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Weight Watchers Weekly Dinner Meal Concepts (Sep 30 – Oct 6) • Easy Nourished Residing


Fridays, I ship out an e-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 choices.

9 frame food photo collage with spinach tomato pasta, whole wheat bread, kale date apple salad, apple cake, pickle juice chicken tenders, turkey chili, apple cake, kale squash white bean soup

My Strategy 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 wonderful how crappy I really feel and the way shortly 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 prone to succumb to the temptation of quick meals or takeout.

That being mentioned, my strategy is an off-the-cuff one. Meal planning can overwhelm me if I attempt to do an excessive amount of. So I make it SUPER EASY. I hold a post-it notice on the counter with an inventory 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 have now a reasonably energetic social life, which suggests our plans are at all times topic to alter. (Learn extra about my ideas on real looking meal planning for busy, unpredictable lives.)

Most recipes make greater than we will eat, so we are inclined to have a prepared provide of leftovers for lunch or dinner the subsequent day. I take pleasure in discovering artistic methods to make use of and re-purpose leftovers.

I’m at all times asking myself, “How can I make this as straightforward as potential? For me meal planning works solely after I hold 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 often leftovers or some mixture of soup / sandwich / salad. This formulation 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 after I open the fridge!

This Week’s WW Dinner Strategies with Factors

This week includes a mixture of straightforward gradual cooker, oven and stovetop dinners. Most will present leftovers for added fast and simple meals! I can’t inform you how a lot I really like cooking as soon as and consuming twice 🙂

Slow cooker 3-bean turkey sausage chili in white mug topped with shredded cheese.

Gradual Cooker 3 Bean Turkey Chili
Right here’s an excellent easy, very fundamental recipe for gradual cooker chili made with turkey sausage and three totally different sorts of beans I believe you’ll love.  Take simply quarter-hour of prep time within the morning and a number of other hours later you’re rewarded with the perfume—to not point out taste—of home-cooked crockpot chili. Speak about minimal effort for optimum reward!

Crispy pickle juice chicken tenders on white plate.

Pickle Juice Crispy Hen Tenders
Pickle juice makes the right low fats marinade for rooster. Grill it, bake it or do this batter coated oven/air fryer model of a quick meals favourite. I’m planning to serve these with  Kale Salad with Apples & Dates, certainly one of my favourite salads for fall.

close up of sausage cherry tomato spinach pasta is white wide rimmed bowl with fork on the rim

Sausage Cherry Tomato and Spinach Pasta
This sausage cherry tomato pasta is a simple, wholesome scrumptious dish the entire household is certain to like. Ours does!

One butternut squash cut in half next to bowl of butternut squash soup with white beans and kale

Kale Butternut Squash and White Bean Soup
This cozy kale, white bean and butternut squash soup gives the last word in soul-satisfying, tastebud pleasing, nourishing goodness. For a becoming accompaniment, strive toasted baguette or crostini unfold with goat cheese.

Weight Watchers Recipes: healthy fresh apple cake
Wholesome Harvest Apple Cake

It’s additionally that point of yr after I crave apple cake, a longtime autumn household custom.  Haven’t fairly determined whether or not I’ll make this wholesome harvest apple cake  or Italian apple cake but!

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I hope this helps you with your personal meal planning this week 🙂

A notice 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 Verify the WW Factors hyperlink within the recipe card takes you to the Weight Watchers App the place you may edit it utilizing the WW recipe builder or add it to your day.
(Have to be logged into WW account on a cellular machine, corresponding to smartphone or pill).


Bored with attempting to determine what to cook dinner?

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Buyer Testimonials

I can’t inform you how thrilled we have been together with your menu posted this week! We’re on trip and in a apartment for 5 weeks. Protecting meals easy. I made each the rooster broccoli pie and the broccoli cheese soup for the primary time this week. Each have been a giant hit. Then final night time we had your Caribbean Jerk Hen which is a particular favourite. Made your lasagna soup final week!!! Yum!

I’m so grateful I discovered your web site and proceed to strive new issues. I began WW March 2020 (on-line solely) and have misplaced nearly 30 kilos and am at my purpose! Gradual and regular wins the race!!! (Similar to the tortoise and the hare).

Thanks for all of your encouraging emails and fantastic recipes. We’ve been married nearly 47 years. Once I first discovered ‘my good friend Martha’ as all my mates know you by, my husband mentioned ‘you’ve at all times been a superb cook dinner however we by no means tried so many alternative issues!’ He loves your recipes additionally!!!

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9 frame food photo collage with spinach tomato pasta, whole wheat bread, kale date apple salad, apple cake, pickle juice chicken tenders, turkey chili, apple cake, kale squash white bean soup

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