Soad Bread - 3 ProPoints per Slice (16 Slices)

This is high in ProPoints per slice, but it's also got no perservatives, you know how much salt and sugar is in it and very tasty and filling.

Ingredients

375g Wholemeal Flour (Self Raising) (1 tbspoon reserved for dusting)
1 heaped tspoon of Baking Powder 
1 Tbspoon of Caster Sugar
1/2 tspoon of salt
1 Egg
285ml Buttermilk (you can make buttermilk by using skimmed milk and a tbspoon of vinegar mixed together and left to stand for about 5 minutes)

Method

1. Heat the oven at 180 degrees.
2. Sieve the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and salt into a large bowl.
3. Make a well in the middle and add the egg and buttermilk. 
4. Mix together with a fork until it forms a dough.
5. Gently knead the dough and shape into a loaf.
6. Cook in the oven for approx 20 mins.  You will know the bread is ready when you tap the base and it sounds hollow.
7. Leave to cool on a wire rack

Homemade Veggie Soup - 1 ProPoint

This is a delicious veggie soup that is super filling and tasty. It is one ProPoint, but definitely worth it!

Ingredients

1 150g Potato, peeled and diced
4 Carrots, peeled and diced
4 Celery Sticks, diced
1 Leek, diced
1 Large Onion
1 Vegetable Stock Cube (or chicken stock if you prefer)
1 Litre Water
1 Tsp Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper

Utensils
1 Large heavy bottomed lidded pot
Blender

Method

1. Heat the oil in the pan on a low - medium heat.
2. Add the onion, leek and celery to the oil and cook, covered, on a low heat until the onions are translucent but not coloured.
3. Add the carrots, potatoes and stock, cover and bring to a gentle boil until the veg is cooked (you should be able to crush the veg to the side of the pot).
4. Blitz in the blender until smooth.
5. Pass the soup through a sieve. (This is optional. It's a little bit time consuming but worth doing as it gives the soup a lovely silky texture). If you choose not to do this and the soup is too thick add some more water to reach the consistency you like.
6. Adjust the seasoning to your liking.

Rice cakes, Philadelphia Cheese light and tomatoes - 2 ProPoints (serves 1)

Ingredients:

3 plain rice cakes

30 Philadelphia Light Cheese

8 - 9 cherry tomatoes

Method:

Slice the tomoato and season if you prefer

Spread the cheese over the rice cakes

Arrange the tomatoes

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie - 3 ProPoints per Cookie

I have taken this recipe from a wonderful bloger called Snack Girl.. Dying to try it out, they look delicious! Would really recommend paying her a visit! She's some great ideas and articles http://www.snack-girl.com/

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Makes 20 cookies
1 stick unsalted butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375 F. If you have an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and egg. If you don't, just soften butter in the microwave for 10 to 20 seconds (make sure it doesn't melt) and beat with a fork.
Add the dry ingredients, stir in by hand and then stir in the chips. Drop spoonfuls of batter onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake for about 10 minutes. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes before eating.
For one cookie - 111 calories, 6.5 g fat, 13.2 g carbohydrates, 1.5 g protein, 0.7 g fiber, 83 mg sodium, 3 PointsPlus

 

Toasted BLT - 3 ProPoints (Serves 1)

Ingredients:

2 Slices WW Brown Bread (1 PP each)
2 Slices Parma Ham
1 Tomato - sliced
Handful Shredded Lettuce

Method:

Toast the bread
Layer with the sliced tomato and lettuce
Heat a non-stick pan and place the Parma ham on (no oil needed) and fry for approximately 1 min each side
Top the tomato and lettuce with the Parma ham and other slice of bread.

Feel free to add butter or mayo to this recipe but don't forget to ProPoint it!

Weight Watchers Toast and Banana - 2 points (Serves 1)

I know that this is a really simple thing, and its not exactly a recipe but it is a really tasty low point breakie if you through in a yogart and maybe an apple afterwards, or else just a filling and tasty snack!

Ingredients:
2 x WW Brown Bread
1 x Banana Sliced

Method:

1. Toast the bread
2. Spread the sliced banana over the bread
3. Enjoy

Cheats Bruschetta - 3 Points (Serves 1)

Prep: 5 mins
Cooking: As long as it takes to toast the pitta bread


Ingredients:
WW Pitta Bread
3 large tomatoes diced (this will pile it high on each side of the pitta bread)
1 tsp dried basil
Pinch garlic salt
Pinch Salt
Pinch Pepper


Method:
1. Cut the Pitta Bread into halve and toast
2. Put the diced tomoatoes in a bowl with the herbs, pepper and salt and mix with your hands
3. Check seasoning and add more salt / pepper if required
4. Once the Pitta Bread is toasted pile the mixture on each side and enjoy

No point Veggie Soup - 0 Points

Ingredients: 1 Leek - Chopped
1 Onion - Diced
2 Carrots - Diced
2 Garlic Cloves - Chopped
3 Tomatoes - Chopped and skin removed (to do this, make a little slit on the tomato and place in a bowl of boiling water and cover. After a couple of minutes the skin will just peel away)
Salt
Pepper
Tsp Thyme
1 Spray of Calorie Controlled oil
2 Pints of Water

Method:

1. Heat a large pot on a medium heat and add the onion - cook for five mins (if the onion starts sticking to the bottom of the pot, add a drop of water
2. Add the garlic and cook for two mins
3. Add the leek and cook for a further five mins, until the onion and leek are getting nice and soft
4. Add the carrot, chopped tomato, thyme, pepper and salt and mix for about two mins
5. Add the water and bring to a boil, then reduce to a medium heat until the carrots are soft
6. Allow to cool and blitz in a blender till smooth.

This is a great little soup. It's filling and gives you some of your five a day and you can fill up on it throughout the day without having to worry about using up your points. Have a cup of it while preparing dinner or before going out for dinner. It will help eat less! Plus in the winter its a lovely comforting meal!

Creamy Fruit Salad - 3 Points (Serves One)

This is a really delicious mid morning snack, or even a 'Dessert'

Ingredients:
1 apple (I prefer a pink lady)
1 Mandarin / Clementine
Handful of grapes
1 Danone Creamy Vanilla Yogurt

Method:

1. Chop the apple into bite size pieces and put in a bowl  
2. Wash and add the grapes (slice in half if you like, but I prefer mine whole)
3. Peel and separate the Mandarin / clementine
4. Scoop the yogurt out of the pot over the fruit and toss