Recipes, Food Tips, Healthy Eating & More

we have a local pizza place making Rueben pizza. Corned beef, sauerkraut, thousand island dressing. it's so yummy!

@jakedduck1 I agree with you and not such a great fan of dark chocolate but in the organic section of grocery store I found and tried dark chocolate covered cranberries which combo is not too bad. Just in case you want to venture out!

@lioness
Back when we ate hot dogs it was always with sauerkraut and mustard....heavenly. But no more hot dogs and I don’t buy Kielbasa .I don’t think I would eat it with anything else though. Hot dogs and Nedicks Orange drink at Coney Island, NY. Even White Castle hamburgers when they first came out.....You could eat a dozen of those little square patties with the pickle. Yikes...back to the future. It’s corned beef and cabbage time with boiled potatoes! Then you can make bubble and squeak with the leftovers.
Happy St Pats Day.
For reference...Bubble and Squeak is just leftover corned beef, cabbage and potatoes all fried up in butter. Boy did we eat butter.I didn’t see a jar of Mayonnaise until I was in college. That’s why my sandwiches had nothing on the bread...was not a fan of mustard back then. And my family put butter on all their sandwiches.....

FL Mary

@mockingbrd, This mayo sounds yummie....anything made from avocados goes to the top of my favorites list!! While I like salmon in any form, may have to give it a mix with avocados next time round! Smiles

@hopeful33250

Starting with sardines I would only buy from Portugal. Spain and Portugal care more about the quality of their seafood than any other country and they also produce canned muscles, squid, mackerel and clams. Our Publix sells many different brands from Portugal. If I see grilled octopus on a restaurant menu I ask where it is from and will only eat octopus from Spain. I usually only see this in Italian restaurants and high-end restaurants. I think any canned salmon that is labeled Wild is probably good. The word sustainability is not an easy word to decipher, it’s not black-and-white and can mean different things to different producers.
Fish notably scallops from Canada and down the Atlantic Coast is an another area that produces superior fish.
Our Publix sells fresh, previously frozen fish but I don’t know where it’s from. They also sell this fish frozen in one and 2 pound bags. I’ve only ever had their wild sockeye that was frozen.
Chile and Japan are other countries that produce good fish.

Costco sells Baramundi which is a sweet white mild fish from Australia. I always buy a big frozen bag there because of the price. You can find this in Whole Foods and sprouts.
It’s easier to trace the source of canned fish then it is fresh fish unless you happen to know a particular fish market. If you could understand what the codes and numbers mean on these cans you could probably trace back to its origins. We’re lucky to have a few good fresh seafood markets in my area and also a good number of ethnic food markets where you can find the most unusual products.

I do the same for a grass fed beef when I buy it. I look at the company that produces it and then research the company. Aldi supermarkets happens to have the best grass fed ribeye I have ever tasted. Even if you overcook it it’s still so tender. They also have organic chicken and chicken cutlets that are very tender.

I wind up going to several different stores when I shop and always buy my organic veggies at Sprouts. I like that you can buy one cucumber or one pepper instead of a package. So it’s not easy to know where your food comes from but you can research and if you come across something that is good then you know where to buy it. I wish supermarkets would stop using the term “natural” as it doesn’t really mean anything. It’s a crap shoot at times. But my family enjoys cooking, watching cooking shows and reading about the history of food...both son and daughter are excellent cooks and have given me a renewed interest in food.

So it is ribeye with onions and mushrooms , leftover red cabbage and spinach for dinner tonight....maybe some leftover cubed butternut squash.....red wine and too many Bark Thins.
Seems strange to be eating dinner at 6:30 or 7 when it’s still light out.

FL Mary

@mockingbird I've read that canned salmon is actually better nutritionally than fresh, I believe because of the calcium content in "bone in".

My cousin in Plano says rhubarb is occasionally available in the frozen foods section at Trader Joes. We found it in an HEB superstore in the Valley once too.
Sue

@fiesty76 My husband was the only one who liked mincemeat pie!
I had a huge walnut tree in my front yard when I lived in the Okanagan area of British Columbia. The walnuts were delicious but so much work in the Fall to harvest and clean. My next-door-neighbour always complained about my walnut tree's leaves blowing into her yard (!), and I was gracious enough to rake them up for her, even though she was 30 years younger than I.

@contentandwell , @artist01, Like Laurie, I frequently use a small can of salmon, with a dab of mayo, green onions, bread and butter pickles and finely chopp'd red/yellow bell peppers or even squash if any are on hand. Topped on a leafy green salad...delish!!

JK, maybe if you "pretend" the salmon is tuna for a first try it will get you over the hump? Smiles

It's National Pie Day!! 3/14 for 3.14159. Succinctly, pi—which is written as the Greek letter for p, or π—is the ratio of the circumference of any circle to the diameter of that circle.

For sake of argument, what is your favorite healthy pie, but all comers are acceptable, today. As for me, my mother's homemade tamale. For the desert side, strawberry rhubarb.
Ginger