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    Sausage suggestions

    Posts: 113 Member
    edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
    I'm looking to shake up my breakfast to get more protein and veg. I want to try sausage for the fun of it. I'm not a big sausage eater but I have liked some here and there. And I'd love some of your suggestions for low cal/low fat/macro friendly sausages. And really not just breakfast sausages.

    I'll tell you one idea I have to recreate- I once made a puff pastry turnover with sweet potato and sausage cooked with sage and it was so good. I wanted to recreate that in a healthier way but need to decide on what sausage to use with it.

    Thanks in advance!

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    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      I eat Bilinski's chicken sausages. No pork casing so they are low in fat. They have all kinds of flavors, everything from Apple Chardonnay to Cajun Andouille to Buffalo-Style Blue Cheese. I very often eat the Spinach and Garlic. 1 Link is 80 calories, 2.5g fat, 12g protein.
    • Posts: 6,208 Member
      Sorry, I never eat low cal sausage cause cutting out any of the fat makes me sad so I count the calories in my diary to fit. Portuguese sausages are big and juicy and I can stuff part of it in there with a little maneuvering. Walking is difficult after a sausage feast.
    • Posts: 53 Member
      Amylu sugarhouse maple chicken sausage. I buy them at Costco and 3 links is just 110 calories! They are fantastic!
    • Posts: 3,911 Member
      edited July 2016
      I like sundae dipped with some salt and crushed pepper.
    • Posts: 113 Member
      Alluminati wrote: »
      Sorry, I never eat low cal sausage cause cutting out any of the fat makes me sad so I count the calories in my diary to fit. Portuguese sausages are big and juicy and I can stuff part of it in there with a little maneuvering. Walking is difficult after a sausage feast.

      I totally hear you. It's just so common of me to not hit my protein goals because I overdid it on my fat so I'm trying to focus on leaner protein.
    • Posts: 113 Member
      Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »
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      Mmmmm.... sausage.

      Castle. ❤️❤️❤️
    • Posts: 156 Member
      If there's a Sprouts near you, their fresh made pork breakfast sausage is pretty lean. Too lean for my taste, in fact, but otherwise pretty good.
    • Posts: 3,911 Member
      Alluminati wrote: »
      Sorry, I never eat low cal sausage cause cutting out any of the fat makes me sad so I count the calories in my diary to fit. Portuguese sausages are big and juicy and I can stuff part of it in there with a little maneuvering. Walking is difficult after a sausage feast.

      I like longaniza more than linguiça, but both are spicy and will fill you up nicely.
    • Posts: 7,088 Member
      brower47 wrote: »
      I get a lot of protein out of sausage.

      Yes but does the Portuguese sausage fill you or not?
    • Posts: 1,081 Member
      My hubs just made a spicy sausage the other day that was quite yummy. He just bought a package of 90/10 (lean) ground pork and mixed in red pepper flake, paprika, garlic, salt, pepper, file. He was trying to make andouille sausage, but it ended up tasting more like chorizo. Yummy none the less.
    • Posts: 4,855 Member
      Butterball Everyday turkey burgers have various seasonings 240 calories for a 1/3 pound patty, 31g protein, 11g fat. Pretty good eating.
    • Posts: 721 Member
      In my experience reduced-fat breakfast sausage has extra sodium to compensate for the removal of fat, so pick your poison. I tend to use regular pork sausage in my breakfast burritos, but I drain as much fat as I can [drain on paper towels, rinse in filtered water] so it's a bit healthier.
    • Posts: 15,317 Member
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    • Posts: 15,532 Member
      brower47 wrote: »
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      I like it in the morning too. Sausage at night is also pretty good. And now that I'm thinking of it, it's pretty delightful in the afternoon as well.

      I agree. There's rarely a bad time to fit in a good sausage.
    • Posts: 75 Member
      I love Morningstar Sausage patties, made from soy. My breakfast lately has been two patties on a whole wheat english muffin with a plant protein and banana smoothie. It gives me 59 grams of protein for breakfast.
    • Posts: 765 Member
      Chicken or turkey are lean white meats. Deer, elk, or bison if you want a lean red meat. Commercial pork is leaner than heritage breeds.

