Taste Test Tuesday: Aidells Portobello Mushroom Sausage
I've been known to pick sausage off my pizza or out of dishes I am served. It's not that I don't like "sausage" per se... it's that I only like higher quality lean sausage. Ever since I can remember I haven't liked to actually "see" the fat in my food. If it's got identifiable animal fat particles on it or in it, it's not going on my fork, I can tell you that.
So, I'm always on the lookout for great-tasting lean sausage, which tends to be products made with chicken or turkey. Today I was developing a particular recipe with a Mediterranean flair and was looking for a leaner sausage to fit the bill. I noticed this Portobello Mushroom Sausage from Aidells (a company based in California that is available in 40% of the grocery stores around the country) had an impressive 8 grams of fat and 2.5 grams saturated fat and 140 calories per serving (90 grams). Each serving also contains 14 grams of protein, 3 grams carbohydrate, 1-gram fiber, and 630 milligrams of sodium.
The first five ingredients are"
Chicken
Turkey
Sauteed onion with soybean oil,
Broth
Portobello mushrooms
How did it taste? Really nice! It worked wonderfully in my recipe and I'm already brainstorming other ways to serve this sausage... like grilled or barbecued and served on a whole wheat bun with sweet or spicy mustard and onions. It can be chopped and added to any egg dish too, like a frittata or omelet or scrambled egg or breakfast casserole dish.
~~Elaine
Related Links: Recipe: Chicken Apple Sausage Strata, Laporte-obello Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Technorati Tags: sausage, portobellomushroomsausage, lowfat
So, I'm always on the lookout for great-tasting lean sausage, which tends to be products made with chicken or turkey. Today I was developing a particular recipe with a Mediterranean flair and was looking for a leaner sausage to fit the bill. I noticed this Portobello Mushroom Sausage from Aidells (a company based in California that is available in 40% of the grocery stores around the country) had an impressive 8 grams of fat and 2.5 grams saturated fat and 140 calories per serving (90 grams). Each serving also contains 14 grams of protein, 3 grams carbohydrate, 1-gram fiber, and 630 milligrams of sodium.
The first five ingredients are"
Chicken
Turkey
Sauteed onion with soybean oil,
Broth
Portobello mushrooms
How did it taste? Really nice! It worked wonderfully in my recipe and I'm already brainstorming other ways to serve this sausage... like grilled or barbecued and served on a whole wheat bun with sweet or spicy mustard and onions. It can be chopped and added to any egg dish too, like a frittata or omelet or scrambled egg or breakfast casserole dish.
~~Elaine
Related Links: Recipe: Chicken Apple Sausage Strata, Laporte-obello Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Technorati Tags: sausage, portobellomushroomsausage, lowfat
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2 Comments:
Anyone who would eat the byproducts of chicken and turkey in a sausage just doesn't know what is used in it.
You can make sausage with beef or pork using very lean cuts and you don't have to eat leftovers from chicken and turkey processing.
I know you can make sausage with lean cuts of beef and pork--I've done it at home. But you rarely get to buy lean sausage products in the market (at least in my part of the country) made from beef and pork.
This particular company uses quality cuts of chicken and turkey--not biproducts. I am very picky when it comes to meats and particularly sausage and this line of sausage (the leaner options anyway) are quite good.
--Elaine Magee
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