Easy Weight Watchers Recipes

The weight watchers program has become quite popular these days, helping people to manage their weight and health. Weight watchers believe that a healthy body results from a healthy lifestyle, which means the overall health of the person. They have come up with a weight watchers points system in which points are assigned to every food item. This helps you in making a better choice of foods and keeps the program running.

Weight Watchers Recipes

Orange Grilled Chicken
This is one of the best weight watchers chicken recipes with just 3.5 points per serving. Here is how to go about it.

Ingredients

• 1 lb boneless chicken breasts, skin attached
• ¼ cup fresh orange juice
• ¼ teaspoon fresh thyme, minced
• ¼ teaspoon fresh rosemary, minced
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

In a small bowl, combine rosemary, thyme and black pepper to make a herb mixture. Now, take each chicken breast and slip your fingers in between the flesh and the skin to create a small gap, leaving the skin attached. Slide the herb mixture into this gap and pull the skin back over the breast. Mix the orange juice, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce in a small bowl and keep it aside. Grill the chicken breasts on a gas grill for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Pour the orange juice mixture on top of the breasts, each time you turn them. Your orange grilled chicken is ready, but do not forget to remove the skin before eating!

Weight watchers Points: 3.5 per serving

Corned Beef and Cabbage
Here comes one of the famous weight watchers beef recipes.Take a look.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds corned beef brisket
• 3 medium carrots, quartered
• 2 medium parsnips, peeled and chunked
• 2 medium red onions, wedged
• 1 pound new potatoes
• 1 pound cabbage, wedged
• 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorn
• 2 bay leaves

Directions

Place the corned beef, along with the juices and spices from the packet in a crock pot. Add sufficient water to cover the meat. Put in pepper and bay leaves. Bring it to boiling. Once, it starts boiling, reduce the heat and allow it to simmer, covered, for about 2 hours. When the meat is tender, add carrots, parsnips and onions to the meat. Let it simmer again for about 10 minutes. Now, add potatoes and cabbage, cover and cook for 20 more minutes. Discard the bay leaves. Thinly slice the meat against the grain. The meat and vegetables are ready to be served. This is surely one of the best weight watchers crock pot recipes.

Weight watchers points: 8 per serving

Caribbean Rice and Beans
This is one of the easiest as well as healthiest weight watchers recipes. This is how you go about it.

Ingredients

• 1 cup long grain white rice
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• ¼ green bell pepper, seeded and cut in thin strips
• 5 ounces bottled roasted red bell peppers, drained and cut in thin strips
• 1 ¼ cups canned black beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
• Hot pepper sauce to taste

Directions

In a medium-sized saucepan, boil the chicken stock over high heat. Stir in rice and immediately reduce the heat. Cover the pan and simmer 20 to 25 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove the pan from heat and set aside. In a nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add peppers and garlic and sauté 2 minutes. Now, stir in the black beans, white vinegar and hot pepper sauce. When it starts boiling, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in the cooked rice and cilantro and it is ready to serve!

Weight watchers points: 5 per serving

Broiled Fish Dijon
Here comes a tasty weight watchers fish recipe. Let us see how to prepare broiled fish Dijon.

Ingredients

• 6 swordfish steaks, about 1 inch thick
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 ½ pounds small zucchini, cut into halves
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 1 clove garlic, minced or pressed
• 2 tablespoons drained capers
• Paprika

Directions

In a small bowl, stir together Dijon mustard and garlic. Rinse the fish steaks and pat dry. Arrange fish and zucchini, with the cut side up, in a single layer on an oiled rack in a large broiler pan. Drizzle with fresh lemon juice. Broil about 5 inches below heat for 5 minutes. Turn the fish over and spread the mustard mixture over it. Continue to broil, until zucchini is lightly brown and the fish is opaque but moist. Sprinkle with paprika and capers and serve!

Weight watchers points: 4 per serving

These were some simple and easy weight watchers recipes. There are thousands of free weight watchers recipes online. You could also have a look at some weight watchers soup recipes. So, pick up a recipe from above and get ready for a healthy meal!