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Healthy Snacks Week

At Weight Watchers this is healthy snack week. Many leaders from across the country have put together their list of healthy (or I should say low point filling) snacks. Here it is to inspire you! Weight Watcher leader ideas for (Healthy) snacking: 1. (WW) String cheese and grapes or a small apple 2. WW Yogurt or Fiber One Yogurt with berries 3. Small banana and Peanut Butter 4. Almonds 5. WW Smoothie made with water and berries 6. Caramel Latte smoothie made with cold leftover coffee and lots of ice- 1 point and it tastes like a Coolata or Frappucino 7. Fiber 1 yogurt and 1/4 cup Fiber 1 cereal stirred into it 8. Vitatop Double Chocolate Muffin Tops (or any flavor-available in freezer section of grocery store or online) 9. Vita top muffin(heated in microwave for 20 sec.) with WW yogurt on top 10. 1/2 C Fiber One Cottage Cheese mixed with one 6oz container Activia light yogurt 11. bagel thins & WW cream cheese 12. sandwich thins, toasted, with cream cheese, peanut butter, fruit spr

Gazpacho

This recipe is from Rammona. Now I am not a big one for RAW foods and I have rarely found a gazpacho I like. I do like this one. It is good for you and great on a hot day. 2 1/2 cup(s) canned tomato juice 1 cup(s) tomato(es), fine chop 1/2 cup(s) cucumber(s), fine chope 1/2 cup(s) celery, fine chop 1/2 medium green pepper(s), fine chop 1/2 cup(s) scallion(s), chopped 1 Tbsp cilantro, chopped 1 clove(s) garlic clove(s), minced 2 Tbsp red wine vinegar 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp table salt, optional 1/2 tsp black pepper 1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp hot pepper sauce, to taste Pulse all but the juice in processor a few times. Add juice and chill for several hours. 6 servings WW recipe builder says this is 2 points for serving but when I do the math I get one point - you do the math and see! Enjoy!