getting back to basics.......

WW Pesto Recipe – makes 1 cup – you only need ½ cup for the pizza

2 Tbsp pine nuts
2 cups basil, leaves, fresh
1/2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cups grated Parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, peeled
1/2 tsp table salt
Pizza

1 store bought bag of pizza dough or homemade if you like
1/2 cup pesto, recipe above
1/2 onion sliced into strips
1 cup cooked chicken breasts cut into small pieces
2 cups of reduced fat mozzarella cheese
Optional – chopped fresh tomato
INSTRUCTIONS

1. Pre heat oven to 425 degrees F.

2. Sauté chicken pieces and onion in olive oil in a medium size frying pan, until browned and cooked well.

3. Lightly flour your pan.

4. Stretch pizza dough to cover the pan you are using, about 12 inches around. (we use a pizza stone)

5. Bake just the crust for 5 minutes, then remove from the oven.

6. Spread ½ cup of pesto over the crust.

7. Sprinkle the chicken and onion mixture over the pesto.

8. Sprinkle cheese over the top of the entire pizza.

9. Bake for 15- 20 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown.

10. Cut into 8 pieces.

Makes 8 slices, 6 points + per slice.

Friends for weight loss

I am going to focus on in getting back to the basics. What will you focus on this week to help you get back to the basics?

get out and get movin’ – it doesn’t matter what you do, but, do something active most days – make it at least 10 minutes or more…Let’s get our booties groovin’ to some exercise.

– Drink, drink, and drink some more…water that is – let’s all meet our minimum 64 oz water requirement each day….since you will be exercising, this should help.

. TRACK IT ~ as in track every single bite, lick and/or taste (BLT’s). If you take a bite of something that isn’t a zero points+ food, then, count a minimum of 1 points+ for it. I find this also helps me take less BLT’s because I don’t want to “waste” my points+ on things that are not worth it!