If I'm cooking something that calls for poultry or fish or if the substitution can be made without any detriment to the flavor I'll go with it. Anything that requires the turkey or chicken substitute for beef or pork I'll go with the asked for meat, as soups, stews, and other things with a liquid component tend to leech the flavoring out of the meat, leaving fairly tasteless meats in the recipe. So, for instance, I'll use real pork or beef sausage for sausage and sauerkraut or red beans and rice or jambalaya. The key is balance. Eat a healthy balance of protein sources and carbohydrate sources with a good array of vitamins and minerals, and be very careful with portion sizes. My blood chemistry is all pretty good, and I'm dropping (not losing, what people lose they try to find again most of the time) weight towards a weight goal, which has helped my hypertension and blood sugar issues. And also remember that if you find out you've eaten something not on your current diet plan that stress has far more negative effects on the body than an occasional step outside the lines on your own diet plan. Relax, compensate for it moving forward, and move on. Dieting as an exercise can often exhibit most of the key warning signs of addiction, and it's often self inflicted. Something to think about.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Christy via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 6:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] Turkey Or Pork > > Yes. and I should eat like less pork. That would be good with me I > mean. > But I can't give it up just yet :D > > > In a message dated 6/19/2014 7:23:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Glad to have choices in life. I have preferred turkey, chicken and > fish since I was 19 and have cut out pork and lowered my beef > consumption considerably. I eat more of a Mediterranean diet and feel > much better with lots of good low numbers on my cholesterol, heart, > etc. Of course, I cook pork just as well for anyone who likes it. I > feel better when I eat this way and enjoying life is the key, right? > > *smile* > Regina Marie > Phone: 916-877-4320 > Email: [email protected] > Follow me: http://www.twitter.com/mamaraquel Find Me: > http://www.facebook.com/reginamarie > Listen Live: http://www.jandjfm.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jan via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:51 AM > To: [email protected]; 'Charles Rivard' > Subject: [CnD] Turkey Or Pork > > I would never eat bacon I had to add anything to either. Turkey bacon > has no taste to me and is dry. Pork bacon or nothing for me. I bake > it, fry it, with a cover or bacon crisper, or microwave it, depending > on my mood and amount of time I have. The same with sausages and > ground meat. Beef or pork. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Charles Rivard via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 10:50 AM > To: [email protected]; Sandy > Subject: [CnD] turkey or pork bacon - Re: bacon cooking > > If I have to add something to make my bacon taste more like bacon, > I'll not eat that bacon anymore. Give me real bacon or none. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're > finished, you! really! are! finished! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy via Cookinginthedark" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "'Regina Marie'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 2:10 AM > Subject: Re: [CnD] bacon cooking > > > > My microwave crisper or cooker is well over 5 years old, and regular > > and turkey bacon leaves a residue to clean between the ridges, just > > like grilling on the Foreman grill. anyway, you were saying if you > put > > olive oil on turkey bacon, it tastes more like regular bacon. > > Do you coat each slice in olive oil prior to micro cooking? an > > interesting concept. > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
