my goodness.... bacon is confusing. I usually eat uncured bacon and according to Daily plate it's 60 calories for 2 pan fried slices. However the package I have here says it's 70 calories per (admitedly pretty thick) cooked slice. Even at 70 calories a slice it's still a bargain compared to Kaplods 150 quote. So I went back to daily plate and their quotes for streaky bacon are all over the place but most are well under 100 calories for 2 "rashers" aka slices.
And here I always think of calorie counting as the easy straight up way to go but as bacon shows, there's no easy answer.
I mean, look at the options for
"bacon streaky" or here are three options for uncured bacon:
uncured Sunday Bacon (Applegate Farms)
Serving Size: 2 slices; Calories: 60, Total Fat: 5g, Carbs: 0g, Protein: 4g
Organic Uncured Pork Bacon (Wellshire)
Serving Size: 2 Pan Fried Slices; Calories: 60, Total Fat: 3g, Carbs: 0g, Protein: 8g
(same calories but twice the protein and less fat - how's that work????)
Applewood Smoked Uncured Bacon (Hannaford)
Serving Size: 1 slice; Calories: 70, Total Fat: 7g, Carbs: 0g, Protein: 2g
(this the one I usually eat and it's the same thickness as the Applegate Farms bacon above which is the bacon I used to eat till I found Hannaford's less expensive one... but more than twice the fat and calories ? I'd defy anyone from telling the two apart - they look and taste identical....)
gotta love the daily plate... for suggestions of healthier alternatives to my uncured bacon they say:
Healthy Alternative with fewer calories
* Sour Cream Nonfat
(45 fewer calories)
* Canada Wintergreen Mints
(45 fewer calories)
* Chicken Gravy
(45 fewer calories)
* Diced Tomatoes, Roasted Garlic & Onion
(45 fewer calories)
oh yeah, chicken gravy or wintergreen mints are really gonna make my Carbonara or Sunday brunch soooo special....
(Some folks would say just giving up bacon altogether would be the easy answer but you'll get my bacon when you pry my well seasoned cast iron frying pan from my cold dead fingers....)