Low-Fat Bread Machine Italian Bread

Well, my dh bought me a bread maker with our income tax money. I have really wanted one forever! But, with Weight Watchers, I wondered if I was going to be able to use it. So, I have been on the search for recipes I could still eat and stay on plan. My kids love the bread! I do too. I love the ease that the bread maker gives me! So, here is one that I made that I really like! I make it with my Spaghetti Casserole that we eat weekly. My dh wants us to try to use this as a pizza crust dough or even bread sticks. I think it would be fabulous as either! I have learned though that with a bread maker, you really have to deal with portion control, luckily I have a large family and usually there is not a lot left over!

Low-Fat Bread Machine Italian Bread

1 1/8 cups water
3 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
2 tablespoons Parmesan Cheese
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon dried onions
1 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
2 tablespoons butter
Add ingredients to pan in order listed according to bread machine instructions. Program as desired.
Per serving: Calories, 184; Fat 3g; Fiber 1.3g

Note: Whoops! I left off the serving size: 10 pieces

Menu Plan Monday- October5-October 11

This week I am trying something new. On Monday's I'll post my menu and then on Tuesday's I'll show you how much I spend at the grocery store. We have decided to budget $120 a week for groceries, but some week's may be a little more and others may be a little less. I have a family of 6 to feed. I think planning is key to making that happen. It seems really hard to eat healthy meals and spend less at the grocery. So, here's my attempt. My kids are home this week on Fall break, so I have to plan more food because they usually eat those meals at school. We also are celebrating my dh's 40th birthday this week.

Dinners

Monday-Spaghetti Casserole, Salad, Low-Fat Bread Machine Italian Bread

Tuesday- Headstart Family Fun Night (I'm bringing Pickles and Chips)

Wednesday- Lentil Tacos, Spanish Rice, Corn

Thursday- Soup beans(made with ham bouillon), Sauerkraut with Lite Hot Dogs, cornbread

Friday- Sloppy Joe Casserole, Corn, fruit

Saturday- Spaghetti and Meatballs, Low-Fat Bread Machine Italian Bread(made into bread sticks), salad, Red Velvet Cake with cream cheese icing, vanilla ice cream (This is the meal my dh picked for his birthday: I might be using my 35 weekly points for this meal)

Sunday- Crispy Chicken Drumsticks, green beans, baked potatoes, rolls

Breakfast

Monday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit

Tuesday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit

Wednesday-Bagels with light cream cheese, yogurt

Thursday- Heart Smart Waffles, sausage links, (kids will eat with homemade syrup)

Friday-Biscuits and sausage, yogurt (I'm having same as Monday)

Saturday-Heartsmart Pancakes, bacon, (kids and dh will eat with homemade syrup)

Sunday-Cereal, yogurt, fruit

Lunch

Monday-Sandwich on Arnold's Sandwich Thins, fruit

Tuesday-Sandwich on Arnold's Sandwich Thins, fruit

Wednesday- Grilled Cheese, Tomato Soup, fruit

Thursday- Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches (for kids), Sun Chips (For me: Boca Burger on Arnold's Sandwich Bread instead of P&B sandwich, fruit)

Friday-Grilled Cheese, Chicken Noodle Soup, fruit (Weight Watchers Progresso Soup for me instead of Chicken noodle soup)

Saturday-Sandwiches, Sun Chips

Sunday-Leftovers

*I made my dh some homemade bread in the bread maker and he is eating that with some soup this week.

Snacks

Chex Party Mix, String Cheese, Fat Free Rice Krispie Treats, air popped popcorn, granola bars

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MomAdvise Notebook Experiement-Who Bread: White vs.Wheat

Bread 1: Bread Flour

Bread 2: All-purpose flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour

So, I decided to give the Mom Advise Notebook Experiments a try. Amy has a notebook where she list all kinds of great ideas she finds online. Many of them are projects that I really want to do. I've looked through her past notebooks and have booked marked lots of things to try. So, I'll be back for the weekly experiments. I really like how Amy makes them look like an experiment when she post them, so hopefully she won't mind if I do mine the same. I got a bread machine with our income tax refund this year and I love it. Although I still have a lot to learn! This is the first recipe we tried and really love, Low-Fat Bread Machine Italian Bread . I was really excited to try a different one.

