I found some taco shells, the brand is La Tiara, and the shells are 0pts for one. They are small and fragile, but very tasty. I got the corn shells:
Each:
37 cals
2g fat
3g fiber
0pts
For the taco "meat", I used LightLife brand soy crumbles:
1/3 cup:
40 cals
0 fat
either 2 or 3g fiber
0 pts
In the "meat" I added a few chopped baby carrots, sliced mushrooms and a little taco sauce. Really, all you need is a tablespoon of the mixture for 1 taco. Then in the shell I added a ton of lettuce and some diced tomatoes....
It depends on how you count and what your guidelines are, but this I guess is an essentially 0 pt taco...
I had a few, so I counted several points, but the idea is nice....!
These are the BEST tacos, and you would NEVER know you weren't eating ground beef!
The only true zero point food is non-starchy veggies!
For 1 taco that's 77 calories/2 fat grams/5-6 fiber and that's 1 point if you use the old or new way to count points.
Not really zero
And here's why: for every two shells you have to count them as one point. They then become 74 calories, 4 grams of fat, and 6 grams of fiber, which comes up as one point. so, don't fool yourself into thinking that 2 shells times zero is still zero. (It's like raisins: 1 oz of raisins is 90 cals, 0 fat and 2 gm fiber, - 1 pt. If you eat 2 ounces they blossom up to 3 points, so they more than double, even if you just double the serving. So, be careful!
Too bad
Yeah, I understand all that, but I said the idea is nice!
Girlie
Got it. (Like, we all thought that the Bakers' Cookies at the beginning were really only 1 points. They never were. We were all just "calculating" wrong!
As someone once said..
If it looks too good to be true, it is!!!!
Hey, even at one point, you're doing pretty good to get a whole taco, without using up many points...
Relax
have some fun and lighten up some. I think it's great & I'd love to find those taco shells to make some. I think the veggie slices comes in shredded cheddar too.
I just hate it when people are so critical. It takes the fun away. This is why I never post anymore - I hate posts that critize! I feel better now.
Thank you.