Showing posts with label sausage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sausage. Show all posts

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Saturday This and That

 Since I had no idea what Kim was talking about, I looked it up. I know what wooden beads are, and I know what tiered shelves are. But, I had no idea they were a "thing" together. I looked it up and I still don't. However, I saw lots of wood bead garlands in the furniture store.  Right now, I have zero interest in either. However, that could turn on a dime and I will be a fan. 

The really good loveseat is soaked by rain. That makes me sad as I am quite sure people are around here that need good furniture. I do point out that I just cannot stand up using it. People, otherwise, will ask what is wrong with it. In the same vein, standing from sitting in this chair is wonderful. I have little pain in back, knee, and hands. The arms are square and flat and not all cushion-y. I despise the look of the new chair, though! Plus, the firm cushion keeps my back from hurting me while sitting. If the cushion ever gets limp, I will take it to upholsterer to put new foam and polyester wrap. No, I cannot do it myself. My hands could have done this 30 years ago and easily. 

The square arms have an advantage over the really curved and soft one--I can put a plate of food on it without having to balance the plate so it does not slide. My pills don't roll off. I do have a quilt thrown over the chair. Already, I have spilled food and gotten crumbs on the quilt. 

Last night, I slept four hours and got up at 9:30  am. At 12:30 pm I went back for a short nap and awoke at 5:30 pm. I actually feel good. That's a plus. I had scrambled eggs and a sausage patty for lunch, my only meal. After I ate, the plan was to put it all in the refrigerator. When I awoke, it was all sitting on the stove--five hours! I discovered it an hour later, so six hours not refrigerated. Tommy went in and washed the skillet out and left food on the stove, right next to the skillet. Well, it is the refrigerator now. And, the skillet is clean. 

We never stop at Hardees for sausage and biscuit now that I buy and cook the whole package of sausage. However, he never has it for breakfast. He eats it as a snack or for lunch. I am puzzled. He had two for lunch today along with one piece of bread. The sausage is less expensive than two sausage biscuits and coffee. And, the twelve pack lasts for several meals.  

We have been inside today. Tommy went to take laundry to the machine and out to get it for me to hang. Then, he retrieved the mail. I have not done more than look out through the door window to see if the loveseat was gone or not. NOT 

It is almost 7 pm and the plan is to unload the dishwasher and plant the Amaryllis. Maybe we will have a bit of snow in the morning. How is your Saturday? What happened at your house or will tomorrow?

Sunday, June 27, 2021

"Oh the HORROR!"

 To quote Ur-spo

Here is what caused my horror, not Urspo.

When we eat a sausage and biscuit at Hardee's, I notice they are incredibly salty tasting. I have eaten these occasionally over the years and do not remember them as being so sodium laden. So, I decided to see how much sodium is actually present in the delicious morning meal. Imagine my shock when I saw the figures for each patty. 

1320 mg sodium

42 g carbohydrates

!!!!!!!!!

The Mayo Clinic recommends 2325 mg each day as the upper limit of sodium. So, a person consumes more than half the recommended sodium in one tiny meal. 

The make matters worse there are 42 grams of carbohydrates in each sausage and biscuit. Mayo Clinic site recommends 200 to 225 carbs per day. 

I see every bite he eats and I can assure he eats more carbs than 225 each day. I am not confessing to anything. 

As a result of this shocking information, I decided to cook breakfast to avoid more carbs. The last time we went out in time for breakfast, I cooked Johnsonville Sausage patties. He ate two with a piece of bread and complained the sausage had little taste. I scrambled three eggs and ate two sausage patties, thinking the sausage was overly tasty! I think all his years of smoking and eating too much sodium has affected his taste. 

Now, I need to figure out how to make his sausage more tasty. I will only eat one patty, if even that. I am not really worried about eggs since three has less than one carb all together. Each Johnsonville patty has 0.5 g of carbs. 

Additionally, I had about ten ounces of milk...10 grams of carbohydrates. He had a slice of bread, about 15 carbs. So, we both had a better breakfast than our usual Hardee's breakfast, more nutritious, less sodium, and less deleterious to our health.  

From this day forward I will keep a list of foods we eat and carbs therein. Yes, calories count. Carbs are what is making him drive crazy when his blood sugar drops. 

There is no need to inform me when I eat something bad for me!

Have you ever found out one thing about the food you eat that has been a revelation and changed your way of eating? 



Tommy died

I am distraught! He died at 12:15 am on 3-14.