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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

An introduction to The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook, including Jaden’s unforgettable steak recipe (and OH, the tomatoes, people, the tomatoes, all sweet and saucy in a sweet 'n' sour sauce). The steaks are easy enough for a weeknight but special enough for a weekend celebration, perfect for late-summer meals. COMPLIMENTS! "... the family went wild - I think they want it every night now!!!!" ~ Kathleen First look last fall, I was instantly charmed by the intimacy of The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook by Jaden Hair, the force-of-nature known online for Steamy Kitchen . The recipes are peppered with family pictures and personal anecdotes. In person (yes, we’ve met!) and in book, Jaden exudes irrepressible energy and sheer fun. At first, however, the recipes themselves didn’t call to me and the cookbook dropped to the bottom of the stack. Fast forward to early summer when I found myself tagging one recipe after another. Could I cook the entire book? I sure wan

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