Though this is not one of Weight Watchers Thanksgiving Recipes, it’s a FABULOUS stuffing recipe for anyone who needs a delicious low calorie stuffing to put on their table this year! Plus, it’s my absolute favorite Thanksgiving recipe because I LOOOOOVE stuffing and I go crazy eating this stuff every year. So I had to find a way of making a lower calorie version of my favorite Thanksgiving food. Using the basic, traditional ingredients, this Thanksgiving stuffing is really too good to be true. To create this dish, I just took my mom’s traditional stuffing recipe, and altered it with lower calorie ingredients. Using the light bread and less butter really makes a huge difference without compromising taste. It has just a 2 point value for a 1/1/2 cup serving! Not bad!! so you can still enjoy all the fabulous flavors of Thanksgiving without sacrificing that diet plan you’ve been working so hard on all year. And it’s so yummy, you may just find yourself making this dish for non Thanksgiving Dinners too! Enjoy.

Low Calorie Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe

Ingredients:
- 8 slices light bread (I used Weight Watchers bread)
- 1 1/2 cups fat-free chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cup chopped celery
- ¼ cup granny smith apples (finely chopped with skin on)
- 1/3 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme
- 1 tbsp fresh sage
- 2 tbsp. light butter (I used Brummel & Brown)
- Kosher salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Start by drying out your bread. You can either do this by toasting in the oven, or by leaving the bread sit out at room temperature overnight.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a medium pot, combine chicken broth, onions, celery, apples, butter, salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme and sage. Cook for about 15 minutes over medium heat. Mean while, break up your bread into small ½” pieces by chopping or just breaking apart with your hands. Put bread into a large oven safe dish.

When broth mixture is ready, slowly pour onto bread, making sure to cover all the pieces. Next, mix in the egg substitute and make sure to cover all pieces. If bread cubes do not seem wet enough (they should be moist, but not saturated), add a tbsp or two of warm water until appropriate texture is reached. Season with more salt and pepper if desired.

Cover dish with foil and transfer to over. Cook for about 25 minutes. Then, take out stuffing, mix it around and fluff it a bit and put back in the oven, uncovered for about another 15 minutes. Enjoy!

Entire Recipe is 4 servings
Serving size is 1 1/2 cup
Each serving = 2 Point Value

With all the food filled holidays just around the corner, it’s time to start stocking up your arsenal of delicious, yet low calorie Weight Watchers Thanksgiving Recipes and Weight Watchers Christmas Recipes. And with Thanksgiving being the first in the lineup, we’ve got one tough holiday feast to conquer! And this delicious Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Recipe is a great dish to add to your lineup of low calorie Thanksgiving recipes! Creamy and delicious, this dessert recipe uses a light graham cracker crust instead of the traditional pie crust recipe. In my opinion, I think it actually tastes better and it helps us cut a lot of calories and Weight Watchers Points from this dish.

Low Calorie Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Ingredients:
For the crust:
- 4 oz reduced-fat cinnamon graham crackers
- 2 Tbsp light butter, melted (I suggest Brummel and Brown)
- 2 large egg white
- 1 Tbsp packed light brown sugar
- 1 tsp light Pancake Syrup (I used Aunt Jemima Butter Light Syrup)

For the pie filling:
- 1 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 large egg
- 2 tbsp light Pancake Syrup (I used Aunt Jemima Butter Light Syrup)
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp table salt
- 1/2 cup fat-free evaporated milk
- Top with a dollop of Fat-Free Reddi-Whip whipped cream

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a food processor, combine graham crackers and light brown sugar, and process into fine crumbs. In a small bowl, combine the crumbs and the melted butter, and pancake syrup, and mix with hands. Then transfer to an ungreased 9” pie pan, and distribute crust mixture evenly, pressing it against the pan with your hands. Put in the fridge and chill for 40 minutes. Then, bake about 8-10 minutes, or until the pie crust starts to turn that yummy golden brown.

In a large bowl, whip egg whites into a soft peak, using an electric mixer. Fold in remaining ingredients (except the whipped cream). Beat the mixture until smooth, creamy and lump free, and pour into your pie shell. Bake for about 45-50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool for 5-10 minutes. Cut into 8 even slices and top with a nice dollop of the Fat Free Whipped Cream. Enjoy!

Total servings per recipe: 8
Serving size = 1 slice
Each serving = 3 Point Value

If you are a weight watcher who loves good pork chop recipes minus the guilt, then this one is for you. This low calorie honey lime pork chop recipe is so deeelish, it had me lickin’ my fingers! The marinade makes the meat oh so tender and leaves such an amazing flavor. And I also love that this is such a quick and easy pork chop recipe, so you can dish out a fabulous, low point meal in no time! Each chop has just a 5 Point Total, which isn’t bad. Pair it with some tasty, low calorie salads or some 0 – 1 Weight Watchers Points Side Dish Recipes and you’ll have a healthy and filling meal for just a fraction of your daily points. Enjoy!

