Healthy Extra-Lean Beef Recipes: 3 WW Points® or Less

Jan 31 2025
Have you heard? With the latest update to the WW (aka WeightWatchers) plan, extra-lean ground beef now has a Points® value of ZERO! We’re beefing up on our lean protein, and you can too: Scope out this big list of beefy HG recipes with 3 WW Points® or less*, and get cookin’.

Sharing Is Caring! Share this list with all your WW friends and anyone else who loves healthy meals made with lean protein.



Better Beef Basics

Add these smart staples to your regular rotation! Feel free to customize them with your choice of seasonings to best fit your taste buds…



Beef Casseroles & Bakes

Satisfying, comforting, hug-in-a-baking-dish style recipes… and they have a WW Points® value of 3 or less*? Stop pinching yourself, you’ll bruise!



Meaty Soups & Chilis

Soup hive, rise up—we looooove a steamy bowl of soup! Broth-based soups have been found to aid satiety, and when they’re full of lean protein, that’s a double win.



Meatballs & Meatloaves

Some of the easiest ground-beef recipes you can make are meatballs & meatloaves—but don’t get stuck making the same boring versions. Ours are lean AND packed with unexpected flavor.



Big Beefy Bowls

Love a large portion boosted with lots of veggies? Yeah, we figured as much. These recipes are delicious AND filling…



Chew on this:

It’s January 31st, the final day of National Meat Month! We think we’ve given it a pretty fitting sendoff, don’t you?

Pass along these healthy extra-lean beef recipes to your best WW pals NOW!

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