Lunch: Cream of Broccoli Soup This selection was a bit of an experiment since I don't eat cream of broccoli soup (potato on the other hand....) I knew it could be hit or miss, and I can't even tell you if it's them or me, since I don't really have a "normal" comparison to the Nutrisystem variety. It was ok I guess. I didn't finish it though. I can say, the broccoli in the soup is nothing like what's on the container. I ate an egg as my protein serving about an hour after my soup got cold.
Oops, got sucked into a time warp and missed my afternoon snack.
Dinner: I'll be honest-I don't usually eat pasta with alfredo sauce. This Penne Pasta & Chicken in Alfredo sauce was basically a compromise on Nutrisystem only having a pasta primavera with tofu (eewww). I knew from the picture when I ordered it that it was kind of plain, so I had planned to add veggies to it, like I usually do to frozen diet meals that are kind of light. The picture on the box is a bit of a cheat. If you look you can see there is some cheese on top-but you can't add a dairy at dinner. Well, maybe one of the other plans you can but not mine. And who doesn't like to add a little parm (reduced fat in this house) to pasta. So it wasn't pretty to look at. I don't think even at an Italian restaurant it looks pretty. But it did taste pretty good. I threw in some broccoli and tomato and since I missed a protein/dairy serving at snack time I added a little parm =)
Dessert: Thin Mint Crisp Bar Oh, I was excited about this dessert. I loved that other mint chocolate dessert and this had to be good. It was super chocolaty with kind of a minty cocoa krispie taste to it. Perfect end of day treat. I mean, look at it; how could that not taste good? I nibbled on my grapes and almonds before having this as a prime time snack.
From breakfast on, I could have done this day with joy!
ReplyDeleteyay! see that's the thing with this plan, you kind of blindly pick things based on pictures and ingredients for the whole month. There's bound to be things that don't taste good. I haven't called to tell them that sweet and sour chicken is nasty and see if they'll exchange it for free. Maybe they would but I've called twice now and don't want to push my luck. Don't have many so I can find a substitute those nights. Plus, lets not forget I eliminated more than half the menu by not eating red meat and pork. There has to be a few tasty things in those categories, as well as a few fails I am sure. If I reup for another month there's going to be lots of pizza, chicken breast and lasagne dinners!
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