The Recipe Wrangler

One of the things about watching what you eat is that the textures of foods can get real old, real fast. These are made from - you guessed it! - two-ingredient dough. The trick is in what you do with it after you make the dough! Ingredients 1/2 cup fat free Fage Greek yogurt 1/2 cup self-rising flour Directions       1. Mix yogurt and flour well in a bowl with a spoon. 2. After dough is well mixed, sprinkle a little flour on a clean cutting board. 3.  Flour both of your hands.       4. Knead the dough for a few minutes. 5. Form a ball with the dough. 6. Split the ball into 6 balls.  7. Flatten each ball with the palm of you hand. You can make your pita as thick or thin as you like. I like them the same width of a traditional pita. 8. Heat a frying pan to medium high heat.  9. Spray pan generously with Pam. 10. Place as many pitas in the pan at a time. Allow to cook until browned....

My fiance works from home every other week, which means I usually make lunch for her. She joined Weight Watchers seven weeks ago. I do my best to keep meals interesting to make staying on the wagon more fun than falling off! Today I make her chicken pitas with slices of apple and sections of orange. Instructions for making the pitas can be found here . Ingredients 2 Two-ingredient pitas Chicken breast Bag salad (or other salad greens) 1tsp fat free vinaigrette Pam Directions Spray a frying pan with Pam cooking spray. Heat pan to medium heat. Place the pitas in the pan to warm. Approx. 2-3 minutes on each side. Meanwhile, season chicken breast with salt and pepper and grill. (I love my George Foreman for recipes like this one!) When chicken is cooked through, slice thinly. To assemble pitas, lay flat on a plate. Line up the chicken on the pita. Top with greens. Then sprinkle each with 1/2 tsp of dressing. Viola! Lunch! Please note that some links in my...

I call it Pico de Pollo. The name is nonsense. But the taste is serious. It's basically pico de gallo with grilled, shredded chicken in it, which means three things - it's delicious, it's packed with protein, and IT'S ZERO POINTS. Have fourteen of my extra crunchy chips and you've got yourself a heaven snack or meal! Ingredients Two chicken breasts, grilled and shredded 5 Roma tomatoes, diced 1 small onion, chopped 1 bunch of cilantro, chopped Salt Directions Stir all of the ingredients together. That's it. You can add more or less of each ingredient to suit your taste buds! Note: I am OBSESSED with my George Foreman Grill when it comes to Weight Watchers friendly recipes. You can pound your chicken breasts, season them however you like, and cook them up in no time to use in this recipe, as well as a zillion others. Make a bunch at the beginning of the week for snacks and meals and you'll always be ready when the hunger monster strikes! ...

I made chips. I made crunchy, crunchy chips. And they are ONE POINT FOR FOURTEEN. Yes, you read that right. Fourteen chips for one point and they are salty and crispy and crazy easy to make. 1/2 cup self rising flour 1/2 cup Fage fat-free Greek yogurt Salt ( Love Jacobsen flake salt! ) Pam Directions:       * Preheat oven to 425° F. Spray a cookie sheet with Pam. * Mix yogurt and flour in a bowl. * After dough is well mixed, sprinkle a little flour on a clean cutting board. Flour both of your hands.   * Knead the dough for a few minutes. * Divide into 4 equal balls . * Roll each ball as thin as you can. You need to still be able to lift it as a sheet.   * Cut into triangles. You should get 21 out of each ball of dough.   * Place on cookie sheet.    * Spray the dough triangles with Pam.   * Sprinkle with salt.  * Bake for one minute. Check to see if edges are browning and brown spots are formin...

Pizza. Oh how I love you. And oh how I've missed you. No cauliflower crust or flat-out could ever, ever compare to the crispness and the chewiness and the general yuminess and satisfaction of a pizza. I thought that joy would have to be left to single indulgences with saved up points. Well, my friends, I have VERY good news for you. THE THREE POINT PIZZA! And the crust is crisp and chewy in all the right places and the cheese is ooey gooey and you are going to be the happiest, healthiest pizza eater in town. And it's all thanks to, you guessed it!, two ingredient dough! Ingredients 1/4 cup self rising flour 1/4 cup Fage fat-free Greek yogurt 2 ripe Roma tomatoes, sliced Fresh basil, chiffonade 1/4 cup fat-free mozzerella cheese 1/4 teaspoon olive oil  1 tsp salt (preferably Jacobson flake salt) Pam Directions:  Preheat oven to 425.  Spray pizza pan (or cookie sheet ) Pam,  Mix yogurt and flour in a bowl.  After dough is wel...

They are my weakness. Always have been. Chocolate chip cookies. I was pretty sure that hello Weight Watchers meant good-bye cookies. But it turns out, it's two ingredient dough to the rescue once again. These cookies come out warm and soft with a crunchy underside. Yum. Yum. And Yum. And at only one point each you can get to snacking without blowing your day! Ingredients 1/2 cup self rising flour 1/2 cup Fage fat-free Greek yogurt 2 tbl mini Tollhouse semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 tsp Truvia cane sugar blend Directions: §       Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray a cookie sheet with Pam. §      Mix yogurt and flour in a bowl. §      Once well mixed, add Truvua cane sugar blend §      After dough is well mixed, sprinkle a little flour on a clean cutting board. §      Flour both of your hands. §  ...

Nothing says weekend like the smell of cinnamon rolls. I was afraid that watching what I eat meant no more cinnamon rolls for me. Luckily it was two-ingredient dough to the rescue! Here is my wrangled recipe for cinnamon rolls with all the taste without blowing my shedding for the wedding! 2 Smart Points Cinnamon Rolls: 1/2 cup self rising flour 1/2 cup Fage fat-free Greek yogurt 2tbl Brummel & Brown (B&B) yogurt spread 2 tsp cinnamon 5 tsp Truvia cane sugar blend Icing: 2tsp Powdered sugar 1/2tsp 2% milk Directions: §   Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray a 6” round pan with Pam. §   Mix yogurt and flour in a bowl. §   Melt Brummel & Brown in a small bowl. §   Combine Truvia mix and cinnamon in another small bowl. §   After dough is well mixed, sprinkle a little flour on a clean cutting board. §   Flour both of your hands. §   Knead the dough for a few minutes. §   Form a ...

I LOVE garlic knots. Crisp on the outside, soft and warm on the inside, garlicky and buttery. These are made with 2 ingredient dough and they are 1.5 points each!! It will be love at first bite. I promise! 1/2 cup self rising flour 1/2 cup Fage fat-free Greek yogurt 2tbl Brummel & Brown (B&B) 2tsp garlic salt Directions: §   Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray a cookie sheet with Pam. §   Mix yogurt and flour in a bowl. §   Melt Brummel & Brown in a small bowl in microwave. Once melted, stir in garlic salt. §   After dough is well mixed, sprinkle a little flour on a clean cutting board. §   Flour both of your hands. §   Knead the dough for a few minutes. §   Form a ball with the dough. §   Divide into 6 equal balls §   Roll into 6 snakes and then cross one end over the other like a ribbon. §   Brush melted B& B and ...