Hi all! Some days you win some and some days you lose some. This morning I decided to venture out making a new Hearty Slow Cooker Pork & Sausage Cassoulet recipe just so I could experiment with making 2 Smartpoint Garlic Bread. I thought about our dinner all day long and couldn’t wait to get home to see if my science experiment worked.
But, before I get ahead of myself…Breakfast!
Nature’s Own Butter Bread topped with 1/2 Tbsp whipped butter & a fried egg (3 sp) with watermelon on the side.
3 hours later, I was hungry so I had a banana and one of my nectarine muffins (3 sp).
True story – My co-worker and I planned lunch at Work of Flame because it was near a gym we want to check out. We had a delicious lunch but decided we will check out both gyms tomorrow lol.
Won Ton Soup (2 sp).
3 Chicken Potstickers (5 sp).
I skipped the rice and ate the steamed veggies with Kung Pao Chicken. (8 sp plus 1 for my fortune cookie).
My other success today – attending our July Birthday celebration and passing up having a slice of cake, peach cobbler and ice cream. I was so satisfied by lunch it didn’t even tempt me.
About that cassoulet….I wanted to try using my Slow Cooker in the Summer making The Husband a meaty, low point dish.
Pork, Hot Turkey Italian sausage, beans, mushrooms, veggies, fire roasted tomatoes, herbs and wine…sounds good, right??
The real reason for making this recipe though is just so I could make garlic bread for dipping using this new Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic Herb Butter I picked up.
1 Tbsp is 4 Smartpoints. 
I took half a sweet french baguette then sliced that in half. This baguette is 7 Smartpoints for half.
I slightly melted 2 Tbsp of my garlic herb butter to spread it. Then sprinkled the bread with paprika and parmesan.
Bake at 400 for 5-6 minutes, slice into 16 pieces.
Each buttery, garlicky piece is only 2 Smartpoints and it’s so good that it’s hard to stop at 2.
It’s a good thing the cassoulet is only 3 Smartpoints a serving. I didn’t love the cassoulet as much though but I think it’s just not my thing. Maybe it needs to be winter to appreciate it lol.
29 Daily WWFreestyle Smartpoints, 7K steps
Night all!
I love your blog and the time you take to consistently post – thank you! One thought I always have and I’m finally sharing – is why don’t you have more than one egg in the morning? They are 0 points and the extra protein might keep you satisfied longer? Everyone is different, but just thought I would ask!
Hi Deborah,
Thank you for the nice comment and the great idea. I’ll give that a try.
Danica