EASY PITA LUNCH
Need a quick and easy lunch idea? Here's what I ate today:
BREAKFAST: 2 Lg shrd wt bisquits
2oz strawberries + 1oz blueberries
C van almond milk
SNACK:
Choc Banana Pudding - working on recipe.. well, ha, ha, not sure I can call it a 'snack' as it was a big enough serving to be another 'milk' and whole banana!
If you are on Weight Watchers, Iike to figure the points for a serv of something and mark it on the container, so I don't have to refigure them everytime I get something out of the bag. If you look closely, you can see writing on my hummus, but the cheese is just opened, so haven't written on it yet.
Pay attention to which pita you buy, if you buy them that have 60cal for the WHOLE pita, you can eat 2 halves if you want, and it will be like 1/2 brd serving, or the whole thing for 1 serv brd points. The brand I used gives the whole pita, both halves for (60cal /2fat /4fiber). Usually I eat both halves, but already ate the choc banana pudding experiment, so am not needing as much! The amounts are for 1/2 the pita. Many pitas are much more points, so read the label.
MY LUNCH:
1oz mix of raw unsalted almonds, cashews, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds. Some nuts you can find raw, some you can only find roasted, some you can only find roasted & salted. I try to buy the less processed, whenever possible, do the best you can to preserve the good oil benefits, and store in the fridge. Check the ingredients, some of Planters nuts have been found to use gelatin to keep the seasoning stuck to them.
Pita Filling - make first - mix together, and put aside:
lettuce, 3 cherry tomatoes, 3 baby carrots & onion slice diced, diced cucumber and sliced radish. Dash of sea salt.
2T/.5oz Galaxy Veggie Shrds 'cheese' (1/4C/4T/1oz=70cal/4fat/0fib)
I then squirt in fat free Italian dressing (walmart great value) and add olive oil, like a tsp per 2 pita halves, and a squirt of lime.
I'm eating nuts here (omegas), but don't usually eat them with this meal. The nuts are usually a free standing snack, but when I got them out, I realized it was past lunch time and hurried to make a pita. Usually, I just have V-8 jc, or if cool weather, hot tomato soup with the pita. Or sometimes, I eat both halves of the pita.
Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran & Whl Wht Pita Pita-1/2 (1/2 circle=30cal/1fat/2fib)
Athenos Hummus Spicy Three Pepper (2T = 50cal / 3fat / .5fib)
Using a spatula like or dull knife, open the pita, so you don't tear it. Spread a T of hummus on both sides of pita inside, hold open it open so it doesn't stick together & stuff with salad mixture that you have ready and waiting.
DINNER:
try out seitan chicken idea - flavor good, but don't like it fried, tomorrow I'll grill it
spiral pasta made from veggies dish
SNACK: C seedless red grapes