For experienced Weight Watchers… how many points are in a 1/2 cup of COOKED steel cut oats?
Since we started eating steel-cut oatmeal a few years ago, quick-cooking oats just don’t hold the same place in our hearts. Sure, they still make for a nice — and most importantly quick — weekday breakfast. But they just don’t have the flavor and substance of steel-cut. Steel-cut oatmeal is so substantial, with a fuller flavor and texture that makes quick-cook seem as if it’s merely masquerading as oatmeal. When you eat steel-cut, you think, “Oh! So this is what oatmeal is supposed to taste like!” But there’s always that issue of time. Steel-cuts oats are easily a 45-minute endeavor. We’re not early risers and therefore don’t have the luxury to spend 45 minutes on a weekday morning making breakfast. So we’ve relegated steel-cut oats to the weekends. No longer! This ingenious recipe for overnight oatmeal makes cooking steel-cut oats a cinch. The previous night you boil six cups of water, stir in the oatmeal, let boil for 1-minute, turn off the heat and cover. The next morning, you tur
Weight Watchers Points plan is a hugely successful commercial weight loss program that focuses on balanced low fat nutrition, exercise and group counselling. Every item of food has a Weight Watchers points value based on its nutritional content. Dieters are assisted by a Weight Watchers points “calculator” and recipes provided by Weight Watcher Points program. All members are encouraged to attend group discussion and counselling sessions at local Weight Watchers centres to assist with lifestyle changes. The Weight Watchers Points program also provides online support and online points menus and calculators. Weight Watchers have produced their own line of cuisine which may be purchased independently at most major grocery chains. There is a one-time registration fee and a weekly fee. All foods are assigned a points value based on the Weight Watchers Points system. This is dependent on the serving size, the number of calories, the amount of fibre grams, and the amount of fat grams in the f
