When I opened my cabinet of canned goods, I saw a can of asparagus spears and a can of Campbell’s potato soup. As it was the maid’s market day yesterday, I asked her to buy me some clams. Half of these I had her boil,slice and cook in the potato soup to resemble clam chowder. But of course, it wasn’t as great tasting as it would have had it been made from scratch. Potatoes in canned soup do not taste like freshly cooked potatoes. So much for short-cuts. And to think Rachel Ray uses a lot of canned products. Oh well, to each her/his own.
Re the asparagus. Last night, for dinner, I had the maid fry some chicken burgers which I bought from the Magnolia chicken station. Before that, I had been thinking of having her boil chicken so I could have chicken sandwich with asparagus. Then I realized chicken burger has chicken (duhh) and might as well try making a chicken sandwich with mayo and asparagus using the chicken burger.
Nothing like chicken breast for a chicken sandwich but the chicken burger with asparagus and mayo concoction wasn’t a bad idea. If you’re in a rush and you have some chicken burgers at home, do try out my suggestion. But as the chicken patties are a bit emaciated, maybe, you should layer two patties so your sandwich will be richer a la McDo’s. You can also add lettuce and sliced tomatoes for a more healthy sandwich.
Just today, I had chicken sandwich for lunch. I used Purefoods chicken chunks in water, put in a little mustard, sliced white onions and Ceasar’s Dressing, black pepper and celery. (I would have loved to add pickle relish and asparagus but I didn’t have any around). I put this in wheat pan de sal that I buy from Bascon’s Cafe (this is a little cafe along C.L. Montelibano Ave.). It was a big change from tuna, tuna, tuna.
Yes, I too prefer having chicken to tuna sandwich and anyway, it’s supposed to be healthy too. Have you tried replacing tuna with salmon? The other day I substituted the latter for tuna when I made quiche, the fishy taste seemed more pronounced. Maybe I should rinse it with some calamansi. Do you do that with your tuna?