Tired and uninspired. That’s me, tonight.
I had a bit of beef I wanted to use up, some bell peppers, and some mushrooms. Pepper Steak over rice. Quick, easy, basic. Just what I’m looking for. Except I was feeling exceptionally lazy. And there, right on the shelf, was a bottle of Wegmans Caribbean Sauce just waiting for me to open it up. The label held promise. It said “Sweet and tangy with a kick”. Alas, it was zero for three. No sweet. No tang. No kick. Bummer.
I don’t buy a lot of bottled sauces because they usually have crap in them I’m not interested in eating – high fructose corn syrup for one – and a myriad of other frankenfood-garbage that has nothing to do with what my body recognises as nutrition.
The Wegmans sauce was one of only a couple that I saw with an ingredient list shorter than War and Peace. And no HFCS.
It had an intriguing label from a store I like. It looked good in the bottle. I bought one. And I was disappointed. The problem with it is that it just doesn’t have any flavor. None. Nada. Zip. I even added some Guamanian Boonie Pepper to no avail.
There was just no there there. And nothing “Caribbean” at all. At the last minute I actually added a can of diced pineapple with the juice just to add some flavor.
So… dinner did the trick. It filled us up, but I won’t be picking up any more bottled sauces. I usually have better ingredients just sitting around the house – even when feeling exceptionally lazy.