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NOVEMBER 2024

One-pot pumpkin mac and cheese

Canned pumpkin plays two key roles in this easy stovetop mac and cheese: It creates a super-creamy texture for the sauce and its orange color makes the dish seem cheesier than it actually is. Make sure to include the dry mustard —  its strong, tangy flavor mixes nicely with the cheddar. This recipe uses old-school elbow macaroni, but you can use any short, tube-shaped pasta you like such as cavatappi or penne. You can also swap in brown rice elbows for a gluten-free option.

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Ingredients: 9
Prep Time: 10 min | Total Time: 30 min
Serves: 6
 
 
Ingredients:

4 sprays cooking spray 

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 cups low sodium vegetable broth

1 cup 1% low fat milk

1 teaspoon Kosher salt

1 teaspoon dry mustard

10 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni

15 ounces canned pumpkin puree

¾ cups reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions:
Step 1

Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Heat the pan over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté 1 minute.

Step 2

Stir in the broth, milk, salt, mustard and pasta; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally until the pasta is tender, 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 3

Uncover the pan. Stir in the pumpkin and ¼ cup water. Cook until the sauce thickens, adding an additional ¼ cup water if needed.

Step 4

Remove the pan from the heat. Add the cheese, stirring until it melts.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 cup | Calories: 270 | Total fat: 4.5 g | Saturated fat: 2 g | Sodium: 520 mg | Total carbohydrates: 45 g | Fiber: 4 g | Protein: 12 g

Source: WeightWatchers

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HEALTHY RECIPE

OCTOBER 2024

Quick cauliflower rice

This all-veggie version of fried rice uses convenient, quick-cooking cauliflower rice in place of grains and loads on more plant-based goodness with napa cabbage and snow peas, as well as pre-cut matchstick carrots to save on prep time. You can always add a source of protein such as scrambled eggs or cooked chicken or pork—whatever you have on hand that suits your needs and supports your goals. 

And speaking of goals, now WeightWatchers makes it even more affordable to lose weight and eat healthier. All Costco employees can join for as little as $9 per month (down from $14 per month). Spouses or domestic partners and dependents age 18+ can join for just $14.50 per month (down from $19.50 per month).

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Ingredients: 10
Prep Time: 10 min | Total Time: 15 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients:

4 sprays cooking spray 

2 cups shredded uncooked napa cabbage 

¼ cup uncooked matchstick-cut carrots 

2 teaspoons ginger root, peeled and grated 

3 medium cloves garlic, minced 

2 cups snow peas, halved diagonally 

½ cup uncooked scallions, thinly sliced 

16 ounces uncooked cauliflower rice, fresh or frozen and defrosted 

3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce 

1 tablespoon rice vinegar 

Directions:
Step 1

Spray a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Heat pan over medium-high heat. Add cabbage, carrots, ginger and garlic. Stir fry 2 minutes.

Step 2

Add snow peas, scallions and cauliflower rice. Stir fry until crisp-tender, 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 3

Remove from heat and stir in soy sauce and vinegar.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 ¼ cups | Calories: 91  | Total fat: 1 g | Saturated fat: 0 g | Sodium: 464 mg | Total carbohydrates: 17 g | Fiber: 6 g | Protein: 6 g

Source: WeightWatchers

Now available at a reduced cost, the WeightWatchers program and app can help you reach your weight loss and wellness goals. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $9 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $14.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.

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HEALTHY RECIPE

SEPTEMBER 2024

Crispy chicken nuggets

A back-to-school favorite, these chicken nuggets are extra crunchy due to their corn-flake coating. You can use a food processor to crush the corn flakes, or just bang them on the table in a zip-top bag until crumbly. There are many kinds of paprika to spice these up, from sweet to smoky to mild to spicy. Feel free to use your favorite. Serve the nuggets with your favorite dipping sauce.

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Ingredients: 8
Prep Time: 20 min | Total Time: 35-37 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients:

Olive oil non-stick cooking spray 

2 ⅔ cups corn flakes 

¼ cup all-purpose flour 

¾ teaspoon table salt 

½ teaspoon garlic powder 

½ teaspoon paprika 

1 large egg 

1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 24 chunks 

Directions:
Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with olive oil cooking spray.

Step 2

Process the corn flakes into crumbs in a food processor or blender. Scrape into a shallow bowl or pie plate.

