Fridays, I ship out an electronic mail outlining my dinner plans for the upcoming week which are designed to work with Weight Watchers. I additionally publish them on my weblog. This follow helps me keep on observe with my meal selections and motivates me to make more healthy meals selections.
![Weekly Meal Plan Food Photo Collage featuring slow cooker chicken alfredo with broccoli, Slow Cooker Kalua Pork and cabbage, skinny sub pasta salad, skinny crepe style omelet](https://i0.wp.com/simple-nourished-living.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WW-Weekly-Meal-Plan-Jul-29.jpg?resize=640%2C640&ssl=1)
My Method to Meal Planning
Each time I get out of the meal planning behavior I find yourself consuming an excessive amount of take-out, restaurant meals, unhealthy snacks. It’s superb how crappy I really feel and the way rapidly the kilos start to creep again.
When I’ve a tough thought of what I’m planning to cook dinner for dinner within the coming week I’m a lot much less more likely to succumb to the temptation of quick meals or takeout.
That being mentioned, my strategy is an informal one. Meal planning can overwhelm me if I attempt to do an excessive amount of. So I make it SUPER EASY. I maintain a post-it observe on the counter with a listing of some dinners I’m planning to make. That’s it.
We’re a middle-aged couple so I’m largely cooking for simply the 2 of us. We now have a reasonably lively social life, which implies our plans are all the time topic to alter. (Learn extra about my ideas on sensible meal planning for busy, unpredictable lives.)
Most recipes make greater than we are able to eat, so we are likely to have a prepared provide of leftovers for lunch or dinner the subsequent day. I get pleasure from discovering inventive methods to make use of and re-purpose leftovers.
I’m all the time asking myself, “How can I make this as straightforward as potential? For me meal planning works solely once I maintain it so simple as potential. When I’ve a prepared provide of straightforward to organize, good for me meals within the fridge and pantry I’m arrange for fulfillment.
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 onerous boiled eggs, container or leftovers and/or salad fixings staring again at me once I open the fridge!
This Week’s WW Dinner Solutions with Factors
This week options a few of my straightforward summer season favorites that require a minimal of cooking. Most will present leftovers for extra fast and straightforward meals!
![Slow cooker chicken alfredo with broccoli over pasta on white dinner plate with fork.](https://i0.wp.com/simple-nourished-living.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/slow_cooker_chicken_alfredo_broccoli.jpg?resize=640%2C960&ssl=1)
4-Ingredient Sluggish Cooker Rooster Alfredo with Broccoli
A fast and straightforward satisfying dinner, this gradual cooker hen alfredo is a winner each time I make it. I’ll plan to serve it with a easy inexperienced salad or perhaps simply sliced tomatoes.
![Hawaiian Kalua Pork with Cabbage on a white serving plate up close](https://i0.wp.com/simple-nourished-living.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/low-carb-slow-cooker-kalua-pork.jpg?resize=640%2C960&ssl=1)
Skinny on 4-Ingredient Hawaiian Sluggish Cooker Kalua Pork and Cabbage
This recipe appears virtually too easy – simply pork shoulder, bacon, salt and cabbage – gradual cooked for hours till fall-apart-tender. It’s presupposed to style identical to the pork gradual roasted underground all day in Hawaii. I do not know how kalua pork is meant to style. However I can vouch that all of us thought this gradual cooker model was completely scrumptious. I’ll plan to serve this with rice or cauliflower rice and a vegetable. Then I’ll serve it one other night time as a filling for tacos or topping for a thin burrito bowl.
![Italian sub pasta salad in a white bowl from above.](https://i0.wp.com/simple-nourished-living.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/low_calorie_italian_sub_pasta_salad.jpg?resize=640%2C960&ssl=1)
Italian Sub Pasta Salad
This straightforward lightened up pasta salad supplies all of the flavors of an Italian sub with loads much less fats and fewer energy. Nice for make forward lunches or dinners. Good for a buffet, barbecue, picnic or potluck.
![Skinny Feta Tomato Crepe Style Omelet in Skillet from Above with text for Pinterest PIN](https://i0.wp.com/simple-nourished-living.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WW-Skinny-Crepe-Style-Omelet-PIN.jpg?resize=640%2C960&ssl=1)
Skinny 2-Egg Crepe Type Omelette
A scrumptious nutritious choice for breakfast, lunch or supper this easy omelet is skinny like a crepe. Fast and straightforward to make, it’s bursting with taste. Good for these seeking to eat more healthy, this skinny omelet is filled with protein and contemporary elements. Made with a contact of olive oil, eggs, crumbled feta cheese, and juicy cherry tomatoes, it’s a pleasant method to get pleasure from a healthful, wise meal with out compromising on style. I prefer to serve this for an off-the-cuff supper with a easy inexperienced salad alongside.
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I hope this helps you with your individual meal planning this week 🙂
A observe about WW Factors
Should you’re following Weight Watchers, all of the recipes right here on Easy Nourished Residing have been up to date for the brand new WW program, with factors displayed within the recipe card. The Examine 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.
(Should be logged into WW account on a cell gadget, reminiscent of smartphone or pill).
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![Meal Plan Food Photo Collage Pinterest Pin featuring slow cooker kalua pork, skinny crepe style omelet with feta, slow cooker chicken alfredo with broccoli, sub pasta salad](https://i0.wp.com/simple-nourished-living.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/WW-Weekly-Meal-Plan-Jul-29-Pinterest-Pin.jpg?resize=640%2C960&ssl=1)