When searching for healthy recipes,   I look for low fat, high fiber, low calories, and when possible - low carbs - and a decent size single serving.  It’s not so easy to find this all together.  When I find a yummy recipe - sometimes I’m fooled - the portion seems to be for a small child, then I eat two or three sevings which defeats the whole effort.  I end up wondering why I’ve gained instead of lost weight when I step on the scale.  (Baked Oatmeal Recipe below)                                     

The nice thing about Weight Watchers is that they find the receipes for you and give you the points value.  If you are creative in the kitchen and want to put together your own recipe, they give you a tool that will help you calculate the points.

Quaker Oatmeal has a Weightloss Management Plan for adults and one for children online and it’s FREE!  I signed up. Once you register, you have access to their personalized meal plan based on the calorie intake you choose. If you don’t care for a food item, you can change it. Recipes are provided. Also, you can add exercise to your week’s plan. When you do, the calories burned are immediately calculated.  There’s lots of information on maintaining a healthy heart, too.  (I’ll write more about my Plan on Mondays under the Fitness category. Check out my weightloss tracker widget on that page.)

I’ve never liked oatmeal at all - my husband and kids all do, but I just couldn’t eat it, no matter how much I tried.  I know it is good for me, so I’ll try Quaker’s Plan. I recently came across this great receipe which has helped me learn to tolerate oatmeal.  In fact this recipe makes it down right appealing.  I can finally eat healthy oatmeal at age 58!  Hopefully, Quaker has just as good recipes.

Weight Watcher’s Baked Oatmeal  

1 whole egg plus 1 egg white (or 1/4 cup egg substitute)
2 cups oatmeal
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup fat free milk
1/2 cup applesauce
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix oatmeal and baking powder. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour in sprayed 9″ pie pan or casserole dish or sprayed muffin tins. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

6 servings, 3 POINTS each (or 12 muffins, 1.5 points each)

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Posted by Nana on March 1st, 2008 at 9:19 pm
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