All I did was email them and tell them exactly what I had and they sent me a nutrients chart through my email box.
Yes they are awsome! Also, like butterball products they do the same thing for you.

How awesome! I am going to remember that and do that!

By the way... I got a bunch of boneless chicken breasts today. They were not really skinless... but I pulled and cut all of the skin off. I cooked it almost all the way, then I cut it all up into cube like peices, now I am finishing cooking it up and then I am going to add some taco seasoning mix to it. Then I will just throw that on top of a salad.

Oh, I found LIGHT sour cream today!!!! It was like HALF the calories!!! I sure hope it tastes good! Lol.

WOW lite sour cream? I hope it tastes good to! Please let me know. lol
I have tried the low fat cottage cheese (I love cottage cheese) and it was ronchy! Perhaps I should try to experiment with it by adding fruits.
I bought some chicken (wasnt boneless but I perfer it) today too. I always cut the fat off. Which was a very hard thing to do when I first started to diet cause I love to batter fry them and take the skin off and put it into a sandwhich. Now I just eat everything with lemon pepper.
Im learning though as you are. Ive tried smuckers low fat jelly in oats.. That was pretty awsome if your a oat eater.
Let me know how your salad turns out!!

what about a chicken taco salad mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I know this is late, and you've probably already had your taco salad, but what about turkey burger? It tastes pretty much the same, and is much lower in calories. Its really not that much more (at least here where I shop) and I did get it on sale this week (buy 1 get 1 free)... so maybe that could be an option for you for next time?

~Liz

Now I am bad!! I totally forgot I had 2 rolls of ground turkey in my freezer!!! This would have been the perfect time to try that out!!! I am defintely going to have to try this next time!!! Liz... thanks for reminding me about this!

mama2aredhead............ that is what I did. It is just alot of work.

Jewelz,

It tasted pretty real!! I didn't have any problem with it at all! You gotta check it out. I will buy it again.

I don't like any kind of cottage cheese. Every once in a blue moon I will have a little at a resturante but that is about it.

Now that sandwich you used to make sounds so yummy!!! I love eating the skins. But I am not even ordering fried chicken anymore because there is no way I would throw the skin away instead of eat it. I know myself way to well lol.

I have never heard of smuckers low fat jelly in oats, or anything like it. I know they came out will low sugar jellies and stuff like that, but I never new about what your talking about. What is it?

Dinner was yummy! And it was so filling! Sour cream was great!

I have to say ground turkey is sooooooooooooooooooooo yummy!! I buy that too! When I was doing WW's that is what we would eat. I still have a hangup on it still. I cook mine alittle weird though.
Im "sorry" I miss wrote that is sugar free smuckers jelly. Its really low in calories.. I never ate it before until my mom gave me a jar of it and ever since then I was in love. Even the 40 cal tbl for the 100% fruit kind. Both are delicious.
I kinda wonder I have a grill that drains off any excess oils off the hamburger if it could lower the cal intake. Hubby loves from me to use the inside grill. I figured it was more healthier anyways.

I got me a new pedometer yesterday. It talks to me! lol It has me in a decent mood today. This thing will time your walking and if you stop it stops counting time. Its really neato! Walmart special lol.

Ill have to try the sourcream out then. I dont eat it much but it would be nice to have it around when I do eat it. Plus, hubby eats it like crazy.. so if its good Id rather him eat that.

When my husband and kids want taco salad, I do the following:

~I don't make it all up in a huge bowl and serve out of it. I make everyone's plates of the seperate ingredients, and let them "mix it up". The reason being, is because I will use very little meat and cheese, and make the bulk of MY salad lettuce and salsa instead-with just enough meat and cheese to taste it-but it is mostly veggies.

~I don't use regular hamburger or ground chuck-the most caloric and fatty cuts of ground beef. I use either ground sirloin, or extra lean ground beef-my favorite is Laura's Lean, which they sell at Kroger-and it is only about 140-160 calories for 1/4 of a package.

~I don't use sour cream. I use salsa to flavor mine for more veggies and less calories.

~I use TONS of the lettuce, tomato, onion, and salsa...and very little beef and cheese for mine-measuring them out. This is also how I add up the calories-by measuring my items out individually and adding them up.

Aphil,

That is what I do too. I make all plates seperately. I want to measure out everything that goes on my plate so have an accurate calorie count. I have been doing that for a while now. It really helps.

Laura's Lean... where is that found? In the fresh meats or in the frozen area? I don't think I have ever seen that before. I was always led to believe that ground chuck was the best to eat!!! Guess that was wrong too! I really think I have to forget EVERYTHING I have learned in the past and just remember what I have learned recently!

I was thinking about salsa too!!! But no one (except my son) eats it here. So I skipped that again. I was told that is good for you though! I do like my sour cream for taco foods. The lite stuff I found was not bad at all! It actually tasted real!

Lol... I try to do mostly lettuce too! I was not sure what other veggies could go in there besides tomatoes of course. So that is all it was, was lettuce and tomatoes for the veggies.

Aphil.... you are awesome!! I always seem to learn something from your posts.

Jewelz,

I will reply to your posts to me soon. I am making a big breakfast today! But I will reply shortly.

I bought 2 1 pound packages of ground turkey and never made it yet lol. I actually forgot about it lol. I am good at doing that.

That jelly sounds yummy! I will have to try that.

When I was growing up my mom used to put peanut butter on two slices of bread and sprinkle sugar on one side, put the bread together.. and we had a sandwich! Now when I want to do that I use splenda instead. It tastes just as good... but it is not as bad for you as real sugar and for sure it is less calories.

Your talking about a George Foreman? We have one of those. I don't use it to often. It takes up my whole counter so it is hard for us to use it. But I would definetely think it would make the food healthier (which is does make it healthier lol), and I am sure it would make it less calories. But don't hold me on that lol.

Lol I will have to go and check that out!!! How much was it?? I always have a hard time setting the thing up... and it always falls off of my pants! They do get into the way sometimes lol. But that would be awesome for when I walking around my town!

Right!! I can't agree more! It was really good! Makes me want to make taco salad again lol. But that was really a higher point day. But it sure was yummy!

LOL I used to make sugar sandwhichs!! That was a kid thing though. There is only one thing I "used" to eat when I wasnt dieting of course (from childhool).. Mac N Cheese smoothered with lots of pepper and ketchup. lol I cant eat mac now cause its way to high in calories.

George Forman~ Yes! thats it! The family wanted hamburgers yesterday so I brought it back out.
Lots of excess grease! I would assume it should mean less calories. Ill have to look around online until I find some data about it.

Pedometer~ It was like $15.00 I think. It was hard for me to set it up until I got online and they explained how to set your stride up. That was the hardest for me to figure out. Next step is to get me a speed o meter. I have found if you dont have it set level with your britches it will cause it to over count your steps. Its pretty neat it said I had walked 10,000 steps today. Which is a pretty slacky day. lol Oh yeah the pedometer is black. I didnt see any other color.. but maybe there is in your area though.

I make a taco salad with ground turkey (a fewer less calories than ground beef and much less fat), seasoning(0 calories), a combo of spinach and romaine, tomatoes, black olives, sprinkling of lowfat cheese. For dressing I use lowfat ranch dressing and salsa mix. 1:3 ratio with more salsa than ranch. Tastes great and you don't miss the fat!