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Originally posted by SheriaVa:


Are you talking about the real whole turkey breast that they roast in-store vs. the pressed-into-a-loaf stuff that you see in most stores? I know the in-store roasted turkey breast is also $10.99 but I have only ever noticed it in one flavor--herb-roasted. Does your WF have all the flavors available at once or do they rotate?

P.S. Their Italian roast beef, also roasted in store, is divine.

Yes, it is the whole roasted breast. What a difference it makes- so much better.
I am not sure about the flavor rotation. They generally have peppercorn as well as an oregano/Italian herb flavor. I am not sure how or when they rotate the other flavors. I'll post as I check.

I will give the roast beef a try too.

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Originally posted by Sandy:
My only new report lately is Whole Foods turkey brest. They have a variety of flavors--- I bought the peppercorn encrusted. You buy it by the pound.

Are you talking about the real whole turkey breast that they roast in-store vs. the pressed-into-a-loaf stuff that you see in most stores? I know the in-store roasted turkey breast is also $10.99 but I have only ever noticed it in one flavor--herb-roasted. Does your WF have all the flavors available at once or do they rotate?

P.S. Their Italian roast beef, also roasted in store, is divine.

My only new report lately is Whole Foods turkey brest. They have a variety of flavors--- I bought the peppercorn encrusted.
You buy it by the pound. (They slice it to order.) I always get it shaved. I love it and it is very lean.
I've been putting it in salads, sandwiches and eating it plain for a snack.

I NEVER ate other deli turkey meat--- it grossed me out, but this stuff is so tasty and the texture is generally dry and lovely.
The downside is that it is expensive-- $10.99 per pound. But I figure that a pound gives me at least 5 servings. At just over $2 per serving, it beats the cost of fast food or junk food.

I've been meaning to look up this thread for a while since I tried some new stuff lately (not new to the market, but new to me).

Let's see...I tried a new flavor of Haagen Daz Lite ice cream...chocolate brownie, something like that. It was pretty good...better/creamier texture than the Ben & Jerry's frozen yogurt of the same/similar name, but it has that same odd aftertaste that B&J's does. It's not awful...it's just not as impressive as most of the other flavors of Haagen Daz Lite I've tried. THere are several new flavors out actually...the only one I disliked was cookies & cream.

I also had my first Amy's frozen dinner recently. It was a black bean enchilada with some beans and rice. I was starving the night I had it, so I cooked it in the microwave, even though I knew it would taste MUCH better if done in the oven (but it takes 50 mins in the oven!!!). It was good...amazingly good actually considering that I cut too large a slit in the cover wrap and the food got overcooked and dried out in places. I bought another one yesterday and plan to cook this one in the oven. My only complaint was a REALLY high sodium level (750 mgs I seem to recall).

There was something else new but I can't remember what it was. But while I'm at it, I'll post about something I've had before (in Rehoboth) but recently found here at home at the WHole Foods.

They're called Pretzel Crisps...imagine if you took the dough for a big fat sourdough pretzel and sliced it vertically into thin slices and then toasted them with garlic, sesame and other seasonings on top. They have the flavor of pretzels but the crunch of potato chips. Marvy! I've only seen them in garlic flavor and "everything." I got the everything this time because the sodium was lower than the garlic ones. They are SO tasty and light!

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Originally posted by SheriaVa:

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Originally posted by Steph:
I am in LOVE all over again. Weight Watchers came out with these boxes of mini cakes--lemon and carrot. I have REALLY been loving the lemon and decided to pick up the carrot.

I thought the taste of the cake was quite good and that they were pretty satisfying (for 1 point, esp.!) but the icing was really stiff and seemed stale. Maybe they WERE stale or maybe the icing is like that because it's lowfat or something. Do you recall your icing being that way?

I thought that the icing was stiff, too.

I thought that they were good and convient. I put 1/4 c. of low fat froz yogurt on top of mine and it was a good little lower-ish cal. dessert. 80 cal for the cake and another 55 for the ice cream.

On the other hand I have a pound cake recipe and if I cut it into pieces that the size of half a Twinkie... it would also be 80 cals a slice. Actually, I think that half a Twinkie IS 80 calories.