      Primal cuts over sausage if you want the biggest portion size for your calorie buck because fat is added to sausage. That is the entire point of sausage, after all. To not waste edible butchery scraps/organs/fat trimmed from primal cuts when breaking down a carcass.

      Lot of choices to choose from in the refrigerated section, read the labels and pick one that fits your wants. Or your local meat locker if you can afford such. Flavorings will affect calorie count accordingly.
    • Posts: 6,208 Member
      grinning_chick wrote: »
      Chicken or turkey are lean white meats. Deer, elk, or bison if you want a lean red meat. Commercial pork is leaner than heritage breeds.

      Primal cuts over sausage if you want the biggest portion size for your calorie buck because fat is added to sausage. That is the entire point of sausage, after all. To not waste edible butchery scraps/organs/fat trimmed from primal cuts when breaking down a carcass.

      Lot of choices to choose from in the refrigerated section, read the labels and pick one that fits your wants. Or your local meat locker if you can afford such. Flavorings will affect calorie count accordingly.

      Great post! But reading it and looking at your avi is making me scared.
    • Posts: 113 Member
      xvolution wrote: »
      In my experience reduced-fat breakfast sausage has extra sodium to compensate for the removal of fat, so pick your poison. I tend to use regular pork sausage in my breakfast burritos, but I drain as much fat as I can [drain on paper towels, rinse in filtered water] so it's a bit healthier.

      Sodium doesn't have calories so it's not something I stress about.

      How do you track your drained and rinsed sausage to account for the change in fat?
    • Posts: 113 Member
      grinning_chick wrote: »
      Chicken or turkey are lean white meats. Deer, elk, or bison if you want a lean red meat. Commercial pork is leaner than heritage breeds.

      Primal cuts over sausage if you want the biggest portion size for your calorie buck because fat is added to sausage. That is the entire point of sausage, after all. To not waste edible butchery scraps/organs/fat trimmed from primal cuts when breaking down a carcass.

      Lot of choices to choose from in the refrigerated section, read the labels and pick one that fits your wants. Or your local meat locker if you can afford such. Flavorings will affect calorie count accordingly.

      Very helpful and good points.

      I was also just looking for flavor/brand recommendations since I've never really tried much other than a couple kinds.
    • Posts: 93 Member
      Jimmy Dean Turkey Sausage Crumbles are my fave!!! Mix 'em into some scrambled eggs and top with a little pico or hot sauce. Totally worth getting out of bed for. :)
    • Posts: 10,477 Member
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    • Posts: 1,137 Member
      bertholemew wrote: »
      I love Morningstar Sausage patties, made from soy. My breakfast lately has been two patties on a whole wheat english muffin with a plant protein and banana smoothie. It gives me 59 grams of protein for breakfast.

      +1 for morningstar. We like the links better, but even the meat afficionados in our household like the veggie sausages - sausage is one of the best fake meats because it doesn't depend on having good meat in it, it's made of odds and ends anyway, is more about the seasonings.
    • Posts: 70 Member
      I bread the sausage apart with a knife and then I boil it. I think this helps to remove a a lot of the fat.
    • Posts: 721 Member
      edited July 2016
      baciodolce18 wrote: »
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      Sodium doesn't have calories so it's not something I stress about.

      How do you track your drained and rinsed sausage to account for the change in fat?

      There are entries in the food database that account for drained and rinsed meats. According to one using Farmland sausage, draining and rinsing the sausage reduces fat content by 50% [from 24g to 12g for 2 oz]. I tend to only use half a patty [1oz] for a breakfast burrito so it reduces the fat content of it to 6g.
    • Posts: 3,911 Member
      This morning I made a liverwurst, egg and cheese on english muffin....just 'cuz.
    • Posts: 15,317 Member
      I had some haggis bright and early this morning, does that count?
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