Weight Watchers Grocery List

Baking Goods:
• reduced-calorie pancake (like Fiber One Pancake Mix)
• low calorie brownie mix (like No Pudge Brownie Mix)
• sugar and/or sugar substitutes

Bread Items:
• light whole-wheat or whole-grain breads (like Weight Watchers Bread or Sara Lee Delightful)
• reduced-calorie hamburger and hot dog buns (Nature’s Own makes some great versions of these!)
• high fiber tortillas (like La Tortilla Factory Smart & Delicious)
• high fiber pitas (like Western Bagel Alternative Pita Bread)

Canned and Jarred Goods:
• fat-free broth
• reduced-fat tomato-based soups
• canned tuna or salmon packed in water
• low Points soup (like Progresso Weight Watchers Soups)
• tomato paste
• diced tomatoes
• pureed pumpkin for baking
• marinara sauce
• beans & lentils

Cereal:
• high-fiber ones (like Fiber One, Cheerios, and Kashi)
• instant oatmeal

Condiments and Dressings:
• salsa
• reduced-sodium soy sauce
• reduced-calorie pancake syrup
• olive-oil or butter flavored cooking spray
• low calorie peanut butter (like Better n’ Peanut Butter)
• reduced sugar jam (like Smucker’s Reduced Sugar Fruit Spread)
• mustard
• ketchup
• low fat or fat free mayonnaise
• tobasco or hot sauce (like Frank’s Red Hot Sauce)
• vinegar
• pickles
• light butter spray
• light butter spread
• light salad dressings
• reduced fat sour cream
• jar of minced garlic or fresh head of garlic
• fresh lemons and limes
• fat free whipped topping

Diet Beverages:
• diet soda
• flavored waters and soda water (like Propel, G2, Perrier)
• sugar-free drink mixes
• light juice (like V8 Fusion Light)
• skim milk

Eggs & Cheese:
• reduced fat shredded cheese (like mozzarella and cheddar)
• reduced-fat or fat-free hard cheese
• Laughing Cow Light Cheese
• reduced fat cream cheese (the fat free kind is too gross!)
• reduced fat or fat free cottage cheese
• reduced fat or fat free parmesan cheese topping
• liquid egg substitute or liquid egg whites

Fresh Fruit

Frozen Goods:
• light and fat-free ice creams and desserts
• portion controlled frozen treats (ice cream bars, Weight Watchers Desserts, etc)
• frozen entrees
• frozen fruit (for baking and smoothies)
• frozen vegetables (whole, cut-up and sliced for soups, stir-fries and other entrees)
• reduced calorie, whole grain waffles or pancakes
• Gorton’s Grilled seafood entrees

Meat Alternatives:
• veggie burgers
• veggie sausages
• veggie chicken patties or nuggets
• soy hot dogs or corn dogs

Meat, Fish and Poultry:
• extra lean ground beef
• skinless fish
• boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• lean ground turkey breast
• extra lean or lean beef
• turkey bacon
• fat free hot dogs
• lean luncheon meats (like turkey or chicken breast or lean ham)
• Gorton’s Grilled seafood (frozen)

Milk & Yogurt:
• fat free or 1% milk
• fat free buttermilk
• low calorie yogurts

Pasta, Rice and Other Dry Grains:
• high fiber or whole-wheat pasta (like Ronzon’s Smart Taste Pasta)
• brown rice
• Tofu Shirataki 1 Point Noodles or Miracle Noodle 0 Calorie Noodles
• quinoa
• beans and lentils

Spices & Seasonings:
• dried herbs and spices
• fresh herbs (like parsley, cilantro, basil, etc…)
• prepackaged seasoning packets
• Kosher salt
• Black pepper

Snacks:
• low calorie or baked potato chips
• light microwave popcorn
• reduced fat cookies (like Trader Joe’s Righteous Rounds!)
• baked tortilla chips
• 100 Calorie Packs of your choice of snack
• any low calorie, portion controlled snack
• sugar free gum
• light or fat-free, sugar-free pudding and gelatin mixes

If you’ve got a craving for some Barbecue Potato Chips, but don’t want to salvage all your Weight Watchers Points, these “Popped” Potato Chips from Trader Joe’s will definitely satisfy your craving. I LOOOOOOVE BBQ Potato Chips, but it’s hard to find low calorie versions that taste really good, so when I saw these in the store, I was really excited to give them a try. They were fabulous! Each 19 chip serving is just a 2 Point Total. But here’s the best part…if you eat the WHOLE bag (and yes, I sometimes do – I’m human), you are just consuming 8 total points! Though not recommended, it’s not bad for eating a whole bag of chips. Wanna learn more about them? Keep reading!

