Low calorie BACON!?!?!

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  • Mygsds
    Mygsds Posts: 1,564 Member
    Great Value is the worst bacon brand on the planet.

    Go with Trader Joe's brand if you have it near you. Still cheap but GMO and hormone and antibiotic free.

    Great Value is not a brand to even put in your cart.

    If you don't have TJ's at least get nitrate free bacon.

    Do some research on Great Value....horrible horrible farming practices.

    Take a look at this . Surprising



    lol nitrate free bacon

    http://chriskresser.com/the-nitrate-and-nitrite-myth-another-reason-not-to-fear-bacon
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I second the natural nitrate free bacon, you want to fuel with real food not just empty calories :)

    Say what?? :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    I am making bacon in the form of the Cowboys star; it is double smoked...any takers?
  • AwesomeGuy37
    AwesomeGuy37 Posts: 436 Member
    When I weighed the GV bacon, 2 pieces weighed what the package serving weight was, even though the serving size said 3 pieces. It has the same calories as any bacon, but is so thin that it seems less.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I am making bacon in the form of the Cowboys star; it is double smoked...any takers?

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  • xjeanie
    xjeanie Posts: 69
    Great Value is the worst bacon brand on the planet.

    Go with Trader Joe's brand if you have it near you. Still cheap but GMO and hormone and antibiotic free.

    Great Value is not a brand to even put in your cart.

    If you don't have TJ's at least get nitrate free bacon.

    Do some research on Great Value....horrible horrible farming practices.

    I totally understand everyone wanting to eat as clean and chemical free as possible - it's great. However, (and this is more so in general, and not maybe so SPECIFICALLY directed at you) people who are all, "ONLY EAT ORGANIC GMO FREE LOCAL GLUTEN FREE DAIRY FREE" (etc) are TOTALLY ignoring the fact that organic/etc food is REALLY expensive! We have a one-income household right now, I'm in nursing school, paying double the price for 1/2 the quantity isn't always feasible. Malnutrition is a threat, just like foods with chemicals is a threat.

    (end rant, again, not specically at you, just an in general kinda thing)
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    Oscar Meyers center cut bacon is 70 cal for 3 slices.

    THIS and I go for the lower sodium kind.
  • bethlaf
    bethlaf Posts: 954 Member
    Jennie-O turkey bacon is also pretty low-cal, although I prefer the real stuff.

    Yes....we eat turkey bacon in our house. Even my 7 year old loves it!

    this !! i never liked the "wasted money" on real bacon ...
    so turkey bacon now that its been around a while is the option , which is better, buy 12 oz packet of bacon cook it , end up with 5 oz of edible food or buy the 6 oz packet of turkey bacon(for a buck) and then when the jenni o is cooked its still 5 oz of food ... for half the price , sorry, i love bacon just as much as the next person , but until it comes down from 8.00 lb for good not fake smoked injected, ill stick with the Jenni o
  • Mav3rick54
    Mav3rick54 Posts: 180 Member
    I am making bacon in the form of the Cowboys star; it is double smoked...any takers?

    ME!!!! ME!!!!
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    It's not that precooked bacon is lower in calories, it's that the nutritional information doesn't include the fat that has already run off from cooking. Assuming you're not consuming the bacon fat from the pan, the nutritional information will be similar for normal bacon.

    ^this. I was going to post the same thing.
  • PurpleCupcakes01
    PurpleCupcakes01 Posts: 141
    I buy chicken bacon, I know not technically bacon but I cant tell the difference in taste and low in calories.

    Chicken bacon!!???!!! Nah, no thanks
  • tracydr
    tracydr Posts: 528 Member
    I tasted that stuff at my parent's. I'd rather go without. I use Canadian bacon for less calories or just eat the calories with real bacon.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    I am making bacon in the form of the Cowboys star; it is double smoked...any takers?

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    I know....I know......*muah*
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I am making bacon in the form of the Cowboys star; it is double smoked...any takers?

    772645.gif

    I know....I know......*muah*

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  • Mangopickle
    Mangopickle Posts: 1,509 Member
    Okay, I feel like I was the only one that did not know this...

    The precooked bacon that you find in the stores are very low in calories!!! The Great Value brand runs 60 calories for 3 pieces. The pieces seemed a little short, so I went with the Farmland brand at 90 calories for 4 pieces.

    So was anyone else in the dark about this marvelous discovery???

    This got me geared up for a super delicious BLT...

    270 calories for a very large BLT sandwich that has plenty of bacon for me and was more than enough for a dinner portion. I placed mine on my panini press set to max heat setting for a few seconds to get it slightly "toasted".

    90 calories - Flat out flatbread (improved original)
    90 calories - 4 slices bacon
    20 cals - tomato
    10 cals - lots of shredded lettuce
    60 cals - 2 packets Hellman's Light Mayo
    pepper to taste

    you can save yourself even more calories by replacing the Mayo with yogurt dip or sieved greek yogurt. 2 tbsp. about 25-35 cal
    I have bacon-2 strip for breakfast about 5 days a week with coffee and skim milk. So satisfying
  • jymmeh
    jymmeh Posts: 33 Member
    We get the: Bacon - Hormel Fully Cooked - Sams Club

    4 slices for 70 calories.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    this is a crazy thread, i don't even know where to look first.

    ckn bacon
    trky bacon
    ready bacon
    real bacon
    thick bacon
    endscutoffbacon

    just eat your bacon already and don't worry bout the cals no matter which one you're getting they all should fit nicely up all your macros.
  • lsorci919
    lsorci919 Posts: 772 Member
    In for bacon!

    I only recently found out about butterball turkey bacon.... was shocked when I tasted it and it was actually good!
  • novaman1
    novaman1 Posts: 1 Member
    I am new to site. I have a question? I am looking for recipes I can only find a place to put my recipes. I guess I am missing something.. any help would be appreciated. Smile.:
  • SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish
    SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Posts: 831 Member
    Get Hempler's thick center cut peppered bacon (or not peppered if you dont like pepper), the bacon is so good, 2 slices are 90 cals, but its thick and meaty and 4 slices are more filling than 6 or more of most brands, good on protein too. Plus I don't get that "bacon haziness" I get with some other brands when I eat a lot of it, and the cost is not much more than other brands in my grocery store. No antibotic/hormone fed pigs, no MSG added. It has nitrates but "no nitrates" really doesn't mean there are no nitrates in "no nitrate" bacon (they just add the celery powder and let bacteria act on it to create nitrates).

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