This hot summer has got me craving the lighter fare of fresh summer veggies. This is course is wonderful for my Weight Watchers plan! But, having veggies all the time can get pretty boring, so I’m always on the lookout for healthy vegetable recipes with flair. When I came across this light Ratatouille recipe, I was really eager to give it a try. It sounded SO delish and with just 1 Point Total per serving, this recipe was on it’s way to be a staple in my collection of Weight Watchers Recipes! It certainly turned out just as tasty as I had anticipated. So if you are a Weight Watcher looking for some low Points recipes, this Ratatouille recipe will definitely fit the bill.

Ratatouille Recipe

Ingredients:
- 1 medium eggplant, cut in 1” cubes
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 large tomato, cut in 1/2-inch pieces (or 14 oz canned diced tomatoes)
- 1 small zucchini, chopped in 1/2-inch pieces
- 5 garlic cloves, sliced thinly
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 cup black olives (Kalamata if available), pits removed and halved
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, quartered
- 1/2 red or green pepper, chopped
- Parmesan cheese (fresh if available)

NOTE: For more flavor, I actually roasted my eggplant and red pepper before adding into the recipe

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400F. Place 1 tablespoon water in a large skillet and bring to boil over medium heat. Add the eggplant and onion and sauté, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes or until beginning to soften. Meanwhile, clean and cut the remaining (including optional if using) vegetables. Add as ready, stirring occasionally. Simmer for 10 – 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and season with paprika, and salt & pepper to taste. Add balsamic vinegar, stirring to distribute. Transfer to a baking dish lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 25 minutes. If desired, after baking 20 minutes, remove dish from oven and top with Parmesan. Return to oven for final 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

Entire Recipe makes 8 servings
Serving size = 3/4 cup
Each serving = 1 Point Total

The classic Tuna Nicoise Salad Recipe seems harmless, but the truth is, it’s often drowning in fat and excess calories. This Weight Watchers Tuna Salad Recipe has been dramatically lightened up, simply by creating a different dressing with chicken broth vinegar and mustard, and just a touch of oil. It’s light, delicious and incredibly easy to make. Plus, with so much protein and fiber, this Weight Watchers salad is very filling and makes a wonderful Momentum Plan Recipe to add to your collection. It’s a perfect healthy lunch salad recipe that will fill you up, but still let you feel like you are indulging in a fancy, gourmet salad!

Weight Watchers Tuna Salad Momentum Plan Recipe

Ingredients:
– 4 small uncooked new potatoes, red, quartered
- 1/2 pound(s) green snap beans, trimmed
- 1/3 cup(s) reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp minced fresh thyme leaves
- 2 tbsp minced fresh basil leaves
- 2 tsp minced fresh oregano leaves
- 1/8 tsp Kosher salt, or to taste
- 1/8 tsp black pepper, or to taste
- 8 leaves Boston lettuce
- 2 hard boiled egg whites peeled and either halved or quartered, with the YELLOW REMOVED
- 1 medium sized ripe tomato, cored and cut into eighths
- 1 small red onion, sliced thin
- 6 oz canned chunk white tuna in water, drained and flaked
- 2 tbsp capers, drained
- 8 items olive(s), sliced in half (use Nicoise if available)

Directions:
Place potatoes in a large saucepan and pour in enough water to cover them by 2 inches. Set pan over high heat and bring water to a boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer 6 minutes. Add green beans and cook until potatoes are fork-tender and green beans are crisp-tender, about 1 to 2 minutes more; drain and transfer all vegetables to a large bowl.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together broth, thyme, basil, oregano, vinegar, mustard and oil; season to taste with salt and pepper. Add half of dressing to potatoes and green beans; toss to coat.
Place 2 lettuce leaves on each of 4 plates. Top each with 1/4 of potato-green bean mixture, 1 1/2 ounces of tuna, 1/2 tablespoon of capers, 1/2 an egg, 1/4 of the red onion, 1/4 of the tomato and 4 olive halves. Drizzle each with 1/4 of remaining dressing. Recipe makes 4 servings.

Serving size is 1/4 of the whole recipe
Each serving = 4 Weight Watchers Points

When you are in a pinch to make a tasty meal with little prep time, Crock Pot Recipes are the way to go! They are so fast and easy, and taste so amazingly moist and delicious. This Crock Pot Chicken Parisienne Weight Watchers Recipe is one of my all time favorites! The white wine adds such incredible flavor to the dish and makes it taste so gourmet. It’s rich and creamy and absolutely decadent. This chicken recipe is actually a pretty traditional slow cooker recipe that’s been around for a while, but I revamped it to make it lower in calories and Weight Watchers Points, yet without sacrificing any of the fabulous taste. I like to prepare this dish and then serve it over top of some Miracle Noodle Fettucine Noodles, which add 0 Points because it’s a 0 calorie pasta! So it provides a great way to bulk up the dish without adding on any extra Points! Besides, that Parisienne Sauce is just too good to waste!! Trust me when I tell you that this dish is so fabulous NO ONE will have any idea that’s part of a collection of Weight Watchers Crock Pot Recipes. It just tastes too good to be healthy and diet friendly!

Weight Watchers Chicken Parisienne Crock Pot Recipe

Ingredients:
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (approx 4 oz each)
- salt and pepper to taste
- paprika to taste
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell’s 98% Fat Free Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 1 package fresh mushrooms, sliced (about 10 oz)
- 1 cup fat free sour cream
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Directions:
Sprinkle chicken breasts lightly with salt, pepper, and paprika to taste. Place in slow cooker. In a mixing bowl, combine the wine, condensed soup, and mushrooms. In another bowl, mix together sour cream and flour. Stir sour cream mixture into the mushrooms and wine. Pour over chicken in slow cooker. Sprinkle with additional paprika, if desired.
Cover, and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours. Makes 6 servings.

