Food and Nutrition
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Burger King Coffee vs. Starbucks
- Starbucks (Grande, 16 oz): ~310 mg to 330 mg of caffeine (Pike Place or regular drip; a Venti 20 oz hits ~410 mg, and a Venti Blonde Roast hits 475 mg).
- McDonald's (Large, 21 oz): ~185 mg of caffeine (Premium Roast).
- Starbucks: Uses a heavy-handed, darker roast profile (like Pike Place) or high-caffeine light roasts, which many coffee enthusiasts and taste tests describe as intense, bitter, or heavily charred compared to fast-food averages. [1, 2]
At home I've been cutting back on my caffeine intake by mixing regular coffee with decaf, because I've noticed that coffee can cause my heart rate to stay high for a long time.
Multiple sources state that people over 60 take longer to process and eliminate caffeine from their system. I only drink it in the morning and I like the boost I get from it.
Chicken Pasta with Alfredo Sauce
I might go on a diet soon where I don't eat sugar or flour, but...
Walmart sells a large frozen chicken pasta with Alfredo sauce that I really like. So I wondered if I could make something similar at home. I occasionally cook a whole box of penne pasta and then mix it with a 22-ounce jar of Alfredo sauce. This is really delicious. Sometimes I would add chicken, but it is very good by itself.
Of course, I don't eat all of it at once; I store the leftovers.
However, I ran out of Alfredo sauce, so I tried mixing the pasta with a 16-ounce container of "Classic Chicken Salad" that I got at Aldi. It turned out to be fantastic! The chicken salad has enough sauce to coat the pasta.
Air Fryer
Although the inside is metal, the outside, including the handle, is made of plastic.
The handle recently broke off. My first reaction was to throw the whole thing away and go buy a new one. Then I remembered that I got mine half off on Black Friday, so all I have to do is wait six weeks and see what kind of deal I can get.
Wanting to throw it away was an overreaction. It is still a functional air fryer; I just have to use oven mitts to dump out the contents.
Sam's Club has a model almost identical to mine for under $60, and it comes with some silicone inserts.
I saw a different model from another retailer that has two 5-quart drawers for $99. If it is discounted on Black Friday, I might get it.