Neecee

I bought a package of those Boca Burgers last week and I really didn't expect to like them.  Well I tried them last night and I actually thought they were pretty good.  They have the South Beach symbol on them too which I like.  I also looked at the Morning Star sausages.  They have 80 calories for one patty so I passed on those.  The turkey bacon I eat is only 20.  I'm sure those taste better than the turkey bacon, but I can deal with the bacon.  They cost a whole lot more than the bacon too.   The same people that make the Boca burgers also make a chicken patty and so does Morning Star, have you ever tasted those?  Just wondering if they were any good.  They do have quite a few more carbs than the burgers.  I think because it looks like they have some breading on them.  I also eat the South Beach pizza about once a week.  I looked at the Healthy Choice pizzas, but they have a lot more carbs than South Beach, so I passed on those too.  I don't eat those processed too much, but sometimes they come in handy.  Thanks for the tip.  If you have any more, just yell it out. Brenda

 

 

I have eaten the chicken-free breaded patties, and yeah, they are edible, but as you say, if I recall the calories are kind of up there. Not much motivation to eat them unless you are off meat.

I love the morningstar farms sausage patties - one patty crumbled up with one poached egg is a very satisfying breakfast for only about 200 caloires! I also love to crumble one up into egg white products and steamed spinach - my favorite breakfast when i wake up starving (which is like never). The Boca crumbles are "okay" to extend beef in tacos, but i cannot quite hang replacing meat in like spaghetti or anything.  The consistency is the problem - it gets kind of gummy.

I also like Tofu dogs...but do read labels. They can be higher in fat than most of would like. I prefer them lightly pan fried rather than mike'd. Also try some of the soy-based lunch meats - they have come a long way.  Try them on dark rye with mustard. 

I don't like wheat bread at all so I really don't eat much bread.  I do like rye bread, but I don't know if it's the kind that doesn't have the enriched white flour.  I have never tasted dark rye bread.  Do you know if it contains enriched white flour?  What brand do you recommend?  I really hadn't ever noticed the soy lunch meat, I'll have to check those out.  I usually take some ham or turkey for lunch and skip the bread.  I guess I think in my mind that I can have three pieces of bacon versus one Morning Star sausage patty.  I guess that's my fat mind working again ...LOL.  It might be a nice change though.   Thanks, Brenda

I could be a sandwich FREAK - love them...

Dark rye is better than wheat as far as glycemic index, too.  I think we buy Orowheat brand.  But, if you have a deli, lots of times they make their own dark rye bread or pumpernickel (may be the same darn thing, they look the same). 

Usually the slices are either small or very thin, so perfect for us who are watching grain intake. The Orowheat brand has large but thin slices, so one piece does ya. Anymore, DH and I freeze our loaves, we hardly eat bread, so we thaw what we need as we want it.

If you are doing low carb I have an idea for pizza. I got it from Shari. If you take a low carb wrap put some pizza sauce on it throw some cheese....pepperoni I use turkey pepperoni and whatever toppings you would like on it. Throw it in the toaster over or oven and wam bam thank you mam lovely yummy pizza. OMG its the best.  :) Just an idea.  Oh I like doing bar-b-que ones too...the wrap barb-b-que sauce chicken cheddar cheese maybe some red onions thats yummy too you can do so many different things with it.

I just thought I'd leave my two cents....the turkey sausage that comes frozen and you heat it up....I dont think it tastes very good at all...like Neecee said you can mix it with eggs and spinach..it makes it taste alot better, but it has a "weird" consistency to me...also if you're looking for bread or sandwich type stuff w/out white flour, do you have a Whole Foods Market around?  They have this bread they bake that's called "Seduction" bread ??? but anyways, its alot of different good for you type of stuff in it and its really goood.  And Christa's pizza suggestion, tried that...it's really, really good, I made it for my DH and DD and they loved it.....