Lately, my eyes (and stomach) seem to want EVERYTHING in sight! And LOTS of everything in sight, may I add. How do I help satisfy these cravings for more while sticking to my extra 300 calories per day that my baby needs? By implementing the tricks to bulking up my food ? not my calories!
Fact: The average slice of bread has around 100 calories. The average rice cake has only 35 calories. What does this mean for me? I can eat THREE rice cakes to every ONE piece of bread! BINGO ? and so my Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich idea was born?no pun intended.
At 100 calories per open-faced, crunchy turkeywich, they sure can kill those cravings, pregnant or not. Give ?em a try!
Open-Faced, Lower-Carb Turkeywiches
Serves 1, makes 2 wiches
What you?ll need:
2 lightly salted brown rice cakes
3 oz low sodium deli turkey, sliced
? of a small avocado
1 handful spring mix greens
mustard to taste
Optional: tomato slices
How to make them:
1. Spread mustard over each rice cake, to your liking.
2. Top cakes with lettuce, ? handful for each cake (the more the merrier for me?I like bulk right now!)
3. Place 1.5 oz turkey on each greens-covered cake.
4. Top with avocado.
5. Optional ? add tomato. I didn?t have any or I would have too ?
6. Enjoy!
What?s in it:
2 turkeywiches have 200 calories, 5 g fat, 14 g carbohydrate, and 20 g protein
19 Responses
I love this idea, but my doctor has instructed me not to eat deli meat unless it’s been heated to steaming (due to risk of listeria for pregnant women). Did you heat yours first? Does it still taste good hot?
I read that studies show rice cakes are very high in the glycemic index. Would you still recommend this as a snack? Does adding fats to the cracker help balance the absorption level?
In carb cycling (Chris and Heidi’s nutrition and exercise program), they really don’t track the glycemic index numbers of foods. They believe the system is so full of exceptions (like fiber content, ripeness, type of starch, fat content, acid content, etc.), that it lacks practical application. Instead, they incorporate a variety of foods (proteins, carbs, veggies, and healthy fats), most of which have low glycemic indexes, into their plan. To learn more about the carb cycling basics, check out this post: https://heidipowell.net/2713/carb-cycling-101/. And for this snack, the only true carb is the rice cakes (the lettuce and tomatoes are considered veggies and the avocado is considered a healthy fat), so this is why Heidi calls this a lower-carb snack.
I haven’t tried these yet but I think they are a great idea for lunch! Looking forward to trying this sometime soon!
Ok. I MUST try these!! Thank you for the idea.