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Recipes for Weight Loss

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 Recipes for Weight Loss – Healthy recipe ideas to help you stay diet-friendly this week!  Several of these are great weight watchers friendly recipes as well!6 Recipes for Weight Loss - Healthy recipe ideas to help you stay diet-friendly this week!

So how many of you are powering through your new year trying to eat healthy?  I hope it is going well for you.  One of the most challenging things about it is being prepared with meals to eat that are good for you when hunger strikes.  These recipes are perfect for those weight loss goals you have and can be made ahead.  That’s the key to staying on track too!  These are my favorites that I share with all my friends, and now I am putting them in one spot for you!

Tips for these recipes:

  • Make a batch on your day off.  Divide them up into freezable containers.  Refrigerate about 4 or 5 for your week and freeze any leftovers for the future.
  • Make more than one recipe ahead of time to give yourself variety all week.
  • Many of these recipes can be made more quickly with the help of a rotisserie chicken.  
  • The Instant Pot is often my best “set it and forget it” friend on Sunday.  I throw all the ingredients in there including frozen chicken breasts.  Set it for 20 minutes and go get other stuff done.  I let it naturally release sometimes too.  
  • Visit each link below for the recipes and more tips for each as well as freestyle points for weight watchers!

Mexican Chicken, Black Bean, & Sweet Potato Soup
This one is a favorite among my friends!  Plus, it is only 2 freestyle points!!
Mexican Chicken, Black Bean, & Sweet Potato Soup - An easy, healthy soup recipe idea perfect for cool winter months!

White Bean Chicken Soup
This one is a personal favorite.  I get excited when I have a batch of these left in the freezer for lunches.  I love it with a few chips and shredded cheese.  It’s only 2 freestyle points with the chips and cheese!

White Bean Chicken Soup - A healthy comforting soup recipe filled with chicken, Great Northern beans, green chiles, and tons of flavor!  It's a great recipe for dinner and for make-ahead lunches for the week!

Skinny Chicken Vegetable Soup
This one is really low calorie!  It’s only good stuff in here.  Use this recipe to give yourself a jump start at eating healthy.  It’s only 1 freestyle point!
Skinny Chicken and Vegetable Soup - This healthy soup is filled with tons of great vegetables and chicken in a light broth. It will leaving you feeling full and guilt-free!!

Instant Pot Santa Fe Chicken over Quinoa
I definitely try to limit my carb intake when I am trying to shed pounds.  Every now and then I do like a few healthy grains though.  This recipe is about 5 freestyle points.
Instant Pot Santa Fe Chicken over Quinoa - An easy healthy instant pot chicken recipe perfect for dinner or make-ahead lunches for your week!

Instant Pot Green Chile Chicken Soup
I love this one!  It’s a little more points than the others though due to the cream cheese.  But, when you’ve been doing really well on your eating, you can treat yourself with this one every now and then.  It’s 5 freestyle points.
Instant Pot Green Chile Chicken Soup - A quick, easy, and delicious soup recipe filled with beans, green chiles, a little cream cheese, diced tomatoes, and spices.  It's a great weeknight dinner idea and makes several lunches for the week!

Instant Pot Chicken Spaghetti Squash
I have discovered that I love spaghetti squash.  I totally feel like I’m cheating on my diet when I eat it.  This version is so yummy with the Instant Pot chicken topping and gooey cheese.  It’s about 5 points.
Instant Pot Chicken Spaghetti Squash - A great low-carb chicken dinner recipe made super easy with the help of an Instant Pot and served over spaghetti squash.  Plus, it's only 2 weight watchers freestyle points!!

Taco Egg Muffin Cups
This has been my make-ahead healthy breakfast for years.  One batch makes about 8 muffin cups and I eat 2 in a serving.  They are 3 freestyle points.
Taco Egg Muffin Cups - A great grab and go breakfast idea that is high in protein and low in carbs.

Skinny Vodka Lemonade
There is nothing worse than ruining a week of healthy eating with a sugar-loaded cocktail.  This recipe is a favorite of my friends and me.  It’s a great beach drink too!  
Skinny Vodka Lemonade - A perfect cocktail for summer that is lower in calories and perfect for the pool and the beach!

Easy Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies over Quinoa
Easy Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies over Quinoa - A super easy healthy recipe great for make ahead lunches and dinners filled with chicken sausage, veggies, and spices.

Instant Pot Mexican 16 Bean Soup
Instant Pot Mexican 16 Bean Soup - An easy Instant Pot recipe full of fiber and perfect for a healthy lunch or dinner.

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Recipes for Weight Loss - Healthy recipe ideas to help you stay diet-friendly this week!  Several of these are great weight watchers friendly recipes as well!

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I am a wife to an awesome husband, mother of four great kids, and a middle school math teacher. I love collecting recipes and cookbooks! Being able to share the things I make with others is so much fun for me. I have gotten so many cookbooks and torn so many recipes out of magazines! This is my way to really make use of them. I am starting this blog as a way to chronicle the recipes I’ve tried and pass them along. I hope everyone enjoys!!!
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