Weight Watchers Core Mexican Rice Food

SPICY MEXICAN RICE

Steps:

• Saute 1 chopped onion in 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in 1 cup white rice and cook until toasted, 3 minutes. Add 1 2/3 cups water, 1 chopped plum tomato, 2 teaspoons tomato paste and 1/2 teaspoon each kosher salt and cumin; bring to a boil. Add 1 whole jalapeno. Cover; simmer 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit 5 minutes. Discard the jalapeno. Top with cilantro.

MEXICAN CASSEROLE - WEIGHT WATCHERS

Steps:

• Brown hamburger and onions in large skillet, until thoroughly cooked.
• Add tomatoes, corn, back beans and crushed chilies, mix well.
• Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Mix in sour cream, simmer another 10 minutes.
• Top with cheese when serving.

WEIGHT WATCHERS MEXICAN CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts and taco seasoning in a seal able plastic bag; shake to coat well.
• Spray casserole dish with Pam.
• Place breasts in casserole.
• Bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees.
• Top with salsa about 5 minutes before breasts are done.
• Top with sour cream before serving.

WEIGHT WATCHERS CORE MEXICAN RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil. Add rice and cook until golden and toasted. Add and lightly saute onion, bell pepper, and garlic.
• Put salt, 1/2 cup of tomatoes (undrained) and broth in a blender. Process till smooth.
• Add liquid from blender to the rice mixture slowly. You can drain the rest of the tomatoes and add them to the rice at this point if you want extra tomato.
• Bring to a boil, cover, turn heat to low, and simmer until rice is tender, about 1 hour. (Or however long brown rice needs to simmer - my package says 1 hour.)
• Don't remove the lid during the cooking process.
• If you don't have fresh garlic, you can add 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder to the blender.

WEIGHT WATCHERS GRANDMA'S CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Saute first 3 ingredients.
• Add next 6 ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Pour a little sauce in a 9 X 13 dish and top with the noodles.
• Cover noodles with remaining sauce and top off with the cheese.
• Cook for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
• When I figured out points for it, it came to 6 points per serving. Double check of course.

BROWN RICE PUDDING WITH APPLES AND PEARS (WW CORE PLUS)

Steps:

• Place powdered milk in a large heavy sauce pan, add about 1 cup of milk and whisk to form a slurry. Add remaining milk and continue to whisk. Place the milk mixture over medium high heat adding cinnamon sticks or vanilla bean, rice and salt. (If you are using the bean, use a knife to cut a lengthwise slit across the bean so that it releases the seeds into the milk.) Bring just to a boil, do not let the milk scald, and reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook for 60-70 minutes, stirring occasionally. At the end of the hour the milk should be almost fully absorbed, about three quarters gone.
• Stir in the sugar, vanilla (if using cinnamon sticks), nutmeg and three quarters of the fruit continuing to cook another 15 minutes. The rice pudding mixture will continue to thicken which is good.
• Remove the pudding from the heat and fetch out the cinnamon sticks. Stir in the yogurt.
• Transfer the warm pudding to a serving bowl or individual serving dishes. Garnish with remaining diced fruit and sprinkle with cinnamon.