Weight Watchers Low ProPoint Snack Ideas

One thing that has kept me going through my weight loss journey is that I never go to bed hungry. There are all these myths around "don't eat after 6pm" or whatever but since Weight Watchers is pretty much just calorie counting, it doesn't matter when you eat, as long as you stay within your ProPoints, you are going to lose weight. 

Every day I save a good 5PPs for evening snacks. I have my tea at around 5:30-6pm every day but by 8-9pm when I'm sat on the couch watching TV or I'm a bit bored I start to get peckish. Some days I am genuinely hungry and other days I just want something, I just crave sweet things. And why shouldn't I be able to have them? There's no way I'm going to spend the rest of my life only eating salads. I love food. I love cake and chocolate. I love eating. I would be miserable if I didn't eat the foods I love. "Nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels" I call bullsh*t on that one!

So I thought I'd share with you some of my favourite snacks. Most are pretty low in ProPoints as I do tend to favour a small pile of food over a single chocolate bar (though I will have them sometimes). 

Salsa and carrot sticks - 1pp for half a jar (3pps for the full jar!)

Time Out single bars - 2pp each.

Popcorn - love these ones from Tesco. Cocolate Orange, Strawberry Toffee and Salted Carmel flavours. 2pp a bag.

Fruit shortcake biscuits - 1pp each.

WW Caramel Mallow - 1pp each.

Mikado - 1pp for 4.

Cinnamon and raisin bagel thins - 3pp. I have mine topped with flora or PB2 and banana for an additional 1pp. Plain ones are also good with laughing cow light and 18g wafer thin ham, also 1pp. 

Alpen Light bars - 2pp each or 2 for 3pp.

Options Hot Choc or Cadbury's Highlights - 1pp.

Velvet Crunch, Wotsits or Quavers (watch your bag size. Multipacks tend to be ok) - 2pp.

Club Biscuits - 3pp

Jamaican Jerk Chicken - 2pp/ 10pp

This recipe came from here: http://simple-nourished-living.com/2012/01/skinny-delicious-southwestern-slow-cooker-chicken/ 

But I didn't have any of the south west seasoning so I Googled it and it doesn't seem to exist ready made in the UK supermarkets so I looked up how to make it and I didn't have half of the spices so I thought f*ck it, I'll use one I already have... And that is why it is now Jamaican jerk chicken instead :D

Serves 2
Ingredients
2 x chicken breasts (up to 140g each) - 6pp (free on F&H)
1 x 400g tin black beans in water (drained) - 6pp (free on F&H)
1 x 200g tin sweetcorn (drained) - 3pp (free on F&H)
1 x jar mild salsa - 2pp
40g Tesco half fat mature cheese - 3pp
Jamaican Jerk seasoning 

Method
In a slow cooker add the beans, sweetcorn and 1/2 the salsa. Massage seasoning in to chicken, add to cooker and top with the remaining salsa. Cook for 4-6 hours on low. A couple of minutes before serving, grate cheese over the chicken and allow to melt.

Easy peasy and soooooooooo tasty!

Fajita Boats - 10pp

Serves 1

Ingredients

1/4 sachet Old El Paso Original Smoky BBQ spice mix - 1pp

50g salsa (I use Tesco mild)  - 0pp

180g chicken breast (raw) - 4pp

Sliced peppers (any colour you fancy. I like a mix)

1/2 brown onion (chopped)

2 x Old El Paso Stand N' Stuff Tortillas - 4pp

2tbsp half fat soured cream - 1pp

Fry Light

Method

Spray a frying pan with Fry Light, cut chicken into strips and cook for 10 minutes. Add onion and peppers and cook for a few more minutes until soft. Sprinkle over spice mix, stir through and cook for another minute. Add to your tortilla boats and top with salsa and soured cream. 

If you can spare extra points, sprinkle with cheese. Mmmm....

I had mine with some roasted butternut squash for 0pp. Sprinkle with salt, paprika and chilli flakes before cooking. Takes away some of the sickly sweetness.