Trader Joe’s “Popped” Potato Chips

Though not an official Weight Watchers Snack, these incredible chips are an ideal alternative to your conventional potato chip and an ideal treat for anyone trying to cut calories but still enjoy great taste. They have less than half the fat of a regular potato chip but keep the great taste. And they are amazingly light, airy and very flavorful! I’ve also found the the bags have very few broken chips. They aren’t baked OR fried…they are cooked with pressure. I don’t know how they do it, but man, they are GOOD! They also come in regular salted flavor, but the BBQ ones are much better.

Entire bag has 3 servings
Serving size is 19 chips
Serving size = 2 Point Total

It’s another Fabulous Food Find Friday, and I want to share one of my favorite sweet indulgences! If you love your sweets like I do, chances are, you are a big fan of Marshmallow Peeps. Traditionally an Easter snack, Marshmallow Peeps are now available for all holidays with super cool shapes and flavors! And granted, even though this is not a healthy weight watchers snack, it is actually quite low in calories and fat. In fact, 3 Peeps have just a 2 Point Value! Not bad if you want to indulge your sweet tooth, but not go overboard and use up all your weight watchers points! So if you are looking for a relatively diet friendly holiday snack to have around this house this season, add Marshmallow Peeps to your list! Wanna hear more about them?

Christmas Marshmallow Peeps

This year, the folks at the Peeps company have come out with some really fun flavors and shapes for the holiday season. Get them in: Chocolate Mousse flavored Reindeer (YUM!!!), Snowmen, Christmas Trees, Peppermint Stars, Cookie Flavored Cut-Outs, and the J-O-Y letters! Check them out HERE!!

Oh, and just for fun, if you want to enjoy the flavor of Peeps without ANY calories, you’ve gotta give this super fun product a try:

As many of you diet-foodies know, Fiber One has ROCKIN’ 0 Point Yogurts (1 Point for 2 yogurts!) that are so yummy and delicious, and yet nutritious and low in calories and Weight Watchers Points! So when Yoplait contacted me to tell me about this awesome Fiber One Yogurt giveaway they were having, I was super psyched to share it with all of you. Read on to find out how to get your free Fiber One Yogurt 4-Pack!

First of all, in case you happened to never ever hear of Fiber One Yogurt, here’s a little bit of background:
• Yoplait Fiber One 50-calorie yogurt is the only leading nonfat yogurt with 50 calories and 5 grams of fiber.
• Available in four flavors – Strawberry, Vanilla, Peach and Key Lime Pie – Fiber One 50-calorie yogurt is a delicious snack that is good for you, contributes 20% of the recommended daily value of fiber and is a good source of calcium as well as vitamins A and D.
• Instead of munching on boring lower-calorie foods, you can now snack with zero guilt on Fiber One yogurt, a tasty way to help watch waistlines and keep calorie counts in check.
• Yoplait Fiber One 50-calorie yogurt is available in the yogurt section of grocery stores nation-wide

Ok, so now that you are excited to give these yogurts a try, just be one of the first 50 readers to sign-up to receive a coupon for a free 4-pack of Fiber One yogurt! Just click on this image and learn how to score your FREE Fiber One Yogurt:

Enjoy! Oh, and PS: You can also download a coupon for $1.00 off a Fiber One Yogurt too!

So, yes, it’s been a while since I posted a Fabulous Food Find Friday post, but I’ve got a yummy one today, and a coupon for all of my readers too! Forgive me? :)
The super awesome folks at Yoplait sent me over some samples of their Yoplait Delights Parfait to try out and I was eager to give it a taste. I must admit that I’m typically a skeptic when it comes to low fat yogurt…it usually tastes fake or chemically to me, and that’s a turn off (see my other fabulous yogurt finds). But when I tried these Yoplait Delights, I was thrilled!!!! SUPER YUMMY!! And each, nicely sized portion, has just 2 Weight Watchers Points! They come in 4 sinful flavor combos, but I only taste tested the Lemon Torte and the Triple Berry Creme and LOVED them!! All 3 grocery stores I went to were out of the Creme Caramel and the Chocolate Raspberry, so I can’t share my thoughts on those flavors yet, but I LOVE…I mean seriously am IN LOVE with anything chocolate raspberry, and creamy caramel flavored goodies also steal my heart, so I can’t wait to get my hands on these low calorie snacks!

Yoplait Delights Low Fat Yogurt – 2 Points

With just 2 Points per serving, these babies make wonderful, everyday low calorie snacks. You really can’t go wrong here…they taste greay, they are good for you, and they won’t use up all your Weight Watchers Points.

Here’s what Yoplait had to say about their rockin’ low calorie, low fat Parfaits….

In a recent study* nearly nine out of 10 women stated they were interested in 100-calorie foods that could help them tame afternoon cravings. Helping to make mid-day snacking satisfying and guilt-free, General Mills introduces new Yoplait® Delights™, a rich and creamy layered yogurt parfait with 100 calories per serving. Yoplait Delights’ unique flavor combinations include Chocolate Raspberry, Triple Berry Crème, Lemon Torte and Crème Caramel.

