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  • Jul. 15th, 2007 at 4:36 PM
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In an effort to eat better I decided to go to the northside to Trader Joe to get some groceries.  I also went out with Rachel.  This was on Saturday after work.  Rachel has lost  alot of weight on Weight Watchers and she looks good, so she was a big help on showing me what food was good and what food only looked good for me. 
Here's what I got.

Organic Food Review:

Herb and Goat Cheese Potato Chips-- These tasted okay, but they are high in fat.  If anyone ever finds a potato chip that isn't full of fat and tastes good ( not light Lays) please let me know.

Cinnamon almonds- Very good, they are sweet.  These will make for great little servings of protein.  But I think I could make a even lower fat version of these at home.

Frozen asparagus

Frozen tiny peas--These peas are very cute

Frozen artichoke hearts

Greek yogurt-more calcium and very good with just a pinch of honey

Grilled chicken tenders

Spinach and tomato chicken sauce--only 80 calories, Rachel said this is good if you need a tiny kick, use half the serving to make it 40 calories.

Jasmine rice

Chicken Lime patties-  These are pre-made ground chicken patties 

Chicken tamales- One serving is low in calories, Rachel said that one tamale will provide good protein.  Also, getting a tamale instead of having a flour tortilla saves you from extra starch.

Trader Joe's 100 Mango and Orange Juice-Rachel pointed out to me that it was 100% juice and sugar was not in the first five ingredients.

I got all this for $25.  That combined with other stuff makes for at least 10 different meals. Trader Joe's is probably 
one of the more economical organic food stores.

Joe said he will try all these things, I feel good.  I had the yogurt for breakfast and it was good. 

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