Sylvia's Scenario

This is another lighter version of a popular dish, macaroni and cheese.  It's adapted from Weight Watcher's again where 1 cup of this dish will provide 6 points.  I made this dish for our latest visitors who were here from Minnesota for three days.  Bruce's nephew, his wife and three kids were here taking in our local sights after visiting the San Juan Islands and the Olympic Peninsula.   We had so much fun with them here and especially with their children.  Children bring a whole new dimension into the household and I loved it.   We babysat on Saturday night while mom and dad went to Depeche Mode concert.  Babysitting meant popcorn and movies... During their visit, we had lots of ping pong tournaments  family dinners sightseeing visiting Farmer's Markets spending time at playgrounds riding the water taxi and the monorail and just enjoying this marvelous time of year. ...

This is the salad we had with our dinner on Friday when I made the  baked pasta with turkey sausage .  It's also a Weight Watcher recipe that is 3 points.  I forget how much I like bibb lettuce and wonder why I don't make more salads like this using bibb lettuce.  You can actually use Boston or butter lettuce, which are all used interchangeably.  I also really like the dressing in this recipe. I know it's October but we had a summer-type day today so this salad sounded really good for dinner again tonight.  We spent the afternoon down at Alki beach hanging out and watching all the activity. There is always so much to watch on the beach, one our favorite places to go. It was a beautiful day and Mt. Baker was crystal clear.  The tide was high and the seagulls were friendly. After walking along the beach for awhile I was ready for a rest and wouldn't you know it, there was a couch right on the beach today so ...

It's been over a week since Nick returned to Japan and I've been fasting...not really. (ha ha)  After all the eating we did, I should be fasting.  I have been conscientious of my eating, however, and last night I made this delicious Weight Watchers recipe.  Lauren and Ari came over for dinner and this time they were not full and bloated afterwards. (Like we have been lately)   We just ate so much when Nick was here with decadent desserts, etc. that this time I wanted to stay more on the healthful side.  This recipe is actually pretty filling without eating that much.  The sausage gives it a bit of zing, along with the funnel seed and there are lots of vegetables in it. I used whole wheat pasta, again more filling, plus the extra fiber.  On Weight Watchers, it is 8 points.  I've made enough of these Weight Watchers recipes to know that their portions are small, but I believe this recipe is pretty close to a normal size.  For...

Here is a lightened up version of Shepherd's Pie from Weight Watcher's, another appropriate recipe after over-indulging during the holiday season. Lauren came over for dinner tonight and the three of us ate nearly the whole pan; the recipe says "Serves 6". Really?  I've already changed the original version of the Weight Watcher's version so I can't even tell you how many points this recipe is now.  With our cold weather, we want hardy meals yet we want to eat light. I guess if we eat twice as much as we suppose to then we're really not eating light. But this recipe was that good. It was hard to stop going back for more so that is why I'm posting this recipe. It's not the most picturesque recipe but it tastes a lot better than it looks. Serves 4 4 large uncooked potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces 1/2 cup lite sour cream 1/8 tsp. salt or to taste 2 tsp. olive oil 1 cup chopped onion 3 medium carrots, diced...

Tonight, I made a high protein vegetarian dish to take over to Lauren and Ari's house for dinner and we all agreed it was blog-worthy, which means it passed the taste test.  They both had to work today so I thought a meatless, 17 grams of protein per serving, cheesy, gooey, hot dish would hit the spot after a weekend of celebrating the New Year.   They had a New Year's Eve party at their house and spent yesterday cleaning up so I did what moms do; make dinner.   Their party included a sit down dinner of pork roast for eleven friends, karaoke, a photo booth and even played outside in the snow after it started snowing Saturday night. Fun times.  And Bruce and I couldn't even stay up until midnight...oh, to be young again.  I got this recipe from  skinnytaste  blog that is full of delicious, healthy recipes with Weight Watcher's points listed for each recipe so it's a good blog if you want to watch your calorie intake after all this holiday ...