Faith + Weight Loss
Delicious side dishes can make weight loss easier and meals more satisfying. This collection includes simple, lower-calorie recipes that work for family dinners, holidays, meal prep, and everyday eating. Whether you follow Weight Watchers or want healthier options, these recipes help you build a balanced plate.
You’ll find lighter comfort foods, fresh salads, vegetable dishes, and easy air fryer recipes. Try reader favorites like Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes, Healthy Cowboy Caviar, Apple Broccoli Salad, and Cauliflower Rice From Frozen Cauliflower. Looking for something different? Don’t miss Salad on a Stick, Crispy Polenta Fries, or Oven-Roasted Japanese Sweet Potatoes. Creamy favorites like Greek Yogurt Dill Dip and Ranch Vegetable Dip are perfect for snacks and gatherings.
At The Holy Mess, we believe healthy eating and faithful weight loss go together. Browse these easy and tasty Weight Watchers side dishes to find simple recipes that fit real life and support lasting weight loss.
While baked potatoes in the oven are a classic, now that I’ve made baked potatoes in the air fryer, I’m not sure I’ll ever go back. Try Air Fryer Baked Potatoes and I promise you’ll be a new fan. These delicious air fryer potatoes are crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. BestContinue Reading
Put a new twist on a classic with this salad recipe. Serve Salad on a Stick for a tasty, fun lunch kids and adults will love. These Salad On A Stick ideas will be great for anytime you want a crisp, delicious appetizer or lunch that’s as healthy as it is fun to eat. SaladContinue Reading
This is the best Instant Pot Recipe! Instant Pot Mac n Cheese! This weekend I was visiting my family in Illinois and my cousin asked me, what is the best Instant Pot recipe? Well here is the best Instant Pot Mac N Cheese!! His question made me pause because I love Instant Pot pressure cooking,Continue Reading
This Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Recipe makes a delicious appetizer or side dish that is Keto, Paleo, and Weight Watchers friendly. Do you want a delicious side dish or appetizer that will be sure to rock the socks off everyone at the dinner table? You’ll love this Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Recipe because after all, you can’tContinue Reading
Make Paleo/Keto Greek Cabbage with Bacon as the perfect side dish for your next dinner or as a delightfully different breakfast variation. This fried cabbage recipe is deliciously crispy and savory. Weight Watchers Points: 2 points per serving on all MyWW color plans. Ketogenic Diet Cookbook: 500 Ketogenic Diet Recipes to Cook at HomeThe KetoContinue Reading
Avocado fries? Yes, you heard right! These Air Fryer Avocado Fries are the perfect healthy alternative for your snacking habits. Air Fryer Cooking An air fryer is like a small convection oven. Air fryers cook food with a mechanical fan that circulates the hot air around the food at high speed, cooking the food and producing a crispyContinue Reading
Want to make cranberry sauce using your Instant Pot pressure cooker? Check out this super easy and delicious one minute Instant Pot cranberry sauce. Weight Watchers points for this One Minute Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce is MyWW Green – 3 points per serving. MyWW Blue – 3 points per serving. MyWW Purple – 3 pointsContinue Reading
Are you looking for a kale salad recipe your family will love? This Kale Salad with Lemon and Sea Salt has become a favorite for our family. We make it about once a week and the huge bowl is gone fast. Sometimes our kids even eat it as a snack. (Kale salad as a snack?!Continue Reading
Hands down, this is the Best You’ll Ever Eat Mashed Potato Casserole Recipe. Years ago I fell in love with this recipe when my aunt made it for a family dinner at my grandmother’s house. You’ll be be pleased to discover just how easy it is to make. The first time I ate this atContinue Reading
This is one of my favorite go to side dishes for when we have people over or are asked to bring a side dish. This recipe is super healthy and quick to make! I prefer to make it pretty garlicky but feel free to use as much as you want. I also like to useContinue Reading
This is a staple recipe in our household. I can safely say that I make it pretty much every Sunday for the week. This recipe is more of a base, I taste as I go and add more or less of the lemon, mustard and salt as needed, so take this recipe as a guideContinue Reading
This Raspberry Jello Salad is a Borgstede/Schultz family tradition for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and any other time we have an excuse to make it. The ingredients for the topping sound unusual, but trust me, it’s yummy! The original salad calls for sour cream but I’ve substituted plain Greek yogurt with little taste difference. I’m all forContinue Reading
This Garden Zucchini & Corn Sauté has quickly become a favorite at our holiday table. It has just the right amount of sweet, salty, and crunch. This side has become a classic at our Thanksgiving table, but it comes together quickly for any weeknight side dish, too. This dish is a great one in theContinue Reading
This recipe for Cranberry Fruit Gelatin Salad was new to our Thanksgiving table this year and a hit all around. The classic recipe comes from my father-in-law, Bob. Cranberry Fruit Gelatin Salad is an old-fashioned jello salad recipe. The heart of the recipe is a can of cranberry sauce, and in addition this salad hasContinue Reading
