Out With The Old...

With all the new additions, Nutrisystem is quietly discontinuing a few more items. A few of them surprise me, and I'll definitely be sorry to see them go! I hope we have a few more new ones coming soon to help make up for it.

The list of items they sent out to be discontinued includes the following:

Cheese Tortellini
Chicken Vegetable Stir Fry
Garlic Parmesan Snack A Rounds
Hickory Smoke Flavored Beef Patty
Italian Herb Flatbread Pizza
Salt & Vinegar Snack A Rounds
Stuffed Apple Pie
Whole Grain Soft Pretzel

If any of these are your favourites, I would try to place an order immediately so that you can grab the remaining stock before it's gone!

I have to admit that a few of them surprise me. The Italian Herb Flatbread pizza, I think is far the superior of the two shelf stable pizzas. It looks larger and tastes better than the Thick Crust Pizza, in my opinion. But I'm not the one seeing sales and cost figures, so I am sure Nutrisystem has a better idea of what they are doing.

I'm also surprised to see so many of the savory snacks be removed. While I have a sweet tooth, I know that not everyone does, and the variety of salty items gave more choice to the snack options. Especially the soft pretzel- I thought that was pretty cool and fun to jazz up. I will miss it. I liked the apple pie, too, but fortunately I still have a few of those in the freezer.

I hope that more new items will be added soon to compensate, because that is a lot of items that have been removed lately!

Movie Nights

As I've posted before, I can't be the only one who likes late night snacks in front of the TV. And while this isn't necessarily a great habit- studies have shown that if you're not paying attention to your food then not only are you not enjoying it quite as much, but you're also likelier to eat more- if you are moderate with what you eat, I don't think there's anything too terrible about it. 

So, this is what happens when you have three people on Nutrisystem who get together for a movie and want a delicious snack!

Garlic Parmesan Snack A Rounds, Sweet Jalapeno Chips, Bacon Ranch Chips (Dessert):

1 bag each of Nutrisystem Garlic Parmesan Snack A Rounds, Sweet Jalapeno Chips, & Bacon Ranch Chips

3 oz shredded low fat cheese with taco spices

diced onions, yellow pepper

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Arrange the Bacon Ranch Chips in the bottom layer on a baking tray. Top with onions, peppers, and about 1/4 of the cheese. Next, add the Sweet Jalapeno chips in a layer on top, and then repeat with veggies and another 1/4 of the cheese. Top with the Garlic Parmesan Snack a Rounds and put all the remaining veggies and cheese on top. Bake for about 8 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve with salsa and FF sour cream of desired for an evening snack that doesn't taste like diet food!

Serves three portions, count as one Nutrisystem snack plus a Powerfuel (or else two Powerfuels and a Smartcarb).

The nice thing about having other people around you who are also doing the program is that you can mix things up a little bit like this, and have three different kinds of chips. The different flavours really made it awesome. Of course, if you're doing this on your own, feel free to make your nachos from just one bag of Nutrisystem chips and use one ounce of taco cheese for a single sized portion.

Quick, easy, and delicious!