Healthy alternatives to deli meat

[Anonymous]

I usually make lunch sandwiches with deli cold cuts from WH or Wegmans. Apparently these are really bad for you. What healthy alternatives have you found?

[Anonymous]

You can cook meat at home to make sandwiches (chicken breasts, pork loin, roast beef, etc.). I wouldn't do this just for sandwiches (except for the chicken), but if you normally eat items like this, just use your leftovers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I usually make lunch sandwiches with deli cold cuts from WH or Wegmans. Apparently these are really bad for you. What healthy alternatives have you found?

Back in olden times, before pre-packaged preservative-laden meats, people would bake hams, roast turkeys and chickens and cuts of beef, BION.

Here's a recipe for roast beef sandwiches: http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017348-the-best-roast-beef-for-sandwiches

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I usually make lunch sandwiches with deli cold cuts from WH or Wegmans. Apparently these are really bad for you. What healthy alternatives have you found?

You just realized they are bad for you? Did you think that they were health foods? =S Even before the official WHO made the statement regarding the cancer risk (This info was publicly known for years btw, the WHO just decided to make it their formal stance now, it's not new data) they were always known to be unhealthy.

In regards to your question I would either use real meat (pretty easy to do), or substitute another protein in place of the deli meat (i.e an egg).

If rotisserie chicken is not on the radar you could grab an entire chicken for 5 bucks and shred the meat off. That should last quite a while.

[Anonymous]

Hummous! Cheese! AVocado! Peanut/Almond/Nut butter! Fried Egg!

[Anonymous]

What's the CW on nitrate-free deli meat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I usually make lunch sandwiches with deli cold cuts from WH or Wegmans. Apparently these are really bad for you. What healthy alternatives have you found?

You just realized they are bad for you? Did you think that they were health foods? =S Even before the official WHO made the statement regarding the cancer risk (This info was publicly known for years btw, the WHO just decided to make it their formal stance now, it's not new data) they were always known to be unhealthy.

In regards to your question I would either use real meat (pretty easy to do), or substitute another protein in place of the deli meat (i.e an egg).

If rotisserie chicken is not on the radar you could grab an entire chicken for 5 bucks and shred the meat off. That should last quite a while.

Does scolding others make you feel better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the CW on nitrate-free deli meat?

The WSJ ran an article on this and said that there hadn't been enough studies to determine if deli meat w/o chemicals was w/o risk. It's also a problem I face. Underweight DS really likes sandwiches and even though I'm willing to pack hot food in a thermos he doesn't always want it. He doesn't like PBJ or hummus very much, tuna gets soggy, he doesn't care for egg salad. There are not 10 million options and I'm a good cook. Also, unless you have a power slicer you are not going to get thin cuts of meat suitable for small kids even if you cook your own. I think about the tradeoffs every time I pack a turkey sandwich.

[Anonymous]

When I go to the deli, I see them slicing from the turkey breast. If it is low sodium, how is that unhealthy? It is like you taking a chicken and slicing it, except the deli slices it thinner.

[Anonymous]

If nitrate free why is this unhealthy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I go to the deli, I see them slicing from the turkey breast. If it is low sodium, how is that unhealthy? It is like you taking a chicken and slicing it, except the deli slices it thinner.

There may be some actually turkey breasts at the deli, but most of of the meat for slicing is ground up turkey pressed together to reconstitute it as a solid.

[Anonymous]

It looks like an actual ham or turkey or something.

[Anonymous]

Awesome! One more item to add to the list of "things I shouldn't eat or I'll die". At least it's not a new item.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It looks like an actual ham or turkey or something.

If the texture of the turkey is very smooth, it's reconstituted.

[Anonymous]

Whole Foods sells a turkey breast they roast in the store, they slice it to your specs. It ain't cheap.