NutriSystem Food - Lunch - Black Beans & Rice

I use these ingredients--with the dressing, salsa, and avocado all being Extras (not a full serving of an Extra each though)--and 2 oz. of shredded chicken breast as my mid-morning PowerFuel, to turn my bucket of black beans and rice into a Mexican salad. The recipe for the Mexican Chicken Salad Platter is here. When its ready, I can just grab & go.

This entree is just shy of 1 cupful by itself.

Here it is jazzed up in a large soup bowl, and it counts as a veggie serving or two as well depending on how much lettuce you use.

NutriSystem Food - Lunch - Turkey Dog (old plan)

Again, because I wind up with uneven amounts of entrees to round out my days as I go further into each delivery, I go to Big Lots and buy some NutriSystem entrees from their old plan.  They do have some foods that are still on the new plan currently being offered though too.  These hot dogs are not on the new plan.  Again, when Big Lots has a sale, you can score the old entrees for around $0.25 each.  

I know it's the opposite problem from what many face.  While they fight temptation to not double up on some of the treats provided in their 28-day supply of food, I don't.  I wind up starting each day off well, and then get busy, sometimes forgetting the food I even took the time to pack, so I wind up eating the breakfast and lunch entrees mostly without problem and wind up having to make due while out and about as my NutriSystem food awaits me at home. This is my cost-effective solution compared to buying items a' la carte from NutriSystem to round out these days.

Here is a picture of the package first, the contents still wrapped, and then my turkey dog jazzed up with onions, ketchup, and mustard on a single slice of whole wheat bread.  You are allowed to put the dog into a bun, but I don't like to buy 8 buns & only use 1, allowing the rest to go bad.  I improvise a lot.

NutriSystem Food - Lunch - Split Pea Soup

Here is the split pea soup. I like the flavor.  This is it for lunch for me today, as I'm saving the PowerFuel I could team with it for my dinner later.

Here it is in a 1-cup measuring cup, so probably about 3/4 cup.

NutriSystem Food - Lunch - Italian Style Wedding Soup

The soup is okay. As can be expected, the sodium is low, so this version is a little bland compared to say Campbell's version, but it's definitely edible. There is about 3/4 cupful, which you are to accompany with what they call a PowerFuel. I mostly choose to just eat a lite string cheese stick & sometimes put some of it into the soup.