What's for dinner ( or lunch )

Aunt Bea said:
Chicken Cordon Bleu from the folks at Barber Foods, cabbage salad, maple glazed carrot coins, and apple sauce. 🐷

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I like those. I will often buy a couple packages when shopping.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
Glad you like my idea. What brand is your Hollandaise... and is it jarred or powdered? I love broccoli...I can just eat it steamed with some I Can't Believe It's Not Butter or with a little American cheese and I make an interesting broccoli salad. I can eat broccoli several times a week. I used to cook asparagus when I was younger. Last time I had it, I choked on it, so not crazy about eating it now. Enjoy your dinner.
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I use the Winco brand. It's a powder. It calls for adding milk and butter. And, I usually add lemon.
I do like broccoli, but I just don't eat it much.

**never seen H sauce in a jar.
 
David777 said:
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For lunch today thawed two frozen farm raised tilapia fillets of 12 ounces I'd bought at Trader Joe's. About the only meat I eat is occasional chicken and fish. Cooked them on a Nutrichef PKCOV45 convection oven cooker I mentioned 3 months ago that I am still experimenting with. Pamphlet suggested 10 to 15 minutes at 285>300F degrees. Interested in how the cooking went, watched it the whole time. After 15 minutes at 300F though maybe done, it didn't look too sizzly so I added another 10 minutes that turned out about right.

Tilapia have a wonderful clean fish flavor that reminds me of some ocean surf perch. Onto a clear glass Pyrex dinner plate, added some Imperial margarine (soybean and palm kernel oil) and salt. Quite delicious. Afterwards in my sink, conveniently filled the cooker removable heavy duty 12" diameter 6.5" deep glass bowl with an inch of warm soapy water, and plopped in the chrome steel wire tray, that cleaned easily, then repeated with the dinner plate and usual tools.
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I won't eat Tilapia.
The popularity of tilapia came about due to its low price, easy preparation, and mild taste.

Farm-raised tilapia, a very popular fish in the United States today, has very low levels of omega-3s and very high levels of omega-6.

https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/nutrition/avoid-tilapia/

Tilapia is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish.

I've read they are farmed in Southeast Asia in filthy waters and too close together.
 
Thanks @RadishRose, concerns one needs to understand. Supposedly Trader Joe's doesn't import tilapia from China, a reason that market, a mile from where I reside is an easy choice. The Omega 3 to 6 ratio is a more difficult issue as so many processed foods include Omega 6 fats. My own current solution as someone in reasonably good health with low cholesterol, is consuming 1000mg Omega 3 supplement pills, I've admittedly not paid attention to most of my adult life that might have had an influence on the auto immune arthritis that has recently occurred in my fingers. It is wise in this modern science and telecom age for people that are now living longer than ever to become familiar with food science recommendations.

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/trader-joe-s-to-phase-out-chinese-imports
 
David777 said:
Thanks @RadishRose, concerns one needs to understand. Supposedly Trader Joe's doesn't import tilapia from China, a reason that market, a mile from where I reside is an easy choice. The Omega 3 to 6 ratio is a more difficult issue as so many processed foods include Omega 6 fats. My own current solution as someone in reasonably good health with low cholesterol, is consuming 1000mg Omega 3 supplement pills, I've admittedly not paid attention to most of my adult life that might have had an influence on the auto immune arthritis that has recently occurred in my fingers. It is wise in this modern science and telecom age for people that are now living longer than ever to become familiar with food science recommendations.

https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/trader-joe-s-to-phase-out-chinese-imports
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Your Omega 3 supplement pills is a great solution for you I think.

I read the article in your link, but failed to see anything about Trader Joe not carrying Tilapia from China.

I saw Wegman's saying they had dropped some Chinese imports but "sales of frozen Tilapia, have stayed strong. "

The article also states that
"U.S. Food and Drug Administration slapped an import alert on five farmed-seafood species from China - shrimp, catfish, basa, eel and dace." Basa (and Swai) are just 2 of the types of Tilapia I know of.

Anyway, it cites China, but I should have been clearer; I've heard the bad farming practices are mainly in the Mekong Delta.

Since the article is almost 14 years old, I'm hoping things have changed for the better.
 
Today I've prepped all the ingredients for a chicken & veg stir-fry for tomorrow, as daughter is coming over. I was disappointed that I couldn't get baby corn & water chestnuts, but it will be colourful with red pepper, carrot, mushrooms, broccoli, onion and snow peas. Jasmine rice on the side.

No idea what to have for dinner today. Maybe lasagna and salad :unsure:
 
Searching a bit more, the lack of recent statements by TJ confirming its 2008 statement is indeed a red flag they may have probably chosen to continue importing Tilapia from China while realizing if they do so, social media will likely twist that action whatever they say. So TJ and other large seafood retailers may have tried to influence China large farming producers of the fish to use acceptable farming practices and actually test product samples at length. There are more recent food experts like Muhlstein that buy from TJ tending to reflect they know more about current circumstances than they are publicly advised to state. Not an ideal situation for consumers. Accordingly, would tend to trust large retailers of seafood products versus smaller or that served in restaurants.
 
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David777 said:
Searching a bit more, the lack of recent statements by TJ confirming its 2008 statement is indeed a red flag they may have probably chosen to continue importing Tilapia from China while realizing if they do so, social media will likely twist that action whatever they say. So TJ and other large seafood retailers may have tried to influence China large farming producers of the fish to use acceptable farming practices and actually test product samples at length. There are more recent food experts like Muhlstein that buy from TJ tending to reflect they know more about current circumstances than they are publicly advised to state. Not an ideal situation for consumers. Accordingly, would tend to test large retailers of seafood products versus smaller or that served in restaurants.
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I hope your fingers get better!
 
I had homemade pizza for lunch today. I make it using Naan bread, a little I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray, Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauce, dried basil and shredded mozzarella. Put it in the NuWave oven for 6 minutes (even though the bread was frozen). Really good. @David777 I suspect my NuWave is similar to your gadget.

My son went to My Salad, a place where make made to order salads and I asked him to bring something for me. I got mine with romaine lettuce, beets, apples, chopped egg, chic peas, grape tomatoes, shredded carrots and shredded cheddar cheese with Thousand Island dressing. It came with a roll. I will probably have half of that for dinner tonight.
 
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