What is your favorite...?

[JoyRenee]

I thought this would be a fun little post. Copy and paste the following with your own answers! Not only do I think it is fun, it'll be really informative to all us newbies who are still trying to figure out this nutrition stuff.


What is your favorite.......

Apple? -
Protein Bar? -
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? -
Jelly? -
Pasta brand? -
Restaurant when you want to eat well? -
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? -
Bread? -
Milk? -
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? -
Frozen meals? -
Pizza? -


And anything else you can think of!

I went to the grocery store today and got some Luna Protein Bars in Smores and they're pretty good. So now I'm interested to see what everyone else is eating!

[Tlcprn]

Apple? - Honey crisp
Protein Bar? - atkins chocolate caramel
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? - yuk
Jelly? -  apple butter
Pasta brand? - Any
Restaurant when you want to eat well? - olive garden, yummy salad
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? - The mushroom
Bread? - 100 %whole grain
Milk? - skim
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? - love chocolate
Frozen meals? - not
Pizza? - chicken Florentine

[Ranaesheart]

This was a tremendously interesting post .. thank you JoyRenee and all who posted!  

Apple? - Gala for sweet and Granny Smith for tart - depends on what taste I want
Protein Bar? - Herbalife due to calories, protein and price and taste (140 cal, 10 g protein, and $1.50 OR 150 cal, 12 g protein and $1.21) - Sorry .. it does have soy
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? - Jiff or Skippy - but am now going to look for Starry's brand!  (Thanks Starry!!)
Jelly? - Smucker's SF Grape
Pasta brand? - Not particular as long as it is whole wheat
Restaurant when you want to eat well? - Olive Garden (Venetian Apricot Chicken - 380 calories and delicious), Applebees (WW Selections), Mexican (chicken fajitas - 1/2 portion), Chinese (chicken and vegetables - 1/2 portion), McDonalds (Salad with low cal dressing, chicken breast, yogurt parfait, yogurt and fruit snack or vanilla cone), Waterfront (Grilled grouper or walleye)
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? - Same as above .. I no longer feel deprived when I can eat such great food anytime and I treat myself with a new outfit .. or manicure/pedicure .. ;)
Bread? - Walmart makes a yummy rye bread and a 7-grain bread .. I just go for lots of grains, seeds or rye and look at the calorie count - try to stay around 70-80 calories
Milk? - Skim milk with Acidophilus and Bifidum cultures
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? - Wells Blue Bunny fudgesickles (35 calories each or 70 calories per 2 bar serving), Hershey's dark chocolate sticks (70 calories)
Frozen meals? - Lean Cuisine or Kashi Rosemary Chicken (7 grains)
Pizza? - Any diet brand frozen pizza ... and then I add mushrooms, extra tomato sauce and a TBSP of parmesan cheese .. truly makes it better and adds very few calories!

Again, great thread .. perhaps we should try this on a few more food items ...

[StarryNight23]

Hey gokuangel, most health food stores carry that PB! I get it from Trader Joe's or Fairway, but Whole Foods and any other type of chain healthy grocery store should have it! I get the low sodium version (tastes exactly the same as the regular) and theres also a Chocolate Peanut Butter variety! It doesnt taste incredibly different from the regular one since it's sweeter than your average PB to begin with, but it's very good. I'll be honest, nothing compares to Skippy Natural for me, BUT this Better N' Peanut Butter has been a lifesaver for me saving me about 100 calories and about 16-18g fat per serving since I'm a crazy PB addict and can overdo it pretty easily. Once I got used to the fact that it's sweeter than ordinary PB (and not in a artificial sweetener way since they only use natural ingredients) it's become a constant staple in my house!

[gokuangel]

i wanna know where Starry gets that 100 calorie PB? GRR i looked at every1 in the store and they was 170-190 and 100 was what i was looking for lol!!

[JoyRenee]

These were really interesting to read through! Looks like the majority love GALA apples and Peter Pan PB!!!

TrudieC- yup, jelly and jam are pretty similar. Jelly is more of a gelatin type spread. When I think of jam I just think of pureed fruit (instead of gelatin), but more people in the US call all fruit spreads "jelly".

[Lonelymom]

Here goes:

Apple? -  gala
Protein Bar? - nature valley peanut butter bar
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? - peter pan creamy
Jelly? - sugar free smuckers. (had to eat it  while pregnat and fell in love)
Pasta brand? - any really
Restaurant when you want to eat well? - Souper Salad Restuarant  
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? -  King Buffet (best chinese restuarant I have found)
Bread? - 100 % Whole Wheat GV brand is good
Milk? - 1 % skim milk
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? - three musketeer (even though I havent had one in about 3 weeks)
Frozen meals? - Marie Calanders (that's why I don't eat them anymore. Don't really like the healthy ones)
Pizza? -  Digorno (spelling) garlic bread crust peporoni pizza

[Barb135]

Here goes:

Apple? -  Ambrosia or Gala
Protein Bar? -  Haven't found one I really like yet, but most have soy which is no no w/thyroid med
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? -  Peter Pan or Jifcreamy; almond butter
Jelly? - Seldom eat - grape
Pasta brand? -  Dreamfields Whole grain
Restaurant when you want to eat well? -  Golden Corral Buffet - stick w/salads & veggies and lean meats
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? -  Ipanema Brazilian
Bread? -  Nature's Own Whole Grain white (50 cal/slice
Milk? - 2% cuz hubby won't go for skim
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? - chips
Frozen meals? - haven't found any I'm crazy about
Pizza? - Pizza Hut - very seldom or my homemade

[TrudieC]

We'll see how we do - remember I am in Canada too so don't always get the same stuff as you guys in the US!

