I've been planning for Thanksgiving over the past few days, and I'm sure you have been too. Even though I know I'll rack up a bunch of WW points on Thursday, I've been good and staying the course since I started back up on Weight Watchers. Today was my weekly weigh-in and I'm happy to report that I lost 1 1/2 pounds.
Today I started making the snacks I'll serve to my family, one being our traditional Chex Mix which will get snacked on before and after dinner. As I posted earlier, I'm calculating every dish I'm making for Thursday so I won't have to do that then, or eat something with a mystery point value and feel surprised and guilty afterward. Also, I'm not necessarily trying to reduce points for a traditional dish, because I'd rather eat less of something I love than more of something that tastes wrong. Of course, I will substitute where it doesn't matter.
Here's how our Traditional Chex Mix turned out (calculation may be slightly off):
Ingredients:
9 cups Chex (I just used Rice this time)
1 cup Cheerios
2 cups zero fat pretzel sticks
2 cups Cheezits
1 1/2 cups cashews
6 tablespoons Smart Balance
2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
2 teas seasoning salt
3/4 teas garlic powder
1/2 teas onion powder
Appx Total Points:100
Appx Per cup: 6
Now I know what I'm getting myself into when I start snacking on this goodie. If you adjust this recipe to lower points successfully, please post your changes! Happy Thanksgiving!
