Hi there,

A couple of questions about veggies.

First, do spaghetti sauces and tomato sauces count as vegetable servings?

Second, I remember hearing that 1/2 cup of cooked vegetables counts as a serving. Is that correct? The books all indicate a full cup as a serving.

Any help you can give is appreciated. Thanks!

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Kelly

1/2 cup veggies is a WW serving. For green leafy veggies, such as spinach and lettuce, 1 cup is a serving. There is more info on this on page 12 in your week 1 booklet.

For sauce, I would guess that 1/2 cup would count as a veggie serving. There isn't enough sauce on a pizza slice to count as anything. Be careful, though, as many sauces have oil in them.

Not only do many spag. sauces have oil in them, some brands have lots of sugars. You really have to watch the labels. The Contadina brand has a garden vegetable that the old food companion book had as being 0 points and Healthy Choice makes one I can find sometimes which only lists veggies in its ingredients list (seems to me its name has the word garlic in it, but I can't remember what it is for sure). Most are 1 point or more, some brands as high as 4 points per 1/4 cup, so read those labels!