The new “Yoplait Delights Snacking Survey,” which polled more than 2600 women, exposed and underscored the overwhelming desire for a satisfying treat you can feel good about eating. Key results include:

• 93 percent of women experience an afternoon “slump” and crave a snack.
• Only 1 out of 10 are always happy with their current snacking options.
• 83 percent of women admit they sometimes feel guilty when cravings take over and they reach for sweets.
• The majority of women surveyed look for something tasty and convenient when choosing a snack.

New Yoplait Delights have two luscious layers, giving a taste experience unlike any other. Each cup will satisfy cravings with 100 calories per serving and 1.5 g of fat. Yoplait Delights is available nationwide at a suggested retail price of $2.99 for a package of four-4oz cups.

Flavor Combinations:
*Chocolate Raspberry- Rich and creamy chocolate yogurt topped with luscious raspberry yogurt *Triple Berry Crème- A delightful blend of strawberry, blueberry & raspberry yogurt topped with creamy vanilla yogurt *Lemon Torte – Luscious lemon yogurt with just the right amount of zest topped with smooth & creamy vanilla yogurt *Crème Caramel- Rich and creamy caramel yogurt topped with smooth vanilla yogurt

And now for that COUPON I promised y’all!! Just CLICK HERE and you can print a Yoplait coupon for $1.25 off a 4-pack of Yoplait Delights!!

Enjoy!

If you have a Trader Joe’s in your neighborhood, RUN, don’t walk, to the nearest Trader Joe’s, and pick up some of these AWESOME Weight Watcher Chocolate Chip Cookies! Produced by Trader Joe’s, you’ll get 5 of this yummy, low calorie cookies for a 2 Point Value. And the best part is that these healthy chocolate cookies are LOADED with vitamins, fiber and antioxidants! That’s right, I said HEALTHY. And they really, really are! Chocolate Chip Cookies with a healthy dose of good-for-you ingredients….not bad. And they actually taste quite good! A bit on the small size, but hey, you get five of them, so it’s definitely an awesome Weight Watcher snack in my eyes. So, you wanna know the name of these fabulous chocolate chip cookies? Read on, my friends!!

Low Calorie, Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies

They are called Righteous Rounds and are produced exclusively by Trader Joe’s. I can’t find a pic of the package anywhere, but they are in a bright orange bag, with yellow title lettering on a pink background. If you don’t have access to a Trader Joe’s you might have to call a friend or family member who is near one, and have them send you some! And if your Trader Joe’s doesn’t carry these low calorie cookies, ASK THE MANAGER IMMEDIATELY!!
Ok, so let me tell you why these cookies rock….
Part of the magic is that these weight watcher cookies have never been heated to more than 75 degrees. Instead, the moisture of the dough has been taken out, leaving a crispy cookie. This innovative process means that the chocolate chip cookies can retain the goodness of the nutrients in the cookies dough, which includes lycopene and beta -carotene. Both fruit and vegetable concentrates were added to the dough, and they are packed with fiber, making these tasty little cookies righteous indeed. They also feature many of the ingredients of a traditional chocolate chip cookie like brown sugar, vanilla and butter. They also have organic soy protein, molasses and cocoa to bolster great flavor and texture. Oh, and the most important part– they have lots of yummy chocolate chips in them!!
This healthy cookie is an absolute MUST try. Seriously.

Here’s the stats:
Serving Size: 5 cookies
Calories: 130
Total Fat: 4g
Total Fiber: 3g
0 Trans Fat, 4 g of Protein
Weight Watcher Point Total – 2 Point

PLUS, it has 50% Daily Value of Vitamin A, 35% Daily Value of Vitamin C, 10% Daily Value of Calcium, 6% Daily Value of Iron, 30% Daily Value of Thiamin, and 10% Daily Value of Riboflavin.

DISCLAIMER: This is not an official Weight Watchers Cookie. Nor is it a Weight Watchers Recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Another Fabulous Food Finds Friday is here, and I’ve got a great dried fruit snack and dried veggie snack to share! Sensible Foods, located in Sonoma County, CA make these incredibly yummy dried fruit and vegetable snacks that not only taste FANTASTIC, but are really good for you too! Sensible Foods uses a unique process called “Crunch Dried” which is a process that removes the water while maintaining the products cell structure, nutritional value and intensifying its natural flavor. These Weight Watchers snacks taste waaaaay better than all those high sugar, high calorie fruit snacks that you get elsewhere, and the nutritional content is also a lot better for you! They are 100% natural, have NO PRESERVATIVES of ANY kind and have a shelf life of over one year! So where and how do you get these babies? Keep reading to find out!