But the WW cakes were fine when I don't feel like making pound cake. And I thought them slightly better than Twinkies. dh and ds liked them, too. I bought the lemom.

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I also bought some Sara Lee 100% whole wheat hamburger buns. They are good and the only 100% whole wheat buns I've seen in the super market. They have high fructose corn syrup in them, but it doesn't bother me. I'd rather have the 100% ww and the HFCS vs. the white bread buns...

I had a Jack in the Box Acapulco Chicken Salad last night for dinner and it was VERY good. The salad isn’t on Jack’s website yet, but I’m guessing that it was 300-400 calories with no dressing. I only used about 1 TBS of Lime cilantro dressing… so that is probably another 80 calories…

I’m guessing that it is high in sodium (since the other South Western Chick salad is).

But I enjoyed it very much.

I purchased a jar of the new DelMonte Garden Select "Premium" Tomatoes a couple of weeks ago. The advertisements and jar label claim that they taste more like fresh tomatoes. I didn't agree.

I found the texture to be rather mushy and the tomatoes had a (for lack of a better description) "sick wang". I feel I wasted my money on this product and will not purchase it again. I will stick to can tomatoes when fresh tomatoes are out of season.

Actually, I find that I don't care for Del Monte products as much as I do other brands a good bit of the time.

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Originally posted by Tayhudson:
I have to say I can't stand regular Stoneyfield Yogurt. It is WAY too sweet and it does have a weird after taste to it.

Back when I was first trying to get myself to like regular yogurt (about 2 years ago), I tried one Stonyfield Farm yogurt...I remember I chose it because the name had chocolate in it! LOL Anyhow, what I DIDN'T know is that it was just a little layer of chocolate syrupy kind of stuff on the bottom and the whole rest of the cup was plain or vanilla yogurt. ICK!! I tried to mix and mix but it was pretty nasty. I think that it wasn't so bad toward the bottom but I barely got that far. I didn't try any more Stonyfield Farm yogurt after that.

I only tried this because it was frozen yogurt and I figured it may be a different bear from the regular stuff. As I said, it wasn't AWFUL but definitely not my first choice, even in a nonfat frozen yogurt.

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Originally posted by SheriaVa:
I've tried two new products (one last week & one this week) that I wanted to report on. I'm not enthusiastic about either, but they aren't AWFUL, just not great.

2. Stonyfield Farm Organic Nonfat Frozen Yogurt (After Dark Chocolate flavor). The good news is that the texture/mouth feel is better than Ben & Jerry's nonfat frozen yogurt. Bad news is that the flavor has a similar "fakey" or odd taste to the cookies above. The yogurt has 100 calories per 1/2 cup serving.

Sheri,
I have to say I can't stand regular Stoneyfield Yogurt. It is WAY too sweet and it does have a weird after taste to it. I keep forgetting periodically when I see it on sale and buy it again, and then say to myself "OH, right, that's why you don't buy this brand." I love Brown Cow and Horizon Farms, they both taste a lot more natural than Stonyfield, whichs is supposed to be organic.

Dawn

I've tried two new products (one last week & one this week) that I wanted to report on. I'm not enthusiastic about either, but they aren't AWFUL, just not great.

1. Country Choice Organic Soft Baked Cookies (Double Fudge Brownie flavor). These are chewy soft cookies with 3g fat (mostly monounsaturated and no trans fat) and 90 calories per cookie--more fat per cookie than I would usually buy, but considering they were also whole grain, I was curious. Well...the good news is that they are very chocolatey and also have chocolate chips. The bad news is that they have some sort of "fakey" or odd taste on first bite. I see there is something called "Organic Chocolate Liquor" in the cookies and in the chips and I wonder if that is what gives it an odd taste. I get past the odd taste after 2-3 bites, and can enjoy the cookie, but that first bite is disappointing.

2. Stonyfield Farm Organic Nonfat Frozen Yogurt (After Dark Chocolate flavor). The good news is that the texture/mouth feel is better than Ben & Jerry's nonfat frozen yogurt. Bad news is that the flavor has a similar "fakey" or odd taste to the cookies above. The yogurt has 100 calories per 1/2 cup serving.

