Today I am sharing 3 lunch recipes lower in weightwatchers points and higher in protein! I make tuna bowls, turkey sandwiches with sun-dried tomato, and chicken tomato pasta!
TUNA BOWLS: 7 points- 462 calories 39g protein
3/4 cup cooked jasmine rice
2 mini cucumber
1 can chunk light tuna in water, drained-mixed with sriracha, salt & pepper
1/2 cup shelled edamame
8 mini chicken cilantro wontons
soy sauce
TURKEY SANDWICHES: 7 points- 372 calories 33g protein
ciabatta rolls (or bread of choice)
oven roasted turkey lunchmeat
dijon mustard
sun dried tomatoes
reduced fat swiss cheese
mini cucumber
CHICKEN TOMATO PASTA: 2 oz pasta- 7 points- 431 calories 40g protein
3 oz pasta- 9 points- 526 calories 45g protein
2 or 3 oz dry protein pasta
12-15 grape tomatoes
1 tsp olive oil
salt & pepper
garlic & herb seasoning
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tbsp balsamic glaze
2 tsp grated parmesan cheese
grilled chicken (or other protein of choice)
air fry the tomatoes for 12-15 minutes, moving around every 5 mins or so!
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these hey everyone and welcome to my
channel I’m Nikki and today’s video I’m
going to be sharing three quick and easy
lunch recipes so if you enjoyed this
video or find it helpful please go ahead
and give it a like And subscribe to my
channel I really appreciate it let’s get
started with some lunches today so with
the move going on we’re currently in the
process of selling our house and moving
into a different house it has been super
stressful super timec consuming and
we’ve also just been trying to limit the
dishes that we have in the sink at a
time and the food in our fridge and the
food that we’re making if like the house
smells and stuff with showings so I’ve
really been trying to keep things simple
with the lunches that I make and today
I’m going to be sharing three of them
that are super quick and easy to throw
together they are low and points on
Weight Watchers higher in protein and
just three meals that I have been
enjoying a lot lately so first one today
I’m making myself a rice bowl with some
spicy tuna and some edamame I’m also
going to use some Trader Joe’s mini
cilantro wons and we’re just going to
assemble this really quick like I said
I’ve been trying to find fast meals to
throw together and this one is really
helpful if you have rice prepped ahead
of time if I don’t have rice prepped
ahead of time I usually use the Trader
Joe’s frozen bags of jasmine rice this I
make in my rice cooker and then I just
have it in containers and that’s what
I’m going to be using today but if not I
would usually use some some other rice
that I have in the freezer like I said
like the Trader Joe’s one or even just
like a minute rice or something like
that that’s going to be the base of my
bowl which this bowl is just from Target
that’s pretty much where I get all the
bowls that I like to use where I can
kind of spread everything out because I
like to mix everything together I’m
going to start with a base of the
Jasmine rice it’s going to be 5 Points
for 3/4 cup and about 158 calories then
because the rice is cold because it was
in the fridge I’m going to heat that up
but I’m going to add the other
ingredients that I need to heat up and
it’s actually only one other one so
today I’m going to be adding some edamam
to my bowl I usually either have it
fresh like this from Trader Joe’s or
Frozen like this from Trader Joe’s and
either way I just have to heat it up so
when I buy it frozen I usually heat it
up separately from the bowl but because
this came out of the fridge and so did
the rice I’m just going to combine those
two things first and heat it up and then
it’ll just be the right temperature so
I’m going to use a/2 cup of this for
zero points it’s 100 calories and 9 g of
protein for that and I just love edamame
I feel like it adds really good texture
to the bowl and some good flavor and
consistency so we’re going to have the
jasmine rice the edamame then in a
separate Bowl I’m just going to open a
can of tuna and strain this this is just
chunk light it is zero points on Weight
Watchers and this can has 20 g of
protein so I’m going to strain this out
I’m going to add some salt and pepper to
it and then I’m also going to add some
of this Sriracha so this one isn’t as
spicy this is also from Trader Joe’s but
it’s a lot less spicy than the regular
Sriracha you could use any type I just
prefer to use that cuz it doesn’t add
too much spice to it so I’m pretty much
