I Almost Forgot

Last night I got home from work and spent about 30 minutes cutting up five pounds of carrots.  I buy the 10 pound bags at Costco that need need to be peeled and cut because I am too cheap to buy the baby carrots.  I’ve also had some issues with the baby carrots being mushy compared to the ten pound bags that seemingly last forever.  It doesn’t usually take me that long to cut the carrots up and put into containers but for some reason, this bag had unusually small and skinny carrots so there were so many more to do!

After I got the carrots cut up, I got to work on preparing dinner.  When we went to Costco this weekend I found these chicken burgers that we used to get all of the time but Costco had stopped stocking… well, they’re back!  I was so excited to see not only were they back (I think the last time I bought them was three years ago) but they had an instant rebate worth $3.  So, of course we stocked up!

Amy Lu Chicken Burger

And, I almost forgot how good they were!  We both definitely enjoyed these last night… we had some veggies and baked potatoes to go with them and it made for a very good meal.  I am definitely getting better with my timing so that everything is ready at approximately the same time and nothing is too cold when we go to eat it.  Now, I need to starting using my good camera instead of my iPhone so that it actually looks a bit more appetizing than these pictures make it appear.

Dinner

After eating dinner and prepping veggies for the rest of the week, I got to work creating my bag of food to take into work. I’ve added some snacks this week to increase the calories that I eat during the day.  I am hoping that this will help me snack a bit less at night.  It will be interesting to see / feel how this works out this week.

Snacks

Once I was finished with all of that – I was able to veg out for an hour or so in front of the tv.  And, I might have had a snack or two while doing that.  :)

 

I Love My Snacks

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big time snacker.  I would much rather eat snacks than meals.  Growing up, we had a tradition of eating popcorn for dinner on Sunday nights.  This tradition stemmed from my father’s childhood and grew to be my favorite dinner of the week.  Now, of course, we wouldn’t have just popcorn… we’d also have salad, chili or soup, fruit, freshly baked bread and leftovers from the week before.  It was a fun meal, in part, because there was a certain freedom of choice.

I just *loved* popcorn night, not only because I got to eat popcorn and the foods of my choice but also because I was allowed to watch tv while eating.  This was the only night of the week we were allowed to do this.  Anyway, I think my love for snacks grew out of popcorn night.

So, I thought I’d share some of my current favorite snacks with you.   These snacks all have around 100 calories (with a few exceptions) per serving and tend to be fairly high in protein or fiber.

Cheese: Babybel Light, String Cheese, and Cabot’s Serious Snacks.  I am so torn on my favorite of these three cheeses… I am eating at least one of these daily and some days I eat 1 of each!

Cheese

Nutrition Info: Cabot’s Serious Snacking 50% Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Cheese – 0.75 ounces: 50 calories, 3.5 g Total Fat/2.5 g Saturated Fat, 6 g Protein, 15% Calcium.  Mini Babybel Light Cheese – 21 g: 50 calories, 3 g Total Fat/1.5g Saturdated Fat, 6 g Protein, 20% Calcium. Kraft String Cheese – 28 g: 80 calories, 6 g Total Fat, 3.5 g Saturated Fat, 7 g Protein, 15% Calcium. 

Bars/Muffins: Vitatops & Gnu Bars.  I love these bars.  They have a bit of fiber and I can easily stick them in my bag to take to work.  I freeze the Vitatops, take them to work frozen and by the time I am ready to eat them they are nicely defrosted.  I’ve tried a variety of the VitaTops and Gnu bars and the two flavors below (CranBran VitaTop & Orange Cranberry Gnu Bar) are by far my favorite… can you tell that I like Cranberry??

Gnu Bar

Vitatop

Nutrition Info: Orange Cranberry Gnu Bar - 45 g: 130 calories, 3 g Total Fat, 12 g Fiber (8 soluble, 4 insoluble), 3 g Protein.  CranBran VitaTops – 55 g: 100 calories, 1 g Total Fat, 5 g Fiber, 4 g Protein.

Nuts & Dried Fruit: Almonds & Craisins.  I am really into Almonds right now.  I just can’t seem to get enough of them and Craisins are definitely my “sweet” snack that really isn’t a whole lot better than candy…

almonds craisinsNutrition Info: Almonds – 1 oz: 163 calories, 14 g Total Fat / 1.1 g Saturated Fat, 3.5 g Fiber, 6 g Protein.  Craisins – 1/3 cup: 130 calories, 0 Fat, 0 Fiber, 0 Protein.

Fruit & Veggies: Apples, Broccoli, and Carrots.  I prefer the broccoli cooked and I was pleasantly surprised to see the amount of protein in broccoli!  I don’t really look at the nutrition info on these foods … I just eat as many of these as I want!  I find these veggies & the apple to be really filling.  They help keep me full between meals!Broccolli doesn't grow on trees, you know
Have you had yours today ?
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 Nutrition Info: Apples, Broccoli, and Carrots.

 

What are your favorite snacks?

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