Pizza Night!

Oh how I long for a medium (or large) pan pizza, with bacon, mushroom, and smothered in cheese...from...well you know where.  Where a serving size is one slice and as many calories in that one slice as I would have in a whole meal. What to do...

Make a pizza using a pita. We used to make pizzas with pitas years ago. It is so quick and easy. I used pizza sauce from a can, which I'm not especially fond of, and will now make up a batch of homemade sauce to have on hand...but that's another blog.

I had the larger size pitas on hand and added some sauce. On one pizza, (yes I made two...how could I not?) I added 1 slice of bacon cooked crisp in the microwave, fresh mushrooms and 15 grams of partly skim mozzarella cheese. On the other pizza I added fresh basil and 10 grams of freshly grated parmesan.

Cook the under the broiler until the cheese starts to melt and bubble. Watch closely since they can turn from done to well burnt in a matter of seconds.

A great alternative to satisfy the pizza craving, and the bonus is... if you have ever had pizza in Rome from the little cafes on street corners, you would almost think that's where you were...almost.

Food	Weight	Serving	Points	Calories
Pita	75 g	1 large	6	200
Pizza Sauce (Primo)	60 ml	1/4 cup	1	30
Bacon	8 g	1 strip	2	43
Mushrooms (fresh / sliced)	70	1 cup	0	16
Parmesan cheese	10 g	2 Tbsp	1	44
Mozzarella cheese (part skim)	15 g	2 Tbsp	1	38
Basil	2.5 g	5 leaves	0	0
Pizza with basil and parmesan			8	274
Pizza with bacon and mushroom			10	327

Snacks 101 - Part 2

Before I get into my ideas for snacks with pita, I thought I would get a few snacks together for our last meeting and organize them by weight, points and calories.

We meet once a week...kind of like a Stitch 'n Bitch...without the stitch. We discuss our week, our challenges, progress toward our goals, and anything else that comes up to fill a couple hours.

It was my turn to bring the snacks. I bought a few things and put serving sizes in plastic snack bags to give an idea of what you get for the points or calories.

It was a bit of an eye opener for sure. I guess until you see only nine pieces of something that makes a serving size you don't really think about it. Makes me want to really get the most healthy and filling snack for my points...that's for sure.

Below is a list of some of the snacks I brought to the meeting...and a few extra just to make it interesting. I must add a disclaimer...just in case my math is off!

Food	Weight	Serving	Points	Calories
Pretzels (small twists)	25g	14 pieces	3	98
Compliments Balance - Cranberries, Almonds & Seeds Granola Bar	30 g	1 bar	4	120
Compliments - Chocolate Chip - Chewy Granola Bar	26g	1bar	4	110
Compliments - Cheddar Cheese Rice Chips	28g	14 chips	4	120
Compliments Potato Chips - Plain	25g	15 chips	4	130
Corn Chips with Flax Seed	25g	30 pieces	4	125
Cheddar Cheese Whales	25g	29 pieces	4	115
Almonds - Dry Roasted with sea salt	28g	1/4 cup	5	170
Pop Chips - Veggie Chip & Sea Salt	40g	33 chips	5	170
Pringles Original - Reduced Fat	28g	17 chips	5	140
Gummie Bears	25g	9 pieces	5	83
Milk Chocolate Raisins	25g	19 pieces	6	110
Cadbury Mini Eggs	21g	9pieces	6	105
Cashews - Dry Roasted with sea salt	40g	1/3 cup / 30 nuts	7	230
Bits & Bites - Original	50g	3/4 cup	7	220
Yogurt Peanuts	25g	15 pieces	7	135

Snacks 101

I'm back! And I'm on a mission...to find healthy and filling snacks. 


Five of us get together once a week and we have a common goal. Eat healthy and lose a few pounds.


The worst thing when you are trying to watch what you eat is to use up valuable points (Weight Watchers) or calories. A handful of nuts or dried fruit might be healthy, but they are worth a lot of valuable points  and high in calories. And to be honest, not really that filling.

So I'm back on the Weight Watchers program. But whether you are counting points or counting calories, they add up quick. There is no sense eating your points up (so to speak) if after 5 or 10 points you are still hungry.

So I have made it my mission to look for snacks, in addition to what we already know...carrot and celery sticks...you know the ones I'm talking about.

Stay tuned...I think I'll find some interesting things to make with pitas!