RETURN TO CORE – DAY 18
🎬 All the details of the days ingredients, tips, tricks, how tos and the occasional cute doggie are in my daily video…🐶🛒👩🏻‍🍳

🍎 = CORE Weekly Point
💜 = WW Purple Smart Point

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👩🏻‍🍳 COOKING FOR SANDY DAY
3 days a week, I cook meals for a neighbor who had a stroke last year and has limited mobility. We often share a meal kit or something similar and spend some time together since neither of us go out too much 😁 Today is one of her days. I’m enjoying having someone to cook for again.

For the last month, she has a friend staying and I am cooking for them both. 😊 Today she leaves to go home so it will just be Sandy and I again.

🍲 CREAMY TUSCAN GNOCCHI W SUPERFOOD SALAD
Adapted from the Blue Apron Beef and Gnocchi Kit

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🍱 LUNCH 🍱
🌶️ MINI PEPPER NACHOS
@krogerco Pork Loin (home ground) – 5oz [3💜]
@misfitsmarket Organic Mini Peppers, Grape Tomatoes, Red Onion, Shishito Peppers, Scallions
@simpletruthorganic White Button Mushrooms
@dunyaharvest Organic Black Beans
@krogerco Mild Taco Sauce – 2tbsp [1💜]
@organicgirl Power Greens Blend
@krogerco Avocado – 1oz [1💜]
@loreto Lemon Stuffed Olives – x7 [2💜]
@krogerco 0% Greek Yogurt
@hoosierhillfarm White Cheddar Powder – 2tbsp [1🍎/2💜] (see notes)
@goodthins Corn Chips – x20 [1🍎/2💜]

👩🏻‍🍳 Inspired by and adapted from:
https://pinchofwellness.com/2020/01/19/mini-pepper-nachos

🍎 CORE NOTES
🔹 Peppers can be raw, grilled or air fryer/oven baked if you want them softer like a Fajita pepper. I wanted the crunch so I left them raw.
🔹 Good Thins Corn Chips are up to 25 for 1WP / up to 43 for 2WP so you can add some chip flavor or just use those as mini chips (they are the size of Cheeze-its).
🔹 Cook the ground meat, beans, mushrooms and half of the onion (and some extra garlic if you want) in a skillet. I used pork here but up to 93% lean beef or ground chicken/turkey would work as well and still be 0️⃣.
🔹 If you can find, and want to use, fat free cheese – adding that would still be 0️⃣ on CORE. Otherwise many of the Fritos cheese dips or jarred Quesos are actually really low in points – usually 1WP for 2tbsp.
🔹 Taco Sauce and Fat Free Salsa are CORE compliant condiments. 🌮🌵🍅
🔹 Top with your favorite fresh vegetables – spinach or lettuce, tomatoes, onion, jalapeños, olives, avocado, corn…
🔹 Add some salsa and FF sour cream, or in my case 0% Greek Yogurt – you could also use an avocado ranch dressing like Bolthouse Farms or Litehouse (would need to point if applicable) or make a lime crema.
🔹 To make the White Cheddar Powder into a queso – mix 2tbsp powder + 1½tbsp water + 1tbsp yogurt. Mix well, microwave for 15sec and let stand while you get the rest ready – soooo good and only 1WP!

🍎 OLD WW CORE – 2WP
🧮 CALORIES – 620
💜 WW PURPLE – 11SP
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🍱 DINNER 🍱
🌿 PESTO ALFREDO GNOCCHI w BROCCOLI & GARDEN SALAD
@deldestino Potato Gnocchi – ¾c [3🍎/4💜]
@newmansown Alfredo Sauce – ¼c [1🍎/2💜]
@priano @aldiusa Basil Pesto – 1tbsp [1🍎/2💜]
@krogerco 0% Greek Yogurt
@misfitsmarket Organic Broccoli, English Cucumber, Red Onion, Grape Tomatoes
@krogerco Avocado – 1oz [1💜]
@freshfinds Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
@pompeian Grapeseed Oil – 1tsp [1💜]
@morena Pure Cane Sugar – 1½tsp [2💜]
@pvt_selection 5 Salt / 5 Pepper Seasoning

👩🏻‍🍳 Inspired by and adapted from:
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/tomato-onion-and-cucumber-salad-recipe-1912368

🍎 OLD WW CORE – 5WP
🧮 CALORIES – 436
💜 WW PURPLE – 12SP
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🍒 SNACKS
@smuckers Salted Caramel Topping – 18g [1🍎/3💜]
@driscolls Blueberries
@misfitsmarket Organic Green Anjou Pear

🍎 OLD WW CORE – 1WP
🧮 CALORIES – 130
💜 WW PURPLE – 3SP
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🍎 CORE WEEKLY POINTS REDEEMED – 8
🗓️ WEEKLIES REMAINING – 21

🦊 Currently tracking in ℹ️ iTrackBites on the old WW CORE Plan plus giving you the points on the current WW 💜 PURPLE plan + Calories.

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🍎 CORE is the old WW, pre Simply Filling program from 2004-2010.
Here is the original CORE list:
https://tinyurl.com/y6fuash6

I have created a group specifically for CORE on Facebook with a growing library of resources
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwcoreplan

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🦄 Dietary Modifications are being made for Insulin Resistance / Histamine Intolerance / Mast Cell Activation Syndrome