GREAT FALL SOUP RECIPE

PUMPKIN CURRY SOUP

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 large cloves garlic finely chopped
1 cup shredded carrot
1 1/2 tsp curry powder (to taste)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
3 cups low sodium, fat free chicken broth
1 15oz can pure pumpkin
1 12oz can non-fat evaporated milk

METHOD
Spray a saucepan with PAM and cook the onions and garlic for 2-3 minutes. Add the carrots and curry powder and cook for a further 2 minutes.

Add broth and pumpkin. Bring to boil, then lower heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Stir in evaporated milk and transfer to belnder or food processor. Blend until smooth.


1 POINT per cup

BEWARE OF MOVIE POPCORN

THIS IS INCREDIBLE -

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100249578>1=31057

CRANBERRY SAUCE RECIPE

Kickin' Cranberry Sauce

12 oz bag cranberries
11 oz can Mandarin oranges in their own jc.
1 cup peeled, chopped apple
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
2/3 C granulated Splenda
1/4 C Almond Accents Original
1/4 C sugar
1/8 ts cinnamon


In a small dish, combine gelatin with 1/4 cup cold water, stir well and set aside.
Combine cranberries, Splenda and sugar with 1 3/4 cup water. Bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.

Stir in the gelatin until well combined.
Stir in the chopped apples and cinnamon. Refrigerate at least 5 hours or overnight.
When chilled, stir well, then drain and chop the orange segments. Slightly crush the Almond Accents.

Stir both into the cranberry mixture. Refrigerate until serving. Makes 12 servings of 1/4 cup 1POINT EACH

DIAMOND LEADER

Yesterday afternoon I spent a fun few hours with around 200 people at Weight Watchers annual Celebration for Suffolk County Staff. It was good to hang out with people I work with regularly and then to renew acquaintance wiith others I run into occasionally.

The bash is a bit of a hurrah and it's also an awards ceremony.

Totally unexpectedly I received a Diamond Leader award, which was presented to the five most successful leaders in Eastern Suffolk. Success is measured in retaining members and and having the most members achieve their weight loss goal.

Seems like I had a pretty good year, which means my members did too and that's good news.

Not sure what I'll do with the Diamond Leader pin - looks a little girlie to me!

PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFIINS

There's a great sounding recipe for this seasonal treat over on the blog of a very successful member of one of my WW groups.

www.gettingfabuless.com

DARNED LEAVES

There were a lot of great things about living in Scotland. We loved our fifteen years there, but there was one thing we really missed that there is an abundance of here on Long Island - trees.

The weather was so severe living beside the North Sea that there were no trees untiil you went a mile or two inland. Trust me, those winds were severe.

So we were very happy to buy a house here that has a number of trees in the yard ... until we realized why Americans call autumn "fall". Because every leaf off every tree falls to the ground and has to be raked up.

I've spent around six hours raking leaves this past two days, filled more than 60 bags and still have the back yard to tackle. Tonight I'm sore and more than a little tired, but here's the silver lining -

I burned around 2600 calories!

When all is said and done, it's good exercise.

FOR GOODNESS SAKE, EAT!

Losing weight comes down to a simple equation really - the less you eat, the more you lose, right?

No, that is not right and one of the main reasons for frustration I've come across lately (apart from people filling their days and their mouths with crap) is that some folks just aren't eating enough.

The body is a machine. You have to fuel it for it to function and if you want it to burn fat, you need to make sure your metabolism is working at its optimum. That will come from exercise and eating.

I love telling WW members that they need to up their food intake. No one ever came into one of our centers expecting to hear that.

Lettuce leaves are not the way to reach your goals, a healthy balanced diet is. So whatever you do .... EAT!