Carmen: I guess you meant, OP starches. How about a 1/2 baked potato, or 1/2 sweet potato? I would say, those are my favorite but I only have either 1 or 2 times a week. I use Thomas' Whole Wheat 4" pita just about daily, toasted and cut in 1/2 and spread with Light Laughing Cow spreadable cheese. I'm not bored with them yet, depending on the color plan your on - you could add an egg and it would be almost like having a McDonald Egg McMuffin. ALMOST! The 4" pita size are hard to find in this area, but there is 1 store that consistantly sells them (Wegman's). I'm interested to reading what others have to say. Some starches make me hungry so I try to avoid them.
Whole grain english muffins are my favorite for breakfast, usually with reduced fat peanut butter. (1/2 english muffin = 1 starch). I've also done light bread, toasted or Fiber One cereal for breakfast.
Some of the other starches I use regularly are:
Rice (with other foods for lunch or dinner)
Corn
Peas (toss into a salad for variety)
Sweet potatoes/winter squash/potatoes
Fat-free, sugar free ice cream
Kashi TLC crackers (good with cheese)
I also like the LAWL biscotti (1 starch and 1 fruit), but I don't have them very often because (a) I'd usually rather eat the fruit and (b) I don't want to pay for them. I've gotten a couple boxes through various promotions, so I will have them occasionally.
Carmen -- I'm having a similar problem with my yogurt and fruit am snack, so I understand --
I also use flour tortillas - small at 6 inches that are 80 cals - they are less than ice cream, about the same as the small pitas, so I count them as one.
I did find whole wheat bagels that are 120 cals, so I'm trying those out - don't really like them, truthfully.
I am trying to branch out to spaghetti - I had it as a frittatta with eggs last week, and it was pretty good.
And I do do the lc/hc's on occaision - it takes care of both a P&S.
I do have some sweet potatoes, that I'm planning to use this week.
If you guys have a trader joe's nearby-they have frozen bags of brown rice that you just pop in the microwave for 3 minutes. Yummy! A box has 3 bags and each bag is about 2 cups of rice.
I don't know exactly what kind of rice that you are talking about; but if it is a heat and eat bag, be cautious of the sodium content. Most prepared meals are loaded with sodium. For instance, the heat and eat bags of rice on the grocery aisle have almost your entire recommended daily intake of sodium.
Starches
How about a 1/2 baked potato, or 1/2 sweet potato? I would say, those are my favorite but I only have either 1 or 2 times a week. I use Thomas' Whole Wheat 4" pita just about daily, toasted and cut in 1/2 and spread with Light Laughing Cow spreadable cheese. I'm not bored with them yet, depending on the color plan your on - you could add an egg and it would be almost like having a McDonald Egg McMuffin. ALMOST! The 4" pita size are hard to find in this area, but there is 1 store that consistantly sells them (Wegman's). I'm interested to reading what others have to say. Some starches make me hungry so I try to avoid them.
