What I Ate Wednesday

It's another busy week, and I'm finding it really difficult to get up in a morning. When time is precious I have a habit of reaching for a friend egg sandwich. Warm, full of protein and has a smattering of tomato sauce in there too. 

Lunch was homemade veggie chilli with wholegrain rice and a bit of cheese. (mmm cheese)

You can also see my diet coke habit is still in force. 

Throughout the day I have been drinking my current favourite coffee Ginger Bread by Beanies - I add half a tsp of brown sugar and a glug of milk for a perfect autumnal hot drink.

I spied this yesterday in the Co-Operative next to my office, mmm nutella choc dip. Yummy!

Tea is courtesy of my hubby, chicken curry and white long-grain rice. 

It's not been the healthiest day. But it has been a tasty one. 

What I've Been Eating: Tex-Mex Chicken Sandwich

So I've delved into my goody bag from Taste Inc. again.

This time I chose the Whole Breast Tex-Mex Chicken Sandwich with cheese and spicy salsa.

Wow that's a mouthful of a description. Label looks clean and sharp. A tad misleading, but then who would microwave lettuce.

Taste:

The taste was good. Hot to the point of sizzling, the bread didn't go too soggy, it also didn't have the wooly texture that was there when I ate the baguette. So far these are plus points.




The chicken did only take up about half of the bread roll though, that I found a bit disappointing. The spicy salsa had a bit of kick, yet wasn't the chunky salsa you would have expected if you only looked at the wrapper. Thankfully the taste outweighed the pasta sauce consistancy of it all.

What did I think?

Now anyone that knows me can testify for my love of American Cheese, aka plastic cheese. I grew up sneaking slices of Princess Processed Cheese out of my Nanna's fridge. There is something almost religous about the unwrapping of the yellow wobbly goodness. Granted there is no real cheese inside and this is a dark, dark, guilty pleasure and I so wish I could buy it in blocks like you can in the States.

Anyway I digress, there was a slice of it in this sandwich. So thin, yet turned into an ooey gooey unchus mess. It was divine. So yes, there it is, the way in to my heart is a slice of American Cheese - who knew?

Overall

I liked this one. More than I did the Chicken & Chorizo Baguette. I'm sure a lot of that is down to the texture of the chicken and the slice of American Cheese. There was a pleasant hum from the salsa, which personally I think should be a chunkier version. Texture is a good think after all.

What I've Been Eating: Chicken & Chorizo Sandwich

Picture the scene...

You wake up late, the loaf of bread that you programmed the bread maker hasn't finished (yes my programming and maths both suck) so you have nothing for lunch. Before you run out of the door for that shift in the office you remember that you have some of Taste Inc.'s pre-made goodies in the fridge.

I'll hold my hands up and say that they are not items on my usual shopping list. But on day's like today they are a godsend, and when you only get a 30 minute break for lunch - speedy too. Handy when you have one microwave between 50+ people in a shared kitchen.

I wasn't expecting much from the sandwich to be honest. Chicken and Chorizo is a crisp baguette ticked all the boxes for me on a taste point, 380 calories didn't make too bigger dent in my daily allowance either.

The product:



The taste:

Not bad. The chicken wasn't the best quality, but then I've had worse cooked for me in restaurants, there was a bit of something tendony. The chorizo was like a bacon rasher... that I liked. Not too spicy but enough kick to beat it's way through the thick, creamy mayonnaise that was in the packet. The bread wasn't crispy though. It wasn't bad either, as a person with an aversion to overly crispy food the texture, if a bit wooly, worked for me. It could have done to be a little less sweet. The baguette reminded me of Bimbo bread I've eaten in Spain.



The preparing:



A time consuming 45 seconds per side!! Swift fast food.

What did I think?:



I am really surprised to say I really enjoyed this product and at roughly £1.99 (current price at Morrisons) I will probably buy this again as a standby meal, for those 'oh crap' days or when I'm in double shift mode at the office.

