This week Weight Watchers overhauled its points system for the first time in thirteen years. Officially, zip-zap the old points are gone and have already been replaced by new PointsPlus values. So far, I like the new PointsPlus program a bunch but here at Kitchen Parade, we like to eat our cake and have it too! Here's what to expect during the next few weeks. (WATCH THIS PAGE for FURTHER UPDATES I'll post a link to this page in the sidebar and add information as the transition progresses.) January 3 Update: I've started to update recipes with the new PointsPlus point values. Since Kitchen Parade recipes already err toward healthful, fiber-rich and low-carb ingredients, so far, most recipes are increasing by a single point, some stay the same. Now that the holidays are over, I can devote more time to the updates; once I get some down the road, I'll create a new page with recipes sorted by the new points. MY APOLOGIES first, however, to readers who don'

Welcome to Kitchen Parade's first new tool for the program called "PointsPlus" which Weight Watchers launched in late 2010. (Update: Weight Watchers later replaced PointsPlus with SmartPoints in late 2015 and with Freestyle in late 2017.) On this page, you'll find what Weight Watchers called "Power Foods" in the PointsPlus program in a list of all of WW's healthy, whole-food and real-food ingredients – best of all, those ingredients are linked to the Kitchen Parade recipes which use those ingredients! ~ Skip Straight to the Power Food List ~ WW Is Special Many Weight Watchers love that we can "eat what we want" so long as we count points. The combination of "unlimited food choices" with "limited portion size" remains a fundamental feature of the new PointsPlus point system that Weight Watchers just unveiled. While other eating regimes and diets work great for people, me, I cannot imagine giving up bread, rice, pot