New years eve is coming up and you might be thinking what to serve your guests. With the new weight watchers freestyle program, we can definitely play around with some low point options. These tex mex pinwheels are so tasty and very satisfying, not to mention easy to make! Just 2 smart points each and 60 calories.
Tex mex pinwheels
2 SP Freestyle, 2PP/2PP
Ingredients
- 1 package pillsbury reduced fat crescent rolls
- 4 oz cooked and shredded chicken
- â…“ cup diced peppers I used red & green
- ½ cup corn I used frozen
- Green onion diced
- ½ cup salsa
- 1.5 teaspoon chili powder
Instructions
- In a bowl mix together your peppers, salsa, chicken, corn, green onion and chili powder.
- Roll out your crescent dough into two pieces of 4 crescent rolls, pinch together any seams.
- Spread your chicken mixture onto your two pieces of dough, roll the dough up and seal any openings.
- Place rolled dough in the freezer for 30 minutes, this will help when you cut them.
- Preheat oven to 350F and spray a large baking sheet.
- Use a serrated knife and cut each rolled dough into 8 pieces, I find it best to cut in the middle then cut each half into 4, your end pieces might not look the best and you can even just cut off a very small end piece and discard if you want.
- Place on baking sheet (I used a spatula to help transfer) and bake for approx 18 minutes, you want the dough a golden brown color.
- Serve warm, makes 16 pinwheels.
Notes
SP Freestyle- 2 using WW recipe builder
Smart points- 2 using SP calculator
Points plus- 2 using PP calculator
Nutritional info... Calories 60..Fat 2.2g...Sat fat 0.8g...Carbs 8.3g...Fiber 0g... Sugar 1.8g...Protein 2.8g using My Fitness Pal
Smart points- 2 using SP calculator
Points plus- 2 using PP calculator
Nutritional info... Calories 60..Fat 2.2g...Sat fat 0.8g...Carbs 8.3g...Fiber 0g... Sugar 1.8g...Protein 2.8g using My Fitness Pal
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
SMC
My crescent rolls were much thinner and not as wide as yours. I used a store brand maybe that's why. It fell apart. And I calculated it as 6 points for 1/4 of the whole thing (crescent rolls were the only thing with points and it was 24 points for the whole package so I did 4 servings).
Drizzle
Yeah maybe because it was a different brand, I think the pillsbury reduced fat ones are 25 for the whole roll
Christina
Could you make this using ground beef instead?
Drizzle
Yes that would work fine 🙂
Joanna
not sure if I missed this or not, but I don't know the quantity per points. If this makes sense
Drizzle
The recipe makes 16 pinwheels at 2 smart points each
Merici Daley
Do you think you could use the 2 ingredient dough to make these?? They look fabulous!!
Drizzle
Hi, yeah I think it should work, might bake differently though so you may need to adjust the times