If you’re a vegetarian following the Medifast diet or just looking for some variety in your meal planning, some of your options for a lean, green Medifast meal include meatless pancakes made by Morningstar Farms. But you might be wondering how many Morningstar Farms muffins are in Medifast anyway, right? So let’s take a look at the instructions.
First of all, you should know that there are three different vegan brands of pancakes that you can eat when you are on the Medifast diet. They are Morningstar Farms, Boca Burger and Garden Burger.
For each of these brands, you’ll want to check the nutrition information where you need to select pancakes that have less than six grams of carbohydrates each. If none of these brands are available to you or there are some meatless pancakes you’d like to try, I think it would be a good idea to just follow the same guidelines, but I would also try to match the nutritional stats of the approved products when looking for a different brand.
Your serving size for Morningstar Farms (or other brands) is two servings as part of your lean, green meal. As you can see, the serving is very generous and this should keep your appetite comfortably while taking care of your hunger and nutritional needs for the day.
While you won’t be able to enjoy your veggie burger with buns, since buns aren’t on the plan due to the higher carbs, you might want to try some lettuce wraps as a good alternative. Romaine lettuce makes a great wrap, but for more crunch, try some iceberg lettuce. Other types of lettuce that are popular for making sandwich wraps are red lettuce, butter lettuce, radicchio, and baby spinach.
To make the lettuce wraps, you just chop up a Morningstar Farms veggie burger, add some chopped onions, some cabbage and heat it all up to a spoon into the lettuce wrappers. If you eat dairy, consider adding 2 tablespoons of low-carb ranch dressing for a tasty option. And if you don’t eat dairy, you can cook your vegetable patties in 2 teaspoons of canola oil instead of using nonstick cooking spray. Or stick to non-stick drizzle and chop up 5-10 black olives and add to lettuce wraps for a great tasting Medifast lean and green meal.