The last one!!! I suppose it’s time to reveal the mystery: the recipes are for the 2010 Annual Weight Watchers Cookbook! So you see now why it’s not “my cookbook”
I hope you all will still want to buy it! These 26 recipes were way more work than I ever anticipated. They added another component of my nightly computer reporting (ingredients, instructions, nutritional analysis) and there was a certain stress to make sure they turned out OK, but I am still so glad I accepted the project.
My lunch was really filling today (and probably because it was heavy on fat from the creamy soup/chicken salads/salmon/cookie) so I didn’t need a snack.
We started dinner prep around 6:30. The base of this dish is salmon (d’oh I shouldn’t have had it at lunch!) and the top is the mystery (although I gave you a big hint!).
On the side we cooked up a bunch of purple bean pods from the CSA. Yes, these were DARK PURPLE when we put them in the pot and the husband exclaimed mid-way through cooking “They turned green!!!” It was a magic trick.
I covered mine in a few dabs of Smart Balance and some Maille Mustard, the best mustard ever.
About 10 bites into our meal we decided it was missing a starch and I jumped up to toast a cheese bun that the husband made last night. Excellent! We each got a top half and a bottom half –
With the missing bun:
A little bit later I took a study break for some All Natural Strawberry ice cream. I am usually a chunky chocolatey toffee mix-in type, but for some reason I just LOVE this strawberry. It’s just like eating cream but only 120 or 130 kcal per half cup.
I got a good chunk of Micro studying finished today. T-24 hours until my double tests!!
A big thank you to JUSTY for her Team KERF donation!!!!
Ava says
As someone who has been trying to lose weight on weightwatchers as a lifestyle change it is so exciting to see your recipes will be on it! I look forward to WW’s KERF section!
Sidi says
Maille mustard – I agree – the best mustard ever!!!
haya says
i got these gorgeous purple peppers the other day, and barbequed them for supper. i was SO SAD when i went to flip them over and saw that they turned green. from now on, purple things will be consumed raw so they can retain their beautiful purpleyness.
Justy2003 says
Congrats on finally being done with the recipes! I may need to look into the WW cookbook just for that reason! 😉
Good luck studying for micro. I was a micro major in college but I’m not sure how much I’ve retained. Probably not much. I’m more of a genetics person now…human genetics, not micro!
Laura says
Wow! Weight Watchers cookbook? That’s really cool. I did WW for a while and their cookbooks are usually very good. I’ll have to remember to pick it up when it comes out.
I never knew there were so many purple veggies until this years CSA. I had purple peppers, cauliflower, and beans this summer.
Suzanne says
Congrats on completing all your WW recipes.
I designed the covers for 3 Weight Watcher cookbooks – maybe I’ll get to work on this one too!
That would be exciting!
Do you know what publisher is publishing this one?
Bridget says
Wow thats so awesome about the WW cookbook! Congrats! I’ll have to keep my eye out for it.
Sarah says
You’re welcome. And thank YOU for having such an amazing blog that you put so much work into!
Biz319 says
I am a mustard freak – I even made my husband take me to the mustard museum in Mount Horeb Wisconsin! He bought a t-shirt that said: “POUPON U” (as in Poupon University!)
Looks delish!
Andrea says
WW!!!! so cool! my mom did WW about 8 years or so ago and lost 60 lbs on it. and she still ate her fav foods 🙂
can’t wait to buy it!!
Brittany says
Finally we know where all this mystery recipes will be appearing in the the near future. I can’t wait for the WW cookbook.
caitlin (see bride run) says
congrats on the cookbook! that is a huge accomplishment!
Rose says
How exciting! So glad you revealed what you’ve been cooking for! I have several of the WW books, so I’ll be sure to pick these up. Will your name be in it?
ttfn300 says
ooh yes, i like that mustard, the grainy style, too 🙂 That salmon looks great… CONGRATS on the recipes for the cookbook! Great accomplishment!
was i the only one singing the sarah mclaughlin song?
Grounded Fitness says
WW? How exciting! those are the big guns- congrats!
www.groundedfitness.com
ModelBehavior says
Wow Kath thats huge! I have cooked a few things out of ww cookbooks in my day, great recipes! Congrats!!!
www.modbehav.com
Amber says
congratulations on the cookbook!! Can’t wait to check it out.
madison (follow my weigh) says
pretty plate!
and congrats on the cookbook! 2010 will be a big year for you! (i think thats when your schooling ends??)
Christie I. says
That is exciting news, Kath! Thanks for revealing your secret! Though I don’t follow ww anymore, I lost a significant amount of weight following their “core” plan. I still say to this day that even though I don’t diet, core changed my life. It really gave me a good start on what healthy foods are.
Erin says
Of course we’ll buy the WW cookbook. I’ve been itching to try some of the recipes you’ve posted. Yay!
Kath says
Suzanne ,
WOW can’t believe you’ve designed the covers!!! The publisher is Oxmoor.
Rose ,
I hope my name will be in it somewhere as a contributor, but I’m not really sure.
ttfn300 ,
I was totally singing it the whole time I posted (and now 🙂 )
kath
Suzanne says
Hi Kath,
Just wanted to clarify: I didn’t design ALL the covers. Just the ones published by my employer (Wiley): , WW New Complete Cookbook, WW All Time Favorites, and WW in 20 Minutes (not out yet). 🙂
Too bad the book you worked on is by Oxmoor – I won’t be working on that one then. 🙁
Hot Garlic says
Did I read that right, you have recipes being featured for Weight Watchers?! What a thrill! A HUGE congrats!
I have seen those beans and wondered about them… good to know!
Leigh says
I work at Southern Progress, and Oxmoor House is one of our businesses here! How exciting that you worked on one of the new cookbooks!
brandi says
That’s awesome about the cookbook! How did you get to do that?
I work for WW part time as a Leader/Receptionist, so this is so exciting for me!
Andrea says
That’s a bummer that the beans turned back to green. Purple beans would be way cool to eat!
I am a to-do list nerd to. I must have lists! Although I do like having both electronic and paper at the same time. I love the satisfaction of crossing something off the paper list. 😀
Amanda says
Also! Just was wondering if I could have an invite to iScrybe…I’d love to try it out as well. I work full time and am getting a masters degree and haven’t yet figured out how to keep track of everything in one place!