dinner - please help!! : )

If you like fish :- I like to take a salmon steak (per person) squeeze on a tsp lemon juice, a tsp olive oil, a sprinkling of fresh or dried dill, microwave on half power for 5-8 mins depending on size of steak. Meanwhile steam some veg (brocolli is good with salmon but whatever you like really) and boil a little potato or two et voila - dinner in under 20 mins!

One of our favorites is PIZZA. Just get the premade dough (some have wheat), use very little sauce and get the weight watchers mozzarella cheese. Pile on the veggies, peppers, mushrooms, onions, olives - pretty much any veggie you like. Works out to about 180 cals per slice, but you get lunch the next day too.

try BBC Good Food (magazine) website which has lots of recipes to look at for inspiration, and also skinnytaste.com, which lists lots of weight watcher recipes. I now have a folder full of ideas which I can pick from to keep my dinners different. Good luck

How about a crock pot? There are so many meals out there to choose from. I use my crock for pot roast many nights-I buy the packet of seasoning for slow cookers. Many people really love salsa chicken-literally a few chicken breasts topped w/ your favorite salsa (I used picante sauce), shred & eat--you can wrap it in lettuce for a low carb wrap, use for taco meat, salads, ect.

You could make a batch of soup and eat on it all week.. Google Hungry Girl Soup-the 'whole chicken enchilada' is amazing-LOVE it!

Rotisserie chicken? Costco has BIG ones for $4.99. You could steam veggies to go w/ it.

Stir-fry? You can buy pre-cut beef or chicken, add whatever veggies & sauce.

My three absolute favorites are below. They are all great protein meals and low in carbs. The tuna is so quick. Start to finish about 10 minutes. Even if you forget to thaw it you can put it in water for about 10 minutes and voila ready to cook.

Ahi Tuna
I buy the tuna from Sam's. They come individually sealed in 4 oz servings. Heat about a T. of olive oil in a pan. While heating lightly cover (not coat) with black and "white" seasame seeds. Put tuna in pan and sear to your desired temp. Slice thinly and eat with a small amount of lite (reduced sodium) soy sauce.

Rosemary Chicken
I am just going to give you a link for my favorite chicken recipe. I trim chicken and make the marinade the day before. I have never tried to marinade longer than 30-40 minutes but I guess you could try to marinade in the am. It may be too long. I just had an aha moment . . . maybe you could marinade the night before, remove after prescibed time, and store for cooking the following day. I don't serve with the squash and apple salad.

www.perdue.com/recipes/details.asp?id=1085&title=Grilled Rosemary Chicken Breast with Butternut Squash and Apple Salad

Parm Pork Chops

Kraft makes this seasoning packet (it is new) that taste wonderful. Recipe at link below. One word of caution. I use chops on the thinner side and I always need to add a little time to their listed bake time. Not much though, because there is a fine line between enough and to much.

Enjoy!

Check out www.skinnytaste.com for some ideas. I have made several of the recipes and only been disappointed once... which is a huge deal for me! I made her tuna noodle casserole last night and it was FABULOUS.

Ahi Tuna
I buy the tuna from Sam's. They come individually sealed in 4 oz servings. Heat about a T. of olive oil in a pan. While heating lightly cover (not coat) with black and "white" seasame seeds. Put tuna in pan and sear to your desired temp. Slice thinly and eat with a small amount of lite (reduced sodium) soy sauce.

I LOVE the ahi tuna from Sam's! So easy to cook up, and good with a salad - easiest dinner ever!