Showing posts with label wegmans. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Great Snack! Cocopop treats!

I am always excited to find a new snack item that is filled with lots of flavor plus low in calories, fat and points! I shop most days at a local grocery called Wegman's and they often have a lot of great, healthy options to choose from. This time they wowed me big time though with a new items called Coco Pop.

This delicious treat comes in at 0 points®! Yes, you read that correctly, ZERO! How can you beat this? Now remember, that's for a single serving so you can't eat the bag and call it zero points®, while to be honest with you an entire bag would probably come out at around 3 or so points® anyways!

Coco Pop snacks are a multi-grain, wafer crisp that is somewhat like a rice cake only with a lot more flavor and a lot more potential! They're made fresh, in the store too with no preservatives, no crazy chemicals and no ingredients you can't pronounce. They featured them in a set up near the meat and bread departments, giving out free samples and one taste told me they were well worth the $2.49 a bag price! While the package doesn't say how many are in a bag, I guessed that my bag had about 18 total. Each snack is 16 calories and about the size of a small tortilla. They taste air popped, with just a touch of almost buttery flavor. The best part is almost any type of "topping" can be added to kill whatever "craving" you're having. For example, when sweets are a need, a squirt of light chocolate syrup makes an amazing sweet treat. Top that with a dollop of fat free cool whip and you're still pulling in 1 point® or less, depending on the amount of toppings you use.
I love adding a some roasted red pepper hummus to my Coco Pop! Oh, what a delectable treat! The hummus is only 40 calories for 2 tablespoons and I barely use a teaspoon to lightly coat the snack! Keeping my points® at 0 for a wonderful burst of flavor and a little crunchiness!

Add a teaspoon or two of fresh salsa and if you're feeling crazy a dollop of fat free sour cream! Yummo! You have a little mexican treat that screams fiesta in your mouth!!! A little shredded fat free cheddar? Oh yeah!

I was feeling a sweet tooth coming on this morning (Thursday) so I used 1/2 a container of Yoplait "Red Velvet Cake" yogurt, spread along the top. DELISH! And 1 point® (what the yogurt counted as) for the treat/cake. Of course I finished the yogurt so it was a total of 2 points®. Added a banana, some tea and had a great sweet breakfast treat!

I topped mine with a dollop of unsweetened strawberry jam to kill a sweets craving and then realized the potential to use these babies as a base for any fresh fruits over the summer with a smidgeon of fat free topping or even some light chocolate syrup. Can't you just imagine some fresh berries, a dollup of whipped cream and a hint of chocolate over top! Oh yeah!!!

I hope this inspired you to run out and grab some Coco Pop snacks. Hopefully Wegman's isn't the only place you can get these wonderful babies! They're going to become a staple at my house!



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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Luna Sunrise - Buy of the week for me!



I happened upon a GREAT deal today (October 13, 2009) while picking up a few items at my local Wegman's store. They had cases of the Luna Sunrise bars (15 bars to a case) on sale for $6.49! Normal price is $13.49 a case! I was pretty thrilled, however a bit frightened because they offered the sale on one flavor only.... the Apple Cinnamon bars. I also lucked out by finding the one and only case left on the shelf! If they're good I'm definitely going back to buy a case or two more as I'm a HUGE fan of having these type of "bars" on hand to fill in my snack time or after workout times.

It's vital that you keep your body satiated. I can't say this enough and was taught this by my "weight loss mentor/coach", Yvette when she first started to help me through the whole weight loss system. Here's her blog about "protein bars"! Taking the AssistU supplements (all natural, herbal supplements to keep the body's metabolism operating at prime AND keeping the body feeling satiated) was a key start to my weight loss stepping up to the next level. Their site is soon to be open/available fully & the product will be coming at the end of this month if all goes as planned... the website is "in process" now. But part of that satiation & keeping ourselves from having peaks and spikes in our body's energy levels is making sure we continuously have sustenance. These type of bars are a must in my mind & have kept me from falling too far off the wagon many of times!

I'll be adding the Luna Sunrise bars to my "list" of bars I've tried & rated too! Don't forget to stop by that list and check for new items!

Check out my Daily Menu Food Log for a quick glance at what I'm eating to get where I'm at, which is a healthier & therefore thinner ME!


Don't forget to check out my newest Book Blog, where I give book reviews on recent books I've read. If you're a reader you'll want to check this out!


WE CAN DO THIS, TOGETHER
ONE DAY AT A TIME!




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Who Else Helps me get healthy?
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1. Weight Loss With The Fabulous Fatties
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2. Joe Gigantino - Fitness Trainer
This is the guy that really set me on the path to physical fitness
Joe Gigantino


3. HK Weighs In

4. BWJEN
BKJen


5.Get Fit After 40

5.Green Lite Bites

6.Sean Anderson the formerly 500lb man!
Diary of A Winning Loser
Sean Anderson

*Note I am not affiliated nor endorsed by Weight Watchers® at all, in any way. I highly recommend their program and cannot say enough GOOD about it, but I also have decided that they were my "stepping stone" to making a change in my lifestyle. Any mention of Weight Watchers®, their program or their term of "points®" does not mean they have approved, seen, or endorsed anything on my blogs.

Also, if at any time Points® are mentioned it is always with the assumption that you will analyze the recipes, foods, ingredients and figure the points out specifically for your consumption of any product, as ingredients may vary by brand, size, etc.


Thursday, August 6, 2009

Creamy Chocolate Crumpet Pastry (2)






Love chocolate? Who doesn't? Think you can't have some very awesome, chocolatey pastries now that you're trying to watch that waistline? Think again!

These quick, easy, no bake pastries are not only simple & inexpensive but created with store bought items, made to seem like a homemade treat!

I purchased my fat free "Crumpets" (the wheat ones have 1g of fiber as opposed to the regular having <1g) from Wegman's, at 60 calories each these little treats are 1 point of sheer happiness! They are made in the U.S.A. by "Farm Country" and while I've never tasted the "real" thing the "Brits" seem to love so much, I can attest to the fact that these American versions of the product are amazing! You can do SO much with them, but this is just one of my favorite recipes I've created so far!

Top them with a cup of Jello Dark Chocolate pudding (60 calories)


Add a squirt of fat free whipped cream and you have a delightful pastry for very few points & calories!





Creamy Chocolate Crumpet Pastry (2)
Serves 1

1 Crumpet
1 Jello Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Pudding Cup
2 Tbs. Fat Free Whipping Cream

Simply toast your crumpet in the toaster, to a golden brown.
Place crumpet on plate.
Top with entire Dark Chocolate Pudding Cup & a dollop of fat free canned whipped cream



Check out my Daily Menu Food Log for a quick glance at what I'm eating to get where I'm at, which is a healthier & therefore thinner ME!


Don't forget to check out my newest Book Blog, where I give book reviews on recent books I've read. If you're a reader you'll want to check this out!


WE CAN DO THIS, TOGETHER
ONE DAY AT A TIME!



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Like this article? Twit it to your followers!


Who Else Helps me get healthy?
These are just a few....


1. Weight Loss With The Fabulous Fatties

2. Joe Gigantino - Fitness Trainer
Joe Gigantino


3. HK Weighs In

4. BWJEN
BKJen


5.Get Fit After 40

5.Green Lite Bites

6.Sean Anderson the formerly 500lb man!
Diary of A Winning Loser
Sean Anderson