Just like grandma made.. lightlife review: Bologna

My paternal grandmother was not a cook. In fact, the only things I remember here making were Kraft macaroni and cheese, canned green beans, iceberg lettuce salads, instant mashed potatoes, white bread american cheese sandwiches and bologna sandwiches, again on white bread. She had a wicked sweet tooth, and ate a packaged Dolly Madison sweet roll at least 3 times a day long with coffee. Amazingly, she wasn't overweight, but I digress.

Back to the bologna sandwiches. As many of you know, I was raised a vegetarian, but my grandparents snuck as much meat into my diet as they could. I had no idea that bologna was meat, so I ate it until I was around 8 or so. I liked it too. I used some of my Lightlife Bologna today to re-create an old favorirte. All that was missing was the iceberg lettuce. (the bread is a light italian white bread, 40 calories per slice). I topped the bread with nayonaise, yellow mustard, romaine and a dill pickle. Delicious! I wanted to eat another one, but had soup as well, so I didn't. Lightlife Bologna was better than I remember real bologna beings. The serving size said 4 slices per serving, but I used two because I thought it would be too much with 4. 2 slices contained 35 calories, 7 grams of protein and less than 1 gram of fat. My entire sandwich only had 175 calories and 2 weight watcher points! Perfect for someone watching their weight. I imagine this will be delicious is a chef's style salad as well. I will definitely buy this product again. My husband and younger son loved it as well. My older son didn't try it.

To compliment the sandwich, I made a big pot of Chipotle Split Pea soup. It is impossible to do this soup justice with a photograph. I used the entire can of chipoltes and 2 heads of roasted garlic to make up for the oil. 2 cups of this soup was 6 points.

I have been writing my own recipes for years now and have been organizing them into a cookbook. I would eventually love to get it published. This week I am planning on testing some new ones and I'm excited about that! Of course, I'll write and photograph them. If anyone wants to test some recipes, let me know. I have a bunch.... both vegan and non-vegan. My non-vegan recipes don't use eggs.