Dessert for breakfast? Yes, please!! With the new Dulce de Leche flavored brand of Cheerios coming out this month it’s an absolute possibility. And I already have some great ideas on how I can plug them into some Weight Watchers Dessert Recipes! The nutritional stats are pretty decent – each 3/4 cup serving is just 3 Points +. Granted, it’s not Dulce de Leche ice cream, but hey, for just 3 Points, it’s a pretty decent substitute. I can already see myself just eating handfuls of them when my late night sweet tooth kicks in. Sweet and crunchy is a great combination. I’ll definitely be grabbing a box or two of these Dulce de Leche Cheerios as soon as they hit my grocer’s shelves!

Dulche de Leche Cheerios

Here’s what General Mills has to say about their new caramel flavored Cheerios…

“Dulce de Leche (pronounced “DOOL say day LAY chay”) is a Spanish term for a thick caramel sauce popular in Latin America that inspired this new Cheerios flavor.”
They boast:

• 100 calories per serving
• 19g of whole grain per serving which is 39% of the daily recommended amount of whole grain*
• Saturated fat free
• Naturally cholesterol free
• Good source of calcium
• Good source of vitamin D

Serving size is 3/4 cup
Each serving = 3 Points +

PER SERVING: 100 calories; 1.5g fat; 22g carbohydrates; 2g protein; 2g fiber

I’ve always been a big fan of Kashi products, and when they released their new line of TLC Pita Crisps, I was totally excited to give them a try. I love a good crunchy snack, especially pita chips, but it’s not always easy to find ones that are both yummy and Weight Watchers friendly. These new Kashi Pita Crisps have just 3 Points Plus per serving, and each serving is 11 crisps. What I do, to prevent myself from eating more than 1 serving , is to divide the whole box into individual servings and store them in little Ziploc bags. That way, if I need a quick, healthy snack on the go, I can just grab a little pre-portioned bag, rather than stand there and count out 11 crisps. Plus, if I’m snacking on them at home, I tend to feel guilty going back for another bag, so I just stick with one, and that helps keep me in control. Wanna learn more about Kashi’s TLC Pita Crisps? Keep reading!!

Kashi TLC Pita Crisps

According to Kashi, their TLC Pita Crisps are made from a unique blend of 7 whole grains, baked to toasty perfection into crunchy, puffy crackers. Both savory varieties are crunchy snacks you can feel good about craving. Naturally Pita Crisps are free of artificial flavors, hydrogenated oils and cholesterol. Each serving provides 10 grams of whole grains, 5 grams of fiber* and 3 grams of protein. Yay!! And they currently come in 2 different flavors: Zesty Salsa and Original 7 Grain with Sea Salt. Want to know where you can find them? Just enter your zip code to find a retailer nearest you. And don’t forget to use this Kashi Pita Crisps Coupon to save $1.00 off your box!

Serving size is 11 pita crisps
Each serving = 3 Points Plus

PER SERVING: 120 calories; 3 g fat; 22 g carbohydrates; 3 g protein; 5 g fiber

I’m not always one to fill up on artificial sweeteners, but every now and then, I think it’s OK to indulge a bit. And these new Non-Alcoholic Mocktail Mixes from Crystal Light are a great way to splurge! Instead of filling up on the high calorie cocktails that I love, I can crab one of these tasty little drinks for just 5 calories per serving, which is 0 Points Plus. Serve them chilled, over ice, or blended with ice for a tasty low calorie summer drink that tastes just as good as the real thing (well, almost!) but without all the extra carbohydrates and calories, or the alcohol buzz. Keep reading to find out more!

Crystal Light Mocktails Drink Mixes

Crystal Light’s non-alcoholic powdered drink mixes come in in Appletini, Margarita, and Mojito. Yum! Each packet has 8 servings and makes a 2qt pitcher. Which means, if you really feel like it, you could drink the entire 2 quarts for just 40 calories. So don’t hesitate to satisfy your thirst for a light and refreshing mocktail this summer! Check out Crystal Light’s Facebook Page and learn more about these tasty beverages, along with their other low calorie drink mixes.

Truwhip Low Calorie Whipped Topping – 1 Points Plus If you haven’t already, take a look at the ingredient list in a tub of Cool Whip the next time you are at the grocery store — there’s some pretty scary stuff in there, people. But today’s Fabulous Food Find is about to make you super duper happy if you are a whipped topping lover!! Truwhip Whipped Topping is taking the dessert world by storm with it’s fantastic flavor, fabulous nutritional stats and it’s all natural ingredients. Not to mention, each 2 tbsp has just 1 Weight Watchers Points Plus, allowing you to dollop with confidence. Keep reading to learn more about this truly awesome food…

Truwhip is a 100% natural whipped topping, that is 70% organic, has NO high fructose corn syrup, no hydrogenated oils, and is trans fat free & gluten free. Woo hoo!! Now you can enjoy topping your favorite healthy dessert recipe, using it as a dip for fruit, or just eating it straight out of the tub, as I will shameslessly admit to doing on more than one occasion. You can find it at your local grocery store in the freezer aisle, right where the Cool Whip is. And don’t forget to take this Truwhip coupon with you to save a little bit of cash :).

