Quick Review of Weight Watchers™ Recipes
Review At A Glance
Weight Watchers recipes are a long-standing tradition, one of the hallmarks of this program. The cards they were once printed on are now collectibles. Today, free Weight Watchers recipes are available online. While the real key to Weight Watchers is the meetings, recipes are popular. We find overall that Weight Watchers recipes are lacking in offerings for vegetarians, diabetics, those who favor ethnic cuisine and others with special needs or preferences.
How Does It Work?
Because Weight Watchers is a points-counting system, there is a lot of flexibility in the types of foods and meals that are acceptable fare. Indulgence in one recipe can mean a higher point count, causing the dieter to need to balance it out with a lean recipe to follow. Linking recipes to Points™ encourages good nutrition habits on several levels. Weight Watchers Online also offers a Restaurant Guide, for continuing the point counting and awareness while dining out, and a bookmarking feature for favorite recipes.
Who Is It Good For?
Obviously, recipes are based on the assumption that people still cook their own food, an assumption that is less and less likely the more society experiences stressful schedules, fast food, eating on the go... On the flip side, recipes can help guide a person to pay more attention to ingredients, healthy shopping and the nearly-lost art of preparing food.