Experiment: Can I make Who (pronounced hooo, like an owl) bread and will my kids and husband will still like it if I substitute 1 cup of whole wheat flour for 1 cup of the bread flour?

Experiment taken from: Notebook Entry 02.14.07

Materials needed: Here's the recipe that I used from SouleMama.

WHO Bread
(makes 1.5 lb loaf, set to 'basic' with medium crust)
1 1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons butter @ room temperature
1 tsp salt
3 cups of flour (we do 2 cups unbleached white, 1 cup whole wheat pastry)
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast (or, one package)
Add ingredients to pan in order listed according to bread machine instructions.

Makes 1.5 lb loaf, set to medium crust and basic.

Makes 10 servings

Results:
Part 1: The first loaf we made was with just the bread flour. This bread rose quite a bit in my machine and looked more like a 2 lb loaf. I was worried that my lid would come off of the top of my machine, but it did not. I thought maybe I did something wrong, but I followed the instructions exactly! So, I thought? After rereading the recipe, it called for plain flour and not the bread flour, which is probably what made it rise more. My kids ate the bread fine and said they liked it okay. I liked it.

Part 2: The second loaf I made was the one that I substituted 1 cup of whole wheat flour for 1 cup of the white flour. Now why would I want to do this? Well, first it is healthier for my kids and second since being on Weight Watchers, I noticed that using the whole wheat flour lowered my points sometimes and after running the recipe through the recipe builder (you have to be an e-tools subscriber to get this service) on the Weight Watchers Website, I found that it did indeed lower it by one point. If it tasted just as good, that was the one I wanted to use. The bread rose more like it was suppose too since I used the all-purpose flour. (I did not have any unbleached white.) The top fell, but the results were that my bread's crust was crispier and the bread really did taste better to me than the first one I tried. But how did my kids like it? Well, my oldest one said it's okay. I asked him what he did not like about it and he said it taste like wheat. The others are 4 years old and 2 years old and basically they will eat warm bread with butter on it.


Conclusion: Well, I guess my kids will eat the bread with the wheat in it, although they seem to like the white flour bread better. My dh and my 9 year old refuse to eat wheat bread. I don't have any other answers as to how to get them to eat healthier and to eat wheat. Personally, I liked the second one and if I make this bread again, that will be the one I choose. This however is not my first pick for my favorite bread.
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Menu Plan Monday September 7-13

Well this is a day late but I think planning, at least for me, is one of the biggest things that helped me lose weight, so I got to get back in the groove and start doing my menu plans on here. I always plan just don't put it on here and I think putting it on here makes me accountable for it!

Dinners

Monday- Lean Cuisine Pizza, salad

Tuesday Weight Watchers Juicy Hamburgers, corn on the cob, salad

Wednesday-Mexican Rice Casserole

Thursday- Sweet and Sour Chicken, brown rice, peas

* Recipe coming soon

Friday- Crockpot Brown Sugar Chili(Make double batch to freeze for next week), cornbread

*No Picture yet.

Saturday-Monterey Chicken, green beans, rolls

Sunday- Spaghetti Casserole, salad, Low-fat Bread Machine Italian Bread

Breakfast: Egg Beaters Omelet with Weight Watchers Cheese Single, mushrooms and onions, strawberries or grapes, and 1 pt English muffin (Most days that's what I have) unless I am pressed for time and I do Honey Nut Cheerios, banana, I think this week I will also have Low Fat Waffles with Sugar free syrup and fruit.

Lunch: My plan is Bacon Tomato Sandwiches (1 pt bread with Oscar Meyer precooked bacon that is 1 point for 4 slices, and 1 tbsp. fat free Miracle Whip, grapes, and milk. Other day's I'll have a chef salad and milk with grapes.

