My son is a chef and he’s fond of saying “everything is better with bacon.” I almost agree but edit that statement to say that “ALMOST everything tastes better with bacon” because I tried chocolate covered bacon at the State Fair this year and it was pretty yucky.
After starting Weight Watchers last year I cut way back on my bacon consumption despite my Weight Watchers leader stating on several occasions that 1 slice of regular bacon is only 1 Weight Watcher point.
But to me bacon is like potato chips – I can never eat just one. Don’t bother putting any bacon on my plate if you’re going to tease me by only giving me 1 slice. If it’s not at least 4 or 5 slices, forget it. And 5 Weight Watchers points just for bacon is a little excessive unless I plan on eating tons of fruits and veggies the rest of the day which is probably not going to happen.
That’s why I was so excited to discover Oscar Mayer Center Cut bacon in the store. According to the nutrition information on the nearly empty package I currently have, 6 slices of the delicious stuff is 3 Weight Watchers points. That’s bacon heaven to me! (please always check Weight Watchers points on your own for any food because manufacturers are changing packaging and serving sizes and product recipes more frequently than you might think).
I now am back to enjoying my very favorite salad in the world with crumbled bacon on it. Yum, yum, yum! Bacon no longer has to be a once a year birthday treat for me.
BTW – my favorite salad consists of a huge amount of fresh baby spinach (an entire 5 ounce package) that I then toss with exactly 2 tablespoons hot bacon dressing made with about half the recommended amount of sugar and then topped with generous amounts of sliced sweet onion, sliced fresh mushrooms, half a can of sliced water chestnuts; and along with about 1 tablespoon freshly shredded parmesan cheese and best of all, perfectly crisp pieces of deliciously salty center cut bacon!
So go ahead and enjoy lean center cut bacon with your favorite foods, but in moderation because even the center cut stuff is not the healthiest in the worldit’s not the healthiest food in the world. Even though I love it I don’t eat it every day although I do have it 2-3 times a week.
My favorite ways to enjoy it besides on the aforementioned spinach salad:
- crumbled on top of broccoli and cauliflower salad
- crumbled on top of baked potatoes that also are topped with Tostitos salsa con queso
- BLT sandwiches
- as a side with whole grain waffles
- with eggs (1 whole egg with 2 eggs whites cooked in a non-stick pan with cooking spray) and with whole grain toast)
- bacon wrapped water chestnuts (soak whole water chestnuts in low sodium soy sauce for at least 30 minutes, then wrap with center cut bacon that has been cut in half both lengthwise and widthwise so that each slice wraps 4 water chestnuts. It’s a super delicious and low calorie appetizer)
- bacon burger (93 percent lean ground beef burger with topped with onion, lettuce, tomato, crispy bacon and ketchup on an Anrolds Thins)
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