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The flip side of the no carb thing is “anything vegetarian is diet food.” This includes cheese nachos and banana splits. With the later, you get the benefit of fruit. Fruit flavored ice cream also counts as fruit, and ice cream with nuts counts as vegetarian protein. Neither is fattening, so bring on the Chunky Monkey.

RumMunkey feels like an idiot…

I said Chunky Monkey, not RumMunkey.

Also, since MLS points out that chocolate derives from a bean and thus is a vegetable, Chunky Monkey is really a balanced meal–veggie protein, milk, fruit & veggie. It doesn’t get any better!

Yeah, but you have to add peanut butter so it’ll have some protein.

Now it’s balanced.

Nope. Chunky Monkey has walnuts, and all nuts are a non-fattening source of vegetarian protein.

Besides I hate peanut butter.