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Menu Plan Monday October19-25

Here's my meals for this week:

Dinner

Monday- Pizza Cups, Salad

Tuesday- Tomato Soup and Sandwiches

Wednesday- Crispy Chicken Drumsticks, green beans, rolls

Thursday- Lentil Tacos, Spanish Rice, Corn

Friday- Weekday Lasagna, salad, Low-fat Bread Machine Italian Bread (made into breadsticks

Saturday- Halloween Party (I'm bringing Crockpot Brown Sugar Chili)

Sunday- Potato Soup, Peasant Bread

Breakfast

Monday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit

Tuesday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit

Wednesday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit

Thursday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit

Friday-Heart Smart Waffles, sausage links, (kids will eat with homemade syrup)

Saturday-Heartsmart Pancakes, bacon, (kids and dh will eat with homemade syrup)

Sunday-Cereal, yogurt, fruit

Lunch

Monday-Cheesy Vegetable Soup

Tuesday-Cheesy Vegetable Soup

Wednesday-sandwiches, fruit

Thursday-Refried Bean Soup

Friday-Refried Bean Soup

Saturday- sandwiches, fruit

Sunday- Fat Free Hotdogs, oven fries

Snacks

Air popped popcorn, , String Cheese, Fat Free Rice Krispie Treats, Chex Party Mix

My family is also wanting some Caramel apples, but since they are so expensive at the store, I'm making my caramel from scratch.

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Menu Plan Monday-October 12-18

I've decided to have theme day's on my blog here is the plan for now:

Monday: Menu Plan Monday

Tuesday: Grocery Cart Challenge

Wednesday: My weight loss update

Thursday: During the fall new soup recipes

Friday: New recipes that I have tried

Saturday: New products I've tried (If I have tried any that week)

Come back and see the changes. Here's my menu for this week:

Dinners

Monday- Sloppy Tacos (made with 2% cheese and lean meat on light bun), oven fries

Tuesday- Soft Tacos, Mexican Rice, Corn

Wednesday- Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, Peasant Bread

Thursday- Chicken Sandwiches, green beans

Friday-Homemade Pizza, Salad

Saturday- Spaghetti Casserole, salad, Low-fat Bread Machine Italian Bread

Sunday- We are going to a friend's house who invited us (but I am bringing some fat free hot dogs for the grill

Breakfast

Monday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit
Tuesday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit
Wednesday-Eggbeaters Omelet, English Muffin, fruit

Thursday- Heart Smart Waffles, sausage links, fruit

Friday- Cereal, yogurt, fruit

Saturday-Heartsmart Pancakes, bacon, (kids and dh will eat with homemade syrup)
Sunday-Cereal, yogurt, fruit

Lunches

sandwiches and soup or leftovers and fruit each day

Snacks
Chex Party Mix, String Cheese, Fat Free Rice Krispie Treats, air popped popcorn, granola bars

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Menu Plan Monday- January 25-31

The last week of January! Will be posting several new recipes that I have tried including Crazy Crust Pizza and Low Point Granola Bars. so be sure to visit me this week! Here's my plan for this week:

Dinners
Monday:Crockpot Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti, salad, Low-fat Bread Machine Italian Bread (made into bread sticks
Tuesday: Smothered Buttermilk Chicken and Biscuits
Wednesday: Crockpot Brown Sugar Chili, Jiffy Corn muffins
Thursday: Crispy Chicken Drumsticks, Soup Beans and rolls
Friday: Crazy Crust Pizza, salad
Saturday:Slow Cooker Pizza, salad
Sunday: Soup and Sandwiches

Breakfast
Easy Breakfast Sandwiches
Honey Nut Cheerios with skim milk and fruit
Cinnamon French Toast, fruit, hot herbal tea

Lunch
Bacon, Egg, and Ranch Salad(Salad with those things in it)
Refried Bean Soup
Garden Vegetable Soup
Tomato Basil Soup

Snack and Desserts
Fat Free Rice Krispie Treats
Air popped popcorn
Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Menu Plan Monday May 10-16- Crockpot Week!

