Day 4 of new diet and a Recipe

This thing is kicking my butt. I'm having a hard time making my brain combine the groupings of foods. It's not much different from weight watchers, which I can do in my sleep. But for some reason I just can't get this. It should be super simple.. should be.. but its not.
I did better this morning with breakfast, so hopefully I'll get all my foods in today.

When the Dr. first handed it to me I thought "Oh crap.. there is no way.. way to small amounts for someone of my size" ok, so I was way wrong. After you really look at it, there is quite a bit of food. My problem is combining them to make recipes and such. And you all KNOW how much I love my recipes LOL The first 2 days I didn't eat half the amount listed, yesterday was a bit better and I did make homemade spaghetti sauce. (I halved the recipe and didn't make the meatballs to go with it)

Weight Watchers Spaghetti with Italian Meatballs
Serving Size : 10

Sauce
1 medium onion -- chopped
2 cans Crushed Tomatoes -- (28 ounce)
1 can tomato sauce -- (16 ounce)
2 cans tomato paste -- (12 ounce)
2 tablespoons sugar (I use splenda)
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 bay leaves
1 cup water
Meatballs
4 slices Bread -- dry
1 lb ground beef
2 eggs
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1 dash pepper


1. Cook the onion in hot oil until it is tender (but not brown).
2. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, salt, pepper, oregano and bay leaves.
3. Simmer for 30 minutes. As the sauce simmers keep an eye on it, if it looks too thick add some water up to one cup.
4. While the sauce is simmering mix together the meatballs.
5. To dry the bread, preheat your oven to it's lowest setting (170 degrees) and when it gets to that temperature, turn it off and place the bread slices in and let the low heat dry them.
6. Remove bread from the oven and place in a mixing bowl.
7. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a cookie sheet with sides with foil.
8. Soak the dried bread in water for 2-3 minutes, then squeeze out the moisture.
9. Combine the bread with the rest of the ingredients, mixing well with your hands.
10. Form into small balls (approximately 20).
11. Bake for 15 minutes or until they are cooked through.
12. Remove from the pan and add to the simmering sauce.
13. Cook for 30 minutes longer.
14. Serve over hot spaghetti.

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Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : WW POINTS per serving: 5
Nutritional information per serving: 288 calories, 10.3g fat, 6.6g fiber

Source: Weight Watchers
This recipe was copied from: http://www.startsampling.com/helpfulhint.iphtml?helpid=10444&catid=8&i=Y