Entire container has 25 servings
Serving size is 2 tbsp
Each serving = 1 Points Plus

PER SERVING: 30 calories; 2 g fat; 3 g carbohydrates; 0 g protein; 0 g fiber

Sometimes, I just really don’t feel like cooking. And when I feel like that, it’s important that I have some healthy, low calorie convenience foods on hand, or I’ll wind up at the nearest fast food drive thru. One of my recent finds are these amazingly yummy vegetable souffles from Garden Lites. I had been passing by them for weeks at the grocery store, and then just last week I decided to give them a try….they were fantastic! They are PERFECT to pop in the microwave, and in 3-4 minutes, I have a healthy breakfast, lunch or snack. These are great to take to an office too. I love that the ingredients are all natural and they are pretty low in sodium, compared to other frozen diet foods. They come in 6 delicious flavors, and 5 of them are just 4 Weight Watchers Points Plus (the other one is 5 Points Plus). Keep reading to find out more about these diet friendly low calorie frozen souffles!

Here’s what Garden Lites has to say about their products: “Frozen food doesn’t have to taste like the freezer or be full of phony nutrition in order to stay “fresh”. Our frozen soufflés are chock-full of flavorful, hearty, and delicious vegetables. Full of real vitamins. Real substance. Real taste. Whether a side dish, snack or mini-meal, our fresh soufflés can be enjoyed whenever the mood strikes.” I have to say…I couldn’t agree more. These tasty little entrees are a much healthier and tastier alternative to most of the other frozen diet foods on the market.
You can get the souffles in the following delicious options: Roasted Vegetable, Butternut Squash, Broccoli, Zucchini, Spinach or Cauliflower. Yum!

Entire box has 1 serving
Each serving = 4 Points Plus (the Butternut Squash one is 5 Points Plus)

PER SERVING: 140 – 180 calories; .5 – 2 g fat; 25 – 34 g carbohydrates; 9 – 10 g protein; 3 – 5g fiber

If you want a great, low calorie dessert idea that doesn’t require any preparation or cooking, and has just 3 PointsPlus per serving, get to grocery store ASAP and check the freezer aisles for Dreyer’s two new flavors in their Slow Churned Light Ice Cream Line – Triple Cookie Fudge Sundae Ice Cream and Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Sundae Ice Cream. Anything that has more descriptive words in the product name than PointsPlus in the serving, I am DOWN to try! Each of these flavors are very rich and creamy, so you really feel satisfied and it’s not that hard to cut yourself off after one or two servings. (keep in mind, this is coming from a girl who can down a whole pint of Haagen Dazs without blinking).

Dreyer’s Slow Churned Light Ice Cream in 2 New Flavors

It’s hard to believe that this low calorie ice cream can pack so much creamy goodness into a serving, but Dreyer’s really delivers on these two new flavors. Here’s the nutritional stats:

Triple Cookie Fudge Sundae
Serving size is 1/2 cup
Each serving = 3 Points +
PER SERVING: 120 calories; 4 g fat; 17 g carbohydrates; 3 g protein; 0 g fiber

Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Sundae
Serving size is 1/2 cup
Each serving = 3 Points +
PER SERVING: 110 calories; 4 g fat; 16 g carbohydrates; 3 g protein; 1 g fiber

Here in SoCal, the temperatures have been well into the 100′s this past week. Therefore, all I’m craving is cold stuff. Cold salads, cold sandwiches, and of course ice cream and frozen yogurt. A few weeks back, I saw this week’s fabulous Food Find at my grocery store and made a mental note to give it a try soon. Well, this past weekend, while emptying out the frozen desserts section, I decided to give these frozen yogurt and sorbet bars a try. Boy, am I glad I did!! While I’ve always been a fan of Jamba Juice Light Smoothies, I was never in love with them. So I wasn’t super psyched to try their new line of frozen goods. But their tasty new Jamba Yogurt & Sorbet Bars have lured me in! Wanna learn more about these 1 Point goodies? Keep reading, folks!

Jamba Yogurt & Sorbet Bars

According to their website, Jamba Sorbet Bars and Jamba Sorbet & Yogurt Bars are made with ripe, luscious, real fruit and are a good source of Vitamin C and fiber. Packing all the goodness of nature’s bounty in a 70-90 calorie bar, frozen never tasted so good! They come in the following mouth-watering flavors: Vanilla Blueberry Pomegranate Perfection, Peach Blackberry Smash, Vanilla Strawberry Jubilation, Coconut Pineapple Passion Smashin’, and Strawberry Lemonade Swirl. Each of these frozen yogurt bars has just 2 Weight Watchers Points Plus. If you are looking for a tasty, cold Weight Watchers snack to have on hand during these last few weeks of summer heat, then I highly suggest you get your sweaty self to the store and grab some of these Jamba bars, ASAP!

