First Post!

I started this blog to show people that you can eat good food and lose weight. I'm a twenty-eight-year-old single woman who has been working on getting herself in shape since 1/1/2009. I just can't rely on the typical diet most dieters use that consists of boring, bland meals such as:

• oatmeal for breakfast
• grilled chicken salad for lunch
• fish and steamed broccoli for dinner
• nuts and fruit for snacks

I am going to use this blog to detail my journey on weight watchers, including my successes, failures, and struggles. I hope to offer encouragement, tips, advice, great diet products, and great recipes for my readers!

I want to share this burrito recipe with you before I sign off. The recipe does make a lot, but they are only 4 points apiece!

Beef Bean Burritos

Ingredients

• 1 lb. 4% fat ground beef
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 1 tsp. minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp. cumin
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. black pepper
• 4 oz. canned diced green chile peppers
• 15.5 oz. canned black beans
• 15 oz. canned chili without beans
• 10.75 oz. condensed tomato soup
• 14 oz. low calorie red enchilada sauce
• 18 small flour tortillas (the tortillas I used were 1.5 points apiece)
• 2 cups lettuce
• 1 large tomato, chopped
• 8 oz. shredded 2% milk Mexican-style cheese
• 1/2 cup chopped green onions

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
• Brown beef and yellow onion in skillet. Season with garlic, cumin, salt and pepper. Stir in the green chile peppers, black beans, tomato, lettuce, and 1 cup Mexican-style cheese
• In a medium saucepan, combine the chili, tomato soup, and enchilada sauce. Stir and heat over medium-low until heated through.
• Spoon ground beef mixture evenly over each tortilla. Roll up tortillas and place seam-side down in baking dish.
• Pour sauce over top of the enchiladas. Sprinkle with 1 cup Mexican-style cheese and green onions.
• Bake at 350° F for 20-30 minutes, or until heated through and cheese is melted.