I need a healthy alternative to egg and bacon(nitrates) sandwiches. whats your daily lunch?
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
Today it was felafel Greek salad and Greek potatos. Gotta mix it up...
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Wait what? Nitrates in celery?
You can find lots of packaging for 'nitrate free' things that have a disclaimer somewhere saying '*except from celery.'
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
Easiest solution is to use unprocessed meats. Get thin sliced pork, (butchers usually have a deli slicer for raw meat, or you can do it yourself with a knife if you are careful) add a dab of honey or maple and a sprinkle of cayenne and cook.
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Wait what? Nitrates in celery?
Yeah, that's how food processors cure meat without using curing salts: they just replace it with celery juice or celery powder that contains natural nitrates, which cause the same effect but allow for different labeling rules.
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Is this a joke I'm not American enough to understand?
The word tacos implies Mexican food, and Mexican preparations of beans traditionally use lard as the cooking fat.
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
The eggs aren't your problem, the bacon is. Dunno if they sell these where you live, but these Chicken Breakfast Sausages have no nitrates. This company makes chicken bacon also. You can also add some veggies to your eggs like peppers, onions, spinach, or kale. You can also try making a Pepper & Egg sandwich.
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You can make a serviceable bacon substitute from smoked tofu. Cut it into strips, coat them in oil and put them in the air fryer.
I prefer king oyster mushrooms, sliced and marinated, roasted till crispy. A little bit of soy sauce and a little bit of liquid smoke in the marinade makes it pretty bacony.
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
Cheezwhiz on white bread
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Do you like smoked salmon? The precooked stuff, you can eat it cold, is good with eggs.
Can't go wrong with some fresh vegetables (on side or on sandwich) too, tomatos, cucumbers, peppers, carrots or anything. -
- 150g greek yogurt
- 120g blueberries
- 40g quick cooking oats
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- dash salt
- dash cinnamon
Mix all that together before work and then by lunch the oats will have softened. If I'm trying to gain weight I'll throw in 30g hemp hearts as well. You can also switch up the berries/fruit, sweetener, and spices however you like, this combo is just what I like.
Here's my overnote oats recipe
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Can you describe the process in general, or point to a good recipe?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Mix salt, cure and sugar by weight based on weight of belly to be cured. Coat both sides with cure and place on a rack in the fridge. Turn daily and remove any fluid that drips on the tray under the rack. Leave for 5-7days. Remove from fridge. Rinse with cold water to remove the cure. Dry and place back on the rack in the fridge overnight. The next day smoke to your liking. You can cold or hot smoke it.
Slice and yummm bacon......
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
My advice, don't "substitute", instead replace.
There are so many delicious healthy options, and all the fake meat substitutes are garbage in comparison.
Eggs are great sources of protein already, so put just about anything on instead. BBC Good Foods is a great resource for easy meals and sandwiches with healthier ingredients if you need ideas.
I've also recently cut way back on processed meats, and honestly have really been enjoying pan fried tofu, chickpeas (seasoned and air fried are amazing), and many other protein sources enough that I've cut a lot of meat out by default.
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I'll happily send you links to two googly drives of cookery books, if you'd like
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Mix salt, cure and sugar by weight based on weight of belly to be cured. Coat both sides with cure and place on a rack in the fridge. Turn daily and remove any fluid that drips on the tray under the rack. Leave for 5-7days. Remove from fridge. Rinse with cold water to remove the cure. Dry and place back on the rack in the fridge overnight. The next day smoke to your liking. You can cold or hot smoke it.
Slice and yummm bacon......
Is "cure" an ingredient?
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
Eggs and spinach and hot sauce is fantastic. No prep, just toss them on top of each other.
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
if you have access to an Indian market, get paneer (firm cheese). you can slice it thin, add oil and seasonings like smokey paprika salt pepper. then either fry it in a pan or air fryer. it gets crispy and delicious. I used to make PLTs (paneer, lettuce, tomato) sandwiches.
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
Egg and turkey bacon sandwich.
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tryna stay healthy and move away from processed meats, whilst also spending as little time prepping food as possible.
Half a pound of tofu with some sesame oil, honey, soy sauce, and sriracha.
A handful of frozen "stir fry Veggies"
Toss it in the air fryer for like 15 minutes at 360-ish.
Sometimes I serve it with microwave steamed brown rice from costco.
It's like $3 of ingredients at the most and its super healthy.
If you have a diet high in seed oils, consider a different aromatic oil or skip the oil altogether.
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Half a pound of tofu with some sesame oil, honey, soy sauce, and sriracha.
A handful of frozen "stir fry Veggies"
Toss it in the air fryer for like 15 minutes at 360-ish.
Sometimes I serve it with microwave steamed brown rice from costco.
It's like $3 of ingredients at the most and its super healthy.
If you have a diet high in seed oils, consider a different aromatic oil or skip the oil altogether.
Where are you getting a half pound of tofu alone for under 3$?
Also, its personal preference but damn if siracha isn't over and just tastes badic and boring. Surely there is a better sauce substitute here.
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Eggs and spinach and hot sauce is fantastic. No prep, just toss them on top of each other.
guess that's what im doing already but without bread or bacon. should be easy. thanks
