Last week I signed up for Seattle Sutton Healthy Eating program. A few things were appealing to me: there is no commitment required – you can order your plan week by week with no penalty for taking a break; you can also get the full 7 day week or you can get a 4 day or 3 day week. Deliveries are on Monday and Thursday in Rochester or you can pick it up on those days, as well. It is more money than I probably spend on groceries and eating out in a week so I’ll be weighing the pros and cons as I go, but here are my thoughts so far.
I wondered what the packaging would be like. I’m happy to say that the black containers are recyclable plastic. They are bigger than I thought they’d be, so although they will fit in my lunch bag, I’m not sure two of them will. In fact, tonight, I repacked breakfast and lunch for tomorrow because they could be packaged smaller. They’re uniformly packaged, which is nice for refrigerator storage, but not so much for hauling it around.
(Note the Coke Zero in the back of the refrigerator- I think it’s been there for almost two years! Should I do an experiment with it?)
I think I can safely say that what I like most about this program is the variety of food that I have eaten so far. When I cook for myself, I NEVER make peas AND squash AND potatoes for one meal! And today I had a nectarine for breakfast AND a kiwi for lunch. This lunch today (seen above) was very tasty. A cold bean salad with a turkey breast on that yummy toasted bagel with honey-mustard-yogurt. Oh my!
- Yesterday was a chicken breast topped with salsa and some carrots. I’ve had a breakfast burrito, tasty oatmeal, delicious spaghetti with a yummy celery and onion side dish, and turkey meatloaf with a twice-baked potato. The only thing I haven’t found really tasty is a hazelnut spread for my English muffin one morning. I really had a hard time with that. And would you believe I’ve never had cooked spinach before? I also had to choke that down. Quite a variety of meals for this week! And no leftovers! Or pots and pans to wash!
Cooking for one has been a challenge, and I’ve told many people lately that it has been one of the biggest challenges for me with my new crazy work schedule, not the sleeping. I have been eating out a lot, eating unhealthy cafeteria food, eating dinner at 11:00pm, driving through fast-food on my way to or from work, among other bad habits. So I’m going to try this a little bit, maybe off and on. For next week, I only ordered 3 days worth of meals and I’ll not order any when I’m on vacation, of course. It is expensive but eating healthy is expensive.
I’ll keep you posted on whether or not I continue to like it!
Have you ever tried anything like this?
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