Apple? - Ida REd
Protein Bar? - don't eat - extra calories
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? - Kraft - we can't get Jif here
Jelly? - assume means jam?  Raspberry or Apricot
Pasta brand? - Primo
Restaurant when you want to eat well? - Vietnamese/Thai
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? - Verses
Bread? - Store bakery
Milk? - 1%
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? - Hershey's milk chocalate with almonds
Frozen meals? - don't go there
Pizza? - Ayr Village Pizza

[blksapphire]

I Don't have a lot of favorites, but here goes.

What is your favorite.......

Apple? -   don't like apples, but I like applesauce (flavored)
Protein Bar? - yuck bute I like rice cakes
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? - allergic
Jelly? - welches grape
Pasta brand? - muellers, but i'm not picky
Restaurant when you want to eat well? - hmmmm?
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? - red lobster or captain crabs (somewhere where I can get lobster and crabs
Bread? - Dandee
Milk? - whole milk when I do drink it
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? -
Frozen meals? - stouffers
Pizza? - pizza hut sausage or meat lovers
Favorite food: fried chicken
dessert?  pound cake or strawberry ice cream

[StarryNight23]

Yay I love polls! :-)

Apple? -  Gala
Protein Bar? - Luna Bars
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? - Better N' Peanut Butter (100 calories and 2g fat for 2 tbsp and it's all real ingredients!)
Jelly? - Smuckers low sugar strawberry
Pasta brand? - Barilla Plus
Restaurant when you want to eat well? - Can't think of any! I don't eat at restaurants anymore
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? - See above :-/
Bread? - Alvardo St. Sprouted Flax (50 cals a slice and 100% organic ingredients!)
Milk? - I used to guzzle organic skim milk. I've recently switched to Light Plain Silk soy milk and I love it
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? - No Pudge brownie, dark chocolate (especially Hershey's Bliss squares :drool:)
Frozen meals? - Anything Kashi or Amy's
Pizza? - Ok my real answer is a place in Queens that has the absolute best pizza EVER..but I love all of Amy's frozen pizzas especially Margarhita

[dai3symae]

Apple? - gala
Protein Bar? - they all have soy and I'm allergic
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? - peter pan creamy, but I switched after the ecoli scare (we had the tainted jars...and ate them...and got sick)
Jelly? - smuckers strawberry preserves
Pasta brand? - muellers 'cause that's what grandma used, but i'm not that picky
Restaurant when you want to eat well? - any with plain food or salad...like Applebee's
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? - Fager's Island in OC maryland they have fabulous cream of crab soup and they play the 1812 Overature (my wedding music...but that's another story) everynight at sunset as the sun sets over the bay  :)
Bread? - french, something crusty
Milk? - I almost never drink milk (lactose, you know...) I cook with half/half
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? - chocolate ice cream
Frozen meals? - am allergic to soy so I never eat them
Pizza? - Sal's pizza...he hand tosses the dough

[gokuangel]

Apple? - Granny Smith (havent had one in a while but they are very good i want one now lol)
Protein Bar? - Still trying it out tried SB ones it was not so good lol!
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? - I like Jif also but healthy ?
Jelly? - Smuckers no sugar Grape
Pasta brand? -
Restaurant when you want to eat well? - Is there such a thing?
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? - Rosa's or Mr. Gatti's
Bread? - Sarah Lee Wheat bread the one thats 45 cals. a slice!!
Milk? - Sorry i only like whole milk therefore i just stay away lol!! when i do have cereal i put as little
as i can in it!!
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? - Hershey's Mint chocolate kisses! I just tried them wow they are good!
Frozen meals? -The Lean Cuisine one with fish talipia and rice with those apple caramel thing for desert
now those are good!! and will fill you pretty good its a full meal has this and some veggie)
Pizza? - Red Baron French bread style (not so healthy must limit these, when i really want one that bad
I just want a bite you know lol so i tell DH heres half)

[JoyRenee]

Okay I'll start with what I've figured out for myself so far!

What is your favorite.......

Apple? -   Cameo
Protein Bar? -    Not sure yet! Still trying them out.
Peanut Butter (or any kind of nut butter)? -   I love JIF but as far as a healthier version?
Jelly? -  Low Sugar Smuckers
Pasta brand? -  ???
Restaurant when you want to eat well? -  Still figuring this one out
Restaurant when you're treating yourself? -  Mimi's Cafe
Bread? -   Sara Lee Soft and Smooth 100& Whole Wheat
Milk? -    1% (cow milk)
Pick me up treat (chocolate, etc.)? -   *DROOL* Chocolate milk
Frozen meals? -   Still trying to figure this one out
Pizza? -   ???