just going to mix the tuna with with
salt pepper and sriracha and then I’ll
add it to the bowl once it’s heat it up
I’m also going to chop up two mini
cucumbers that I just get from a pack
like this and then like I mentioned I’m
going to be making some Trader Joe’s
mini chicken cilantro wons so you can
have eight wons for two points on Weight
Watchers and this is what one of them
looks like so sometimes I heat these up
on the stove but because I just want to
be quick today I’m just going to pop
these on a foil like this and put them
in the air fryer and then they heat up
and get nice and crispy and that way
those can cook while I’m assembling the
rest of this so honestly this bowl takes
like 6 minutes to throw together I would
say including like a microwaving and
everything so it’s really quick it’s
really easy and it’s one of my favorite
meals so I’m going to go ahead and get
it started I’m going to pop these wons
in the air fryer
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okay so my tuna bowl is done I’m super
hungry and this smells really good right
now I just had to finish up the wantons
that’s what took the longest everything
else was super quick to throw together
so this is my lunch it comes out to
seven points total on Weight Watchers
it’s five points for the rice and two
for the wantons the adame tuna with
sriracha and then cucumbers are all zero
points and then I also topped it with a
little low sodium soy sauce also for
zero points so in my fitness pal this
meal is about $4 62 calories and it’s
got 39 g of protein so this will be a
filling lunch it’s one of my favorites
to have and again it’s so easy to throw
together that is lunch number one and I
will be back with another one that is
quick and easy and one that I’ve been
making a lot lately okay so I am back
with lunch number two that is quick and
easy a little bit lower in points and
higher in protein and that is sandwiches
so I’ve been having a lot of sandwiches
for lunch because it’s been really
convenient especially being in the
middle of the move it’s easy to just
have different bread meat and then a few
options for top on hand and they’re just
so easy to throw together so today I’m
making one specifically with these
sundried tomatoes that I got from Trader
Joe’s these are technically a point for
the serving of a tablespoon but I’m
honestly not going to track them because
the only ingredients are tomatoes and
sulfur dioxide to maintain color it says
so really the reason that you track
sundried Tomatoes or dried fruit or
vegetables is because on Weight Watchers
it’s easier to kind of overeat them with
especially like dried fruit and stuff
but I’m not going to sit here and just
eat this this bag of tomatoes if that
were the case maybe I would track some
points I’m just going to use one serving
and put a little bit on my sandwich so
not going to track it it’s 15 calories
it’s only got three carbs so that’s
going to be the main thing that I want
on my sandwich that’s kind of why I’m
craving one today but I got some chabata
rolls that I actually picked up from
Marianos they’re pretty big so I’m going
to be using this today it is five points
on Weight Watchers I need to cut them I
thought they were pre-cut but they’re
five points on Weight Watchers and I’m
going to be using this as my bread a lot
of times when I make the sandwich is I
don’t have chabata like this I just used
the whole grain bread actually let me
grab it and today I just happened to
have the chatas I specifically bought
them because I wanted to remake a
sandwich I used to get from Target that
had the tomatoes and it was on chabata
but when I don’t have those on hand I
like to just use some bread like this so
this is the ancient grain and seed bread
from Trader Joe’s you can have two
slices for three points sometimes I also
use the Ezekiel Bread which is also
three points for two slices I usually
use a lower Point option for the bread
but for today specifically I’m excited
and I’m just going to be using this
chabata and it’s points then the only
other thing that I’m going to be
tracking is a slice of cheese so I’m
going to use a slice of reduced fat yurg
light swiss cheese this is two points
for the slice 50 calories 2 and 12 G of
fat and 7 g of protein then everything
else that’s going on the sandwich today
is going to be zero points so I’m going
to use some mustard this just sounds
really good with the tomato and
everything so it’s just some honey Deon
