Tonight, I was in the mood for a quick dinner, so I decided to make Gardein Seven Grain Crispy Tenders with a side salad. The Gardein tenders took 15 minutes in the toaster, but, in retrospect, I should have left them in a bit longer, as the breading didn't crisp up as much as I would have liked. I'll cook them for longer the next time, but, in the meantime, I prefer the Mandarin Chik'n.I think it's also funny that the "serving size" is two tenders. Does anyone eat two little tenders? And the five tenders I had aren't really even that scary from a nutrition standpoint: 250 calories, 12 grams of fat, 20 grams of protein and 3 grams of fiber. The sodium would clock in at 600mg. Maybe they thought the fat to calorie ratio was a little scary? Also, after 75 minutes of vinyasa yoga, I am still hungry.
My side salad was baby spinach, raw mushrooms, grape tomatoes, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. We've had half a lemon in the fridge for awhile. I've wrapped it tightly in foil, and I've been squeezing the lemon on my salads over the past few days. Much better than bottled lemon juice!
OMG, aren't these things AWESOME??? I love all Gardin's products, however I've had to cut back as they all have wheat in them :(
ReplyDeleteStill, great as a treat!
Caren, I am definitely impressed with the quality of their products. I need to try some of the fresh products - so far, I've only hit the freezer case. I'm allowing myself some indulgence now that I know I can tolerate non-GMO soy, but soon I'll be getting back to mostly whole, non-processed foods.
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