McArterey clogger

December 7, 2007 · Posted in Food, Reviews · 6 Comments 

We are going to do something different today. Yes I know it is Fry Day but I decided to forgo that for today. I am going to review a food item, just not fries!

You can probably guess by the title that it is something from McDonald’s, and you would be right. I decided that I just had to try the McSkillet burrito, it looked really good. To be honest it wasn’t too bad either. I think the roasted peppers and onions made the meal. I am not a fan of the sausage that McD’s uses but it was alright in here. I just wish they would have chopped it up, instead they cut the patty in half and lay it out that way. There are also potatoes and salsa in the mix, it all adds up to a very “hearty” breakfast that really is quite tasty.

Then comes the bad news! This burrito weighs in at 610 calories, 330 of which are from fat! There are 36g of fat, can you feel your arteries hardening yet? How about 410mg of cholesterol? Talk about death in a tortilla. Then you would think well at least it will fill me up, wrong again, there is only 8.4 ounces of food there. Now here is the kicker, sit back and count the things in the burrito. Lets see, theres a tortilla, eggs, sausage, potatoes, green and red peppers, salsa, and cheese. Thats not too bad thats only 8 things, but wait theres more. There are 114+ ingredients listed for this burrito 114! I’m not going to list them all here, you can go here and see them.

Was it good? Yes
Will I have it again someday? Only if my doctor says it’s ok!

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Happy Monday, yet again

October 29, 2007 · Posted in Life · 1 Comment 

As a general rule, I hate Mondays and I hate mornings. Now when you combine the two that doesn’t make them better, it just makes it that much worse!

It was a very strange weekend and seemingly short also. I found out on Thursday that a friend of mine had passed away from cancer the week prior. I spent most of the weekend coming to terms with that. It hasn’t been easy but I am confident that he is with God now so all I can do is wait to join him.

It really brought the whole mortality thing home for me since he was younger than I am and didn’t smoke as much as I do. He was a pretty cool guy and he will be missed. I only wish I had had a chance to see him before he was gone.

Alright, back to that early morning thing. I don’t like ‘em so I am going back to bed now for a bit!

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