A More Perfect Union

I think food manufacturers are out to kill me.

I am a big believer in combining certain foods- some things just go together, like peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter and chocolate, peanut butter and pretzels (notice the theme?).

As I was browsing Gawker today, I stumbled across an article excitedly announcing the arrival of DiGiornio pizza and COOKIES. You can now buy a joint box of frozen pizza and Nesles' Toll House Cookie Dough. You can also get the "pizza and wyngz (because they're not really chicken?)" combo as well.Really? We need more encouragement to eat poorly?

Smart marketing, as I now want to run out and buy them-- ohhhh wait. One slice of DiGiornio pizza clocks in at 300 calories, 13 fat grams, 39g carbs, and 2 g fiber (9 points). One cookie is 180 calories, 9 g fat, 23 g carbs, and 1 g fiber (5 points)- and who can eat one slice of pizza AND one cookie? Not me. 14 points for an unsatisfying meal?

Creative, but impractical for a dieter. Then again, buying a frozen pizza that isn't a Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, or Weight Watchers brand pizza is a diasaster waiting to happen.

Hungry Girl's TV show had a recipe for pizza that I've been living off of the last week- take a tortilla (I have the "Ultra Healthy!' ones that are 2 points) and bake it at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Take out of oven, spread 1/4 c pizza sauce, 1/4 c shredded (RF) cheese, 5 slices turkey pepperoni, sliced, and some veggies (I went with green pepper, red pepper, onion and mushroom). Bake again for 5 minutes. Cut and serve. BAM. A 6 point pizza.

This combo reminds me of when the "pancake and sausage on a stick" came out from Jimmy Dean in 2006 (they have a *chocolate chip* pancake and sausage on a stick!)- all of the late night hosts were making fun of it, Jon Stewart in particular. "You listening al Qaeda?! You can't take us down as fast as these things!" Granted, the cookies aren't *on* the pizza, but I'm sure it's not far behind.