Mini-review of Low Carb Stuff I Tried

Food and body image and taking care of ourselves are all big issues around the holidays. It's sort of the trifecta of societal obsession around the body beautiful, if you think about it.

Since I gave up on the idea of "food as a form of entertainment," I really haven't cared that much about special holiday foods. I have actually eaten enough stuffing, pumpkin pie, and bouche de Noel to last me the rest of my life, and also have, as I bore my friends to tears by saying all the time, learned that I like being this weight more than I like having a mouth party.

But I do from time to time try out various low carb recipes or products, just out of curiosity or interest or because my mom picked it up for me at the market.

Recently she picked up MiniCarb brownie mix, and this evening I made it. Let me be blunt: These things really suck. They suck like the last sucking thing on earth, and considering they're chocolate, for me to say they suck means they genuinely suck.

She also got me some Nestle CarbSelect hot chocolate mix, which was extremely delicious. The ingredient list is a disaster, proving that Savage Garden was right when they sang, "I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you."

I also bought some Oroweat low carb bread to try to make stuffing with it at my sister in law's request, and it has more carbs and less fiber than their "lite" bread. I ask you, does that make sense?

Comments

[KT]

I also bought some Oroweat low carb bread to try to make stuffing with it at my sister in law's request, and it has more carbs and less fiber than their "lite" bread.

And the Light version tastes much better as well. Bizarre ;)

[Greg Todd]

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