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Choose Sometimes

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Grains
  • Many enriched breads, buns, bagels, tortillas, English muffins, pancakes, etc.
  • Some small baked items such as sliced loaves or muffins, cookies, crackers
  • Most pastas (including those with added egg, spinach or tomato)
  • Some small bags of fried grain and corn snacks (cereal mix, wheat chips, tortilla chips, popcorn, cheesies, etc.)
  • Most pasta salads and cereals
  • Rice, rice noodles and wraps
Vegetables and Fruit
  • Most canned vegetbles in broth, including low-sodium sauerkraut
  • Most fresh/frozen/dried vegetables and fruit, raw cooked moderately seasoned/dressed
  • Fries: baked frozen fries (without trans fats) may be lightly salted
  • Some very small bags of potato/vegetable chips, very lightly salted (baked or fried)
  • Avocado, 1/4 to 1/3
  • Some jarred salsa, small bags fruit chips
  • Most fruit smoothies made with and "choose sometimes" items
  • Slush drinks and frozen treats made with "choose sometimes" items.
Milk Products
  • Some sweet yogurts
  • Many puddings/custards, etc., including those with artificial sweeteners
  • Some flavoured, fortified soy drinks
  • Many small milkshakes made with milk and ice cream
  • Many regular egg nogs
  • Yogurt with artificial sweeteners
  • Small portions of some ice creams and frozen yogurt, simply flavoured (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry)
  • Most basic flavoured milks
  • Smoothies made with "choose sometimes" ingredients
  • Most hot chocolates made with milk
Meat and Alternatives
  • Some marinated poultry, fish canned in oil, refried beans
  • Some chicken or tuna or egg salads
  • Lean pepperoni, chicken sticks
  • Marbled or fatty meats, cold cuts (lean), ham
  • Jerky (lean, seasoned)
Mixed Foods
  • Nut/seed bars with nuts/seeds as the first ingredient; may contain candy, 'yogurt' or chocoalte if sugar is no the second or third ingredient
  • Most sandwiches, short subs and burgers with lean roasted meats but few vegetables
  • Some cheese or meat pizzas or pizzas with half the amount of cheese
  • Pilaf (rice and meat)
  • Baked pizza pockets, pizza pretzels, pizza bagels
  • Some soups without meat, beans/lentils, borscht if low in salt, low-sodium soups
  • Some sushi, meat pot pies, frozen entrees, curries with few vegetables, pasta with a milk based sauce
  • Hard tacos with meat or bean filling

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