A way to do crackers, low carb style

Food
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So today I wanted to eat low carb for lunch but I was craving crackers. I just figured out a great cracker alternative that I just had to share.

I took a Toufayan low carb pita and cut it into 6 wedges. When I peeled each wedge apart to get 2 to 3 pieces from a single wedge. I sprayed them with Pam butter flavor and sprinkled sea salt on them. I put them in the toaster oven on 325 for about 5-6 minutes and then flipped over the pieces and left them in there for 2-3 more minutes. End result, a really tasty pita chip and I got a big pile of them! The carb info for the whole pile of crunchy goodness was 16g of carb and 9g of fiber. Since I have to subtract from the carb count when something has more than 7g of fiber (I take 1/2 the number of grams of fiber and subtract from total carb count), I only had to bolus for 12g of carb! Whhooohoooo!

If I had eaten the crackers that we had in the house instead, I would have had to bolus for 30g of carb.

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Great idea. Thanks for sharing. Now, where do you find these low carb pita breads? Because it occurs to me that half a pita would only be 6g and I could make a nice sandwich to take in a sack lunch. The other half would be heavenly toasted and eaten with guacamole.

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Publix sells them near their deli. If you can’t find them locally, you can order them online. Here is a link to a place to order them online (this place has awesome low carb mixes and treats) or just to check out what the packaging looks like:

http://www6.netrition.com/toufayan_lc_pita.html

I have been using these pitas instead of bread for the last week. They make a wicked PB&J or egg salad pita pocket.