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!

Pretzel Stand

Like I've said before, I'm not the world's biggest fan of plain pretzels. But I must admit that I saw a world of potential in those Nutrisystem soft pretzels, and I've been having fun experimenting with them. I have two more recipes in mind, so keep checking back or sign up to follow my blog if you're enjoying recipes! Don't forget that my blog is better viewed in web format as opposed to mobile to see all the tags and pages!

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Jalapeno Popper Soft Pretzel (Frozen Dessert):

1 Nutrisystem Whole Grain Soft Pretzel
1 jalapeno, half cut into pretty rings, half cut into thin strips
1 tbsp. fat free cream cheese

Broil the thin strips of jalapeno in your oven or air fryer until they start to crisp up, then remove them. Very carefully split the pretzel lengthwise. Smear the cream cheese on top of the bottom half of the pretzel and place the jalapeno strips on top of the cream cheese. Top with the top half of the pretzel and arrange the rings on top. If you want, use a free food's worth of shaved parmesan on top for garnish (you don't need much).

Bake or air fry until the jalapeno rings on top are crispy and the pretzel is hot.

This counts as one Nutrisystem dessert (which is 1 PowerFuel + 1 SmartCarb) plus 1 extra for the cream cheese; the jalapeno is negligible and the Parmesan counts as a free food if you use it.

Cheese please!

Ever since I saw that Nutrisystem had a soft pretzel in their dessert section, I had been dreaming of what I could do with it. I remember visiting a pretzel stand that made the most amazing pizza pretzels and I've been waiting for the chance to try it. I happened to be extra hungry tonight after dinner, so I decided to see if I could make it work!

It does feel odd calling this a dessert since it's savory, but wow did it ever fill me up and it was almost as tasty as the one I remembered. Definitely give this a try!

Whole Grain Soft Pretzel (Frozen Dessert):

The pretzel is a little small, but it definitely works. I advise allowing it to thaw a little before you cut it so that it's easier to split.

Slice the pretzel through the middle lengthwise, so that you have two thin pretzels. Take a low fat mozzarella cheese stick and cut it into thin pieces and put them on top of the bottom half of the pretzel, following the shape of the pretzel as best you can. Top with the other half of the pretzel, and use 1 tbsp. of pizza sauce on top to help stick down a few slices of turkey pepperoni. If you had any cheese leftover, sprinkle it on top. Air fry for 10 minutes, or until pepperoni is crisping and cheese is melty and gooey. Serve with 1 tbsp. hot pizza sauce for dipping!

Believe it or not, this delicious treat counts as one Nutrisystem dessert plus one Powerfuel (the combination of the string cheese + 7 turkey pepperoni slices was only 110 calories) and one extra for the 2 tbsp. pizza sauce (16 calories).

I wish I had more of these in the freezer when I am craving something savory instead of sweet!