Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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Oh, totally a typo. Ham steaks, lol3
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Salad today with tomatoes 🍅, green onion, cucumber 🥒, dash of low cal dressing and 4 small slices of Canadian bacon. Oh - and a couple of Wasa crackers. Pretty low calorie to make up for a day of hit and run eating. I think I’m within my deficit limits based on logging but measuring wasn’t totally accurate.
Wonder why it’s called “Canadian” bacon?1 -
OK Laurie (and BCLady) and other canuckleheads "alert".
Maybe I'm missing something but I think this is pretty good if you normally use any of that stuff. Careful on the dressings because most regular type are NOT included. And I'm not sure if "light" options are included... This was at SAFEWAY -- not sure if it is also on at other Sobey properties.
But I DID stock up on 340g coffee and jars of classico pasta sauce at very good effective prices.... and I've also noticed that the signs have disappeared discretely at this time when some of the items on the list are already sale priced...
Basically price on shelf stands, scene point promotions work, and if you buy any 5 items from the list you get a straight $10 taken off the bottom of your bill, as far as I can tell automatically at the till (without a promo card scan).
I was at over 55% saved on both coffee and pasta sauce day AND got a bunch of points on top.
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Sounds like you scored major savings, PAV!!!! Thank you for the heads up.0
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Yooly - I'm not sure why because what is referred to as Canadian Bacon in the US is something I've never eaten here. The closest I can see is something my family ate when I was younger - peameal bacon - but peameal bacon is not precooked like ham or Canadian Bacon is.
But - I haven't eaten meat in a long time - maybe things changed
though I don't know of any meat eating friends who buy or order "Canadian Bacon" either 1 -
had to look around a bit. It seems most people up here have no connection to "Canadian Bacon" and perhaps peameal bacon is strictly on Ontario thing ?! Who knew
Peameal bacon is pork loin rolled in corn meal.
Here are some pictures - as you would buy peameal bacon at the store (in a big chunk you slice yourself) - and how you might find it served.
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Lots of information here - even compares peameal bacon to Canadian Bacon (also notes that it isn't Canadian at all!)
Okay - this vegetarian will step away from the Canadian Bacon conversation now 2 -
Tonight is beef bulgogi (frozen from Trader Joe's), rice, and stir fried veggies. I have some fresh Bok Choy along with a bag of frozen stir fry mix so will do it all together.1
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Tonight is airfried chicken tenderloins (no breading). They will marinate in buffalo sauce and just a little mayonnaise (helps it stick). I made myself some ranch dip for it (2tbsp 2% Greek Yogurt, 1tbsp 2% fairlife milk and 1tsp hidden valley ranch seasoning. For sides I'll cook up some freezer fries and some veggies (I have to peruse the freezer)1
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Go for a 2:1 --> they make some carrots, parsnips, and can't remember now... beets all of them in stick form and coated... heat in oven for "veggie fries"
Canadian bacon is like gammon bacon with no tail ... at least that's my conclusion. Of course gammon bacon doesn't really exist around my neck of the woods.
Apparently it is not Canadian at all... just called that. Usually we call it back bacon or more recently canadian bacon... so it looks like we've caved though the french continue to be strong and don't call their fries french!1 -
So I lied. Tomorrow will be the chicken tenderloins. Tonight was taco salad. Lettuce, Pico De Gallo, reduced fat cheese and sour cream, lean ground beef with taco seasonings. 5 Tortilla Chips and a dab of homemade guacamole.
After dinner I had 3oz of strawberries diced, with 1 serving extra creamy cool whip.2 -
Veggie pomme frites?2
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I have done sweet potato and butternut squash oven fries and panko dredged egg white breaded onion and bell pepper strips, and of course happy hour things like deep fried zuchini rounds, but have not tried to pomme fritte anything else.
Canadian bacon seems like ham to me. I've only encountered on pizzas with pineapple and egg breakfast sandwiches.
We recently smoked a turkey and a ham, finished in the oven. Using for all sorts of things. Will do split pea soup tomorrow with the ham bone.1 -
mmmmm.... split pea soup is GOOOOOD!1
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veggie pommes frites IS a thing my Yoolie!
And unless I misremember, Loblaw's (the second link) brings them all the way from BELGIUM--maybe even the french speaking part for all I know!!!
https://www.mmfoodmarket.com/products/root-vegetable-fries
Carrots, Parsnips, Beets, High Oleic Sunflower Oil And/or Vegetable Oil, rice Flour, Modified Potato Starch, Sugars (potato Dextrin, Tapiocadextrin), Corn Starch, Sea Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Baking Soda, Xanthan gum, Paprika Extract, Turmeric Extract, Modified Cellulose, Citric Acid.
Ha! And they're at ALMOST THE OLD HIGH PRICE.... maybe I should go snatch some!!!
https://www.realcanadiansuperstore.ca/ready-veggie-fries-carrot-parsnip-beet/p/21398244_EA1 -
I tried these last year, PAV - they were good - can't remember how I felt about the how worthy they were of the calories? Can't remember how big of a serving 85g is???2
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Pomme Frites sounds really good here! Food is staying down in small portions, but remains an issue staying in!
Is great to be feeling better!
Tonight having some roast chicken - did a lemon tarragon , whole with all the veggie trimmings as youngest son back from his year in Taiwan….,
Smells amazing! Will see how it goes😉
There will be plenty of leftovers, so going to make chicken soup with some of the leftovers & some broth!
