Fridays, I ship out an e mail outlining my dinner plans for the upcoming week which are designed to work with Weight Watchers. I additionally publish them on my weblog. This apply helps me keep on observe with my meal decisions and motivates me to make more healthy meals choices.
My Strategy to Meal Planning
Each time I get out of the meal planning behavior I find yourself consuming an excessive amount of take-out, restaurant meals, unhealthy snacks. It’s superb how crappy I really feel and the way rapidly the kilos start to creep again.
When I’ve a tough thought of what I’m planning to cook dinner for dinner within the coming week I’m a lot much less prone to succumb to the temptation of quick meals or takeout.
That being mentioned, my strategy is an off-the-cuff one. Meal planning can overwhelm me if I attempt to do an excessive amount of. So I make it SUPER EASY. I hold a post-it word on the counter with a listing of some dinners I’m planning to make. That’s it.
We’re a middle-aged couple so I’m largely cooking for simply the 2 of us. We have now a reasonably energetic social life, which suggests our plans are at all times topic to alter. (Learn extra about my ideas on practical meal planning for busy, unpredictable lives.)
Most recipes make greater than we are able to eat, so we are likely to have a prepared provide of leftovers for lunch or dinner the following day. I take pleasure in discovering inventive methods to make use of and re-purpose leftovers.
I’m at all times asking myself, “How can I make this as simple as attainable? For me meal planning works solely after I hold it so simple as attainable. When I’ve a prepared provide of simple to arrange, good for me meals within the fridge and pantry I’m arrange for fulfillment.
What Do I Eat for Breakfast on Weight Watchers?
Most days my breakfast is one thing fast like an english muffin with almond butter, avocado toast, cottage cheese with fruit, eggs, yogurt with fruit, oatmeal or a smoothie, relying on my temper and the season.
What Do I Eat for Lunch on Weight Watchers?
Lunch is normally leftovers or some mixture of soup / sandwich / salad. This system is a confirmed winner for me. I by no means fall into the temptation of takeout when I’ve a jar of soup, bowl of exhausting boiled eggs, container or leftovers and/or salad fixings staring again at me after I open the fridge!
This Week’s WW Dinner Recommendations with Factors
This week includes a mixture of simple gradual cooker, oven and stovetop dinners. Most will present leftovers for added fast and simple meals! I can’t inform you how a lot I like cooking as soon as and consuming twice 🙂
Sluggish Cooker 3 Bean Turkey Chili
Right here’s a brilliant easy, very fundamental recipe for gradual cooker chili made with turkey sausage and three totally different sorts of beans I feel you’re going to love. Take simply quarter-hour of prep time within the morning and a number of other hours later you’re rewarded with the perfume—to not point out taste—of home-cooked crockpot chili. Discuss minimal effort for optimum reward!
Pickle Juice Crispy Rooster Tenders
Pickle juice makes the proper low fats marinade for rooster. Grill it, bake it or do that batter coated oven/air fryer model of a quick meals favourite. I’m planning to serve these with Kale Salad with Apples & Dates, one in every of my favourite salads for fall.
Sausage Cherry Tomato and Spinach Pasta
This sausage cherry tomato pasta is a straightforward, wholesome scrumptious dish the entire household is bound to like. Ours does!
Kale Butternut Squash and White Bean Soup
This cozy kale, white bean and butternut squash soup supplies the final word in soul-satisfying, tastebud pleasing, nourishing goodness. For a becoming accompaniment, attempt toasted baguette or crostini unfold with goat cheese.
It’s additionally that point of 12 months after I crave apple cake, a longtime autumn household custom. Haven’t fairly determined whether or not I’ll make this wholesome harvest apple cake or Italian apple cake but!
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I hope this helps you with your personal meal planning this week 🙂
A word about WW Factors
In case you’re following Weight Watchers, all of the recipes right here on Easy Nourished Residing have been up to date for the brand new WW program, with factors displayed within the recipe card. The Verify the WW Factors hyperlink within the recipe card takes you to the Weight Watchers App the place you possibly can edit it utilizing the WW recipe builder or add it to your day.
(Should be logged into WW account on a cellular machine, corresponding to smartphone or pill).
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Buyer Testimonials
I can’t inform you how thrilled we had been together with your menu posted this week! We’re on trip and in a condominium for 5 weeks. Conserving meals easy. I made each the rooster broccoli pie and the broccoli cheese soup for the primary time this week. Each had been an enormous hit. Then final evening we had your Caribbean Jerk Rooster which is a particular favourite. Made your lasagna soup final week!!! Yum!
I’m so grateful I discovered your web site and proceed to attempt new issues. I began WW March 2020 (on-line solely) and have misplaced virtually 30 kilos and am at my purpose! Sluggish and regular wins the race!!! (Similar to the tortoise and the hare).
Thanks for all of your encouraging emails and fantastic recipes. We’ve been married virtually 47 years. Once I first discovered ‘my good friend Martha’ as all my mates know you by, my husband mentioned ‘you’ve at all times been a superb cook dinner however we by no means tried so many various issues!’ He loves your recipes additionally!!!
Thanks. Thanks. Thanks!!!!! ~ Joyce
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