Any of these would be fine for me to eat, but since I'm still eating such small amounts I went for the Protein Plate. Wanted to give it a try so I would know if it was a good on-the-go option for me. I picked it up when it wasn't really meal time so I actually ended up eating it at home. :)
I thought this was a great option for a (relatively) healthy meal on the go. At 8 weeks post op, this still made two full meals for me. At the first sitting I had one of the 2 cheese slices, 1/2 the hard boiled egg, 1 apple slice and some grapes. At the 2nd meal I had the other piece of cheese, the rest of the egg, the rest of the apple and grapes, and about 1/4 of the bread with the peanut butter & honey spread on it. Threw the rest of the bread away. It is nice to know options like these are out there - along with ALWAYS FREE ICE WATER - great options for road trips, travel, on-the-go, etc since you can find Starbucks almost everywhere now.
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They do make this look so much prettier on their website, don't they?
I plan to eventually try the other two snack plates also. This one was right in the middle as far as calories. The fruit, nut, cheese is higher (but would also pack more protein) and the chicken and hummus one is lower in cals (also with more protein!)... I'm excited to try them sometime.
If you are interested you can read about the content and nutrition of all three offerings here:
Interestingly enough, the Protein Plate has less protein than the other two. Lesson learned.
Hope this has been helpful! I was so delighted to find out about these!
Hope this has been helpful! I was so delighted to find out about these!
What a great find! Sometimes you do end up in a crunch and need to grab a quick meal. These look perfect for just such times.
ReplyDeleteThese are a great idea. Since Starbucks are everywhere, these would make a great meal on the run! I am so glad I found your blog, it's great!
ReplyDeleteThis is EXTREMELY helpful. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the fruit nut and cheese plate has more protein than the protein plate. Whoops!
ReplyDeleteYeah I know but it also has almost 500 cals. But the hummus and chicken plate has more protein too and less cals so I will check that out. It's funny they call this one the protein plate and it actually has less protein than the other two choices. Weird...
ReplyDelete500 calories over two meals isn't bad.
ReplyDeleteNo and it's certainly better than a lot of other 'on the go' choices... but it's just more than what I usually do because I eat 6 meals a day, around 100-150 cals each.
ReplyDeleteOoh, where as I'm doing about 4 meals a day. :)
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