The Saturday Review: The Other Wheat Bread

[ 8 ] 04/03/2010 | christieo

One of my greatest feats about having lost weight was that I did it without giving up any of my three favorite things: real sugar (not a fakey girl), cheese (Cheese cheese! I just love cheese! Really I doooo!) and bread.

Obviously, I have just had a little less of all of it than I used to, but I never ever had to give them up. I actually refuse to. And I love that I didn’t have to! Because sprinkle a little sugar, put a slice of cheese on it or stick it in a piece of bread (preferrably with cheese) and whatever it is is yummy to me. Maybe that sounds wrong, but it tastes so right.

Well somewhere along the way, I learned about “Arnold’s Sandwich Thins.” My parents introduced them to me one day. They’re round, they’re thin, and they act like two pieces of bread but together, they are only the width of one.

They are 100 calories (for both slices), they are 1 gram of fat. In Weight Watchers, they are 1 POINT.

Ever since trying the Arnold’s brand, spin-offs are coming out of the woodwork. Sara Lee has some sandwich thins now, and I’ve seen a few other brands that have popped up lately with similar products.

THEY ARE ONE POINT.

I’m just sayin. I still eat regular wheat bread (80 calories per slice- and 2 points!) but sometimes I don’t. Instead, I use the sandwich thins for my three favorite sandwiches.

I’ll toast them and make an egg and cheese and turkey sausage sandwich in the morning.
Or at lunch, I toast them and slather on (1 tbsp) of light mayo, slice up a tomato and have a tomato sandwich.
Or, I’ll nuke a Boca brand Bruschetta Tomato, Basil, Parmesan Patty, put it between the toasted sandwich thins with a dollop of tomato sauce and a slice of fresh mozzarella melted on top.

Oh my gosh, yum.

My very favorite sandwiches on these thin little pieces of bread that crisp up so nicely in the toaster.

Sheesh. Now I’m starving.

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About christieo: Christie O. is a 30-something freelance writer and mommy to two little boys. She loves training for random races to lose weight and who went literally from couch to 5k to half-ironman to marathon, losing 55 pounds along the way. Christie O. also blogs at www.averagemomswearcapes.com. View author profile.

http://www.iamsucceeding.com/ Trish @IamSucceeding

I LOVE these little gems….they are so versatile!
Nancy

We love these at my house too. I love that you can go to Costco and get the big bag for a fraction of what the little bag costs at the grocery store. We just had burgers on them the other night.
anng

Just in time for me to go shoping for groceries…need to check these out. You are so making me hungry!
http://thesassymama.blogspot.com Heather

They are called Orowheat over here. And THEY ARE THE BEST. I eat them with gardenburgers…yum!
http://www.melgetsfit.com TheDailyMel

Yep, they are called Oroweat here in SoCal, too. LOVE these things! I use them to make garlic bread when I'm having pasta. I mix together 2 tsp of whipped butter (yes, the real stuff) with some crushed garlic and spread it over the thins. I pop them under the broiler until they are toasty. I end up with very tasty garlic bread for only 2.5 points. :)

BTW, if you haven't tried the Thomas Bagel Thins yet, they are also great! The nutritional stats are pretty much the same as the sandwich thins.
http://www.babytealeaves.blogspot.com Christie O.

oooh yay! i was staring at those in the bread aisle yesterday and was wondering about them!!! i'll have to try them now! thanks for the garlic bread idea too!
http://www.alexastales.blogspot.com/ Alexa

These are SO Yummy! Use them all the time now.
http://www.alexastales.blogspot.com/ Alexa

These are SO Yummy! Use them all the time now.