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Rethinking Fruit for Weight Watchers

Now with One-Point SmartPoint Servings for Fruit All our favorite fruits, conveniently calculated in one-point measures for Weight Watchers. For any one who's ever wondered, What's the best fruit for Weight Watchers? How many grapes are in one Weight Watchers point? Why has my weight loss plateaued? What foods should I give up to lose weight? Now all the data is here, in one quick and easy reference list. Bookmark! Like! Pin! Share! But Wait. Isn't Fruit Free with Weight Watchers? Yes, It Is. FULL DISCLOSURE Weight Watchers' official weight loss program calls fruit "free". WW currently assigns zero points to fruit. You don't have to count fruit! In fact, fruit is just one of the 200 "free foods" in Weight Watchers' program. So, really, how can there be "SmartPoints" for fruit??? Well ......... this page is for anyone whose weight loss via Weight Watchers has stalled or plateaued and thinks that eating "free" fru...

Steak and Tomatoes

Forget steak and potatoes, the new summer combo is Steak and Tomatoes! The recipe comes from a brand-new cookbook from food blogger Jaden Hair. The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook includes her unforgettable steak recipe, ribeyes pan-seared then finished in the oven to serve on a juicy bed of tomatoes, onions and late-summer vegetables all sweet and sour and saucy . Those tomatoes? OH MY. Approachable, Homestyle Whole Food, Simply Prepared. Real Food, Fresh & Fast & Inventive. Another Quick Supper , a Kitchen Parade Specialty. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Naturally Gluten Free. What're you waiting for?! So Good!!

Cantaloupe Smoothies (Creamy or Frosty)

How to make a light and refreshing smoothie with a ripe cantaloupe, you won't believe how easy it is! Just take chunks of ripe cantaloupe and toss 'em in the blender! It’s 100% fruit but turns out unbelievably creamy. Like things frosty? Freeze the melon first. Real Food, Fresh & Fast. Just One Ingredient! Beautiful Color. Mere Minutes to the Table. Budget Friendly. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Not just vegan, Vegan Done Real . Naturally Gluten Free.

Summer Seafood Chowder

Another recipe for a quick supper, shrimp and scallops in a milky broth, with barely cooked tomato, corn and my favorite vegetable this summer, okra. Don't like okra? No problem, green beans are great too! Come August, my northern soul longs for cooler climes. This year, a week in British Columbia was penciled in, then erased. Then a heat wave descended upon Missouri, temps climbed into the high 90s for weeks on end. My garden wilted, I wilted. So I was okra-green with envy when friends headed to northern Michigan earlier this month, packing up cooking gear and garden vegetables for ten days at a family cabin Anne (readers know Anne as the Pastry Whisperer of Flaky Tender Pie Crust fame, St. Louisans know her from Kitchen Conservatory , St. Louis' great kitchen store and cooking school) has been visiting since she was a girl. Some times Anne blogs about the relaxed cooking that happens in a summer cabin on a northern lake. This year, her fish and sausage chow...

Fresh Corn & Tomato Salad

Oh my, what a combination, the freshest summer corn and the ripest summer tomatoes. This simple Fresh Corn & Tomato Salad is simple in name but much more than the sum of its parts, a classic summer dish. Save this easy recipe for the very best garden-fresh tomatoes and corn. Fresh & Seasonal, Perfect for High & Late Summer. Weeknight Easy, Weekend Special. Easily Vegan. Weight Watchers Friendly. Low Carb. Naturally Gluten Free. Great for Meal Prep.

A New Must for BLTs: Homemade Mayonnaise

Miracle Whip or mayo? This BLT question inspired the switch to mayonnaise: not just any mayonnaise, but homemade mayonnaise. Grab your whisks ... This recipe is so quick and easy that I'm adding it to a special collection of easy summer recipes . Watch for new 'summer easy' recipes all summer long. With a free e-mail subscription , you'll never miss a one! “You want that BLT with mayo or Miracle Whip?” asked the waitress. We’d stopped for a late lunch at a tiny country cafĂ©, the gravel parking lot mostly emptied of the after-church fried-chicken crowd. For weeks, I’d been hankering the rite of summer that is the BLT, hot strips of bacon tucked between slices of good bread with fat slices of tomato and crisp lettuce. I ordered the sandwich, counting on good bacon and good tomatoes, minimum. The mayo-Miracle Whip question was a surprise but made me grin: Facebook needed to know. A minute later, my cousin LeAnne asked, “Well, which one did you pick?” W...