Train Your Life: Weight Watchers Shrimp-and-Corn Soup

It has been cold and rainy all week and snow coming tomorrow in CT! I chose to make something for dinner tonight that is both healthy and warms your soul. Also, it is only 5 weight watchers points per serving. The BEST part is, you just have to throw the ingredients together and simmer!

Weight watchers provides many aids for success. I re-joined right after the holiday pound gain, and I feel great about myself. Coupled with this, I have been working out 5-6 days a week using Josh's training. I have never been so toned in my life! While I have only lost 15 pounds so far, knowing I am on the right track and changing my body with exercise really feels great!

Here's the recipe adapted Weight Watchers Five-Star Recipes

Quick Shrimp and Corn Soup

Ingredients

Cooking spray

1 cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped green bell pepper

if you have leftover pepper like I did, leave the seeds inside the remainder. It helps it stay fresher longer.

1 garlic clove, minced

3/4 cup (6 ounces) 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened

2 cups fat-free milk

1 (15 oz) can creamed corn

1 (10.75 oz) can reduced fat, reduced sodium cream of mushroom soup

1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes and green chiles undrained

1 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

I use pre-cooked shrimp from Aldi because it is cheaper, use whatever kind you'd like!

Preparation:

1. Heat a dutch oven or large saucepan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion, pepper, and garlic, and saute 5 minutes. Stir in cream cheese, reduce heat, and cook until cheese is melted. Add milk, corn, soup, and tomatoes; cook ten minutes, stirring occasionally. Bring to a boil. Add shrimp; cook five minutes or until shrimp are done. Remove from heat. Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle green onion over soup.

One serving is 1 cup soup. We loved how creamy it was, yet still low-fat!