I eat about 4 oz of Boar’s Head Deli meat four times a week. So I decided to find out which of their tasty delights are the healthiest for me to eat. By the way, I am a poultry guy and I prefer Turkey to Chicken… but these are the hard facts about their healthiest meats.

For this study, I am taking into consideration these attributes and in this priority

1. Sodium Content (I want to reduce this number)
2. Protein (I want to increase my protein intake)
3. Cholesterol (I am not too concerned with this number, but I want it lower if possible)
4. Fat (I am really not concerned with this number, but the lower the better — in most cases)
5. Calories (Again, not a huge concern for me… based on the 4-Hour Body, I believe calories are essentially useless to count)

Ok, so this is what I found… their nutritional fact guide lists these particular meat’s serving size as 2 oz, I’m eating double that every day.

1. Deluxe Low Sodium Oven Roasted Beef – Cap-Off Top Round
   1. 80 mg Sodium
   2. 15 g Protein
   3. 30 mg Cholesterol
   4. 2.5 g Fat
   5. 80 Calories
2. All Natural Cap-Off Top Round Oven Roasted Beef
   1. 140 mg Sodium
   2. 14 g Protein
   3. 35 mg Cholesterol
   4. 2 g Fat
   5. 80 Calories
3. Maple Glazed Roasted Chicken Breast
   1. 310 mg Sodium
   2. 13 g Protein
   3. 35 mg Cholesterol
   4. 1 g Fat
   5. 70 Calories
4. London Broil Cap-Off Top Round Oven Roasted Beef
   1. 310 mg Sodium
   2. 12 g Protein
   3. 25 mg Cholesterol
   4. 3 g Fat
   5. 70 Calories
5. All Natural Roasted Turkey Breast
   1. 330 mg Sodium
   2. 13 g Protein
   3. 30 mg Cholesterol
   4. 1 g Fat
   5. 60 Calories
6. Cajun Style Seasoned Eye Round Oven Roasted Beef
   1. 330 mg Sodium
   2. 12 g Protein
   3. 35 mg Cholesterol
   4. 3 g Fat
   5. 80 Calories
7. All American BBQ Seasoned Roasted Chicken Breast
   1. 340 mg Sodium
   2. 13 g Protein
   3. 35 mg Cholesterol
   4. .5 g Fat
   5. 60 Calories
8. Golden Catering Style Oven Roasted Turkey Breast (47% Lower Sodium)
   1. 340 mg Sodium
   2. 13 g Protein
   3. 25 mg Cholesterol
   4. 1 g Fat
   5. 60 Calories
9. Our Premium 47% Lower Sodium Oven Roasted Breast of Turkey – Skinless
   1. 340 mg Sodium
   2. 12 g Protein
   3. 20 mg Cholesterol
   4. .5 g Fat
   5. 60 Calories
10. *Golden Classic Oven Roasted Chicken Breast (42% Lower Sodium)
    1. 350 mg Sodium
    2. 13 g Protein
    3. 35 mg Cholesterol
    4. 1 g Fat
    5. 60 Calories

As you can see, the Cholesterol, Fat, and Calories for each of these deli meats around about the same for each. If one was extremely higher than the other, I may have considered them higher on my priorities. *Golden Classic Over Roasted Chicken Breast (42% Lower Sodium) made it number 10 on my list, but there were two products that had 10 mg less sodium. the All Natural Uncured Ham and the All Natural Smoked Uncured Ham. Both of these products had 10 mg less Sodium but also 1 g less Protein than the Chicken Breast. For such a small difference in Sodium, the Protein was more important to me.

I was actually surprised by my results, I was really surprised when I saw #1 only had 80 mg of Sodium. As a rule, I prefer poultry over beef, but at such a low sodium count and such a high protein count, I will be purchasing #1 for next weeks lunches.

I’ve had a hankering to try making doughnuts. These came out ok, but I think I can make them tastier with a little more experimentation…

After the last ballet performance of the season by the Atlanta Ballet, Kati and I headed over to Mary Mac’s Tea Room to try out the food. We have a list of Atlanta restaurants to try out and this was second on the list.

We ordered some Fried Green Tomatoes as an appetizers. They were pretty good, not as good as I remember them being at the Blue Willow.

Because this was our first time at Mary Mac’s, they gave us some complimentary “Pot Likker”. Pot Likker, also known as Collard Liquor, is the liquid that is left behind after boiling collard greens. It’s basically soup, it was pretty tasty with corn bread crumbled in it.

Speaking of cornbread, they gave us an assortment of breads to eat with our dinner — cornbread, yeast rolls, and cinnamon rolls. They were pretty amazing tasting. I don’t think I got a picture of them though… oops.

For dinner Kati ordered the Country Fried Steak and Gravy… it was pretty good, but she said she thinks her mom’s version is better. She also ordered butter beans and cornbread dressing on the side. The dressing was absolutely amazing!

I ordered the Roast Turkey with cornbread dressing, gravy and cranberry sauce. For my sides I ordered the macaroni and cheese and potato cakes. I was a little disappointed because I only got two small potato cakes, I think four would have been the appropriate number. The mac and cheese was probably the best I have ever put in my mouth. The entree itself was also extremely delicious.

Although there wasn’t much room in my stomach, I had to order something for desert. I decided to try out the strawberry shortcake… and I accidentally ate half of it before realizing that I didn’t take a picture, so here it is half eaten :). The shortcake made the desert! It was perfectly sweet and had a nice buttery, crunchy crust.

Mary Mac’s is definitely on the “will visit again” list. The food there was just astounding and there is so much more on the menu that looked appealing. If you are ever in downtown Atlanta, I would definitely recommend this restaurant.

We have a big blueberry tree in our yard. Yes a “tree” not a bush. The former owner of our house had a very exotic taste and we find all sorts of interesting plants around here. Last year the tree did not bear very much fruit. This year, the tree has given us more fruit than we can “shake a stick at.” I tended a little bit to the tree earlier this year, which I was told by doing would help the tree bear fruit. I am not sure that what I did helped at all, but the tree has bore much more fruit.

In a way this reminds me of our lives as Christians. On our own, we can do a little good, bear a “little” fruit if you will. The fruit of trying hard and being good. But it is only with the Supreme Gardeners help that we can truly bear fruit – even to overflowing.

Gus wants some blueberries!

Woody wants some action too!

A close-up…

A digitally edited photograph…

Now it’s time to go pick some more blueberries!