How to Calculate Weight Watchers Points in a Recipe

If you are following the weight watchers diet, it can be difficult to calculate weight watchers points in a recipe. However, it is actually very simple to calculate weight watchers points in a recipe so you know exactly how many points are in your favorite recipe. Learn how to quickly and easily calculate how many weight watchers points are in a recipe so you can make your favorite recipes and stay on the weight watchers plan to lose weight.

Things You'll Need

• list of ingredients

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Instructions

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  Understand Ingredients to Calculate Weight Watchers Points in a Recipe
  The first step to calculate weight watchers points in a recipe is to examine your list of ingredients. You need to know exactly how many points are in each ingredient. You can find this out by using your weight watchers materials if you have them or any weight watchers point value website. Determine how many points are in each ingredient based on their quantity and then add together all of those point values. This will give you the weight watchers point value of the entire recipe.

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  Serving Size to Calculate Weight Watchers Points in a Recipe
  Next, you will need to determine how many weight watchers points are in each serving. It is very easy to do this - just divide the weight watchers points value for the entire recipe by the number of servings. For example, if the entire recipe was 42 points and it makes 10 servings, each serving has 4.2 weight watchers points.

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  Use an Online Weight Watchers Recipe Calculator
  If you do not want to do the math yourself, you can use an online weight watchers point recipe calculator. There is one on the online weight watchers website if you are a member or you can use an online version available on many websites. However, you will get the most accurate version by calculating the weight watchers points yourself.

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  Adjust the recipe to Calculate Weight Watchers Points in a Recipe
  Lastly, if you find that your recipe has a higher points value than you want, consider adjusting the ingredients or cooking method. Use no calorie cooking spray instead of oil or low fat versions of your favorite ingredients like cheese, meat, milk, or sour cream. Adjusting small things in your recipe will lower the weight watchers point value of your recipe.