Cooking Light and WW?

[tlgoblue]

Does anyone know if WW has points for the recipes in Cooking Light Mag? I use their recipes all the time and have a few I would love for you guys to hear about, but don't know how it would help those WW folks. (I do know most of their stuff is a No-NO for Atkins/SB dieters. Sorry ) Since I don't do WW either, I'm not sure if they offer info on these Magazine's fare.

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[SnackyStacky]

Hi Tracy!

Usually, recipes out of magazines designed for healthy eating have nutritional information. If you want to share with Weight Watchers-ers, just supply calorie, fat, and fiber information, and a Weight Watcher-er can figure out their points.

 

[tlgoblue]

Thanks Dan! I'll do that.

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[tlgoblue]

Oh! One more thing. Where in the Healthy Eating section would I put it? WW? Kath, do you have a pref, since you seem to be the one doing the organizing?

Tracy

 

[nativetxn]

Hmmm, I'm going to guess that most WW recipe are higher in carbohydrates. But who knows? Low fat usually means high carb but not always

 

[tlgoblue]

Yup! Sorry Kath! I do think that Cooking Light tends toward the Low fat and make up for flavor with carbs. But not always. With DH's Diabetes, we do need to be very careful of the dreaded carbohydrate, as well. They do have some wonderful recipes though.

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[SnackyStacky]

It really depends on what your making. A lot of the meat recipes that I have from Weight Watchers cook books aren't that bad. Usually a few substitutions can almost completely eliminate carbs completely. One of my favorites is goat cheese and herb stuffed chicken breasts. You're supposed to roll the chicken in bread crumbs, but pan frying in some garlic oil would be delicious, and the only carbs would come from the goat cheese and the herbs. (Is goat cheese higher in carbs? Since my fiancée stopped doing Atkins, I really haven't been watching carbs as carefully....)