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Originally posted by Bee:
Applegate Farms also makes a line of nitrate free, chemical free lunch meats that are awesome.

I LOVE Applegate Farms, but can only get them at Whole Foods (which is an hour away, and in a city that I don't go to anymore), AND they are VERY expensive, cost prohibitive for a family of 6. I'm SOOOO thankful for the Hormel Naturals, and the fact that I can get them in my normal grocery stores, and the fact that they are only SLIGHTLY more expensive than the chemical filled lunchmeat.....not cost probitive, but I will be looking for sales and coupons

Applegate Farms also makes a line of nitrate free, chemical free lunch meats that are awesome.

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Originally posted by Lori4squaremom:
I just found a readily available natural lunch meat (without preservatives and a bunch of chemicals that you can't pronounce!). It is Hormel Naturals brand. Our local Albertson's had them on sale buy 1 get 1 free so I bought a package of the honey ham, and a package of the roasted turkey breast. They are very good, and I'm SOOOOO excited to finally be able to get thinly sliced lunchmeats that don't have all the chemicals that we want to avoid!

Lori,
I second the vote. I've been buying these for the past month or so. Even when they are not on sale, they are less expensive than the other "natural" brands I have found, and I don't have to go to a special store to find them.

Dawn

I just found a readily available natural lunch meat (without preservatives and a bunch of chemicals that you can't pronounce!). It is Hormel Naturals brand. Our local Albertson's had them on sale buy 1 get 1 free so I bought a package of the honey ham, and a package of the roasted turkey breast. They are very good, and I'm SOOOOO excited to finally be able to get thinly sliced lunchmeats that don't have all the chemicals that we want to avoid!

Here's the website if you want more information Hormel Naturals I'm hoping that they will eventually come out with natural roast beef also! My absolute favorite sandwich is thinly sliced roast beef with a little bit of horseradish, a bit thick slice of tomato, red onion, sprouts and lettuce.....YUMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!

I just Quaker's breakfast iced raspberry bites and let me tell you they are WONDERFUL. For the afternoon pick me up with some hot tea ( I know the heat is here), but I am really impressed with these. Very little fat and calories, which means I will be bringing them on the plane ride this week.

Yes, Dawn they are great.

I can't believe how good they are

It's like eating at a restaraunt that creates creative dishes

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Originally posted by Kat N.:
I decided to try the South Beach breakfast burritos this week...YUM-O!

I tried the mexican styled one and the Denver style and they were both delicious.

Only 3 points if doing WW.

I highly recommend them

I love those Southwest ones. Aren't they great?

Dawn

I decided to try the South Beach breakfast burritos this week...YUM-O!

I tried the mexican styled one and the Denver style and they were both delicious.

Only 3 points if doing WW.

I highly recommend them

OK Grrl, Somehow, spicy pickle popsicle doesn't grab me. I may stick to my no sugar added fudgesicles for now.

I am glad you found something you like though!! It is always fun to make these new grocery store discoveries.

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Originally posted by grrlscout:
OK I have a bit of a penchant for exotic drinks and snacks. And I found the perfect blend of all of the above -- horchata popsicles!

For those who don't know, horchata is a cold rice- or nut-based beverage, spiced with cinnamon, found in Mexico and Central America.

It's my favorite "agua fresca". Other common flavors are coconut, tamarind, and jamaica (hibiscus).

Well I was perusing the frozen goodies in Walmart, and spied Helados Mexico popsicles, in the above flavors.

I grabbed the horchata variety and noted they were 85 calories (not too bd) and no fat.

I had one that night, and it was delish! Milky, cinnamony, and yummy.

I can't wait until we move to Phoenix and I can hit up the palenta cart for a tamarindo or spicy pickle popsicle!

It also inspired me to get a popsicle mold, so I can make my one unusual flavors at home.

I love Horchata. It is called Chicha in Venezuela. However, you have to be careful, because some chicha is fermented, and that stuff is gross.


The popsicles sound cool.

Dawn