Gardein: Amazing!

I passed by a fast food restaurant on my way to the grocery store yesterday, and they were advertising some kind crispy chicken sandwich. Now, fast food is not something that usually entices me. The last time I had fast food was over 9 months ago; before that it had been about 6 months. It's just not part of my life. I don't like it, I don't crave it. But, some kind of crispy chicken sounded fantastic at that moment. Once I reached the grocery store, I perused the frozen food aisles and found the answer to my craving: fake meat chicken tenders.

I tried them for the first time tonight, and I'm completely amazed. While they were cooking in my oven, my house really smelled like chicken! I put them on top of a salad, and I would swear to you that what I was eating was real chicken! I'm so thrilled with this product that I'm blogging about it, even though I did no cooking, this is not a recipe, it's just some frozen "chicken" tenders I warmed up and put on top of a simple salad.
I compared the nutrition information of these with McDonald's nuggets, and these are the results:

	MCDonald’s 6 piece Chicken Nuggets (3.4 oz)	4 pieces Gardein Seven Grain Crispy Tenders (3.6 oz)
Calories	280	180
Calories from Fat	160	30
Total Fat	17g (27% DV)	3g (4% DV)
Saturated Fat	3g (15% DV)	0g
Trans Fat	0	0
Cholestorol	40mg (14% DV)	0mg
Sodium	600 (25% DV)	520mg (22% DV)
Carbohydrate	16g (5%)	18g (6% DV)
Fiber	0g	2g (8% DV)
Sugar	0g	0g
Protein	14g	18g
Vitamin A	0	0
Vitamin C	2% DV	0
Calcium	2% DV	8% DV
Iron	4% DV	30% DV

Pretty interesting, huh? I know what I'd give my kids, if I had kids. My seven year-old nephew loves chicken nuggets. I've told my mom to give these to him and see if they fool him. I think they will. They are really, really amazingly good.