This week’s lunch had two key components — chicken and salad. I whipped up a quick chicken salad using 3 ingredients.
- Rotisserie chicken breast
- Friendly Farms Garlic Herb spreadable cheese (Aldi’s brand of Laughing Cow)
- A little bit of Kraft Avocado Mayo.
It turned out super creamy and full of flavor. I made one lunch where I wrapped the chicken salad in large leafs of romaine lettuce. Another I mixed it up with broccoli slaw, some shredded 2% cheddar cheese, and added in a 100 calorie pack of guacamole because avocado makes everything better. I often use 100 calorie guacamole packs in place of dressing on my salads.
The salad I made this week was garden lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, cucumber, tomato, broccoli slaw, and StarKist Tuna creations ranch. I usually don’t add dressing to my salads when I put the StarKist Tuna creations in them, but I was feeling a little dab of bleu cheese this week.
I’ve been using fruit as my afternoon snack for a few weeks now, but it’s starting to get old so I may have to switch over to veggies and hummus for a little while. I’ve been getting the big clamshell packs of kiwis for $5 and slicing them up into my fruit salads. Sam’s Club has had some great deals on strawberries. When it comes to pineapple, I usually buy the plastic jars in their own juice because they last longer and it’s difficult to keep fresh pineapple at the ready.
Yogurt was a big side snack this week as well. Giant had a big sale on Dannon Greek yogurts and I believe I wound up getting them around 54¢ a piece after discounts and coupons. My favorite is the Dannon Light and Fit Greek Caramel Apple Pie but I also enjoy Oikos Triple Zero Salted Caramel with bananas sliced into it.
I will share that I have been ridiculously hungry this week, and can’t get to the bottom of what is causing it. I’ve tried to keep super hydrated, but it doesn’t seem to be helping. Maybe time to up my protein intake? Time to figure it out!
Bariatric Berks 