Suggestions Please :)
 

I am starting my third week Monday and I am going IP shopping tomorrow. What packets are your favorite? I was going to try the spagetti but now I am a little concerned with it being double restricted. I am definitely getting more pudding so I can make CAKE!! Whats your favorites?

I'm in love with the vanilla pudding, cereal, dill pickle zippers, cheese curls, broccoli soup, strawberry pudding and the mushroom soup.

Hey there Winnipeg! :) I am originally from Selkirk! DONT LAUGH hahha
I love the ready to drink (RTD) choc shake, vanilla shake, chocolate soy puffs, peanut butter soy puffs, the apple puffs, hmmmm oatmeal, choc ready to eat puddings, the bars OF COURSE... its all good.

love vanilla pudding for its versatility (pudding/shake/cakes), also the broc cheddar soup, cereal and jello are staples in my IP life.

also love the dill zippers, southwest cheese curls, and apple cinnamon puffs as restricted treats.

I love scrambled eggs. I had my first herb & cheese omelete with zucchini and mushrooms last weekend...I'm hooked!

I live off the RTD, choc or vanilla. Make my world simple and easy. I do keep a different packs, the tomato basil soup is my favorite with cucumbers on the side.

I wonder if I'm doing something wrong with the broc/cheese soup. I thought I would love it but its all watery. Ew. I really like the chicken soup. Thanksfully I tend to like things and eat them for a long time.
Do you think I should skip the spaghetti until later in the program? Thanks for all the comments!

I was doing the bbq ridges and choc shakes for weeks. Now I've changed the shakes for the choc rtd (I can't believe the difference in carb content between these two!). I had a better loss last week with the rtds. I'm a huge fan of the wildberry yogurt too...I always intend to get a box of these each week, but I usually flake out and stick to the choc rtds! (creature of habit, i guess!).
Hope this helps!

I won't laugh if you don't! I am actually living in Steinbach just outside the city. We get ribbed just as much as selkirk. Nice to meetcha! :carrot:

hahah too funny:D

Wildberry Yogurt
Vanilla Pudding
Butterscotch Pudding
Lemon Pudding
RTD Chocolate
Any of the bars

These are my staples. I fill in here and there with other stuff.

Crispy cereal (always make it into a pancake though)
Wildberry Yogurt
Vanilla Pudding
Lemon pudding
Pina colada drink (works wonders for when I'm not hungry at all)
RTD vanilla

RTD Vanilla and Choc
Pina Coloda
Omlette
Jello
White Cheddar Curls
Dill Pickle Zippers
Apple Cinnamon Puffs
Carmel Nut Bar

These are a few that I like to eat:) RTD Vanilla or Choc are the way I start my day, quick and easy!

Oh and the crepes...how can I forget...they are my favorite treat with WF Raspberry Fruit Spread:) Yummmmmm!

Crispy Cereal (I sprinkle cinnamon on top of mine...yummy)
Omelette (you can cook it in the microwave too)
Chocolate drink
Cappuccino drink (great mixed into coffeee)
Wildberry Yogurt drink
Cranberry/Pomegranate/blueberry drink (for loose skin)
Chocolate pancake mix
Chili
Vanilla Peanut Bar (favorite)
White Cheddar Ridges
Dill zippers
Southwest Cheese Curls (favorite)

My staples are:

for Breakfast
peach/mango drink
blueberry Cran Pommegranite drink
for Lunch
Broccoli Chedder soup, I put the soup in a bowl and than boil water and pour the water into it until it is a nice thick sauce to go over top my veggies.
Fine Herb Omlette (have them every weekend for lunch)
for snacks
I have a little of everything but my staples are:
puddings chocolate butterscotch
jelly
peanut butter and chocolate soy puffs mixed.
BBQ ridges

Oh and on the weekend one of the days I have a crepe pizza instead of the evening snack.
I have made cookies out of both puddings and they are quite good.

Oh! Excellent! Thanks for the tip on the Broccoli Cheese! This sounds way yummier than watery soup!!

Pancake???
 

Ok, I must have missed a recipe somewhere in all of the suggestions. How do you make the cereal into a pancake? I love pancakes and my bf eats them almost every morning. I'm just in Phase I though so I'm really trying to stick a little lower on the carb scale. It might just make my day if I can figure out pancakes and stay OP!!!

