Taste Test Tuesday: Whole Foods Brown & Serve Sausage Links - Maple
One of my favorite breakfasts is the infamous "pigs in a blanket" with buttermilk pancakes wrapped around a sausage link, drizzled or dipped in some light pancake syrup.
I can make nicely light pancakes, but the sausage links...that's the tricky part. I'm always on the lookout for great tasting lighter sausage products (vegetarian or otherwise) because I know so many of our favorite dishes (pigs in a blanket not withstanding) call for sausage!
Well, although this box of sausage links from Whole Foods store brand doesn't say "reduced fat" or "light" it is!
Two links with a total of 56 grams (or 2 ounces) contains:
Compare this to what 2 ounces of regular pork sausage will approximately run you:
Suddenly a couple of these links are looking pretty good! The entire ingredient list consists of: pork, maple syrup, water, salt, spices, and raw sugar. I guess they are using leaner parts of "pork" than the average pork sausage!
How did they taste?
Really good. My pancakes would be proud to wrap themselves around these links. The flavor was great but perhaps more importantly, the texture was very nice. Moist without being greasy and no UCP's (unidentified chewy particles)!
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I can make nicely light pancakes, but the sausage links...that's the tricky part. I'm always on the lookout for great tasting lighter sausage products (vegetarian or otherwise) because I know so many of our favorite dishes (pigs in a blanket not withstanding) call for sausage!
Well, although this box of sausage links from Whole Foods store brand doesn't say "reduced fat" or "light" it is!
Two links with a total of 56 grams (or 2 ounces) contains:
- 120 calories
- 7 grams of fat
- 2.5 grams saturated fat
- 0 g trans fat
- 35 mg cholesterol
- 9 grams protein
- 350 mg sodium
Compare this to what 2 ounces of regular pork sausage will approximately run you:
- 200 calories
- 17 grams fat
- 6 grams saturated fat
- 46 mg cholesterol
- 11 grams protein
Suddenly a couple of these links are looking pretty good! The entire ingredient list consists of: pork, maple syrup, water, salt, spices, and raw sugar. I guess they are using leaner parts of "pork" than the average pork sausage!
How did they taste?
Really good. My pancakes would be proud to wrap themselves around these links. The flavor was great but perhaps more importantly, the texture was very nice. Moist without being greasy and no UCP's (unidentified chewy particles)!
Related Topics: Technorati Tags: Taste Test Tuesday, diet, healthy cooking, sausage
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