POTATO CHIPS! (Crisps) YUM!

cobracars
cobracars Posts: 949 Member
edited September 27 in Food and Nutrition
I've always been a snack hound, and one of the hardest parts of eating right is giving up chips (or for you Brits "crisps").
I've been very good the last 4 weeks, but I've had a few salty snacks here and there.
Now I've got a way to have my chips without all the junk the store-bought ones have!

I got a gadget from Bed Bath & Beyond called the Micro Chip Crisp'r. $5.99. It comes with a little bowl that has a miniature mandolin on top. You cut a potato in half, run it across the blade on the mandolin, then stack 24 of these slices in a special little holder they give you. Makes the slices stand up sort of like a blooming onion. 5 minutes in the microwave and they were ready. I gave some to my Dad, and my wife tried them too. No oil, no salt, no nothing. Just the chips. They both liked 'em. Me too!

So I had a angus bacon/cheese burger pattie on a pita pocket, 24 chips, and 1/2 cup of Bush's baked beans. I'm done for the day and I'm still 138 calories under my goal (1730). Dinner was around 1000, but breakfast and lunch were around 300 each.

Man, that was a GOOD dinner!

Woo-Hoo!

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  • otr12
    otr12 Posts: 632 Member
    That is the coolest thing I've heard all day!

    $5.99? And it works?
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    Excellent! I do the same thing, eat super healthy and light during the day and then nom some delicious at Dinner so I don't feel deprived :)
  • Eyoung8
    Eyoung8 Posts: 107 Member
    NICE! I think that gadget sounds nifty!

    Now, what'd you say about bacon and cheddar...:tongue:
  • Eyoung8
    Eyoung8 Posts: 107 Member
    Me too.
  • Azzrielish
    Azzrielish Posts: 44 Member
    I've got to give this a try! So you just get the potato calories right?

    I love love love chips but I have no self control around them so I just dont buy them (and whats with the GIANT packs they sell in the supermarkets in the US?).

    I do still eat potatoes a couple of times a month as a treat so this sounds like it might hit the spot!
  • cobracars
    cobracars Posts: 949 Member
    To help you find it I went to Bed, Bath & Beyond website and got the link.
    I used it with little red potatos tonight, but next I'm gonna try Idaho

    http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?MC=1&SKU=17703749&RN=755&


    And the angus burgers were frozen patties I think my wife bought at Sam's club. The cheddar and bacon are mixed in. You cook them from fozen, on a medium grille for 7 minutes each side and then check for internal temp of 160f. It was 480 cals by itself and a ton of sodium, but because I was 'good' throughout the day I was able to stay under all my goal numbers.
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