lite pasta salad recipe
Yesterday was my first Weight Watchers meeting since signing up last week and I lost 7.6 pounds for the week (very pleased with that)… earned my 5 pounds lost star… I realize now that I really can’t say how my buddies did… don’t want to say anything that they might not want said.. so I will just say that it was great to see them and that having each other for support is going to be a great help to all of us.
Staying on the program was pretty easy.. it is a lot of work to track and plan and prepare foods… I was able to stay under my daily points everyday and not use and weekly points.
The most challenging and by far the worst meal experience was on Saturday night… Continue reading
I have a pasta salad recipe that I really enjoy but is very high in fat. So I took it and adjusted it to get a Weight Watchers friendly recipe. Makes 8 (1 cup) servings.
12 oz Box Barilla Tri-Color Rotini
1/2 Cup White Onions – Diced
12 Large Black Olives – Coarse Chopped
6 Large Green Olives – Coarse Chopped
3 Cups Fresh Broccoli – Small Floretes
1/4 Cup Red Bell Pepper – Chopped
14 oz Bottle Bernstein’s Fat Free Cheese & Garlic Italian Dressing
1 oz Parmesan Cheese
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Boil Pasta in water until just tender. Drain and cool.
Steam Broccoli until tender. Dice Onion. Coarse chop olives. Chop Red Bell Pepper.
In large bowl combine Pasta, Onions, Green and Black Olives, Broccoli, Red Bell Pepper & Italian Dressing. Mix well. Using a micro plane grate Parmesan into bowl, stirring occasionally to evenly distribute.
Chill and serve.
Our estimated WW PointsPlus:
Serving size: 1 cup
5 PointsPlus