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I have been looking at the weight watchers website for some recipe ideas. I am actually not following weight watchers, but they seem to have some great healthy recipe ideas. http://www.weightwatchers.com/food/index.aspx

Also, here is a recipe that I have been making for awhile. FI and I love it, and it's so yummy! We usually just buy some whole grain bread to eat with it. We have never made the olive oil toast like the recipe indicates.

Roasted Carrot and Parsnip Soup:

Serves 4 Hands-On Time: 15m Total Time: 1hr 00m

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1. Heat oven to 400° F.
2. In a large roasting pan, combine the carrots, parsnips, onion, 3 tablespoons of the oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Spread the vegetables in an even layer and roast, stirring occasionally, until tender and golden brown, about 45 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, arrange the bread slices on a baking sheet and brush with the remaining oil. During the last 10 minutes of roasting time, toast the slices until crisp.
4. Transfer the vegetables to a blender and purée with 3 cups water, adding more water if necessary, 1/4 cup at a time, until smooth. Rewarm in a pot over medium-low heat, if necessary. Divide among individual bowls and serve with the olive oil toast.

http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/roasted-carrot-parsnip-soup-10000001664946/

My favorite right now is super simple:

3 cup lettuce (i use Romain, but anything would work. Spinage is better if you like it, since its full of vitamins and minerals!), cumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms. Pile it all in a bowl, slide a just out of the broiler hot piece of fish 4-6oz in size on top and then spray with lemon juice. Very tasty!

Also, you can make your own low-cal soup easily at home. Start with onions, garlic, and a little olive oil in the bottom of a stock pot or very deep pan. Fry until they are translucent. Throw in carrots, celery, mushrooms. Fry for a little while (until everything is warm and coated lightly with olive oil.) Dump in a variety of tasty veggies- turnips, parsnips, rutabegas, potatoes, yams/sweet potatoes, etc. As soon as everything is in the pot, add enough water to cover everything. At this point you might want to also add things like salt (we use kosher cause we like the bigger salt grains), pepper, basil or other spices. Also, you can add a little more olive oil if you like. Cook on medium until everything is tender (usually 15-30 minutes, depending on the size of the chunks of veggies you put in it). This is a good, hearty, tasty soup!

Oh and I also discovered that sparkpeople.com has a ton of great recipes as well! http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/browse-recipes.asp