One of the hardest things about losing weight is substituting regular food for low fat or fat free versions. Sometimes the healthier options are fine and there is no significant difference in taste. Unfortunately that is not true for salty snack items. Baked chips taste different than regular potato chips in so many ways. They have little or no flavour. They are less greasy but they are dry and lack the same crunch as regular potato chips. They are just a sad substitute.
However, in the last year or two, I've seen some exciting developments in the potato chip aisle. This has come in smaller packaging of tried & true salty snack favorites. They have 100 calorie packs of Lay's original potato chips. Sun chips, and Doritos. They also have individual portions (about 120 calories) of Rold Gold pretzels and Cheetos (the good air puffy ones). These were probably intended for travelling, lunch boxes, etc. But they are also good for those watching calories as they have all the flavour, texture, and taste of the original products (as they ARE the original products) but they come in a smaller package. So I can open one package of chips to have as a snack without the hassle of counting out the chips into a bowl (this is what WW recommends) or trying to trust myself to close the bag and take it back to the kitchen after a single serving has been consumed... HA!!! Like that would ever happen :P
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The good airy ones? Nah, the hard crunchy ones are better.
I swear by those little 100 calorie snack things . . . I keep them in my office at work and use them to tide over my munchie attacks!
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