Honey Lime Pork Chop Recipe

Ingredients:
- 4 (4 oz.) lean boneless pork chops
- 1 package Onion Soup Mix
- 1 tbsp chopped scallions
- 3 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1/8 tsp ground or fresh ginger (I used fresh)
- dash of Kosher salt and pepper

Directions:
Start by making the marinade. In a medium sized bowl, combine all ingredients, except the pork chops. Place 1/2 of the marinade into an 8×8 inch baking dish. Place the pork chops on top followed by the remaining marinade. Cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours (2 hours minimum), turning occasionally. Remove the pork chops from the marinade, discarding any left over marinade. Grill or broil the pork chops, turning only once, until the pork chops are done.

Entire Recipe makes 4 servings
Serving size = 1 Pork Chop
Each Serving = 5 Point Total

Ok, so I know it’s been a while since I last posted, but my husband and I just moved, and that was a LOT of work. And doing that while trying to take care of a 6 month old was incredibly time consuming. So posting (or doing anything else for that matter) was out of the question.

Anyway, excuses aside, I’m doing my best to get back on track with a tasty and healthy salad dressing recipe that is loaded with antioxidants and yet low in Weight Watchers Points! Our friends over at POM Wonderful sent us some samples of their fabulously delicious POM juice to try out. The juice by itself is really really yummy, but a small, 8oz bottle of it is about 4 Weight Watchers Points. A bit too many Points to spend on a beverage, in my opinion. So, I decided to experiment with it, and I found lots of ways to incorporate POM Juice into some Weight Watchers Recipes, while still keeping the recipes low in Points. Pomegranate Juice is so incredibly good for you – it’s health benefits are endless. And it tastes pretty amazing too! POM Juice is actually grown and manufactured in California where it’s hand-picked and squeezed into bottles that are even manufactured by POM too. Other brands are made with juice from Iran and Turkey, and were shown to contain added sugar, colorants and other low-grade filler juices, despite being labeled as “100% Pomegranate Juice”.

With that being said, the benefits that Pomegranate Juice has to offer are countless — cardiovascular health, prostate health, erectile function….and the list goes on. It’s super high antioxidant potency is a major benefit too. So finding ways to add some POM Juice into your diet is a great idea! And this delicious, low calorie vinaigrette recipe is a great way to get started!

Thanks to our friends over at POM Wonderful for introducing us to the rockin’ taste of fresh POM Juice!!

POM Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe

Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate
Juice
- 1/3 cup arils from 1 large POM Wonderful
Pomegranate (optional)
- 1/4 cup olive or vegetable oil
– 1/3 cup red or white wine vinegar
– 2 tablespoons grated red or brown onion
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar, or to taste
– 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Directions:
Score 1 fresh pomegranate and place in a bowl of water. Break open the pomegranate underwater to free the arils (seed sacs). The arils will sink to the bottom of the bowl and the membrane will float to the top. Sieve and put the arils in a separate bowl. Reserve 1/3 cup of the arils from fruit and set aside. (Refrigerate or freeze remaining arils for another use.) In a screw-top jar or plastic container with tight-fitting lid, combine juice, the 1/3 cup arils and remaining dressing ingredients. Cover and shake well. Set aside or refrigerate for up to 2 days before serving.

Serving size = 2 tablespoons
Each serving = 2 Point Total

I’m on big salad kick lately. Maybe it’s because it’s so hot out, I just don’t feel like eating anything else. Or maybe it’s because I’ve found such awesome low calorie salad recipes lately that I actually ENJOY eating it! Either way, I’m all about the greens. And I’ve recently come across this amazingly good low calorie Cobb Salad Recipe. Each serving has just a 5 Point Total, which is a phenomenal count, considering that a traditional cobb salad recipe can clock in at well over 20 Weight Watchers Points per serving…SCARY! So this lighter version is a real treat. And it still has all of the yummy goodness that makes a cobb salad tasty! Bacon, blue cheese, egg…mmmmm! If you love cobb salads, then this low calorie recipe is a MUST try!

Light Cobb Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
- 1/2 head of romaine, coarsely chopped
- 1 cucumber, chopped or sliced into small pieces
- 1/2 head of Boston lettuce (or Iceberg), coarsely chopped
- 2 hard-boiled large eggs, separated, whites and yolks finely chopped
- 5 slices of extra lean turkey bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 1 ripe avocado, cut into small pieces
- 6 oz chicken breast, cooked and diced
- 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup blue cheese

Dressing
- 1/3 cup red-wine vinegar
- 2/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 small clove garlic, crushed
- Salt and pepper

Directions:
Combine chopped lettuce in a large salad bowl.
Arrange the chicken, bacon, tomato, egg and avocado over the greens.
Whisk vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Add the oil in a slow stream, whisking until it is emulsified. Serve separately.

Entire Recipe makes 8 servings
Serving size is 1/8 of entire recipe
Each serving, with dressing = 5 Point Total

This recipe was created by Gina’s WW Recipes.

Roasted Red Pepper Dip Recipe with Chick Peas

Ingredients:
- 1 15 oz can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 medium roasted red pepper, skin and seeds removed
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, leaves only
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- Kosher salt and fresh pepper to taste

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender. Add a little water if it is too thick. Blend until smooth. Serve with fresh vegetables like cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, or whatever you prefer.

