I found this recipe online awhile ago and it looked so yummy I just HAD to try it. Turns out they really are as tasty as they sound. We had them with grilled corn, they go together quite well! I ate two of the BBQ Beef cups, it's a good thing I didn't eat lunch (I had a really late breakfast) otherwise I would have gone way over on points today! These were great and we both think we'll have to have them again sometime. We ate them with a fork, but as you can see with the second picture they really would be easy to eat by hand.
I didn't quite read the recipe all the way through so I ended up mixing the 3/4 cup cheese into the meat for cooking, but then I put another 1/4 cup on top between the 6 cups to get all melty on top. This makes 6 servings at 5 points a cup; I used 93/7 ground beef, 2% shredded cheddar (1 cup instead of the called for 3/4), the lower fat biscuits and Bull's Eye original BBQ sauce when I calculated the points, they could change based on what you use.
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Barbecue Beef Cups
From: Everyday with Rachel Ray: Take 5
Ingredients:
3/4 pound ground beef
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
One 16.3-ounce can refrigerated biscuits
3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400°. In a skillet, brown the beef over medium heat; drain off excess fat. Remove from the heat and stir in the barbecue sauce and brown sugar. Grease a 6-cup jumbo muffin pan and place a piece of biscuit dough in each cup, stretching the dough up the sides. Divide the beef mixture among the biscuit cups, sprinkle each with cheese and bake until golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
So I started making this when I got home from work and as I filled the baking pan I realized just how big a serving was (and I ended up using two pans). So I invited my parents over for some fish on a nice hot summer night. We ate out on the back porch and had a lovely dinner! This was very good!
When I make this again I will probably cook the potatoes for just a little bit before adding the fish to the dish. The potatoes were still firm after 15 minutes and the fish ended up a tiny bit dry. It wasn't so dry that it was really a problem or anything. I think the sole that we had was thinner then what they used in the recipe because I had a little less fish then called for and 7 peices of fish. The picture is actually of Richard's plate (his fish looked better for picture taking), I had half a fish less and more zucchini on my plate. The mixture of flavors was wonderful! Richard added a little lemon herb to his and really enjoyed that as well.
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Mediterranean Sole
From WW Website
POINTS® Value: 6
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Fish was the original "fast food"—this tasty, low-fat dish takes only minutes to make (a food processor slicing attachment cuts the potatoes to the perfect width).
Ingredients:
2 large potato(es), peeled
1 tsp table salt, divided
1 1/3 pound(s) sole
2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp ground oregano
1/2 cup(s) feta cheese, crumbled
5 medium olive(s), jumbo black pitted, chopped
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 450°F. Coat a 9 X 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
Slice potatoes into 1/4-inch thin rounds then place them on the bottom of the pan. Coat the potatoes with spray, then sprinkle them with 1/2 tsp of salt.
Place sole over potatoes. Sprinkle with lemon juice, remaining salt and oregano. Top with feta cheese and black olives. Bake until sole flakes easily with a fork, about 15 minutes.
So this was pretty much the same as the Baked Tilapia recipe on weight watchers. The only real difference I did was I used lemon herb instead of garlic herb seasoning, orange roughy instead of tilapia and concentrated lemon instead of the fresh juice. I had all this stuff at the house and I've been trying to use up the stuff that we have around the house. We had it with quinoa and the mixed vegetables from costco. A very tasty dinner and it was nice and warm outside for eating out on the deck! I just love summer!
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Baked Tilapia
main meals
POINTS® Value: 3
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 8 min
Cooking Time: 5 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Works with Simply Filling
Use this recipe with other types of fish such as halibut, flounder, sole and even shellfish. Lime juice instead of lemon juice is another good substitution.
Ingredients
1 spray(s) cooking spray
20 oz raw tilapia, four 5 oz fillets
1/2 tsp table salt, or less to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp garlic herb seasoning
Instructions
Preheat broiler. Coat a shallow roasting pan with cooking spray.
Season both sides of fish with salt and pepper.
Transfer fish to prepared pan and drizzle with lemon juice; sprinkle garlic herb seasoning over top.
Broil until fish is fork-tender, about 5 minutes. Yields 1 fillet per serving.