Step 3

Combine the flour, salt, garlic powder and paprika in another shallow bowl. Beat the egg in a separate shallow bowl.

Step 4

Working one at a time, coat the chicken chunks with the flour mixture. Then dip each chunk into the egg to coat. Transfer to the corn flake crumbs, pressing the chicken to coat on all sides. Place on baking sheet.

Step 5

Repeat with the remaining chicken. When done, spray chicken chunks with cooking spray.

Step 6

Bake for 15-17 minutes, until golden and cooked through. Let cool slightly before serving.

Nutrition

Serving size: 6 nuggets | Calories: 252 | Total fat: 4 g | Saturated fat: 1 g | Sodium: 640 mg | Total carbohydrates: 23 g | Fiber: 1 g | Protein: 29 g

Source: WeightWatchers

With the WeightWatchers program and app, you can lose weight and eat healthier. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $14 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $19.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.

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HEALTHY RECIPE

AUGUST 2024

Mediterranean snack plate 

Serving as the anchor of this snack plate is an easy tzatziki-like yogurt sauce — perfect for dipping into with sturdy pita chips. A generously sized salad, seasoned hard-boiled eggs and olives round out the meal.

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Ingredients: 13
Prep time: 10 min | Total time: 10 min
Serves: 1
Ingredients:

½ cup plain fat-free yogurt 

2 tablespoons cucumber, finely grated and squeezed dry  

1 small clove garlic, grated 

2 pinches dried dill weed 

2 pinches Kosher salt 

2 pinches black pepper 

1 ½ cups Romaine lettuce, shredded or roughly chopped 

¼ cup cucumber, sliced into thin half-moons 

¼ cup grape tomatoes, halved 

2 tablespoons low-fat red wine vinaigrette salad dressing 

8 large olives 

2 large, hard-boiled eggs, halved 

1 ounce whole wheat pita chips 

Directions:
Step 1

In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, grated cucumber, garlic, dill, salt and pepper.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, combine the lettuce, sliced cucumber, tomatoes and vinaigrette. Toss gently to coat.

Step 3

Arrange the salad, yogurt sauce, olives, eggs and pita chips on a large plate. Sprinkle the eggs with an optional garnish of dill, salt and black pepper.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 | Calories: 442 | Total fat: 20 g | Saturated fat: 5 g | Sodium: 1,521 mg | Total carbohydrates: 36 g | Fiber: 6 g | Protein: 30 g

Source: WeightWatchers

With the WeightWatchers program and app, you can lose weight and eat healthier. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $14 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $19.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.

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HEALTHY RECIPE

JULY 2024

Air fryer spice-rubbed salmon

The air fryer works magic with salmon, delivering a slightly crisp exterior and juicy, silky interior. Be sure to leave room between the fillets so air can circulate well around them and ensure even cooking.

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Ingredients: 7
Prep Time: 2 min | Total Time: 12 min
Serves: 2
Ingredients:

4 sprays cooking spray  

 ¼ teaspoon chili powder  

 ¼ teaspoon garlic powder 

 ¼ teaspoon ground cumin 

 ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt 

 2 4-ounce skinless salmon filets 

Directions:
Step 1

In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, garlic powder, cumin and salt.

Step 2

Lightly coat the salmon with cooking spray and sprinkle with the spice mixture.

Step 3

Preheat an air fryer, if necessary, to 400 degrees. Lightly coat the air fryer basket with cooking spray.

Step 4

Arrange the salmon in the basket. Air fry until the fish flakes easily or until the desired degree of doneness, 7 or 8 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 filet | Calories: 150 | Total fat: 5 g | Saturated fat: 1 g | Sodium: 336 mg | Total carbohydrates: 1 g | Fiber: 0 g | Protein: 23 g

Source: WeightWatchers

With the WeightWatchers program and app, you can lose weight and eat healthier. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $14 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $19.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.

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HEALTHY RECIPE

JUNE 2024

Chicken Cobb salad sandwich

Here’s an interesting variation on a summer staple: a classic Cobb salad, but between two slices of bread. It’s colorful, super satisfying, and stacked with all the expected ingredients — chicken, hard-boiled egg, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and a hint of blue cheese. Pack one for a healthy lunch in your breakroom or serve up a platter at your next outdoor gathering.

