Friday, May 16, 2008
Favorite Ingredients Friday (WeightWatchers Edition)

Happy Friday! It's time for my Favorite Ingredients Friday WeightWatchers Edition! Thanks to Tami at 3 Sides of Crazy for suggesting this theme. I love it!

The recipe I'm about to share with you is one that I found on a fun blog, Weight Watchers Recipes. Anna has so many great recipes posted on there but this is one of my favorites!

Weight Watchers Ratatouille

Ingredients
2 teaspoons finely minced garlic
1 cup chopped onions
1 large eggplant
3 medium zucchini
2 large green peppers
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil
2 teaspoons chopped parsley
2 cups crushed canned tomatoes
fresh ground pepper

Directions
1. Heat oil in Dutch oven or large saucepan, cook garlic and onions until tender.
2. Cut vegetables into 1-inch pieces.
3. Add the eggplant, zucchini, pepper,oregano, parsley and stir well.
4. Saute for about 5 minutes.
5. Add tomatoes, cover and cook over low heat for about 45 minutes.
6. Serve hot or cover mixture and refrigerate to serve chilled.


WW POINTS per serving: 2
Nutritional information per serving: 113 calories, 0.9g fat, 9.5g fiber

Now I look forward to seeing your Favorite Ingredients WeightWatchers Edition recipe!

Don't forget to link your specific recipe post link on Mr. Linky so I can see what's cooking at your house!

Oh, and be sure to put the title of your recipe in parenthesis! It makes it so much quicker for me to go back and search for recipes as I build my weekly menu.

For guidelines and my past Favorite Ingredients Friday recipes, click here.

Thanks so much for your participation. I do appreciate it!

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5 Comments:
At 6:28 AM, Blogger threesidesofcrazy said...

This sounds so yummy! I'll have to try it soon! Don't forget you have an award waiting for you at http://www.3sidesofcrazy.com/2008/05/joy-joy-of-desserts-gave-me-this-great.html Have a super weekend!

 
At 7:41 AM, Blogger Jill said...

This looks so good! Too bad Hubbz won't eat any of those vegetables!!

p.s. My post today included a little plug for Sparkle & Charm! :-)

http://charmingdelightful.blogspot.com/2008/05/randomness.html

 
At 9:20 AM, Blogger Kim Davis said...

YUMMY!!!

 
At 2:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I never knew what was in ratatouille but we will be trying this one for sure! Thank you so much for this yummy recipe. I wish I had WW recipes so I could participate today but I am enjoying getting others ;)

 
At 5:21 PM, Blogger Michelle said...

Sounds delicious!!! I love trying out new recipes...Hope you are enjoying your vacation!!!

 

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