CPS mustard we really like this brand
for mustard in general they have a lot
of flavors that we like and this is zero
points I’m going to use a little
shredded lettuce because that’s what we
have on hand I honestly kind of wanted
Roma but we don’t have any so I’m going
to use the shredded lettuce I’m going to
slice up this cucumber and put some
cucumber on it and then I’m going to use
some oven classic turkey so also zero
points and a higher protein option and
that will make the sandwich a total of
seven points on Weight Watchers I also
already have my plate ready so I’m going
to have some grapes on the side for zero
points and then I have some Mosaic salsa
crisps these are two points for the
serving so that’ll make my lunch 9
points total on Weight Watchers
sometimes I like to toast the sandwich
and today I’m actually going to be doing
that so I think I’m just going to make
it open face and put some turkey on each
side pop it in the air fryer and toast
it up for a little bit and then I’ll add
the lettuce and cucumber
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okay so that is the finished sandwich
for seven points and honestly the
chabata is pretty big so it’s a good
amount of bread for 5 Points I went
ahead and tracked the sandwich in My
Fitness Pal and it comes out to 380
calories and 34 g of protein then I’ve
also got the chips and The Grapes on the
side so this will be a filling lunch and
I like to just mix it up with the
sandwiches we also have the Cherry
pepper relish from Jersey miks they sell
it in a jar now and that’s what Adam put
on his sandwich that he just made
otherwise he did everything pretty much
the exact same I really like to add
cucumber to sandwiches cuz it gives it a
nice crunchy crisp and like refreshness
to it and it’s not any points so helps
to get a little bit of vegetables in and
then I’m really excited about the
tomatoes on this one but like I said you
can mix up the bread you use you can mix
up the cheese sometimes I also like to
spread light Laughing Cow on for one
point cuz then it kind of gives it like
a cream cheese vibe to the sandwich and
it’s really good and I feel like that
would actually be really good with the
sundried tomatoes as well but anyway
that wraps up lunch number two and I
will be back with the next one okay so I
might be looking a little bit sweaty
right now I actually just got back from
a skate but I’m making myself some lunch
and I am super hungry so I’m sharing the
third recipe today of quick and easy
higher protein lower Point lunch ideas
if you guys have followed me for a while
you know that I love pasta it is one of
my favorite foods and dishes and so I
like to have pasta a lot for dinner but
also for lunch from time to time and
that’s what I’m going to be making today
my favorite pasta to use is the burilla
Protein Plus pasta today I’m going to be
using the penet just because that’s what
I have for this dish I actually like to
use the Ang hair noodles or the
spaghetti noodles from them but I just
don’t have them at the moment so this
works just as well but when I make this
dish I usually use a 2 O serving of
pasta which is 2 oz dry and then I just
cook it and use the entire serving today
because I just got back from skating and
I am very hungry I haven’t really eaten
much today I’m going to go ahead and
have 3 oz of pasta so for the 2 oz
portion it is four points on Weight
Watchers and 190 calories and it’s got
10 g of protein but I’m going to do a 3
oz serving so that’s going to be six
points on Weight Watchers and it’ll have
15 g of protein but I’m going to go
ahead and start boiling a pot of salted
water and then I’ll just use my food
scale to weigh out the dry portion and
then I pour it into the water once it
starts boiling and cook it for I think
it’s like 8 minutes yeah 8 minutes for
this one so I’m going to go ahead and
start cooking the pasta but before I do
that I’m actually going to get the
tomatoes ready so this is just a dish
that I’ve been making a lot lately
because it’s so easy and for some reason
I’ve been loving these tomatoes in the
air fryer so what I’m going to be doing
today is slicing these in half I usually
use like 12 to 15 I would say and this
is just going to make a one serving
portion because usually I just make it
for myself sometimes I’ll double it up
and make it for Adam but it’s usually
just a quick and easy launch I’ve been
making I’m going to cut the tomatoes and
then I’m going to add a teaspoon of
