, many, many more 0 point foods; more than 200 of them!

Below is a small list of the items that have been made 0 points:
  • Skinless chicken breast
  • Skinless turkey breast
  • Fish
  • Shellfish (shrimp, lobster, oysters, mussels)
  • Eggs (including the yolks!)
  • Beans and lentils
  • Tofu
  • Fruit
  • Vegetables (including corn and peas!)
  • Nonfat plain yogourt
What this means is that most, if not all, of my recipes will need to be updated with the new points. I will be working on them in my spare time. Until I am done, I will not be posting any new recipes... but I am keeping a list of the recipes to add!