Cookbook giveaway!
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
If you want to win a cookbook, then put your name in the hat!
I’m giving away a nice one today for anyone who has used the Weight Watchers diet or would like to try some of those recipes. This is the Weight Watchers “New Complete Cookbook” with more than 500 recipes.
The 16 chapters in this book include breakfasts and brunches, starters and light meals, salads, soups, meats, slow-cooker classics, breads, baked desserts and frozen desserts. I am going to share a recipe for slow-cooker Kielbasa and bean soup. If you are interested in winning this cookbook for yourself or for a holiday gift, leave a comment on this blog entry. I will announce a winner on Friday.
Slow-Cooker Kielbasa and Bean Soup
Serves 8
3/4 lb. turkey kielbasa, sliced
1/2 bunch kale, trimmed and chopped (about 4 cups)
1 onion, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
1 (15 1/2-oz.) can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 (15 1/2-oz.) can great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
1 (14 1/2-oz.) can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup dry red wine or water
1 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
Combine all ingredients in 5- or 6-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook until vegetables are tender, 4 to 5 hours on high or 8 to 10 hours on low.
Nutritional information per 1-cup serving: 329 grams, 159 calories, 4 grams total fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 0 gram trans fat, 28 mg cholesterol, 797 mg sodium, 19 g total carbs, 5 g total sugar, 6 g fiber, 13 g protein. PointsPlus value: 4


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Would love this one! I really do need to learn what & how to cook for weight loss & better nutrition.
This soup looks delicious!
I have a couple of WW cookbooks from when I followed the program several years ago. I have always had good results from their recipes. I’d love to add this one to my collection!
Weight Watchers helped me lose 50lbs a few years ago and I have put some back on so I NEED this book!!!
I’m submitting my name into the hat! I could use this book! Thanks for the chance to win!
My wife is in Weight Watchers, so this would be a great gift for her!
Would love to have this cookbook…I have tried Weight Watchers recipes on occasion out of curiousity, and they have been much better than I ever anticipated.
Thanks for the recipe, Lindsey! My husband loves kielbasa and I’m a fan of beans and greens, so this should be a dish that both of us enjoy.
I would love to have this! Always looking for a way to trim our meals and make them healthier.
Weight Watchers is great! They promote healthy eating and it does work if you follow it. I’ve been trying and this cookbook would be great for new ideas!
Sounds really good. I was just thinking about making some “slow cooker” soup!
I would like to put an entry on this cookbook. This looks like it has a lot of great recipes.
I would love this! My husband & I have fallen off the WW wagon this Fall and need this kick to get back on.
Mmmm…always good to see a healthy recipe during this time of year! I was just remarking this morning that if I went to all the various holiday socials, lunches, brunches, etc. that various departments have invited me to where I work…I’d explode by Thursday!
I believe I’ll be needing something like this by the time Christmas rolls around…or, er, by the time I roll around to Christmas? :-/
Haha AJ! I resemble that remark!
I would love to have this cookbook!! Please
I would definitely enjoy this cook book. I know it would inspire me to get back on the weightloss track
That soup sounds great!
Please, please!!! I am overweight, my husband is overweight, diabetic and a HORRIBLE eater. I could REALLY use the help trying to find things that are healthy that he will eat.
This cookbook looks great!
I would love to have this cookbook. The soup sounds awesome!
WHERE DO I SIGN UP?
My boyfriend would love this! He’s going weight watchers right now and would love to have more recipes!
I’m needing to get back on the weight loss program. This would be a big help!
I would love to be included. Looks like a great book and what a help.
This would be a great addition to have on hand!
I would love to add this cookbook to my collection. Always looking for low calorie recipes!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
I would love to try out some of the recipes. You didn’t say if you are posting international.
I would love to have this book. I do all the cooking in my househole and my wife loves my cooking. Iv’e tried to get her to eat a little more healthier because she is a diabetic.I’m sure this book can help me for the up coming year.
My Grand daughter(18)is starting to cook more, what a great teaching tool, and healthy eating. Making soup today(with her help).Hope I win!
This would be great! I love to cook and am trying to find healthier recipes.
Thanks for a great giveaway! Would love this for me & my father-in-law!
I would love this for my wife and I. We have used others online, but this cookbook would definitely help me get back on track!!
Feeling like a yo-yo.
What a great way to cook healthy during the holidays. Thanks for the offer!!
I really need this cookbook. The recipe looks great and I need to loose some weight.
oh wow this cookbook looks like it will have alot of yummy and nutrious recipes in it. for being over weight myself and my husband having high cholesterol this just might be the answer to finding good and tasteful meals. The displayed recipe looks awesome.
New cookbook, awesome! Just what our 2012 needs, some help in cooking healthy.
Just what I need to help me start off 2012 right.
Great way to start the post-holiday with healthy recipes.
I love cookbooks and I love weight watchers. so I would love to have this great cookbook in the giveaway!!!!!
I would love to win this!
I would love to get this book. Hope I win.
Sign me up…I’m FAT!!!!
My fiance would love this book.
There are plenty of recipes around that taste great, but HEALTHY recipes that taste greate are golden. We’d love to try them.
One never has too many cookbooks and this one looks like a real winner! Please add to my collection.
Sorry, can’t chat. I have to get to store to pick up kielbasa! I’m fixing this for dinner tonight!