Food, Diet, Exercise…but not from experts, just those who have lost 100lbs combined.
We’ve gravitated to the Weight Watcher chocolate snacks. They taste amazing and are just enough to get us by without sacrificing too much. This 1000% looks like a Weight Watchers advertisement but finding a sweet treat that doesn’t break the bank can be a bit taxing. They often have sales and free shipping so it’s easy. Below are some of our staples.
This isn’t a totally zero point food, but it’s very low in points and calories. Compare to any shelf variety jam and you’ll see how low this is and you know everything that’s in it!
It’s important to use frozen fruit as the moisture is needed to prevent sticking and give the fruit room to breakdown. Feel free to substitute any frozen fruit you’d like. I make this for Father Foodie with frozen cherries.
Ingredients:
Combine frozen strawberries, maple syrup and salt in the instapot. Close the steam valve and pressure cook on manual for 1 minute.
When cooking cycle is done let the pressure naturally release for 10 minutes then release.
Press cancel to stop the cooking cycle and turn on sauté. Add chia seeds and stir often to prevent sticking. I use this time to break the strawberries up more.
Once slightly thickened press cancel and transfer to 16 oz jar with a lid. It will thicken more as it cools in the refrigerator. Jam should keep for 2 weeks.
1 Tablespoon is 0 points
2 Tablespoons are 1 point
21 calories per serving
Recipe from: The Fresh and Easy Instapot Cookbook by Megan Gilmore
So we’re tracking our food. Focusing on WHOLE foods, simpler and cleaner eating. But what are you missing? Snacks, chips, junk food…. Nothing will beat Oreos for Father Foodie or queso blanco and tortilla chips for me but we’ve found some things that take the edge off and taste good! We all miss something so I hope to give you some substitutes we’ve found that help the cravings over the next few weeks.
Most of these items will be found on the aisle with the organic food and health snacks…for me it wasn’t an aisle I frequented until recently.
Tortilla chips up first, the substitute is plant based and pretty low in points compared to their restaurant or bagged counterparts. These come in three flavor options: sea salt, nacho and lime. Ten chips are 4 points.
Regular “potato” chips are missed from time-to-time. These will fool you easily and satisfy the craving fast! They also have a variation that are straws. We don’t gravitate to these but they do have snack bags for on the go in sea salt and zesty ranch. The snack bags are 3 points per bag. In the large bag you get 38 chips for 4 points!
Another chip variant we like are these cauliflower stalks. They’re crunchy and puffy with a little bit of salt. 13 stalks for 2 points.
Father Foodie and Sister Slim 