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Ingredients: 8
Prep Time: 10 min | Total Time: 10 min
Serves: 1
Ingredients:

2 slices reduced-calorie wheat bread 

¼ cup shredded romaine lettuce 

½ plum tomato, sliced 

2 ounces ready-cooked seasoned chicken breast, thinly sliced 

½ tablespoon blue cheese salad dressing 

¼ medium avocado, sliced 

½ large hardboiled egg, sliced 

1 piece of crisp cooked bacon 

Directions:
Step 1

Toast the bread. 

Step 2

Top one slice of bread with ingredients in this order: lettuce, tomato, chicken, dressing, avocado, egg and bacon.

Step 3

Place other slice of bread on top.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 sandwich | Calories: 375 | Total fat: 20 g | Saturated fat: 4 g | Sodium: 747 mg | Total carbohydrates: 25 g | Fiber: 9 g | Protein: 27 g

Source: WeightWatchers

With the WeightWatchers program and app, you can lose weight and eat healthier. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $14 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $19.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.

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HEALTHY RECIPE

MAY 2024

Turkey pepperoni pizzas

The two ingredients for the pizza dough in this dish are plain fat-free Greek yogurt and white self-rising flour. If you can’t find self-rising flour, simply whisk 1 cup of regular all-purpose flour with ¼ teaspoon kosher salt and 1½ teaspoons baking powder.  

This recipe calls for canned tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese and turkey pepperoni, but feel free to experiment with whatever sauces, cheeses and meats you have on hand. Be sure to top your pizzas off with Parmesan cheese, fresh basil and a pinch of red pepper flakes for a touch of heat right before serving. These small finishing touches really elevate the final dish.

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Ingredients: 8
Prep Time: 20 min | Total Time: 45 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients:

1 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt  

1 cup self-rising flour 

1 cup canned tomato sauce 

¾ cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese  

20 pieces small, thinly sliced turkey pepperoni 

4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese 

2 tablespoons basil, slivered 

4 pinches (or to taste) crushed red pepper flakes

Directions:
Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 

Step 2

Put yogurt and flour in a large bowl. Stir well with a wooden spoon until just combined, then knead dough with your hands until smooth, about two minutes. If kneading is difficult because dough is too sticky, add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, until stickiness is gone.

Step 3

Place a large piece of parchment paper on a work surface and sprinkle with a little flour. Place dough on paper. Use a knife to cut dough into four equal pieces.

Step 4

Roll each piece of dough with a rolling pin to create a 6-7-inch oval. Place each oval on prepared baking sheet. 

Step 5

Bake until dough is beginning to turn lightly golden, about 18 minutes.

Step 6

Remove from oven and top each oval with ¼ cup sauce, 3 tablespoons of mozzarella cheese and 5 pieces of pepperoni. Return to oven and bake a few more minutes, until dough is cooked through and cheese is melted.

Step 7

Serve each pizza sprinkled with 1 tablespoon parmesan, ½ tablespoon basil and a pinch of red pepper flakes.

Nutrition

1 pizza| Calories: 265 | Total fat: 7 g | Saturated fat: 4 g | Sodium: 1134 mg | Total carbohydrates: 30 g | Fiber: 2 g | Protein: 20 g 

Source: WeightWatchers

With the WeightWatchers program and app, you can lose weight and eat healthier. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $14 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $19.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.

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HEALTHY RECIPE

APRIL 2024

Ravioli lasagna cups

Frozen ravioli serves as both the pasta and cheese filling in this super-easy and wallet-friendly riff on lasagna. Layered with marinara sauce, garlicky spinach, and a finishing touch of mozzarella, it’s saucy, rich and cheesy. While you could make this recipe in a casserole dish, using a muffin tin helps with portion control. Prep tip: Use frozen spinach in a bag instead of a box. Bagged spinach stays more separate and thaws more quickly than the solid block you’ll get from a box.

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Ingredients: 7
Prep Time: 10 min | Total Time: 30 min
Serves: 6
Ingredients:

12 sprays cooking spray

15 ounces frozen cheese ravioli without sauce (24 average–size pieces)

1 ½ teaspoon olive oil

3 medium cloves garlic, minced

10 ounces frozen leaf spinach or chopped frozen chopped spinach, thawed

1 ½ cups jarred fat-free marinara sauce

¾ cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (about 3 ounces)

Directions:
Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray. 

