In the grocery store deli section are little salads that I never buy. However, the price became more than reasonable and I purchased 2/$1. The next day was the sell-buy date. Both salads looked fresh still and when I ate them had crispy greens.
On Wednesday, I had both salads, one for lunch and one for dinner. Wow, was that an easy meal to prepare! These were not free lunches, just almost free.
One part I did not eat was the cut up boiled egg. Those eggs are probably the fake boiled eggs that are a tube of egg. Besides, the white felt tough. Oh, I did not eat the soy nuts, either. I avoid soy.
Saturday, I will buy the rest of the salad fixings I need. At the Farmer's Market, I bought really delicious tomatoes from a farmer.
White grapes are $.78/lb. at the store, so I will get those and take part of them in the car for the Eclipse Trip.
Have you ever bought these pre-made salads with the toppings separate and ready to assemble? Even full price they are as cheap as a hamburger and much better for a person.
I love the ready made salads for a pinch. I prefer not to eat the dressings (usually lots of sugar), but definitely better than fast food.
ReplyDeleteHawaii,
DeleteSurprisingly, the little pots of salad had so little salad in them. Still, I did not scrape the dressing out. I just poured it on, so I did not get all the dressing.
I was trying to say dressing. there was just a dab of dressing and I still did not eat all of it.
DeleteI remember the tube of boiled "eggs" from my days waitressing during th summer while I was in college. If you stacked them, they were a perfect circle. I don't think, though, they use them anymore. I think they used pre-boiled, freeze dried packed eggs. I still wouldn't eat them, or buy anything with them. I try not to support inhumane farming practices.
ReplyDeleteMeg B.,
DeleteI wonder what is in the tube of eggs. I try never to eat eggs that did not come from my house. And, if I buy eggs, I try to buy ones that I feel have the best treated hens.
I *think* those tubes were molded from powdered egg substitute mixed with water, with food coloring for the yolk. You piqued my curiosity, but I can't even find pictures of them on the internet. (My kids would say this means they didn't exist.)
DeleteI have a neighbor from whom I buy duck eggs. Duck eggs are great for baking, and her ducks are treated beautifully.
Meg B.
DeleteThat is funny your children think a thing does not exist if not on the internet. I did see a picture of the tube eggs within the last week. I have heard duck eggs are the best for baking.