Miss Violette
January 24th, 2005, 12:51 PM
Lean gourmet also indicates points and they are very tasty, Lee, who could
NEVER eat that many cheerios
Nic > wrote in message
...
> Ok I may be a newbie at this but did anyone notice that Lean Cuisine is
> indicating points on the back of their frozen dinners.
>
> Also for those in Canada I got an email from President's Choice foods
> saying that their entire line of Blue Menu foods which can be %50 less
> fat or more will hit the shelves in February. They have already started
> with a few select products but the whole line will be released next
> month.
>
> For example one their Mediteranian chicken breast is 150 Cal + 2.5 GFat
> and 0 fiber for 3 points add this to a Stouffers Lean Cuisine at 6 points
> and you get quite a good meal for 9 points.
>
> For the PC Blue Menu I've already had Veggy Lasagna, Burger patty for 5
> points each and Mediteranian chicken which are all very good, the other
> good thing is that most of their foods have no trans fat and if some do
> it's very little like 0.3 or something.
>
> Another low fat tip is the Healty Choice pasta sauce, 1 cup = 2 points
> add that with 1 cup of pasta for 3 for a total of 5 points you can add a
> blue menu burger patty or chicken for a meal of 10 points (8 with the
> chicken).
>
> Want a big breakfast, one of my favorites for breakfast is 60grams of
> plain Cheereos with one cup of skim milk for 6 points. 60 grams of
> cheereos is alot of cheereos.
>
> Today my points are at 27 and my limit is 31 and I'm not even hungry.
>
> My tip is this, the lower the Cal/Fat the bigger the portions.
>
> oh well that my tip for now.
>
> Nic
NEVER eat that many cheerios
Nic > wrote in message
...
> Ok I may be a newbie at this but did anyone notice that Lean Cuisine is
> indicating points on the back of their frozen dinners.
>
> Also for those in Canada I got an email from President's Choice foods
> saying that their entire line of Blue Menu foods which can be %50 less
> fat or more will hit the shelves in February. They have already started
> with a few select products but the whole line will be released next
> month.
>
> For example one their Mediteranian chicken breast is 150 Cal + 2.5 GFat
> and 0 fiber for 3 points add this to a Stouffers Lean Cuisine at 6 points
> and you get quite a good meal for 9 points.
>
> For the PC Blue Menu I've already had Veggy Lasagna, Burger patty for 5
> points each and Mediteranian chicken which are all very good, the other
> good thing is that most of their foods have no trans fat and if some do
> it's very little like 0.3 or something.
>
> Another low fat tip is the Healty Choice pasta sauce, 1 cup = 2 points
> add that with 1 cup of pasta for 3 for a total of 5 points you can add a
> blue menu burger patty or chicken for a meal of 10 points (8 with the
> chicken).
>
> Want a big breakfast, one of my favorites for breakfast is 60grams of
> plain Cheereos with one cup of skim milk for 6 points. 60 grams of
> cheereos is alot of cheereos.
>
> Today my points are at 27 and my limit is 31 and I'm not even hungry.
>
> My tip is this, the lower the Cal/Fat the bigger the portions.
>
> oh well that my tip for now.
>
> Nic