Entire box ha 4 servings
Serving size is 1 bar
Each serving = 2 Points +

PER SERVING: 70-90 calories; 0-2 g fat; 18-20 g carbohydrates; 0-1 g protein; 3 g fiber

This product that I want to share today has been on the market for a few months now, but as I just found at at my most recent Weight Watchers meeting, surprisingly, not everyone knows about it!! Remember when Wonder Bread used to make those DELICIOUS 1 Point hot dog buns? Me too. And I was so beyond sad when they discontinued them. For many a month I mourned their loss, and then was beyond overjoyed when I saw that Orowheat/Arnold’s came out with a new product called “Fill ‘ems”. Finally, I could have a low Points + hot dog again – life is good. Keep reading too get the low down on this Fabulous Food Find!

Orowheat Fill ‘ems

100 calories each. Excellent source of fiber. 9 grams of whole grains. 5 grams of fiber. 0 grams of trans fat. Heart healthy (diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol and as low as possible in trans fat may reduce the risk of heart disease). Orowheat Fill’ems, you can no wrong. They are a great 1 Point Sandwich Roll or hot dog bun and work so will with a variety of Weight Watchers Sandwich Recipes. Why Orowheat has NO info about the Fill’ems on their website is beyond me, but I have seen them at a variety of major grocery stores. Granted, back on the old WW Points System, these rolls were just 1 Point each, but now they are 3 PointsPlus each. If you are looking for a good low calorie sandwich roll, you must check these out!

Serving size is 1 sandwich roll
Each serving = 3 Points +

PER SERVING: 100 calories; 1 g fat; 21 g carbohydrates; 5 g protein; 5 g fiber

Today is Fabulous Food Find Friday, and I wanted to share with all of you a fabulous, low calorie peanut butter substitute! Now, for those of you who are serious Weight Watchers foodies, you probably are already aware of this monstrously delicious PB alternative. BUT, as one of my readers so graciously reminded me last week (thanks, Leah!) not everyone may be aware that this product exists. So, I figured it’s definitely worth a blog post, because if you are a peanut butter lover and also a weight watcher who rarely indulges in PB because of the super high Points value, then this may seriously be the best Friday of your life. Wanna know what this product is?!?!?? Well, keep reading, folks!

Low Calorie Peanut Butter Substitute

With just 100 calories, 2 grams of fat and 2 grams of fiber, Better’n Peanut Butter has just 2 Weight Watchers Points Plus per serving. And that serving size is a whopping 2 tbsp!! Better’n Peanut Butter is the all-natural product of the Wonder Natural Foods Corporation that can be used in all the ways that you now use regular peanut butter, but instead of 16 grams of fat per serving, Better ‘n Peanut Butter delivers less than 3 grams of fat per serving and qualifies as a low fat food by USFDA standards. It comes in Original Creamy, Chocolate flavor (hello, lovah!) and Low Sodium Peanut Butter. Some local health food stores or Trader Joe’s may carry this, but you can also buy it online. Enjoy!!

Serving size is 2 tbsp
Each serving = 2 Points Plus

PER SERVING: 100 calories; 2 g fat; 13 g carbohydrates; 4 g protein; 2 g fiber

I have always been a fan of The Skinny Cow Ice Cream Products, but when I spotted these new treats on the shelves, I was overcome with happiness. This Fabulous Food Find Friday, I want to tell you about The Skinny Cow’s new portion-controlled low fat ice cream cups, which come in 5 different flavors: Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Dulce de Leche, Strawberry Cheesecake, Caramel Cone, and Cookies ‘N Cream and I was amazed at how delicious and rich these were!! I snatched up each flavor at the grocery store and they are all fabulous. Though my favorite was the Dulce de Leche. They range from 150-170 calories, 1-3 grams of fat and 4 grams of fiber, giving them just 2-3 Weight Watchers Points each. Not bad!! The cute little cups give you the same feel as eating a pint of ice cream, except its not a pint and it’s low calorie ice cream. A great Weight Watchers snack idea!!

The Skinny Cow Ice Cream Cups

Looking for low Points ice cream treats? Try The Skinny Cow’s Low Fat Ice Cream Cups! Rich and delicious, each portion controlled ice cream cup has just 2-3 Weight Watchers Points. You’ll find either nice sized chunks of cookies, brownies, cheesecake or gooey swirls of caramel in whichever of the 5 tasty flavors you choose from. If you are looking for a great, low calorie Weight Watchers ice cream treat, this is a MUST try!!