Food Review: Guiltless Gourmet Baked Unsalted Tortilla Chips

I don't think I've ever talked about these chips before (I really don't remember) but they're great! They are baked, unsalted tortilla chips! And I believe they are less than $3 a bag so price-wise they are great as well.

These chips taste like corn chips. Duh. I mean, you don't feel greasy, or get crap-tons of salt. After all, the real star of the show is what you're eating the chips with! (SALSA) They are all natural and are also made with organic corn.

A 1 oz serving is about 18 chips and has 120 calories and 2g of fat. Not bad in my opinion. 18 chips is more than you think it is. Although, if you're mindlessly eating from the bag, it's also not as much as it sounds. :P

These chips are the new fave for me and Fiance when we're eating salsa.

It's Bakin' Time

So, previous posts indicate that I've got somethin' baking in my oven.

Bread.

So, yesterday for breakfast I made whole-wheat biscuits. I used this recipe from AllRecipes, but used all whole-wheat flour and cut out the sugar. I also did 'drop biscuits' because I didn't feel like rolling anything out. They came out okay--they were crumbly and I'm pretty sure I know why. Firstly, I would probably add a little bit more baking power. Secondly, I didn't add the butter correctly so there wasn't an even distribution of fat. Overall though, they were yummers.

For dinner last night, I made whole-wheat pizza crust. I got the recipe here from Tammy's Recipes. I used all whole-wheat flour, cut out the sugar, and used olive oil for the oil. The crust was good--mine was really thick because I didn't have a rolling pin (oops!). However, the crust was "substantial" and soft at the same time, without being soggy. Definitely a keeper and really quick to make by hand! We topped ours with sauce, FF cheddar, spinach, and turkey pepperoni.

Yesterday we bought a bread maker. We (attempted) to make a loaf last night, but alas! It didn't happen. I guess I put the pan in the machine wrong, because nothing mixed correctly and so half-mixed bread was baked. Sad day. It did, however, smell delicious. This morning, we attempted Round 2. It worked! The bread was smelling yummy all morning, tempting me with its goodness. We made one of the whole-wheat recipes in the booklet it came with. There are others I want to try, though. However, for a first attempt--it was pretty good. It was SO DELICIOUS fresh and warm with butter on top. :) Although, unless you're good with a knife the slices will be quite thick. The machine would be good though for mixing dough in general. The one we bought was one of the lower-priced ones and it was positively rated.

Sadly, I didn't think to take pictures of any of my food.

Farmer's Market

Fiance and I went to the Farmer's Market yesterday and picked up some neat things! We got some fresh cucumbers, salsa, apple butter, orient pears (delish!) and the "crown jewel"....

A GIANT CARROT.

Seriously. It is that big. That sucker weighed one pound all on its own. The lady that sold it to us said that carrots can get that big, if you use the right variety and let it stay in the ground long enough. She also said they're sweet. Needless to say, this is going to make a lot of carrot sticks for snacks. :)

We're going to try to buy as local and natural as we can, in terms of our food. The food industry is tricky, and you really need to read labels to know what you're eating.

Fiance and I are also testing out making our own breads and dough. I'll make a separate post for that. So far, I've made: whole-wheat biscuits, whole-wheat pizza crust, and I've got whole-wheat bread baking (crossing my fingers!).

Food Review: Rachel's Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Cottage Cheese

Ok so the picture is a little small. I saw this at our semi-health food store and I immediately had to have it. I love cottage cheese. I usually eat mine with pepper but I have never seen flavored cottage cheese before! Sun-dried tomato pesto?! Needless to say, I ate it as soon as I got home and had an orgasmic food experience. It was so effin delicious. I really don't know how else to say it was nummy. Nom-tastic. The flavor part is on the bottom and you have to stir it up. YUM.

This is a great way to liven up your cottage cheese. Although, it was a little pricey at $1.75.

I also bought another flavor, cucumber dill, to try later. maybe tomorrow.

Food Review: Voskos Greek Yogurt (Fig)

Today, I tried Voskos greek yogurt, exotic fig flavor. I had wanted to try greek yogurt, since I had heard it was thicker than your traditional Yoplait/Dannon variety. And I saw "fig" flavor and though, "Why not? Let's be crazy." Upon my first bite (which was mere minutes ago) I thought two things simultaneously:

"I like this thickness."

"I do not like this sour aftertaste."

Overall, I do not think I'll be buying this again. I took two bites and threw it away. I just don't like that odd (to me) sour flavor. Now, those of you that enjoy your yogurt more tart/sour, will probably enjoy this brand.

So I'm left eating dry granola. Oh well. There's always cheese.... ;)

Food Review: Tofurky Kielbasa

Today the fiance and I tried out Tofurky Kielbasa. We had taken a run to the semi-health food store over the weekend and decided to try things out, like Soy Yogurt. Fiance had claimed before that he had eaten tofu dogs and proclaimed them tasty. Which is amazing, since he LOVES meat. Instead of tofu dogs, we decided to try this kielbasa. I cooked them on our little grill (like a George Foreman, but not as pricy). We put it on a bun (whole wheat) and served it up with sweet potato fries. I have to say, it was quite tasty. The texture is obviously not like meat. But the flavoring is pretty good and come on, it's supposed to be like a hot-dog. And who the eff knows what's in a hot dog.

All in all, I call this a dinner win.

Food Review: Soy Yogurt

The other day my fiance and I went to a semi-health food store to look around and see what they have to offer. I spoke earlier about making my own trail mix and granola and we bought all of our ingredients at this store in bulk containers (mostly fruits/nuts/seeds). Well, we also decided to try new yogurts. We each got a Soy yogurt. He got blueberry, I got black cherry. Yesterday he told me his was "disgusting" and "sour-tasting." I opened mine with trepidation today. I was suprised. Mine tasted sweet. It was not disgusting. In fact, it was quite palatable. You could taste that it wasn't "normal" (ie was made from soy) but it was a unique flavor that wasn't bad. I enjoyed my yogurt and happily ate it with the granola we made. The yogurt was not fat free (@ 2 grams) and had around 150 calories. So it's pretty comporable to other yogurts.

Not pictured was another brand I tried called Brown Cow. I tried the Boysenberry and found it to be quite delicious.

I'll keep you posted as I try more things.