wk 2, d 2

Survived another day! It's getting easier once you get into the groove of things. This time I'm fully utilizing the WW website and before I went grocery shopping this morning, I grabbed some recipes off of the WW website. I never really used them before the last time that I did WW. Tonight I made a couple things off there for dinner, turkey meat loaf and mashed sweet potatoes. Both recipes are below!

Today’s Menu…

Breakfast:
2 pieces of light wheat bread toasted: 1 point
1-1/2 tsp butter: 1.5 points
orange juice: 2 points

Breakfast total: 4.5 points

Morning snack:
100 Cal Pack Hershey's Snacksters: 2 points

Snack total: 2 points

Activity: 90 minutes of grocery shopping solo w/ all three kids: 4 activity points

Lunch:
KFC Grilled Chicken breast, didn't eat the skin: 4 pts
1 serving mashed potatoes and gravy: 3 pts
1 biscuit: 5 points
nothing to drink.

Lunch total: 12 points


Afternoon snack:
none

Snack total:


Dinner:
Turkey Meat Loaf (WW):6 points
Mashed Sweet Potatoes (WW): 1 point
skim milk: 2 points

Dinner total: 9 points


Dessert/Evening Snack:
banana: 2 pts
hershey's snacksters: 2 pts
diet dr pepper: 0 pts

Dessert total: 4 pts


Daily points used: 31.5
Points left for the day out of 36: 4.5
Flex Points used out of 35/week: 1/35
Activity points earned for the week: 5

Turkey Meat Loaf
POINTS® value | 6
Servings | 5
Preparation Time | 15 min
Cooking Time | 43 min
Level of Difficulty | Easy


Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
3/4 cup(s) onion(s), finely chopped
1/4 cup(s) green pepper(s), finely chopped
2 medium garlic clove(s), minced
1/4 cup(s) low-fat shredded cheddar cheese, sharp
1/4 cup(s) seasoned bread crumbs
1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp ketchup
1/2 tsp table salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 large egg(s), lightly beaten
1 1/4 pound(s) uncooked ground turkey breast
1 spray(s) cooking spray
1/2 cup(s) ketchup
1 tbsp unpacked light brown sugar
1 tsp mustard

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F.

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic; sauté 3 minutes. Cool.

Combine onion mixture, cheese and next 6 ingredients in a large bowl; toss to moisten bread. Crumble turkey over onion mixture; stir just until blended.

Pack meat mixture into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes. Combine 1?2 cup ketchup, brown sugar and mustard in a small bowl; stir well.

Spread ketchup mixture over meat loaf and bake an additional 5 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes.

Remove meat loaf from pan. Cut into 10 slices. Yield: 5 servings (serving size: 2 slices).

Mashed Sweet Potatoes
POINTS® value | 1
Servings | 8
Preparation Time | 10 min
Cooking Time | 8 min
Level of Difficulty | Easy


Ingredients
3 medium sweet potato(es), peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks (about 2 pounds)
2 medium garlic clove(s), peeled
1/2 cup(s) plain fat-free yogurt, Greek-variety recommended
4 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp table salt, or more to taste
1/8 tsp black pepper, freshly ground, or to taste

Instructions:
Place potatoes and garlic in a large saucepan and pour in enough water to cover potatoes. Set pan over high heat and bring to a boil. Boil until potatoes are fork-tender, about 8 minutes.

Drain potatoes and garlic; transfer potatoes and garlic to a large bowl. Add yogurt and sugar to bowl; mash until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Yields about 1/2 cup per serving.