Food Makeover...

This week I was trying to figure out what we would have for dinner when a favorite food came to mind. I LOVE fast food Mexican, well kinda Mexican, meals; You could call me the queen junky for Taco Bell and Qdoba.

This week I had a hankering for Qdoba's Three Cheese Chicken Nachos. Although they are delish I knew they couldn't be healthy so, I did a little research and this is what I found.

Three Cheese Nachos W/ Chicken and Pico
Calories: 510
Total fat: 31g
Fiber: 5g

Being that I am on (old) weight watcher these are the numbers that are important to me. One of my favorite meals added up to be 13 points. For someone who gets 26 points a day I could not have this meal crashing my entire days work. I don't use the extra points allotted weekly...

Instead of brushing the craving off and letting it turn into a giant binge eating blowout, I took on the challenge to remake the meal. I had a blast trying to remake the meal with all the taste and not blow by day out of the water.

With some simple ingredients I had in my fridge I made it happen and boy howdy it was G-O-O-D!

Ingredients Needed:

Tyson Ready Grill Chicken Breast Strips
Grated Mozz. Cheese
Monterey Jack Queso Cheese
Flatout Multi-Grain Wraps

I took 2 Flatout Wraps and cut them into chip shapes and baked them for 10 minutes on 350.
While those where baking I got the rest of the ingredients ready; I used the recommended serving size of the chicken, microwaved, 4 tablespoons of the queso dip, microwaved and topped it off with the shredded cheese. Voila!!!

Tyson Chicken :
Calories: 100
Fat: 2g
Fiber: 0g

Flatout Wraps:
Calories: 100 x 2 = 200
Fat: 2.5g x 2 = 5g
Fiber: 8g x 2 = 16g

Queso:
Calories: 40 x 2= 80
Fat: 2.5g x 2= 5g
Fiber: 0

Cheese (1/2 serving):
Calories: 40
Fat: 6g
Fiber: 0

Here is a side-by-side comparison

Qdoba's Three Cheese Chicken Nachos:                    Chelsea's Makeover Chicken Nachos:
Calories: 510                                                               Calories: 420
Total fat: 31g                                                               Fat: 18g
Fiber: 5g                                                                      Fiber: 16g
(Old) WW Points: 13                                            (Old) WW Points: 7

Chelsea 1/Failed Food Makeovers 0
Food Makeover... Look for this to be a reoccurring topic!!!

Tomorrow is weigh-in day. Mother Nature has been throwing a temper tantrum in my neck of the wood lately so I have only walked 3 times this week but, I am feeling pretty good. We will find out tomorrow!!!