Entire recipe makes 4 servings
Each serving = 4 Point Total

This recipe was created by Gina’s WW Recipes.

In the midst of this hot summer, having a nice cool, creamy ice cream bar sounds ideal. But if you are a Weight Watcher, it’s not always easy to find low calorie ice cream bars that are tasty and low in Weight Watchers Points. When I spotted these Skinny Cow Truffle Bars on supermarket shelves, I couldn’t wait to try one! In fact, I tore open the box as soon as I got in the car, and whipped one of those babies out! Yowsa!!! They are deeeeeeelish! Smooth and creamy, and elegantly drizzled with chocolate, these decadent ice cream treats are a must.

Skinny Cow Truffle Bars

Each of these tasty bars of low calorie ice cream heaven have just 100 calories, 2g of fat and 3g of fiber!! Giving it a Point Total of just 2!! Yippee! They come in 2 flavors – Chocolate and French Vanilla. And the thing that I love most is that when you eat one of these, they taste so good, you feel like you are indulging in some top notch ice cream bars, laden with fat and calories. This cool treat is the perfect low fat snack for anyone who refuses to give up good ice cream while dieting!

PS: Skinny Cow has a whole line of low cal goodies! Checkout the frozen sweets aisle in your supermarket.

I LOOOOOOOVE cheesecake! But being a weight watcher, I pretty much ruled out this tasty dessert recipe. But then I stumbled upon this delicious, no-bake cheesecake recipe that has a Point Total of just 6! It’s light and fluffy, yet still creamy and delicious. The perfect treat for cheesecake lovers who are watching their waistline. Next time you are in need of a good low calorie dessert recipe, give this no-bake cheesecake a try!

No-Bake Cheesecake Recipe

Ingredients:
- 8 oz Cool Whip Free
- 8 oz 1/3 less fat Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- 9 inch reduced fat Graham Cracker Crust
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice

Directions:
In a large bowl, whip cream cheese, lemon and sugar for a few minutes until fluffy. Add Cool Whip and whip until smooth. Spoon mixture into pie crust and chill for a few hours, until firm. Cut into 8 equal slices. Or serve just the cheesecake as a mousse, without the pie crust, for only a 4 Point Total!

Entire Recipe makes 8 servings
Serving size = 1 slice
Each serving = 6 Point Total

*This is not an official Weight Watchers dessert recipe.

This recipe was created by Gina’s WW Recipes.

Ok, I know it’s been a LOOOONG time since I’ve posted last, but it’s been pretty crazy here at LaaLoosh headquarters. With all the Weight Watchers drama, amongst a gazillion other things, I’ve had absolutely no time to blog. But, since today is Fabulous Food Find Friday, I had to find a moment or two to mention these rockin’ 0 Point Total popsicles from none other than Crystal Light! It’s starting to get pretty darn hot outside these days, and I’ve been super psyched to hit the freezer aisle at the supermarket to see what new low calorie frozen treats are in store. And when I came across these 15 calorie popsicles, I was so excited to give them a try!

Crystal Light Popsicles

If you like Crystal Light drink mixes, you’ll go bonkers for their delicious new popsicles! These Crystal Light Frozen Pops are sugar free, and have just 15 calories each. They are the perfect cool down treat, with absolutely ZERO guilt. A great diabetic dessert option as well! They come in super yummy flavors like: Lemonade, Pink Lemonade, Peach Iced Tea, Classic Orange, Cherry Pomegranate, and more! You can eat up to 3 of these frozen treats and STILL have it be zero Points Total! Woo Hoo!!! This is a great snack for any Weight Watcher. Being on Weight Watchers myself, these are going to be my savior this summer. If you want a tasty, low calorie popsicle that doesn’t taste like water, these Crystal Light Frozen Pops are a must try! So make room in your freezer and stock up!

Another Fabulous Food Finds Friday is here, and today, I’m sharing my all time favorite salad dressing! It’s a super delish Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing that has a mere 35 calories calories and 1.5 grams of fat for a two tbsb serving! That means that even if you love salad dressing as much as I do, you can DOUBLE the serving size and it’s now only 2 weight watchers points per serving!! If you are satisfied with the standard serving size of 1 tbsp, then even better – you’ll keep it at just 1 weight watchers point. And the best part? IT TASTES SO GOOD!!! I am love with Asian Sesame Salad Dressings, and this tastes even better than the higher calories/fat ones! Yippee!!! Keep reading to learn more about this super awesome low calorie salad dressing!

Newman’s Own Lighten Up Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing

Paul Newman salad dressings deliver!! Newman’s Own Lighten Up! Sesame Ginger Dressing. It is the absolute best salad dressing to use if you want a fabulous tasting, low calorie, low Point salad dressing that will help keep you within your daily Weight Watchers Points range. I even take this stuff with me when I go to restaurants, so that I know exactly how many calories and Weight Watchers Points I’m using. With just 35 calories and 1.5 grams of fat per two tablespoons, it simply can’t be beat.This dressing is truly every dieter’s best friend. And if you are a fan of Asian salad dressings as much as I am, you will LOVE it!

Stay tuned for super yummy low calorie recipes that incorporate this fantastic low fat salad dressing!