WW Friendly Meal Planning Ideas
Every Friday I send out an email with what I’m planning to eat for dinner in the coming week which I also archive here on the blog. It helps keep me accountable and I hope you find it helpful as well.
The Benefits of Weekly Meal Planning
Getting dinner on the table is so much easier when you’ve planned what you’re cooking and eating ahead of time and done the grocery shopping. It’s the only thing that prevents me from resorting to fast food or takeout more often than I should.
Every time I get out of the meal planning habit and resort to take-out, restaurants, and snacking on junk, it’s amazing how crappy I feel and how quickly the pounds pack on.
The Key to Eating Well is Cooking
When you’re trying to eat well, not cooking isn’t an option. There are just too many unknowns (hidden sugar, flour, fats, chemicals, points), too many temptations, and portions are way too large for you to routinely eat well on take-out or pre-made food.
The Key to Consistent Cooking is Planning
In the beginning meal planning can be a huge chore. The key is finding an approach that works for you over the long haul. If you are struggling with meal planning here are 3 great meal planning resources to help:
- My Month of Meal Month of Meal Plans eBook
- My WW Friend Kristen’s Slender Kitchen Meal Planning Made Easy (affiliate link)
- My WW friend Alisha’s 12-Week eCookbook and Meal Planner (affiliate link) and Table for Two Meal Planner and eCookbook (affiliate link)
This Week’s WW Meal Plan Suggestions with WW Freestyle SmartPoints:
Breakfast
Most days my breakfast is something quick like an english muffin with almond butter, half a banana with some peanut butter, avocado toast, eggs, yogurt with fruit, oatmeal or a smoothie, depending on my mood and the season.
Lunch
Lunch is usually leftovers or some combination of soup / sandwich / salad.
This week I am planning to make…
Rotisserie Chicken Breast (*0 WW Freestyle SmartPoints) with Sweet Potato (*5 WW Freestyle SmartPoints) and Green Beans (*0 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
Slow Cooker Apricot Salsa Salmon (*4 WW Freestyle SmartPoints) with Rice (*3 WW Freestyle SmartPoints) and Roasted Carrots (*1 WW Freestyle SmartPoint)
Creamy Cauliflower & Potato Soup (*2 WW Freestyle SmartPoints) with Mixed Green Salad (*0 WW Freestyle SmartPoints) and Crusty Bread (*2 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
Easy Taco Cauliflower Rice Skillet (*4 Ww Freestyle SmartPoints) and Mixed Green Salad (*0 WW Freestyle SmartPoints)
I hope this helps you with your own meal planning this week 🙂
*PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

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Thank you, my friend. You made such a difference in my WW journey and I really appreciate your help.
~ Jill L.
Tired of trying to decide what to cook?
If you are struggling with meal planning here are 3 great meal planning resources to help:
- My Month of Meal Month of Meal Plans eBook
- My WW Friend Kristen’s Slender Kitchen Meal Planning Made Easy (affiliate link)
- My WW friend Alisha’s 12-Week eCookbook and Meal Planner (affiliate link) and Table for Two Meal Planner and eCookbook (affiliate link)
Customer Testimonials
I bought the Table for Two eCookbook and I love it! It saved me from giving up on my weight loss journey. The meals are delicious and so easy to cook. Having a weekly grocery list, recipes and instructions with pictures readily accessible has taken so much stress off of me in meal planning. I was tired of cooking recipes that had multiple servings and eating the left overs several times during the week. My husband loves the Table for Two recipes and he doesn’t even need to lose weight! I have recommended your site to several friends on the same journey and they love your recipes too. Thank you for all your hard work in making meal planning so easy!
~ Barbara
Hi Martha – I cannot begin to thank you enough for my month of meals. We (my husband and I) have only had the first week, but WOW, what great meals! I can’t wait for the second week. You have a customer for life!
~ Sharon S.I bought the 12 Week eCookbook and Meal Planner by Alisha Hughes from Meal Planning Mommies. It is great 12 weeks with a shopping list which is wonderful. I just make a copy of the list and go shopping for the week.~ Roberta R.
More WW Friendly Meal Planning Ideas
- Dinner Menu Ideas with WW Freestyle SmartPoints – Week #92
- Dinner Ideas with Weight Watchers Freestyle SmartPoints – Week #91
- WW Dinner Meal Planning Ideas with Freestyle SmartPoints – Week #90
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Pam
HI, like the idea of the meal plans, but so many of us are not doing well with the Freestyle. Could you post some recipes with Smart Points. WE have had much more success on that program and have gone back to it.
Thanks
Martha McKinnon
Hi Pam,
Hi Pam,
FYI…
I’ve got tons of WW Friendly Meal Plans here in the Archives.
Meal Plans #87 and Higher are FREESTYLE SmartPoints friendly.
Meal Plans #60-86 are the Old SmartPoints friendly.
Meal Plans #59 and Lower are Points Plus friendly.
Hope this helps!
Linda
Im looking for easy crockpot diabetic receipes.
Please help.
Linda
Martha McKinnon
You’ll find my archive of crock pot recipes here: https://simple-nourished-living.com/category/food-health/weight-watchers-slow-cooker-recipes-points-plus/