January 23, 2007
Arnold's Carb Counting Bread
Arnold's has baked up two delicious loaves of low carb bread in the form of Arnold Carb Counting 100% Wheat and Arnold Carb Counting MultiGrain.
I have been eating this bread since I was pregnant with my son. I have made sandwiches and served it as breakfast toast. On every occassion this is a perfect slice of bread. It doesn't have an odd lingering flavor. It doesn't taste like cardboard. It is almost a perfect slice of bread.
When I think of bread I think of Little Miss Sunbeam Old Fashion Round Top bread. The softest most perfect sliced bread for pb&j sandwiches. Sunbeam is a 5 star bread and then some. It is sunbeam that I compare the Arnold's to.
Arnold's bread is soft, smells heavenly and keeps well on the kitchen counter (doesn't need refrigerating). It is moist but the one thing that stands out is it is not as tender as the full carb bread. It is just a bit tough. Not so much that most people would notice. My husband surely would not see any difference whatsoever in Arnold's and a full carb whole wheat bread.
Based on the fact that a person can be on a low carb lifestyle and still eat bread is amazing. The food manufacturing industry has come a long way, baby, from the diet days of 20 years ago. The only difference is (other than the whole grain) is the tenderness of the bread.
Each slice of Arnold's whole wheat and multigrain bread is 6 net carbs. 12 carbs total for a sandwich. Regular bread is 42grams or more of carbs. Arnold's isn't that super thin bread that seems as if you get a half slice stretched to full size.
Product: Arnold's Carb Counting Bread
Serving Size: 1 slice
Calories per serving: 60
Total NET Carbs: 6g
Price: $2.19/ loaf
I give this bread 4 fat ladies. I am withholding 1 fatlady because the bread has a bit of toughness to it.
FatLady Jiggles:
Posted by Angie at 02:13 PM | Comments (1)
January 20, 2007
Flatout Wraps
I picked up a package of Flatout Light Original Bread in the grocery store today. Reason one because it has low-carb plastered across the front. Reason two because I am so struggling with the need for bread!
For supper we used it as a sandwich wrap. Colby and I layered spinach and mixed baby greens, very thin slice of tomato, thin slices of pork tenderloin that I broiled with garlic, salt, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil.
Now - on to the product review:
The package of flat bread contained 6 pieces approximately 5inches wide by 8 inches long. The bread is whole grain -100% stone ground wheat.
They were soft and smelled delicious. They did not tear like a cold tortilla will. They rolled easily without tearing, breaking or crumbling or splitting like pita bread.
They tasted even better than they smelled. If you love bread you will love these. In no way do they taste like 'health food' or 'diet food'. In the past I grew so tired of the cardboard taste of the low carb items but now things have come a long way, baby.
The photo on the package shows them used for pizzas. The consistancy of the bread will make these perfect for a thin pizza for 1 for a meal. We are going to try them for lunch tomorrow as a pizza. I'll let you know how they do.
Product: Flatout Light Original Wraps
Package Size: 6 wraps @ 1.9oz per wrap.
Serving Size: 1 wrap
Calories per serving: 90
Total Carbs: 16g
dietary fiber 9g;
sugar 0g;
sugar alcohol 1g
Net Carbs: 6g
Protein: 9g
Price: $2.99 (49.8 cents per slice)
FatLady Jiggle Scale: 
I will keep these as a kitchen staple for as long as I can find them.
Posted by Angie at 12:31 PM | Comments (1)