Slow Cooker meals?

Hi Group,
In the winter I love to use a slow cooker or crockpot to make stew or hearty
soup.
I don't use a recipe..so how do I figure the points?

Here's what I made today...
6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (almost like chicken strips)
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup frozen green beans
1 can each drained garbanzo beans and small northern beans
1 cup baby carrots, tossed in whole.(put them on the bottom so they cook fully)
2 cans sliced stewed tomatoes, plus juice.
2 T minced garlic
2 T italian herbs
salt and pepper.

I am also going to add
1 c seashell pasta towards the end of cooking.
1 cup of water...I may add more water later on, too.
Think minestrone without the kidney beans! ( I loathe kidney beans)
It's all low fat, and no added oils.
Teresa

On 31 Dec 2003 18:11:07 GMT, (Thotful560) wrote:

Hi Group,
In the winter I love to use a slow cooker or crockpot to make stew or hearty
soup.
I don't use a recipe..so how do I figure the points?

Here's what I made today...
6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (almost like chicken strips)
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup frozen green beans
1 can each drained garbanzo beans and small northern beans
1 cup baby carrots, tossed in whole.(put them on the bottom so they cook fully)
2 cans sliced stewed tomatoes, plus juice.
2 T minced garlic
2 T italian herbs
salt and pepper.

I am also going to add
1 c seashell pasta towards the end of cooking.
1 cup of water...I may add more water later on, too.
Think minestrone without the kidney beans! ( I loathe kidney beans)
It's all low fat, and no added oils.
Teresa


take a look at fitday.com.
This is what I came up with
Total: 2819
Fat: 47 423 17%
Sat: 11 95 4%
Poly: 15 132 5%
Mono: 14 127 5%
Carbs: 427 1288 52%
Fiber: 105 0 0%
Protein: 189 756 31%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%


Ray

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overall - 273/210/182

OK Ray,(and thanks by the way)

So how do I estimate the servings?

it looks as if I might get 10 servings or more from the total meal.
This is all totally new to me!
teresa

just figure out the points for what you have there, then add it up and
divide by the number of servings, and this sounds good too, Lee
Thotful560 wrote in message
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Hi Group,
In the winter I love to use a slow cooker or crockpot to make stew or
hearty
soup.
I don't use a recipe..so how do I figure the points?

Here's what I made today...
6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs (almost like chicken strips)
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup frozen green beans
1 can each drained garbanzo beans and small northern beans
1 cup baby carrots, tossed in whole.(put them on the bottom so they cook
fully)
2 cans sliced stewed tomatoes, plus juice.
2 T minced garlic
2 T italian herbs
salt and pepper.

I am also going to add
1 c seashell pasta towards the end of cooking.
1 cup of water...I may add more water later on, too.
Think minestrone without the kidney beans! ( I loathe kidney beans)
It's all low fat, and no added oils.
Teresa

If you get 10 servings, it looks like it works out to 5 points a serving.
Formula is calories + fat grams x 4 - fiber grams x 10 (cap at 4 grams) all
divided by 50.

Carol

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78.6 lost since December 2002
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"Thotful560" wrote in message
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OK Ray,(and thanks by the way)

So how do I estimate the servings?

it looks as if I might get 10 servings or more from the total meal.
This is all totally new to me!
teresa

It was really good.
My daughter's friends cried when my husband poured the last cup down the
drain-he expected nobody wanted to eat it a third day...and they wanted to take
it home!
Next time I am going to use those frozen meatballs instead of chicken...slow
cookers are so EASY.
Teresa