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Jimmy Dean D-Lights Turkey Sausage Breakfast Bowl
By: | Oct 21, 2008
There is no doubt Jimmy Dean has some delicious food products out there, however their nutritional values are just crazy - and not in the crazy-good kind of way we'd like it to be. Thanks to more health-conscious customers, Jimmy Dean now carries a "light" product line - their D-Light Breakfast Sandwiches and Bowls.
I tried the Jimmy Dean D-Lights Turkey Sausage Bowl which includes egg whites, potatoes, turkey sausage crumbles and reduced-fat cheese. The scrambled egg whites had a sort of rubbery texture - a similar complaint can be found in the review of Jimmy Dean D-Lights Black Forest Ham Breakfast Sandwich, but the potatoes were fairly good although they could use a little bit more flavor. The turkey sausage and reduced-fat cheese were delicious. Everything combined together actually made a decent breakfast and I have to say that Jimmy Dean pulled it off.
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Sturm's Cranberry Whole Grain Oatmeal
By: | Apr 17, 2008
I was actually looking for Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal (after reading Jeffrey's comment about losing 15 pounds from eating it every morning), but the red box of Sturm's Cranberry Whole Grain Oatmeal caught my attention. I looked more closely and saw, "No Sugar Added, Whole Grain, Healthy for Your Heart, Made with Flax Seeds and Plant Sterols" - all on the front panel. How could I not buy this instead? So I grabbed a box and into my grocery cart it went.
The next morning, it took me all of 2 minutes to prepare this, and it was really delish 
. The directions are to add 1/2 cup of water, stir and microwave for 2-3 minutes. That will result in a very THICK oatmeal, so don't be afraid to add more - I usually add about 3/4 cup. The oatmeal has a natural, fresh taste - not as sweet as some other oatmeal, but I didn't miss it. There are enough cranberries sprinkled throughout to add a pleasant contrasting flavor in every few spoonfuls. It's also very filling - I have been having this oatmeal every morning for breakfast, and I don't even think about food until lunch time.
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Jimmy Dean D-Lights Black Forest Ham Breakfast Sandwich
By: | Dec 4, 2007
Jimmy Dean has some of the most unhealthy breakfast products I have ever come across. The Jimmy Dean Pancakes and Sausage Links Breakfast Bowl has 710 calories and 55% of the daily value of saturated fat. The Eggs, Potato, and Ham and Eggs, Potatoes, Bacon and Cheddar Cheese Breakfast Bowls have half the calories (390) but 120% of the RDA for sodium. Because of this, I really didn't have high hopes for their new "light" Jimmy Dean D-Lights Breakfast Sandwiches.
I tried the Black Forest Ham Sandwich which has a whole grain English style muffin with Black Forest Ham, egg white and swiss cheese. The sandwich actually looked (close to) picture perfect - but who has ever seen an egg white "patty" - that thing looked really fake and I couldn't even begin to imagine what it would taste like after being microwaved. But I went ahead anyway - and surprise, surprise - the sandwich wasn't too bad at all. The fake texture of the egg white took well to the microwave, and although this entire sandwich is nothing like homemade, it's definitely edible in a strange, I'm eating something totally fake, but it tastes surprisingly good - way.
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McDonald's Breakfast
Why is everybody always on McDonald's case about nutrition? I have almost felt sorry for them in the past - that is until I saw the nutrition info on their breakfast items. There is almost nothing under 400 calories. The worst offender: Hotcakes (pancakes) with syrup and butter. The two you get are giving you 700 calories, 33 grams fat (50% of your daily value), 4 grams trans fat, 620 mg sodium (26% of the daily value) and 45 grams of sugar.
Next up: The McGriddle Sandwiches - I almost cried when I found out how bad these were, because they are so tasty! The sausage, egg and cheese McGriddle is 560 calories, 32 grams of fat (49% of your daily value) and 1290 mg sodium (54% of your daily value). The bacon, egg and cheese McGriddle is 450 calories, 21 grams of fat (32% of your daily value) and 1260 mg sodium.
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Nestle Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink for the Carb Conscious
By: | Nov 14, 2005
What do you eat for breakfast in the mornings? I like to change it up every now and again, but it always has to be something that won't take long to prepare because I'm always in a rush to get out the door. Usually it's Quaker Instant Oatmeal (read the review), or cereal. When I spotted Nestle Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink, I liked that it wasn't your typical breakfast, but it was certainly packed full of vitamins and minerals, so I was hoping this would help to get my day started right.
Making it is pretty easy - just add the Rich Milk Chocolate, the variety that I bought, to a glass of milk. Carnation recommends skim milk because that has very little fat, but I personally find it hard to drink skim milk straight up. Added to cereal, yes, but on its own - not for me. So I made my Carnation Instant breakfast drink with 2% milk and it imparted a chocolatey taste, no aftertaste from the artificial sweeteners, and it kept me full until it was time for a mid-morning snack - it didn't hold me all the way until lunch.
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