This week, I'm pulling out my crock pot and letting it do the work for me. Hot weather has already been here in Kentucky and suppose to return to the 80's this week, so crockpotting will keep my house cooler. I am also doing a lot of microwave cooking for breakfast, this will also keep my house cooler. So, here's what's planned at my house.

Dinners

Monday: Crockpot Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti, Low-Fat Bread Machine Italian Bread (made into bread sticks), salad

Tuesday: Crockpot Taco Junk with baked tortilla scoop chips

Wednesday: Crockpot Rotisserie Chicken, crockpot baked potatoes (cooked in bottom of chicken), green beans

Thursday: To Die For Roast, Betty Crocker 80 Calorie Mashed Potatoes, green beans

Friday: Pizza Night

Saturday: Crockpot Chicken and stuffing, Crockpot Baked Potatoes, green beans

Sunday: *New Recipe Night* Pineapple Meatloaf, green beans

Breakfast

Monday: Hungry Girl's All American Egg Mug, strawberries

Tuesday: Hungry Girl's Egg Mug Burger-Rama, grapes

Wednesday: Hungry Girl's All American Egg Mug, strawberries

Thursday: Hungry Girl's Egg Mug Classic, strawberries

Friday: Hungry Girl's Pizza Pizza Egg Mug, grapes

Saturday: Denver Omelette in a Mug, strawberries

Sunday: Hungry Girl's All-American Egg Mug, strawberries

(Note: My kids eat breakfast at school and my little one eats cereal everyday.)

Lunch

Monday: Bacon Tomato Sandwich, grapes

Tuesday: Bacon Tomato Sandwich, grapes

Wednesday: Garden Vegetable Soup

Thursday: Garden Vegetable Soup

Friday: Garden Vegetable Soup

Saturday: Cookout at church

Sunday: Fat Free Hot Dogs, baked chips

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Menu Plan Monday- Sept 28-Oct 4

This week I am living out of the pantry with my meals besides buying a few fruits and veggies. Highlight from last week Lentil Tacos, my family liked them too! Here's the plan for this week. Nothing really new right now. Weigh-in in two days!!!!

Dinners

Monday- Spaghetti Casserole, Salad, Low-Fat Bread Machine Italian Bread

Tuesday- Soup and Sandwiches

Wednesday- We are having a picnic somewhere probably sandwiches

Thurdsay- Taco Junk, salad

Friday- Pizza, salad

Saturday- Sweet and Sour Chicken, rice, peas

Sunday- Soup Beans, Saurkraut and Fat Free Hot Dogs, cornbread

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Menu Plan Monday April 27- May 3

Here's my menu for this week

Dinners

Spaghetti Casserole, salad, Low-fat Bread Machine Italian Bread

Corn Dog Casserole, salad

Crispy Chicken Drumsticks, green beans, Featherlite Dinner Rolls

Soup and Sandwiches

Rehearsal dinner for my brother-in-laws wedding

Breakfast for dinner

Crockpot Brown Sugar Chili, Cornbread (Jiffy mixed with creamed corn)

Menu Plan Monday January 11-17

Here's my plan for this week:

Dinners

Monday:Pizza-style Meat Loaf,(new recipe) green beans

Tuesday: Spaghetti Casserole, salad, Low-Fat Bread Machine Italian Bread

Wednesday: Cheesy Ranch Burgers, oven baked fries

Thursday: Deep Dish Pizza Casserole, salad

Friday: Easy Enchiladas, corn

Saturday: Monterey Chicken, Green beans

Sunday: Crockpot Brown Sugar Chili, Hungry Girl's Corning Glory Muffins

Breakfast

Easy Breakfast Sandwiches

Lunch

I plan to pre-make these soups to have available to eat this week

Refried Bean Soup

Tomato Basil Soup

Garden Vegetable Soup

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