Weight Watchers Dried Fruit Snacks and Dried Vegetable Snacks

These deliciously tasty, fresh and crunchy dried snacks can be ordered online, but are also sold in some select diet stores and health food stores around the US. CLICK HERE to order them!

Sensible Foods Crunch Dried Snacks offers a fantastic variety of these Weight Watchers dried fruit and vegetable snacks! They come in the following choices: Cherry Berry, Tropical Blend, Orchard Blend, Organic Apple Harvest, and their famous Organic Sweet Corn. Each bag of these snacks is equivalent to 1/2 cup of fresh fruit, equals one of your 5 daily requirements for fruits and vegetables and has just 1 Weight Watchers Point!
Not only are these dried fruit snacks good for you as a Weight Watcher, but they are great for you whole family — especially kids. Kids love them because they taste like candy, but are really 100% fruit and are great for school lunches, and are delicious on cereal, yogurt, or ice cream. Oh and the dried Sweet Corn snack is UNBELIEVABLY good! If you want something that is salty, but slightly sweet, you will love them.
These quick and convenient, deliciously healthy Weight Watchers snacks offer the goodness of fresh fruit and vegetables, in a healthy and satisfying crunch dried snack! Give them a try today!

It’s the very first FABULOUS FOOD FIND FRIDAY!!! And I’m so excited to share this deliciously decadent chocolate treat! These VitaTops are Muffin Tops made by Vitalicious and are not only SUPER tasty, rich and chocolaty, they are really good for you too! With just 1 Weight Watchers Point and tons of fiber, you’ll never believe that this chocolate muffin top is packing such a punch!

Deep Chocolate VitaTops Muffin Tops from Vitalicious

No time for your vitamin-fortified cereal this morning? Tired of chewing yet another nutritional bar, but still want your vitamins and minerals and 5-6g fiber with very little fat? VitaTop muffin tops are a satisfying snack food with the portability of a bar, is easy to eat anywhere, anytime. The best thing is, these remarkable little cakes of chocolate goodness taste WAY better than any nutritional bar I’ve ever had — I swear, they are like a chocolate chip brownie!! And with just 100 calories, 1.5 grams of fat and 6 grams of fiber per VitaTop, it’s a healthy and delicious way to spend 1 Weight Watcher Point. It feels almost like a gourmet dessert!

VitaTops are available at select grocery stores and health food stores across the US, but you can also order them online and save 10%!! But hurry — this coupon expires January 31!

P.S. Check back in tomorrow for my super awesome VitaTop Ice Cream Sandwich Dessert Recipe!! for just 4 Weight Watchers Points!

Yes, the Gods have finally answered my prayers….a ZERO calorie pasta has been created! When I first heard about Miracle Noodle and their no-calorie Shirataki noodles, I was hesitant to believe it was possible to have pasta that has no calories, yet my interest was piqued. I knew I had to try it. After reading through Miracle Noodle’s website, I learned a lot about these special Shirataki noodles. Unlike typical pasta noodles which are made from grain-based flours, and thus loaded with lots of calories and carbohydrates, Shirataki noodles are made from yam flour. So you wind up with gluten-free, calorie-free, low-carb pasta! Granted, the texture of these noodles is a bit different than regular pasta, but the taste is good, they are quite filling, and you can use these in a such wide variety of recipes. And when you think of the calories you’re saving, it’s a fantastically fair trade.

In order to satisfy my curiosity, I decided to give these Miracle Noodles a try. So this weekend, I tried their orzo pasta with a recipe I made from scratch. It was DELICIOUS!! Because you wind up saving so many calories with the pasta, you can afford to add in some full fat versions of other ingredients (like cheese!), thus enhancing the taste and texture without blowing up the calories and Weight Watchers Points value of the dish. The orzo is extremely versatile and can used in many, many recipes!! And I would also recommend the orzo pasta as a great substitute for rice. Miracle Noodle also offers a great variety of different zero calorie pastas like angel hair pasta, fettuccini noodles, rigatoni, lasagna noodles and A LOT more!! All of the noodles absorb much of the flavor of the other foods that you are cooking it with, so feel free to add extra salt or seasonings to your dish. Based on what I’ve tasted of their noodles so far, I can’t wait to try the others and see what astounding recipes I can whip up! I believe that these Miracle Noodles are going to be an AMAZING tool for anyone trying to lose weight.

You’ll be reading a lot more from me in the future on these little bags o’ wonder, as I am excited to experiment and de-calorize some of my favorite pasta recipes! They are easy to work with, and the recipe possibilities with these babies are endless…I am already fantasizing about the tasty recipes I can create! They can be used in soups, casseroles, traditional pasta dishes, stir-fry’s…..and so much more!

As of right now, these noodles are only available online at: MiracleNoodle.com

Make sure to check out my first ever, and super delicious, Miracle Noodle Recipe!