Old Mc-Walden had a Farm....
I'm trying to introduce a few new recipes and elements this time around, just to keep the diet fresh and fun.
As I was perusing the food list again - trying to remember whether red wine was an eligible liquid (but alas, it is not...) I came across the litany of Walden Farms products.
Now, I am quite suspicious of products that claim a zero calorie content, but I thought I'd try it. Since I'm such a nut-freak and love peanut butter, I thought I'd try their brand. Just as my luck would have it though, they were sold out.
So, I ordered some other products to see if they would work for me. $78 dollars and 5 days later, I received a neatly packed box replete with:
I like the raspberry, but it's consistency is more like a gelatenous blob than anything resembling a jam or jelly. It's good enough on my single Bon Matin 60% No Fat, No Sugar whole wheat bread in the morning though.
I finger-tasted the salad dressings and I hope they'll be better on the salad, because there was nothing raspberry-vinagrette tasting about that concoction - just like a salt lick. As well, the Asian dressing didn't have any hint of soya or sesame flavour. We'll see how that goes...
What I do like was turning my Vanilla Proti shake with berries into a frozen yoghurt-style dessert. I mix up one container of shake with 5 oz of berries (with some Splenda) and pour them into 3 small glass bowls. I top them with one berry, then put in the freezer. Once it's frozen, I spoon a thin layer of the Walden Farms Chocolate sauce on top and let it freeze. YUM YUM YUM! The kids love this - I love this - and it's a good 1/3 P and 1/3 F, with 1 tbsp O - for a lovely dessert.
Who says you can't eat well on Bernstein - with a little help from the Walden Farm-hands.
As I was perusing the food list again - trying to remember whether red wine was an eligible liquid (but alas, it is not...) I came across the litany of Walden Farms products.
Now, I am quite suspicious of products that claim a zero calorie content, but I thought I'd try it. Since I'm such a nut-freak and love peanut butter, I thought I'd try their brand. Just as my luck would have it though, they were sold out.
So, I ordered some other products to see if they would work for me. $78 dollars and 5 days later, I received a neatly packed box replete with:
- Apple butter
- Raspberry "jam"
- BBQ sauce
- 4 types of salad dressings, and
- Chocolate sauce
I like the raspberry, but it's consistency is more like a gelatenous blob than anything resembling a jam or jelly. It's good enough on my single Bon Matin 60% No Fat, No Sugar whole wheat bread in the morning though.
I finger-tasted the salad dressings and I hope they'll be better on the salad, because there was nothing raspberry-vinagrette tasting about that concoction - just like a salt lick. As well, the Asian dressing didn't have any hint of soya or sesame flavour. We'll see how that goes...
What I do like was turning my Vanilla Proti shake with berries into a frozen yoghurt-style dessert. I mix up one container of shake with 5 oz of berries (with some Splenda) and pour them into 3 small glass bowls. I top them with one berry, then put in the freezer. Once it's frozen, I spoon a thin layer of the Walden Farms Chocolate sauce on top and let it freeze. YUM YUM YUM! The kids love this - I love this - and it's a good 1/3 P and 1/3 F, with 1 tbsp O - for a lovely dessert.
Comments
I really liked the apple butter - it was the only thing, apart from the chocolate sauce - that was bearable. I used it on my toast. I actually threw away all the dressings (what a waste of money) last week. I tried them all and they were just horrible. The sweet stuff they can fake; the savoury, not a chance. Cheers!