WW Dinner Menu Planning

[mom2grace]

I do a week of dinner menus, then spend my points during the day with the leftover points. I try to make 15pt. or less dinners. This is also useful to DH who eats lunch at work.

Does anyone else do this?

What are you having for dinner this week? I'm in a rut!

TIA,
Susan

 

[MelanieC]

We usually do this too.

We have a standard dinner of pizza on Friday night, and I eat two slices for 14 points.

We didn't plan this week, but here are some of our standards:

Beef Stew - we are having tonight
Chili- 3.5 points per cup
Tacos-
Zesty Italian Shrimp & Pasta
Stuffed Peppers in the crockpot
meatloaf, or individual mini turkey meat loaves
Spagetti
veggie burros & black refried beans
salmon or other fish & Rice

I'll try to add more tonight after I look at my cookbook.

 

[QueenTrident]

I'm impressed you have 15 points for dinner. My later night afternoon munchies alway do me in!

Some of my typical dinners:

Corn pasta with balsamic vinegar, sauteed veggies and RF feta cheese

Portobello mushroom tacos

Turkey sausage

Tuna melt

Grilled cheese and tomato soup

Chili and brown rice

Nachos w/ refried beans

Omelettes

Sushi

 

[mom2grace]

Queen Trident.....at least I have 1 healthy meal!

I add chopped up veggies to everything to make it more filling for less points.

I "work backward" by know how many more points I have to spend on breakfast, lunch and snacks.

I have a real problem with snacking, I'm at home with my kids and my daughter is 35 inches and 24 lbs.......High calorie, fats, and proteins are important! So, m-m's litter the floor, pb&j call my name!

I also have a problem with after dinner snacking, yesterday I had some air-popped popcorn (with 1 t. real melted butter) about 4 and it seemed to help. We eat dinner about 6.

I do well with portion-control, but I snack allllll day!

Susan

 

[sharoncity]

For a snack, I like Honey Nut Cheerios. 1 cup = 2 points and because of the fiber, it "stays with me for a while". In other words, I'm not too tempted to snack for a while afterward. and if I have the urge to snack, I drink a 16 oz glass of water and wait 10 min.

Dinner - I try to just do the usual that I make for the family, just smaller portions. Chicken breast on george foreman grill. 1 Cup pasta with sauce is about 6 points. make with a really nice salad. Baked potatoe with FF sour cream is quite filling. A frozen stuffed sole from last week calculated at only 4 points! Beef stroganoff with noodles was 15 pts. Keep a couple of WW or Lean Cuisine in the freezer for the nights when family is having burgers or pizza.....

I also have to plug the fat free banana bread again. That really saved me last week. 1 pt per slice, add a little margarine for another pt. But it really satisified my need for bread and sweets all in one. I'm waiting for my bananas to get a little riper so I can make it again this week!

 

[Jiminy102]

I try to plan my meat the day before and then make sides to go with my points. As a general rule I use about 1/2 my points for breakfast/lunch/snacks throughout the day then the other 1/2 for dinner/snack. It seems to work realy great that way and I have plenty most nights for dinner. If I know we are having a higher point dinner then I will adjust acordingly.