The best sandwich meat

canadagirl79
canadagirl79 Posts: 154
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
does anyone buy meat from the deli of their grocery store?? is it best to go buy it there and use that for sandwiches? i just don't know how many pieces per cals..i guess i could look it up :ohwell: LOL

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  • ericaquin
    ericaquin Posts: 68 Member
    Personally, when it comes to sandwich meat I only eat boreshead brand deli meat. Not every grocery store carries it. It is premium meat and I feel it tastes THE BEST!!! They even have a website so you can look up the nutrition info and serving size. Hope this helps.
  • VballLeash
    VballLeash Posts: 2,456 Member
    I get turkey from the deli at the grocery store or I get trader joes turkey which is good too!... I think the ones at the grocery store are around 80 calories a slice.

    ~Leash :heart:
  • willnorton
    willnorton Posts: 995 Member
    if you had time...buy skinless, boneless...chicken breasts and turkey breasts.....cook them on the weekend and then slice them up real thin and you can have sandwich meat or even make them into chicken salad or turkey salad.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    i f you have an outside grill, you will have a treat
  • EKarma
    EKarma Posts: 594 Member
    I usually get the land o frost 90 calorie packets of deli meat. It's a lot of meat for 90 cals! And it seems to stay fresher for longer because they are in individual packages. :tongue:
  • fbref9
    fbref9 Posts: 74 Member
    I have found that almost any low sodium turkey breast (store brand, name brand, etc...) is pretty good. I buy the Stop and Shop low sodium turkey breast which is about 60 calories for a 2 oz serving. At first I was embarrassed to ask the deli person for the nutritional information, but when I did he gladly brought out a packaged product and let me write down all the important information.
  • ractayjon
    ractayjon Posts: 365
    You can ask the deli counter to show you the nutrition labels on the meats they have. What I did was wrote down all the choices my grocer had then looked them up online, got the nutritional values, compared them (mostly the additives and sodium) and made my choice.
    I usually buy extra lean ham and turkey breast from the deli. Sometimes chicken breast.
    Stay away from the fatty meats (bologna, salami, capicola etc) and the red meats (roast beef) only rarely.
    Do a little research and you'll find some you like.
    Also, when you have them slice it ask for shaved - then weigh it before you make your sandsich - for some reaason a few ounces shaved "looks" like more on a sandwich - then load your sandwich with veggies adding the meat as the extra (rather then making the meat the main part)
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 9,964 Member
    does anyone buy meat from the deli of their grocery store?? is it best to go buy it there and use that for sandwiches? i just don't know how many pieces per cals..i guess i could look it up :ohwell: LOL

    Ditto...love the buffalo chicken, sweet slice ham, oven gold turkey, hard salami and roast beef...some of their cuts are on the American Heart Association checklist for low sodium and fat
  • tlblood
    tlblood Posts: 473 Member
    I found that my Target Supercenter deli usually puts a nutritional label on the bag of deli sliced meat.
  • cpaq
    cpaq Posts: 1
    this is to ERICA....just wanted to say i LOVE your motto ..."Nothing tastes as good as thin feels."

    thanks for the little nugget of motivation! :-)
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    I look for the nitrate free deli meats - usually lilydale has a good selection. It's difficult to find a lot of nitrate free meats and shame on the manufacturers for not producing them, especially in todays health conscious society.
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