Let's talk about your Pantry Friends.

Egg Beaters are your friend. The average egg costs 2 points in any oil & butter-free format. Two servings of Egg Beaters, which is about 60 calories & that’s all she wrote, will cost you a whopping 1 point. One serving of Egg Beaters will make you a nice breakfast sandwich, or the perfect serving of scrambled eggs. Coupled with a fat-free American cheese single, 2 slices of Canadian Bacon, & a High Fiber 100 calorie English Muffin with a few squirts of spray butter – you’ve got a Hell of a tasty breakfast.

Speaking of spray butter, it too is your friend. Even the lightest, reduciest fat margarine is going to cost you 3 or more points per serving, which is a tablespoon usually. If you want 5 point toast, then never mind… but if you’re milking your Dailies for all they’re worth, you need to learn to find the loop holes. While spray butter isn’t great for cooking with, it’s 0 Points worth of buttery goodness that can be slathered all over your baked potato!

What kind of snacks do you find yourself craving? Have you found a sensible solution to those TastyCakes or ice cream? My 7 months on Weight Watchers has opened me up to an entire world of foods that I didn’t know existed, & if I did, I didn’t know they would be as good as “the real thing.”

I leave you with this shopping list of ideas to take a bit of the fat out of your pantry!

*Spray butter (I Can’t Believe… & Smart Balance are kid-tested & mother-approved)
*High Fiber English muffins (Thomas’ & Fiber One are great!)
*Canadian Bacon (6-8 slices in a pack, 3 slices per serving = 1 point!)
*Fat Free American Cheese singles (there is a Weight Watchers brand of 1 point cheese, or you can go with fat free for a financially cheaper alternative)
*Hostess 100 Calorie cupcakes (come in packs of 6, with 3 mini cakes per pack. The Strawberry, Chocolate, Lemon, and Coffee Cakes are 1 point a pack.)
*High Fiber sandwich sliced wheat bread (2 points of a sandwich can be the bread alone unless you’re mindful of the Facts… low calorie, high fiber breads are just as delicious and lower in "pointage" so you don’t have to scrimp on the good stuff!)
*Jell-O sugar-free pudding, mousse, and gelatin (1 point for the puddings, 0 for the blob flesh)
More to come later! In the meantime, I'm here to help.

**edited for editing purposes.