Category: Cooking

What I Ate Wednesday: Cheesy Chicken Veggie Cups

We’re waist-high in decoration/renovation land over here — pics coming soon! — so this week’s What I Ate Wednesday with Peas & Crayons is more of a lovely food essay. Here is a super-easy recipe I “invented” (read: I’m sure I saw the idea somewhere, but didn’t… Continue Reading “What I Ate Wednesday: Cheesy Chicken Veggie Cups”

What I Ate Wednesday

Wow, I FINALLY remembered to take pictures of everything I ate for one entire day. Doesn’t sound that hard, but I sure as heck couldn’t remember for the life of me.Ready to see everything I ate yesterday? Of course you are! Let’s go …… Continue Reading “What I Ate Wednesday”

What’s wrong with this picture?

Looks like a reasonable meal, right? Chicken sandwich on a whole-grain bun, bit of pasta, side of vegetables. Harmless! Or so it would seem, until you do the Weight Watchers analysis … Chicken breast: 5 pointsMayonaise: 3 pointsWhole-grain roll: 2 pointsSide of veggies: 0 points Tiny… Continue Reading “What’s wrong with this picture?”

Five weight loss snacks that actually taste amazing

How’s the weight loss going, you ask? Darling Husband and I are still loving Weight Watchers Online, and are on track to reach our goals (his is going skydiving, mine is looking smokin’ hot). In the first three weeks on the program, I’ve lost… Continue Reading “Five weight loss snacks that actually taste amazing”

What I Ate Wednesday: Toddler edition

Some readers have been curious how little D is faring with the Weight Watchers revolution in our house, so this post is for them! At first, he hated it. He probably missed the fatting creamy pasta sidedish thingys I used to make, and wondered… Continue Reading “What I Ate Wednesday: Toddler edition”