Weight Watchers Weekly Dinner Meal Concepts (Mar 3 – Mar 9) • Easy Nourished Dwelling

Fridays, I ship out an e mail outlining my dinner plans for the upcoming week which might be designed to work with Weight Watchers. I additionally publish them on my weblog. This follow helps me keep on monitor with my meal selections and motivates me to make more healthy meals choices.
By sharing my weekly dinner plans, I intention to supply a useful useful resource for anybody searching for meal planning concepts or trying so as to add selection to their weight loss program. For much more inspiration, take a look at the “101 Meal Prep Concepts from Profitable Weight Watchers” information—it’s full of inventive tricks to maintain your meals recent and thrilling!
My Strategy to Meal Planning
Each time I fall out of the meal planning behavior, I discover myself counting on an excessive amount of takeout, restaurant meals, and unhealthy snacks. It’s stunning how shortly the kilos creep again—and the way awful I really feel.
When I’ve even a tough thought of what I’m cooking for dinner within the coming week, I’m far much less tempted by quick meals or takeout. However my strategy to meal planning is deliberately easy. Making an attempt to do an excessive amount of overwhelms me, so I maintain it SUPER EASY: only a post-it observe on the counter with a number of dinners I plan to make. That’s it.
Because it’s simply the 2 of us—myself and my husband—we regularly have leftovers. This implies loads of ready-made lunches or dinners for the subsequent day. I take pleasure in discovering inventive methods to repurpose leftovers into one thing recent and engaging.
Our social life is pretty lively, and plans can change on a dime. That’s why flexibility is vital for me. (You possibly can learn extra about my strategy to lifelike meal planning for unpredictable schedules.)
Finally, I’m at all times asking myself, “How can I make this as straightforward as potential?” For me, meal planning solely works when it’s easy. So long as I’ve a stash of easy-to-prepare, wholesome meals within the fridge and pantry, I do know I’m setting myself up for achievement.
What Do I Eat for Breakfast on Weight Watchers?
Most days my breakfast is one thing fast like an english muffin with almond butter, avocado toast, cottage cheese with fruit, eggs, yogurt with fruit, oatmeal or a smoothie, relying on my temper and the season.
What Do I Eat for Lunch on Weight Watchers?
Lunch is normally leftovers or some mixture of soup / sandwich / salad. This components is a confirmed winner for me. I by no means fall into the temptation of takeout when I’ve a jar of soup, bowl of arduous boiled eggs, container or leftovers and/or salad fixings staring again at me once I open the fridge!
This Week’s WW Dinner Ideas with Factors
Gradual Cooker Mexican Meatball Soup
This Straightforward Gradual Cooker Mexican Meatball Soup is one in all my longtime household favorites, impressed by Sandra Lee’s easy, semi-homemade cooking type. I first made it again in 2009. Again then, my crock pot love affair was simply getting began. Over time, I’ve modified it to be extra WeightWatchers-friendly, and it’s simply as scrumptious as ever!
This soup is hearty and satisfying, however nonetheless gentle sufficient to suit completely into my WW life-style. It’s comforting, filling, and nice for leftovers, making it a go-to once I’m in search of one thing straightforward but nourishing. In case you are a fan of easy, homey meals with a little bit kick, give this one a attempt! I’ll plan to serve it with heat tortillas, cornbread or crusty baguette, relying on what I’ve readily available and my temper.
Sheet Pan Roasted Shrimp and Broccoli
When I’m in search of a fast, wholesome, and flavorful dinner, this easy roasted shrimp and broccoli recipe is one in all my go-tos! It’s a straightforward, tasty various to stir-frying and excellent for a busy weeknight. The tender broccoli florets pair superbly with juicy, garlicky shrimp, making a meal that’s gentle however nonetheless satisfying. In the event you the benefit of sheet pan meals you like this gentle and engaging recipe.
Straightforward CrockPot Corn Chowder
This straightforward crock pot corn chowder is the type of WW pleasant recipe that makes me very, very completely happy for a number of causes. It’s straightforward to make with essentially the most fundamental of pantry elements. It manages to be wealthy, creamy and scrumptious and good for you whereas being very low in fats. And it jogs my memory of the corn chowder my mother made once I was rising up. I’ll serve it with a easy inexperienced salad and lightweight wholegrain toast.
Low Carb Avocado Bacon Wrap
Filled with taste, it comes collectively in minutes making a light-weight but satisfying lunch or supper. An impressed various to avocado toast, I assure this tasty wrap will grow to be a daily in your rotation. It has mine! I’ll serve it with one of many leftover soups!
I’m additionally planning to make a batch of these scrumptious breakfast bars, which I’ll share with household/mates to stop going overboard! You may as well freeze them. They’re the yummiest granola bar I’ve ever tasted, do-it-yourself or in any other case and a favourite candy deal with of mine.
A observe about WW Factors
In the event you’re following Weight Watchers, all of the recipes right here on Easy Nourished Dwelling have been up to date for the brand new WW program, with factors displayed within the recipe card. The Verify the WW Factors hyperlink within the recipe card takes you to the Weight Watchers App the place you possibly can edit it utilizing the WW recipe builder or add it to your day.
(Have to be logged into WW account on a cellular system, akin to smartphone or pill).
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