M & M's

On the down side, those dark chocolate M & M's that I calculated to be 3 points are actually 5. How did I calculate wrong? ugh. I eat 1/4 c. microwaved at night for my treat. It looks like I'm cutting down to 1/8 of a cup, or I can continue with the 1/4c. and use my weeklies.

On the plus side, my home scale (WW brand) shows a total loss of 9 pounds!!! My scale has a thing where you can program up to 4 people's weight and it shows loss or gain amount after you weight. Well, my weight is now exactly 1 pound away from where I was in January of 2009. I'm on my way down!!

I decided to try and make mini goat cheese and turkey pizzas tonight. It was just a random thought yesterday in Kroger. Hopefully the come out tasting like I had imagined. I will update later with my overall thought of them and my recipe.

Update: These were AMAZING. Mark loved them, too! My sister is scared of goat cheese, but I assured her that the name is worse than the cheese.

Turkey and Goat Cheese Mini Pizzas

Makes 12

Nutrition Facts for 12:

Calories: 1430, Fats:52, Fiber:4, 32 points total

Nutrition Facts for 1:

Calories: 119, Fats:4, Fiber: 0, 3 points each.

Ingredients:
Thomas’ Better Start Light Multi-Grain English Muffins, 1 package
4 ounces Goat Cheese (I used 80 calorie, 5g. fat regular)
Pizza Sauce, 1 cup (I used Kroger Brand pizza parlor style)
Ground Turkey (I used two Jennie-O 95/5 Turkey burgers)

Directions:
1. Thaw turkey.
2. Heat oven to 400.
3. Break the thawed turkey apart and cook on the stove top.
4. Coat a baking sheet with non-stick spray and lay halves of the English muffins on the pan. It’s best to keep the inside/softer side of the muffin faced up because it will hold the toppings better.
5. Put 1 Tablespoon of Pizza Sauce on each English muffin, then spread.
6. Divide the turkey into 12, about 1 ounce of turkey each. Put turkey on mini pizzas.
7. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of goat cheese on each mini-pizza.
8. Bake 8-10 minutes.