Sardines in olive oil. Trader Joe's

mikefromhaddonfield

These are so good. > 200 calories.

Penthesilea514

While my DH may agree with you, I'm gonna have to hard pass. Not a fan of sardines.

Sabine_Stroehm

Love them. Love the ones from costco too. Especially on a salad. YUM.

DX2JX2

I love 'em. My SO is a fan of the ones in mustard sauce but I like mine pure.

Queenmunchy

The king Oscar jalapeño are my favorite!

sgt1372

I buy cheap canned sardines, tuna, salmon and mackeral (as low as $1/can) where ever I can find it as a cheap source of protein.

In terms of cals, canned in water is better than in oil. Same applies to all other canned seafood. But taste and texture canned in oil seems better to me than water.

I always buy canned in water but sometimes drain the can and add a tbsp of high quality EVOO, salt and pepper to improve the taste b4 eating it straight out of the can for a snack w/or w/o crackers.

cmtigger

I get the no salt added in water from TJ's. I mash them up and mix them like tuna salad and eat them on crackers.

Muana1005

I like sardines in olive oil. I usually drain and keep the oil to use as dressing in salads.

CattOfTheGarage

Did you mean <200 calories?

10/10 for 'canned in olive oil'. I really hate the texture of fish canned in water, it squeaks on my teeth and sticks to the roof of my mouth. I decided a long time ago that having the kind canned in oil is worth the calories. I drain off the extra oil anyway.

Gallowmere1984

Stole an idea from someone on Facebook and paired sardines with cottage cheese. Pretty damned good, actually.

DX2JX2

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

Stole an idea from someone on Facebook and paired sardines with cottage cheese. Pretty damned good, actually.

I like both of those individually but am not positive I'd like them together.

Kimblesnbits13

DX2JX2 wrote: »

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

Stole an idea from someone on Facebook and paired sardines with cottage cheese. Pretty damned good, actually.

I like both of those individually but am not positive I'd like them together.

How do people eat sardines? Like do you just mash and put it on a sandwich? Or does it pair well with rice? I used to eat them straight out of the can as a snack but would like to experiment with making an actual meal.

mranlett

My favorites are the King Oscar ones (although I'll eat a huge swath of them) and my favorite way to eat them is to dump them (oil and all) on top of a salad. Then I get my protein and salad dressing in one shot. Delicious.

I have to say that the Aldi brand sardines are gross. I think they're in soybean oil, and they don't pull out the spines so it just has this awful mouth feel... gross...

MommaGem2017

This just takes me right back to childhood memories of watching my parents eat them straight from the can on saltine crackers...

CattOfTheGarage

mranlett wrote: »

I have to say that the Aldi brand sardines are gross. I think they're in soybean oil, and they don't pull out the spines so it just has this awful mouth feel... gross...

I didn't think they ever take the bones out, do they? They're meant to be well enough cooked that the bones are edible. If they still feel hard or spiky, they didn't cook it long enough.

(I love the little crunchy bones! )

sgt1372

CattOfTheGarage wrote: »

I didn't think they ever take the bones out, do they? They're meant to be well enough cooked that the bones are edible. If they still feel hard or spiky, they didn't cook it long enough.

Bones are never taken out of sardines.

Never had a problem eating them; always soft. Not sure if that's due to cooking or the sterilization or pasteurization process.

Would probably be too costly to try to remove them. Besides, they add calcium to your diet.

Sabine_Stroehm

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

Stole an idea from someone on Facebook and paired sardines with cottage cheese. Pretty damned good, actually.

Okay, must try this.