olive oil for a point I’m going to add
some salt pepper and seasoning and I’m
going to be using this roasted garlic
and herb seasoning I’m also going to use
a teaspoon of minced garlic and then a
serving of this grated Parmesan cheese
from Walmart oh and I’m also going to
add add some crushed red pepper I like
to add a little bit of spice to this I’m
going to mix that together and then lay
the tomatoes out on a foil and pop them
in the air fryer usually I cook them in
there for about 15 minutes and I move
them around every 5 minutes or so but
they get nice and juicy and then it
pretty much just makes the sauce for the
pasta when I make this I like to just
cook up the pasta and strain it and then
I’ll add the tomatoes and mix it up and
then it’s pretty much done and I’ll add
a protein to it then so I like to add
grilled chicken or shrimp usually but I
don’t have either of those things I do
have some shredded chicken that I need
to use up though and this will be
perfect in it it’s not really seasoned I
think it’s just got like salt and pepper
but it’s got a really good flavor I get
it from ducka diet the local meal prep
service that I like to use every once in
a while and it’s just got like a nice
juicy flavor to it so this will be
perfect mixed in I don’t usually use
shredded chicken in this pasta but we’re
going to try it today but any protein
would really work I really like to do
like I said grilled chicken and shrimp
but anyway I’m going to get the Tomato
started in the air fryer and start
boiling the water and this meal is
really quick it takes about 15 to 20
minutes but there’s really not much you
have to do while the tomatoes are
cooking and the water’s just boiling so
I just get it started and then it’s
pretty easy to assemble once
everything’s done
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okay so my pasta dish is done you can
see it’s actually a really big serving
and that’s what I like about it like I
said I did use 3 oz of pasta this time
versus two of dry pasta I’m just feeling
more hungry usually if I make it for a
dinner too I’ll use 3 oz but for the
launch portion sometimes I like to do 2
oz but for the points on Weight Watchers
if you do 2 oz of dried pasta it is 7
points for this dish if you do 3 oz it’s
9 points for this dish so either way
it’s still a good low Point op option
because it is really filling it’s 1
point for the grated Parmesan either
four or six for the pasta one for the
olive oil and one for the balsamic glaze
from Trader Joe’s then I also tracked
both in My Fitness Pal so I could tell
you the difference so if you do 2 oz of
pasta it is 431 calories and it’s got 40
g of protein if you do 3 oz of dried
pasta it is 526 calories and it’s got 45
grams of protein also like I said high
in protein makes it more filling it
smells like Olive Garden in here I’m not
even kidding this smells so delicious
and like I said I haven’t made it with
the shredded chicken before but I
usually do grilled and it’s really good
I’m going to actually go ahead and try a
bite just to see how the shredded
chicken is but I decided to actually
heat it up in the air fryer for a couple
minutes with the tomatoes and I feel
like that helped it to soak up some of
the juices and then it also just heated
up the chicken because I took the
chicken out of the fridge so let me try
it
bite I put a little extra crushed red
pepper this time it’s got a little kick
to it but that’s usually what I like so
I’m going to go ahead and eat this for
lunch like I said this is one of my
favorite pasta dishes to have I’ve been
having pasta more and more for lunch
because honestly a four-point serving is
the same as when I have rice or even
like a Sixpoint serving is the same as
like when I make the bowls and stuff and
I find that it just keeps me full
throughout the day and it’s something I
enjoy so it’s something that keeps me
consistent and on track and honestly
just makes this lifestyle sustainable
for me so anyway I hope you guys end up
trying some of these lunches and enjoy
them these are just some of my favorites
that I’ve been making lately especially
when I don’t have a lot of time and I
just want to throw something together
quick that’s still filling and still has
some vegetables some protein fiber and
all those things but it’s still low
point so I hope you guys enjoyed this
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so much for watching and I’ll see you
next time
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