They do have a fairly short shelf/fridge life but surely that is a good thing.

When I first heard about the snacks, and the majority being under 500 calories I immediately wondered if they would be suitable for fast days on 5:2. Sadly, although they look good on paper for this this particular sandwich isn't. The satiation from it isn't great, and it almost begs for something to be eaten on the side (steaming chunky chips do come to mind).

Overall:

Not bad, but not great either. My mind has been blown by the idea of chorizo bacon though.

May your day Glitter & Sparkle.


*This is a sponsored post. All my views are impartial.

What I Ate Wednesday

Sausage and mushroom omelette sandwich with bbq sauce

Fruit Scone

Chinese chicken salad - I ate the chicken first oops

Seabrook's Canadian ham crisps

Coconut cream chocolate

Sage & onion pulled pork with roast carrots & parsnips, mashed potato,
swede and yorkshire pudding

Chocolate hot cross bun pudding with cafe latte ice cream

First seen on www.dietingrollercoaster.blogspot.com

What I Ate Wednesday

Breakfast wrap - amazing breakfast

Wasabi peas

Turtle beans with quinoa, lime and chilli soup

Fruit Salad

Thanks to a hacking cough I've had a couple of these through the day

Mid-afternoon pick me up

Special and broccoli with boiled rice & salt'n'pepper ribs

What I Ate Wednesday

Today I had a working breakfast. Coffee, a pecan and fudge muffin and processing Avon orders. 

Lunch was one of the new Covent Garden Skinny Soups. This one was Goan Spiced Chicken Soup with Lentils. Lush. 

I had a bit of a snacky day too, so carrots and houmous came to the rescue. 

Hubby made tea, so it was a Tomato and Spicy Pepperoni pasta bake. 

Then while I was watching Archer Vice I munched on this Graze punnet. 

I think it was Dark Rocky Road. 

What I Ate Wednesday

Breakfast: Poached egg & tomato sauce sandwich and a pineapple, banana and coconut smoothie at my desk. 

Carrot and coriander soup with a sunflower and pumpkin seed roll.

Honey and lime glazed baked chicken with wholegrain rice and steamed veggies.

What I Ate Wednesday

Poached eggs on multi-seed batch loaf toast. 

I'm currently obsessed by cheesy puffs at the moment... mmm cheesy poooofs

This is half a pot of butterbean and chorizo soup from Tesco's Finest range. 

A really filling soup, I ate it with a seeded spelt roll from the bakery. 

The nibbles were upon me this afternoon, so a quick fix from the food machine beckoned. 

Tea today was pasta with a tomato and mascapone sauce and some chorizo slices. 

What I Ate Wednesday

Breakfast: 2 slices of Kingsmill Seeded toast and black cherry jam.

Tall Starbucks Hazelnut Macchiato made with Colombian Narino espresso.

Lunch: The hubby and I went halfsies on these wraps from Asda. 

The Chicken Tikka and Onion Bhaji one was my favourite.

I bobbed into the pub to have a natter with a pal and picked up these hard pretzels. 

A great snack, but could have done to have a bit more spice and a little less sweetness. 

Tea: A dreadful picture, for a ping meal. Chicken and rice enchiladas from Asda and 

half a Hunter's Chicken with spiced potatoes. Not bad but not my usual fare.

What I Ate Wednesday: Cajun Night Special

I thought I would share with you some of the goodies that I ate on Saturday night.

Each month my friends and I gather for a 'cultural' evening, which is a good old natter over a themed spread and a couple of glasses of wine.

This month we chose to do Cajun.

We had seafood gumbo, bbq bourbon chicken wings, chicken, chorizo and prawn jamalaya and finished off with Jim Beam Brownies.

Fresh crab pancakes with a Wolds Chilli Mayo

Seafood 'ey-bye' Gumbo with mussels, prawns and fresh crab

BBQ Bourbon Chicken Wings

Chicken, Chorizo and Prawn Jambalaya

Jim Beam Brownies with raspberries and chantilly cream