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Bet you’re happy to have your boy home again Ms. Tea! No matter that they’re adults mamas miss their babies.
Also good to know you’re feeling better.3 -
I'm not gonna claim they're the best deal in town Laurie... I mean some coating etc. And you have to crisp them just right. But not bad at all if you're willing to ad-lib a bit. OF COURSE someone like yooly would make them from scratch in her air-frier with miniscule amounts of oil--u-huh!
Glad to hear Ms Tea is doing a bit better and that she has received wayward wanderer back into the fold. The areas in question seem to be percolating a bit too much for my liking...
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Laurie (and Ms BC) I was just sent today an unconscionably high priced (since being a bit slow I still consider $1.50 each to be excessively expensive and this is DOUBLE THAT) PATH to south of the border sugar free puddings!!!!
https://www.thelowcarbgrocery.com/catalog/kraft-pudding-pie-filling-g-121.html?prod_id=3619
Well... pistachio is out of stock but they do have cheesecake, lemon, and chocolate fudge. Free pickup from Markham or Burnaby, or Canada Post / Canpar costs, or free shipping for orders ranging from $69 (local) to $99 (canada wide)2 -
Bet you went for the free shipping PAV! Tell me that you didn’t buy $69 worth of puddings!
Nope I would not make veggies fries from scratch. Buy various veggies, peel, chop ….. too much effort. Easier to buy the frozen fries and shove them in the oven.2 -
Thinking about it! 🤣
Just kidding. I regularly drive by that area too often to justify not picking up unless no price delta.2 -
Veggie stuffed split pea soup for supper. The soup surprised me after browsing recipes with advice ranging between soak over night then cook 45m OR don't presoak and simmer 2 hours.
One recipe called to use a stick blender as it would thicken, another to include diced taters. So i cooked 45 min with sliced baby carrot rounds, then added diced potatoes and the ham another 45 mins.
The soup was pea green alright, tasted like split pea but the peas had cooked down to nothingness... it had a little creamy body to it, about the viscosity of cream maybe, but not even close to commercial canned soup... which come to think of it have large whole round peas. I used small split (halved) peas
But i liked it. Less cook time, potatoes go in at beginning. More peas, whole package instead of 1/2 pack.2 -
I got jelly of your soup!
Base was Habitant french split pea soup (798ml can = 820g) with add ons (230g carrots, 233g baby potatoes, 100g buffalo style sausage). All nuked to perfection! Prep 6 min because of all the cutting and weighing. Cook time 11min with some time in between the two nuke sessions to chat on the phone. Plus 5 for evening re-heat.... so total cook time: 22 minutes!
Picture is of left overs for evening meal!
That said... would have been much better cooked from scratch!!! for realz!
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lauriekallis wrote: »I tried these last year, PAV - they were good - can't remember how I felt about the how worthy they were of the calories? Can't remember how big of a serving 85g is???
Laurie? Which group are we in here? I can understand questions along the lines of how many calories for a bag? MAYBE on RARE occasions for HALF a bag?
I believe 85g servings were invented by under appreciated teachers who wanted to ensure their pupils remembered them fondly when doing involved math such as: 500/85*100 = about 590, probably close to 600 Cal per bag I would eyeball plain veggies at about 200 Cal for the weight (carrots are 41, beets 43, turnips 28 per 100g). So 3x the calories of plain veg! 1 -
I know that I ate significantly more than 85g in my serving ... but can't remember how much more
Adventurista - I just recently gave upa weekly Green soup - basically green split pea with lots of other green vegetables. Made it every Sunday for almost two years! My younger son came over and we traded 7 jars of green soup for 7 bottles of purple smoothies that he makes
Everyday staples - green soup and beet/blueberry/spinach smoothie. But - he started getting gas from the dried split peas and when I switched to whole frozen peas he wasn't keen on all the plastic packaging.
Strangely enough I find myself longing for green soup Your post has inspired me to make a pot this week.
Our recipe included a full bag of split peas, some frozen green peas, kale, lots of broccoli, asparagus, celery and I did allow onion in there even though it wasn't green 2 -
I got jelly of your soup!
Base was Habitant french split pea soup (798ml can = 820g) with add ons (230g carrots, 233g baby potatoes, 100g buffalo style sausage). All nuked to perfection! Prep 6 min because of all the cutting and weighing. Cook time 11min with some time in between the two nuke sessions to chat on the phone. Plus 5 for evening re-heat.... so total cook time: 22 minutes!
Picture is of left overs for evening meal!
That said... would have been much better cooked from scratch!!! for realz!
That looks pretty good, PAV! You chopped!!!!!!!!!2 -
Laurie- I’ve always added a teaspoon of baking soda when soaking or cooking dried beans. Reduces the PH and speeds up cooking time. Less gas production. Could work for split peas maybe?
Baking soda might have a mild after taste/salt factor mentioned by some cooks. I use very little and have never detected an off taste.2 -
1/3 pack of Precooked roast beef and Au just, plus 5.5oz white button mushrooms cooked down in the jus3
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Sounds delish @nicsflyingcircus
Love quick'n easy, pop a can, stuff, heat & eat. Looks good @PAV8888 .
I tried the baking soda with a mixed bean soup, it worked well @Yoolypr2
