These tasty, filling, Zero Point Baked Beans are perfect for anyone following the Weight Watchers Freestyle plan.
They are zero SmartPoints on WW Blue and Purple plans.
If you follow the WW Green plan a serving of these Baked Beans work out at 3 SmartPoints.
They are easy to make and of all the homemade baked beans that I have tried whilst following the WW plan, these are by far the best ones I've made!
Baked Beans on toast is now back on my lunch time menu thanks to this Weight Watchers friendly recipe. Yay!
There are a number of zero point baked beans recipes doing the rounds of the internet. This is one of them - with a few tweaks to make them even tastier.
I have tried quite a few of the recipes for homemade baked beans, including these BBQ Baked Beans.
However, this recipe is my favourite by far and in my opinion, is the closest in taste to Heinz baked Beanz.
Most commercially made baked beans are made with haricot beans but I've also used cannellini beans to make this recipe before.
Play around with different beans to see what you prefer.
How Many SmartPoints in Baked Beans
Heinz Baked Beanz are 3 Smart Points for 3 tablespoons on the myWW Blue & myWW Purple plans.
I don't know about you but I would never have just 3 tablespoons of baked beans!
As I am sure you know Weight Watchers changed their program at the end of 2019. It now includes 3 individual plans, giving anyone following the WW program lots of choice about how they use their SmartPoint allocation.
Using the official WW recipe builder I have worked out the SmartPoints for these Baked Beans for each of the plans.
- myWW Blue plan - 0 SmartPoints per portion
- myWW Purple plan - 0 SmartPoints per portion
- myWW Green plan - 3 SmartPoints per portion
- Freestyle plan - 0 SmartPoints per portion
With these homemade baked beans you can pile a great heap of them on top of 2 pieces of toasted Weight Watchers bread for a total of 3 Smart Points if you are following Freestyle plan or the Blue or Purple plan.
If you can't find WW own brand bread, you may be interested in this list of Low Point Breads (USA) or this list of Low Smart Point Breads UK.
Add one of these Low Point Cheeses grated on top of that and you've got yourself a tasty and very British lunch.
I know making these beans is more hassle than just opening a tin of beans but you can cook up a batch and keep them covered in the fridge for 3 - 4 days.
They can also be portioned up and placed in the freezer for easy baked beans whenever you fancy!
Give them a go! They really are good.
Zero Point Baked Beans
Ingredients
- 1 can navy beans / haricot beans / white beans (400g) drained NOT rinsed
- 1 small onion chopped finely
- ½ cup passata / tomato sauce (250g)
- ¼ cup water (50ml)
- ½ bouillon cube or stock cube crumbled
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- ¾ tsp paprika heaped
- ¾ tsp mustard powder
- 1 - 2 tsp sweetener I used Sukrin
Instructions
- Place the chopped onion in a large frying pan with a splash of water and cook over a medium heat until softened.
- Add the garlic and cook for another 1 - 2 mins. You really don't want the onion or garlic to catch on the bottom of the pan so if you think it may, add another splash of water to prevent it from doing so.
- Add the mustard powder, paprika, crumbled stock cube and sweetener and mix.
- Add the passata/tomato sauce, the water and the drained beans and mix. Leave to reduce, stirring occasionally, for approx 10 minutes or until you get the desired consistency.
- Serve as you normally would baked beans!
Vikki says
Amazing, thanks so much!
Vikki says
Amazing, thanks so much!
Linda says
what is a stock cube?
Marianne says
A stock cube is Bouillon cube.
Hope that helps!
Marianne
Linda says
Thank you !
Cece says
What flavor bullion cube?
Marianne says
Hi
I tend to use a vegetable one but have also used a beef one which gave the beans a 'fuller' flavor.
Hope that helps.
Marianne
Carmel Hickey says
Just made these absolutely lovely
Thanks!
Marianne says
So pleased that you liked them Carmel????
Shelly says
A beef or chicken cube?
Marianne says
I've used chicken and vegetable stock cubes - just depends what I have handy! I can't see why you couldn't try beef!
Carmel Hickey says
Just made these absolutely lovely
Thanks!
Lisa says
Can you freeze them?
Marianne says
I have done! And they've defrosted well!????
Becci Datson says
I can't believe how tasty these are! Jacket potato, cheese and beans are back on my menu! Thanks so much! X
Marianne says
Thank you for your comments Becci????and so pleased that you enjoyed them!
Becci Datson says
I can't believe how tasty these are! Jacket potato, cheese and beans are back on my menu! Thanks so much! X
Michael says
I tried these the other week. Highly recommend but they did taste a bit hard. Do you think I could boil the beans first?
Marianne says
Hi Michael.
I am glad that you liked the baked beans but I am sorry to hear that they tasted a bit hard. What were the cooking instruction on the tin of beans that you used. The brand that I use often (Tesco) suggests heating them for 4 - 5 minutes on the hob.
In this recipe you are cooking them in the sauce for 10 minutes so it made them nice and soft. You could always try cooking them first for a bit and then adding them to the sauce for the last 5 or so minutes. Just an idea!
I hope that helps.
Kindest regards Marianne
Sara says
Sooo good! I used pinto beans instead because thats what I had on hand. Made it a little mushier but I did always like it when beans were thicker. So excited for my full English tomorrow now:)
Marianne says
I'm so pleased that you liked them Sara! Enjoy your full English ????
Sara says
Sooo good! I used pinto beans instead because thats what I had on hand. Made it a little mushier but I did always like it when beans were thicker. So excited for my full English tomorrow now:)
Deborah says
I found them a bit bland so I added Jamaican jerk seasoning and wow they were stunning, I froze a load and have now finished them and I am definitely going to be making them again tomorrow, my favourite beans ever.
Marina says
Hi Marianne, maybe this is a dumb question but what is pasata.?
Marianne says
Hi Marina
It's not a dumb question 🙂 and probably one I should answer more fully in this post. This article may help in the meantime https://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-tomato-passata-and-how-156321 . If you are unable to find pasata in a store near you I would suggest using some tomato puree instead! I hope that helps.
Kindest regards
Marianne
Pamela says
Made these yesterday and they were just lovely. Beat all the well known brands out of the window for flavour. Thank you/
Julia says
Hi,
What size tin of beans do you use? I’m in Australia so just want to get the right proportions.
Can’t wait to try these!
Marianne says
Hi Julia
I have just updated the recipe with can size. Sorry about that!
I use a 400g can of beans (drained weight approx 235g).
Hope that helps.
Kind regards
Marianne
Heidi says
Hi,
These are bloody amazing. Great recipe, thank you.
Marianne says
So pleased that you liked them Heidi 😀
Best of luck on your WW journey
Kind regards
Marianne x
Caroline says
Just made these and they were really tasty. I'll definitely make these over the store bought ones. I added a bit of Cajun spice to give it a slight kick and it made it even nicer. This will be getting made a lot! Thank you.
Traci says
How do I make BBQ beans?
Marianne says
Hi Traci
There is a recipe for BBQ beans here!
Best of luck with your WW journey.
Kind regards
Marianne