Two More Items For Your Summer Survival Kit

 

Two More Items For Your Summer Survival Kit

Today is rainy and cool but don’t fool yourself summer is here and so is warm and hot weather.

I may be making pasta for dinner tonight but by next week the weather is suppose to be getting hot and I will be glad to have my food survival kit on hand.

Today I will add two products to put in your summer survival kit. The first is a given instant mash potatoes. Now, now don’t groan some of the instant potatoes are actually good. I found that the Idaho brand sold at the Dollar Tree is very good and surprisingly tasty. I bought the sour cream and garlic flavored instant potatoes and I do love them and they are a great value. You get two packages a box and there are enough potatoes in each pouch for three meals.

That leads me to the second item real bacon bits which I added to the potatoes.

I had never bought bacon bits before but saw them on the shelf at the Dollar General and decided to give them a try on impulse. They are in a four point five ounce bag, but you can get a larger size. I bought the Oscar Myer brand bacon bits and it cost two dollars. I know it sounds expensive but it’s not. These bacon bits go further than you can imagine.

When I got to the check out the lady that waited on me said oh I buy these all the time and I love them! I asked her what she put the bacon bits in besides a salad. She said she used them in potatoes especially potatoes with sour cream and garlic and they are delicious and then she said when I want to make a BLT I no longer have to fry up bacon. I sprinkle the bacon bits on the mayo and make the sandwich that way now.

I left the store with new ideas but the idea of using packaged bacon on a BLT that I was not that confident it would work.

That night I used the bacon on a summer salad and they tasted great. The next day was ninety five degrees and needless to say I did not want to cook. That was when I recalled the cashier telling me she used the bacon bits to make a BLT. Ok I thought to myself what do I have to lose? First I tasted the bacon bits straight out of the package and yes they taste just like freshly crumbled bacon. Ok now the courage built up I made my instant BLT.

It did not taste like I took a short cut and compromised on my sandwich. No it tasted like the real thing and I totally love it!

I won’t lie to you there are additives in this product but the up side is that it is low in calories, only twenty five calories a serving. The sandwich I made added up to two hundred calories and tasted like the thousand calorie sandwich I was carving.  They really do taste like real bacon and it will not be a disappointment to you. 

I will continue to look for better pricing and less additives but I will be buying the larger size container of bacon bits when I go grocery shopping again next month.

Now we have three things in our summer survival kit and there will be more.

I hope you will enjoy the ones I have suggested and will look forward to the others I have found.

We will keep it real and on budget.

That is something you can depend on my doing for you and for me every time.