Seafood

Brisling Sardines (Sprats) are Delicious

Brisling sardines, also know as sprats, are small fishies that taste delicious. Milder than regular sardines and much smaller, they are a little more expensive, but well worth the price. According to millionairefish.com. “…brislings are less than half the size of other sardines. With a mild flavour and no noticeable scales, these silvery little fish…

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Brisling Sardines (Sprats) and Potato Hash

Brisling sardine hash with green onions, a small potato (I’m on maintenance and can afford a few extra carbs), ginger/garlic/chili paste, salt; Romaine lettuce salad with red onion, red peppers and salsa mayo. Delicious! However, this meal was low in protein (only 16 gm in the fishies), so I will likely need to eat something…

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Konjac Noodles, Tuna and Eggs

Konjac noodles, Rio Mare tuna in olive oil, three boiled eggs, minced shallot (I prefer green onions, but I didn’t have any), chili flakes. About 9 gm carbs. One of my favourite meals… and my first meal of 2023!

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Merry Christmas to Me!

After shopping for our upcoming family Christmas get-together, I splurged on my favourite bangers (English-style sausages) from Save-on-Foods and Rio Mare canned salmon from Safeway. Merry Christmas to me!

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Romaine Lettuce Salad with Tuna and Bacon

Romaine lettuce salad with Rio Mare tuna, bacon, red onion, baby tomatoes, salsa mayo. Another quick, simple, easy, delicious meal. For fun and interest’s sake, I calculated the macronutrients on this meal. Total carbs: 11.9 gms Protein: 49.4 gms Fat: 25.4 gms Calories: 477 So, I  think you can see that I’m low on both…

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Divine Sardines in a Can

Today I discovered some lovely flavoured sardines in Safeway on Broadway and MacDonald in Vancouver. They are Boneless Sardine Fillets – Smoked Jalapeno in Oil from Clover Leaf. Delicious just straight from the can! They would be great in a salad or made into a sauce to put on Konjac noodles… and perfect as a…

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