2018 is Off to a Good Start!

Happy New Year all!

First, some exciting news! Our documentary film, From Fat to Finish Line, made this "10 Things to Watch on Netflix on New Year's Day" list. That was very exciting :) 

After sleeping in a little this morning I got up and decided to make spinach pie. I find it to be pretty tasty and it's only 1SP per serving on the new Freestyle Weight Watcher's program. If you want to check out the recipe you can find it here. It's pretty simple and tasty with a cup of soup, as a quick snack, a side dish or even for breakfast.

My very green meatless 1SP lunch -
That's the Split Pea Soup I made yesterday.

After lunch I finally decided to get myself to the gym. My goal was to do at least 30 minutes of walk/run on treadmill - I managed 4 miles and a little over an hour. It felt great! 

I also took all of my measurements and made some short-term goals for myself:

Nutrition: I want to be as on point as possible with WW - my aim is 25 'blue dots.' For those of you not on Weight Watchers, the app gives you this blue dot when you're tracking and within your point range for the day. Looks like this: 

Fitness:  I'm aiming for 16 workouts or runs this month. With a combination of cross fit (or strength training) or running. Now I want to do more than this but this is a good goal. 

Personal: My goal is to blog 3-4 times a week if not daily for my own personal accountability and blogging really does help me to keep on track. 

Have you made any goals for the new year? How's your 2018 so far? 

XO

Jen

Spinach Pie Recipe

Weight Watcher's Freestyle Spinach Pie 

Spinach Pie

1 SP for a fourth of the pie

I love this tasty little spinach pie. It's only 1SP for a fourth of the pie! It's great as a side dish, served with some soup or salad or as a little snack.

You could use real cheese but it will up the points.

Ingredients:
20 oz. of frozen spinach
4 eggs beaten
3 minced cloves of garlic
small onion chopped
1/2 cup of FF Greek Yogurt
1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup of Kraft fat free shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup of Kraft fat free shredded mozarella
generous shake of garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Directions: 
Preheat oven to 350 - spray a pie dish (I use a glass Pyrex one) with a little olive oil spray.
Thaw out spinach and squeeze out as much of the liquid as you can
Beat the eggs and stir all the other ingredients together - then add spinach.
Pour into pie dish and bake for about 20 minutes
Keeps well in the fridge and does well microwaved the next day

I bet this would be tasty with some shredded rotisserie chicken breast added. Could probably add some mushrooms as well.

My lunch: Spinach pie with my 0 point split pea soup

Enjoy!

XO

Jen

Weight Watchers Freestyle Chicken Cutlet and White Bean Recipe

Weight Watcher's Freestyle Chicken Cutlet and White Bean Recipe

This was super tasty and very fast to make. I had it over a 1/2 cup of rice. I bet it would be amazing over pasta or quinoa. It would probably also be great over zoodles or cauliflower rice - keeping it 100% freestyle.

The recipe itself is hearty and 0 Freestyle points.

Ingredients:

A few chicken cutlets (I think I might've had a little less than a pound of them? About six)

1 thinly sliced medium onion

1 thinly sliced green bell pepper

2 chopped garlic cloves

1 15.5 oz can of diced tomatoes (mine has basil flavoring)

1  15.5 oz can of white beans

1 tbs of capers

1/3 cup of mild banana pepper rings (the kind that come sliced in a jar) 

seasonings: salt, pepper, garlic powder, pepper flakes (whatever you want). 

Spray a large non-stick pan with a little olive oil cooking spray. Sautee onions, peppers and garlic until slightly softened. (I also sprinkled those with a little salt and pepper) 

Push the veggies to the side.

Season the chicken with the spices and cook on each side for about a minute each. 

Put the veggies over the chicken and add the beans, tomatoes banana peppers and capers.

Cover and cook for about ten minutes.  I put it over a half a cup of white rice (3 pts.)

I think this would be great with some mushrooms tossed in and maybe even some string beans. 

Enjoy! Let me know what you think. 

XO

Jen