Serving size is 1 chicken breast with approximately 1/6th of the Parisienne sauce
Each serving = 6 Weight Watchers Points

Goat cheese is so flavorful and decadent, I enjoy cooking with it as often as I can. And adding it to an amazing Spring Salad is the perfect way to spruce up that salad without adding a lot of extra calories. This divine Baked Goat Cheese Spring Salad Recipe, with Dijon Vinaigrette, is truly one of the most delicious Weight Watchers Salad Recipes I’ve tried. It’s light and fresh, but still bursting with different flavors and textures. Plus, the different colors give it a lovely appearance and will surely make an impression on whomever you serve it to. It makes a light, satisfying lunch recipe or is the perfect accompaniment to just about any Weight Watchers Recipe for dinner! You can enjoy the recipe as is, or trim the calories a bit more by using your favorite fat-free salad dressing instead of the Dijon Vinaigrette. But his fantastic Goat Cheese Salad Recipe boasts only 4 Weight Watchers Points per serving (with the Dijon Vinaigrette dressing), so it’s a truly indulging dish that won’t use up all your Daily Points!

Weight Watcher Goat Cheese Spring Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 medium shallot, or 1 small shallot, finely chopped
- 1 medium garlic clove, minced
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp parsley, fresh, chopped
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 4 oz soft-type goat cheese, cut crosswise into 4 pieces
- 1 large egg white, whisked
- 2 heads Boston lettuce, torn
- 1 1/2 cups radicchio leaves
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes), about 10, sliced in half
- 1/4 cup dried bread crumbs
- 1 medium yellow pepper, sliced
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar

Directions:
To make vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, white vinegar, shallots, garlic, Dijon mustard, parsley and oil; set aside.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Roll goat cheese into balls and then flatten into patties. Place egg whites and bread crumbs in separate small bowls. Dip goat cheese pieces into egg white, then dredge in bread crumbs; transfer to a baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes.
While goat cheese is baking, in a large bowl toss lettuce, radicchio, peppers and tomatoes with vinaigrette.
Divide salad among 4 plates and arrange goat cheese on top. Serve immediately.

One serving is about 1 cup salad and 1 piece goat cheese
Each serving = 4 Weight Watchers Points

This easy to make Weight Watchers appetizer recipe is a must do for your Christmas or Hanukkah party this year. They are elegant and sophisticated in appearance and taste AMAZING! The fig and Gorgonzola combination goes so well together, and gives this appetizer such a seasonal, holiday flavor. And it tastes so incredibly rich and decadent. It’s the perfect little finger food recipe! And with just 1 Weight Watchers Point for 3 of these beautiful little gourmet goodies, you can enjoy quite a few of them without any guilt. What I like a lot about this dish, is that it’s very unique appetizer recipe, and it will give your guests a chance to try out something deliciously new. Plus, they take very little effort to prepare, so you can whip up an impressive batch in a pinch. If you are looking for an exciting new Weight Watchers Appetizer Recipe to serve up at your holiday dinner or party this year, give this one a try!

Gorgonzola and Fig-Stuffed Endives Recipe

Ingredients:
- 3 tbsp fat-free cream cheese
- 1 oz Gorgonzola cheese, about 1/4 cup
- 1/4 pounds endive, Belgian (about 24 Small leaves)
- 3 medium dried figs, stems trimmed and cut into 8 pieces each

Directions:
Blend together cream cheese and Gorgonzola cheese. Top the base of each endive leaf with about 1 teaspoon of cheese mixture and 1 piece of fig. (If you’re a handy baker, pipe the cheese mixture onto the endives through a pastry bag, for a bit more decorative flare.) Serve and enjoy!

Makes 8 servings
Serving size = 3 topped endives
Each serving = 1 Weight Watchers Point

With summer coming to an end soon, it’s time to savor our last days of those delicious and healthy summer fruits. I found this awesome Weight Watchers Baked Stuffed French Toast Recipe and I wanted to share. I made it just this past Sunday and O M G…..Sooooooooooo delicious! Stuffed French Toast has never tasted so good! The thing I love most is that it’s so decadent…you feel like you’ve just ordered a fancy, gourmet breakfast from some over-priced restaurant. And of course, with just 4 Weight Watchers Points, it’s a guilt-free breakfast recipe that’ll knock your socks off.

Peach-Blueberry Stuffed French Toast Recipe

Ingredients:
16 slice light whole wheat bread (I like Sara Lee Delightful Whole Grain)
1 cup blueberries, fresh, or 1 cup frozen, thawed blueberries
1 large peach(es), chopped or 1 cup frozen, thawed peach slices
2 1/2 cup fat-free skim milk
2 cup fat-free egg substitute
2 Tbsp sugar, granulated
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp powdered sugar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Arrange 8 slices of bread in bottom of a 9 X 13-inch baking dish, squishing slices together to make one layer; sprinkle blueberries and peaches over top. In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, egg substitute, granulated sugar, cinnamon and vanilla extract. Pour half of milk mixture over fruit; top with remaining 8 slices of bread. Pour remaining milk mixture over bread; using a spatula, press top layer of bread slices down to saturate with milk mixture. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake 20 minutes; uncover dish and bake until egg mixture is set and top is golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Cool slightly before sifting powdered sugar over top. Slice into 8 pieces and serve.

Makes 8 Servings
Serving Size = 1 slice
Each serving = 4 Weight Watchers Points