More Things I've Been Eating

I've still been eating a lot of the same things featured in previous "Things I've Been Eating" posts, but I've tried a lot of new things as well.

Hormel White Chicken Chili

This stuff is seriously, SERIOUSLY yummy. Seriously. So tasty. Ian loves it too. Try it. So good! I eat about 2oz with about 1oz shredded cheese.

Wheat Thins Flatbread Crackers

Ignore the tuna salad in this pic - it was horrible and super fattening/oily - yuck yuck yuck. I bought it because the chicken salad was good and reasonable, but this was awful. However the Wheat Thins flatbread crackers are AWESOME. Very thin, and one cracker is enough for my meal with chicken or tuna salad on it (which I am now making at home!) I really love these crackers. I have usually one each day.

Archer Farms Shrimp Skewers

These come frozen, already seasoned and already on a skewer. You just toss them on the grill (in our case the George Forman) for a few minutes until cooked. We have had these garlic ones a couple of times now - really delicious. I do add a little garlic pepper.

They also come in other flavors. We purchased this teriyaki one but haven't tried it yet:

Here is a time when I cooked one skewer, with a small chicken tenderloin on the grill:

It was awesome! I purchased these chicken tenderloins in a big bag. They are frozen and they are small pieces which is perfect for us. I was also happy that when cooked on the george forman grill it stayed moist and tender (a must for WLS patients!)

Kraft 100 Calorie Cheese Bites

These are really handy for grabbing something quick for on-the-go, and for tossing into Ian's lunch box for work. They come in 2 flavor varieties - the 3rd one which I didn't buy is mozzarella with herbs.

Speaking of Ian's lunches, I have been packing his lunch box most days. I usually have to pack 4 meals for him for his 9 hour day at work. This is usually about how it looks:

Small containers of food and an ice pack. Anything that doesn't need to be cold gets put in the separate compartment on top of his lunch box. Another good thing for the lunch box that is very convenient is...

Planters Go-Paks

Ian really likes these and they make a great snack. Also a great grab-and-go.

Peppridge Farm Mini-Bagels

Even with as small as these are, we can only eat half of one, either with some cream cheese or peanut butter on it. Not the most high protein meal, but sometimes you just need something different, and we don't have them every day.

Homemade Flatbread Pepperoni Pizza

This is the very first one we made :) We use the flat-out fold-it breads that I have mentioned in a previous post. This one had Archer Farms marinara pizza sauce but I didn't really like it that much. We used a finely shredded cheese mix (later on started using 2% to cut down on the fat) and Hormel turkey pepperoni, which is actually really yummy. Here's that:

Hormel Turkey Pepperoni

Besides using this on pizza as pictured above (they are under the cheese of the pizza), we also eat them plain along with a string cheese or something. They are pretty low cal and low fat, high proten, so they make a good snack or meal.

Roasted Soy Nuts

These have been a good stand by for me. Higher in protein and lower in fat & cals than a lot of other nuts. They taste good and are nice and crunchy.

Mini Oreos

This is another thing I don't have very often... but when I crave chocolate or am feeling that sweet tooth, I grab just one (and they are really small!) It does wonders. I've had these at least a week and I've maybe had 3 tiny oreos... just knowing they are there makes me need them less, if that makes sense.

First Eating Out Experiences

Now for some eating out!! When we went to Steamboat Springs weekend before last, we tried some new things out for the first time. The very first thing was a stop at Subway on our way up there.

Firstly - they have flatbread now. Score! So we ordered a 6" meatball sub on flatbread. It had provolone cheese as well. It was strange to say no to chips, drinks, and cookies. Not to mention to be splitting a 6" (I remember eating footlongs by myself at one point, although not in the last couple years.)

We opened it up planning to eat 2 meatballs each and when we saw how small they were, we didn't think it would be enough. But it WAS. We each at the two cheesy meatballs and just the tiniest bit of the flatbread.

Also on that trip we tried Wendy's. We split a 5 piece nugget and had 2 1/2 each. We also bought jr size frostys but couldn't eat them because the nuggets made us too full! So we took the frostys back to our condo and had them at a later time.

The jr frosty is small, no doubt. But I can't express to you how BIG they look to me now!! I have to eat it in 2 sittings.

Speaking of the jr frosty, we have pretty much decided that is our ice cream choice for whenever we are out and about and really craving ice cream. It has the lowest cals and fat of any ice cream stuff available fast-food wise.


JR FROSTY NUTRITION INFO
Chocolate - Calories: 150 // Fat: 4g // Carbs: 26 // Protein: 4g
Vanilla - Calories: 160 // Fat: 4g // Carbs: 26 // Protein: 4g

Now with those carbs, I can't have them all the time. But as far as ice cream goes, that is really reasonable. Plus it's available basically everywhere when we get that ice cream craving. So far we have had these twice.

Can I also mention how CHEAP this stuff is?!?! A 5 piece nugget is 99 cents and that was a meal for two. A jr frosty is 49 cents so we can each get one for under a dollar.

Now onto a different kind of eating out - a BBQ at my parents house! Going to BBQ's and summer parties is something we all do. I wasn't sure how it would be. But Ian and I each ate 1/2 a bratwurst with no bun.

For size reference, here it is next to my thumb:

Pretty small - but big satisfaction :) I wanted to have fruit - they had cantaloupe, pineapple, and watermelon.. all of my faves!! All I managed was a tiny 1/2 cube of fresh pineapple and I was done. This sure is different. In the past I would have eaten 2 whole bratwurst with buns (or 1 bratwurst and 1 burger), corn on the cob, chips, fruit, and dessert.

That's it for this edition of Things I've Been Eating :) I have another pizza to share but I will do a whole post on it since I took pics of making it and I guess you could call it a recipe!