Step 2

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add ravioli and boil 2 minutes. Drain and pat ravioli dry with paper towels.

Step 3

In a small skillet over medium heat, warm oil and garlic until fragrant and barely golden brown, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Squeeze as much liquid as possible from spinach and “fluff” spinach with fingers. Stir spinach into oil mixture.

Step 4

Into each muffin cup, layer 1 ravioli, 1 tablespoon marinara sauce, about 1 ½ tablespoons spinach, 1 ravioli, 1 tablespoon marinara sauce, and 1 tablespoon mozzarella.

Step 5

Bake, uncovered, until sauce is bubbly and cheese melts, about 15 minutes. Broil 1 or 2 minutes to lightly brown the cheese, if desired. 

Nutrition

Serving size: 2 lasagna cups | Calories: 234 | Total fat: 8 g | Saturated fat: 4 g | Sodium: 386 mg | Total carbohydrates: 27 g | Fiber: 3 g | Protein: 14 g 

Source: WeightWatchers

With the WeightWatchers program and app, you can lose weight and eat healthier. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $14 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $19.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.

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Easy chicken taco bowl

HEALTHY RECIPE

MARCH 2024

Easy chicken taco bowl

Sometimes, the best busy-day, time-is-tight meals are the ones you put together instead of cook. Here’s a great example: a rice bowl you build from convenience foods, including precooked rice, rotisserie chicken, coleslaw mix and salsa. Creamy avocado is the perfect finishing touch. Since all the seasoning comes from the salsa, choose one that delivers the flavors you love, from spicy to tangy to smokey. Serve the rice and chicken chilled, heated or at room temperature.

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Ingredients: 5
Prep Time: 10 min | Total Time: 10 min
Serves: 4
Easy chicken taco bowl
Ingredients:

2 cups medium grain brown rice

12 ounces skinless original seasoning rotisserie chicken breast, shredded

4 cups packaged coleslaw mix (shredded cabbage and carrots)

2 medium avocados, sliced 

1 cup fat-free salsa 

Directions:
Step 1

Into each of 4 large, shallow bowls, arrange ½ cup rice, 3 ounces chicken, 1 cup coleslaw mix and ½ avocado.

Step 2

Top each serving with ¼ cup salsa.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 bowl | Calories: 427 | Total fat: 18 g | Saturated fat: 3 g | Sodium: 578 mg | Total carbohydrates: 41 g | Fiber: 12 g | Protein: 30 g

Source: WeightWatchers

With the WeightWatchers program and app, you can lose weight and eat healthier. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $14 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $19.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.

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Banana cookies

HEALTHY RECIPE

FEBRUARY 2024

Easy banana cookies

New to baking? This easy, five-ingredient breakfast or snack cookie comes together in minutes and cleans up quickly, too. It’s also a great way to use up overripe bananas. Bake a minute or two less for softer cookies, and up to 15 minutes total for more solid ones. Freeze any extras for grab-and-go snacks. Customize the cookies by swapping raisins for the cranberries, tossing in some mini chocolate chips or sprinkling them with some chopped nuts.

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Ingredients: 5
Prep Time: 5 min | Total Time: 15 min
Serves: 14
Banana cookies
Ingredients:

2 medium, very ripe bananas

1 cup uncooked rolled oats

1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 pinch table salt (optional)

¼ cup dried cranberries

Directions:
Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.

Step 2

In a medium bowl, mash bananas. Add oats, cinnamon and salt, if using, and mix very well. Fold in cranberries.

Step 3

Scoop 1 tablespoon of dough onto prepared pan and repeat with remaining dough to make 14 cookies (leave an inch between each cookie).

Step 4

Bake until firm, about 10 to 12 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 cookie | Calories: 46 | Total fat: .5 g | Saturated fat: 0 g | Sodium: 21 mg | Total carbohydrates: 10 g | Fiber: 1 g | Protein: 1 g

Source: WeightWatchers

With the WeightWatchers program and app, you can lose weight and eat healthier. Costco employees can join WeightWatchers for as low as $14 per month, and spouses/domestic partners and dependents can join for as low as $19.50 each per month. Participants must be age 18 or older to join. Sign up at WW.com/Costco or call 866-204-2885.