Broccoli Soup
 

Thanks for the tip on the broccoli soup. I have a whole box of it that I haven't been able to trade with anyone I know on IP. I was starting to think it would be wasted because the consistency is a disaster when I follow the directions.

Here's the thread where I found the recipe.

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/idea...-pancakes.html

I use egg whites from the carton, and use 1 serving (3tbs), which contain 25 cal.

I use 2 egg whites (1/4 c according to the side of the container), 1/4 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp vanilla and cinnomen and nutmeg to taste. Add 'crunched up' cereal - cook as you would a non-IP pancake!

I love the chocolate drink mixes and the Chocolate RTDs.

I also like the chix soup with sauteed mushrooms and onions in them.

I'm so glad I tried the broccoli cheese soup as suggested with boiling water. Made it into a sauce for veggies and DANG!!! SO good! Thanks :)

No, you don't have to skip the spaghetti your only allowed up to 2 of those per week, so get one and try it you'll still lose weight. I like the spaghetti and had it at least once a week when I started the diet. Now I'm just to hooked on the southwest cheese curls, the white cheddar crisps, apple cinn soy puffs, chocolate and peanut butter soy puffs mixed together then separated into 2 servings, Yummy!

Good Luck!

I find most of the IP foods yukky, but am able to make these work:
RTD Vanilla
lemon pudding
pina colada drink
herb omelette (with whatever veggies are left over from the night before)

I just tried the chocolate soy puffs (I don't get much restricted yet) and I really liked them.

Can someone please tell me where to find the instructions for turning pudding into cake? Thanks!

Copied from Jenny

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees
-In a blender, combine (2) egg whites, (1) t. vanilla and 2 oz. of water. Blend well
-Pour liquid contents into a bowl, and gently fold in pudding packet. I usually add a little powder, mix it up, add a little more, etc... The final result is a "batter" similar to brownies. And yes, I lick the bowl and spoon
-To bake, I use (2) small corning ware dishes, you could also make them in a muffin tin, and divide them into (3) equal muffins. I spray the bottom of the dish with Pam so the cakes won't stick.

The cakes will get VERY large while baking, and will deflate when cooling. If you put too much batter into a small baking dish, your cakes will literally explode in the oven. It is VERY important to only fill the baking dish or muffin tin 1/2 way. Which is why you will get 2 small cakes or 3 muffins.

-Bake at 350 for 15-16 minutes. Let cool and enjoy a mini cake.

(2) notes:
1). I have only tried this with Lemon, Butterscotch and Vanilla puddings. They have all turned out excellect! I haven't tried with Chocolate because I don't really care for the chocolate pudding, it is very chalky to me.
2). If you are making the cakes in a muffin tin, fill the empty muffin "holes" with water so that the cakes bake evenly.

Thanks! I'll pick some up next LP shopping trip! I love the southwest curls too and the choc/pb soy puffs! So yum! I think I'll buy them long after I am onto Phase 4! Healthy but feels like a cheat!

I thought the spaghetti was a phase 3 item??? Or, maybe 2?? I just know I can't have it now and I'm too busy trying to mastermind phase 1.

there is a spaghetti pack for phase 1 its restricted though.

I make the omlette every morning and put tons of mushrooms and green peppers. I like the blue/cran drink, vanilla & dk chocolate pudding. I liked a bar I tried this week, caramel something and the little soy things, not the puffs. I haven't tried the puffs yet and my coach has me not doing the spaghetti yet.

Off IP and on to WF absolutely HATE THE BACON dressing, I ruined my salad with it today and threw it out and the bottle of dressing. The blue cheese dip is tolerable. The caramel is ok. I am sticking to Good Seasons made with EVOO and "legal" vinegar.

Thanks for everyone posting what they like/don't like on this diet. I am at the end of my first day. It wasn't as hard as I thought, but I am pretty hungry right now with a slight headache. It's tolerable, though!

I had the peanut bar and didn"t like it _ it tasted like chemicals!

My coach told me to use the RTD vanilla in my coffee like a creamer adn it was really good!