Are you a Diabetic and a milk-lover?
Whole milk, 2%, 1% or Skim? Well,
if you’re a normal person you can drink as much of it as you want and your
blood sugar can handle it. If you’re a
Diabetic like me, you can probably have a half a cup (4 ounces) with each meal,
as long as you count the fat, carbs, protein and sugar. I am allowed 30 carbs with each meal so
having a half a cup of milk will apply to my meals like this. With a 2% reduced fat milk, which is what I
used to drink will give me 5g Fat, 12g Carbs, 12g Sugar and 8g of Protein, and
even skim milk has similar carbs and sugars.
It’s the Fat that’s removed in Skim and can you really enjoy a bowl of
cereal with skim milk? I don’t think so! Well, I found two milks that I absolutely
love and want to share them with you.
Only two grocery stores carry these milks – K & W – oh, start
figuring it out. At K, the milk is
called “Vanilla CARBmaster”. For a full
8 ounces of this milk (you can taste the vanilla in it) the calories are just
60, instead of 130 in regular 2% milk.
Ready for more? There’s NO FAT in
this one. Total Carbs are (don’t faint)
3g – yes you heard me right, and the Sugar is 3g. Are you sitting down? The protein is 11g. This store used to carry HOOD Calorie Count
Down with similar grams of each item listed above, including high protein as in
the one described above. Now that brand
is carried at the W store. Are you still
trying to figure it out? Get
ready. There’s more. The HOOD milk makes chocolate. 80 calories for 8 ounces, 4g Carbs, 4g Sugar
and high protein. I’m not kidding. It tastes exactly like the high-sugared
chocolate milk you’ve been buying at your favorite store. And it’s so good on cereal. Now, you can drink an 8 ounce glass of
chocolate milk and feel like you’ve just done something wrong, but you
haven’t. Yay for chocolate! Now, on to notices of events.
Williamson County – Did someone have a major paint
sale in our county or did the existing Town Hall of Franklin simply paint the
post office parking lot and other main parking areas in the county Neon Yellow? I thought handicapped areas were always blue? Guess not this year. I have to put my sun glasses on just to park
at the P.O., but it’s all worth it when I see the smiling faces of Julian and
Postmaster Swetman. I like visiting
there because the staff is great and they have things you can buy there, other
than stamps. Mailing envelopes, fancy
boxes, pre-paid envelopes, Bubble wrap, tapes and your very own home away from
home, your personal mail box, but above and beyond the things you can buy and
take home with you, the two “Boys” at the P.O. make you feel special while
you’re there. When did you ever walk in
there and weren’t greeted by your first or last name?
Jenkins Church is having their annual BBQ, Silent
Auction and Music event on Saturday, April 20 from noon to 5pm. Better get there early to start your bidding
at 12 noon sharp. There will also be
their fantastic bake sale and Gospel Music.
Steve Dornan’s BBQ is served from noon until they run out, which is
usually early in the afternoon. Adults
are $10.00 and kids under 10, $5.50.
Kids under 4 eat free and you can’t beat that. Bidding ends at 5:30. You know the drill. Some of the gift donors are Smyrna’s Ruby
Tuesday, the merchants of the historic district, golf courses, restaurants,
trips and many others. Well worth your
bidding to win one of these great prizes.
Nolensville Library News – April 25 through April 27 will be a
book sale, during regular Library hours.
Ebenezer Church – Saturday, April 13, the youth
department is sponsoring a Spaghetti dinner from 3pm to 7pm. If Jackie Green has anything to do with this
dinner, you know it will be totally awesome.
Salad, bread, dessert and drink are $8.00. Oh yes, and the spaghetti goes with it
too! More info 615-776-2041.
The New Bake Shoppe is now open next door to that Uncle person,
in Town Center. Rebecca and Brittney run
it. You’ve got to try the “Nutella” cupcake.
You won’t find any gritty sugar in any
of their frostings. They’re all like a
light, fluffy, whipped topping like you’ve never had before. Yeah, you’ve died and gone to heaven. See you there.
Welcome Ethan Jet Wevick – Tuesday, March 19th, 9 ½
pound Ethan came into this world, and he walked himself down to the
nursery. Born to Mari and Steve Wevick
of Nolensville (Steve manages the Feed Mill) Ethan is the nephew to Cindy and
Darin Scheff, owners of the Mill. Steve also
has a daughter, Makenna 8. Karen Wevick
is the newborn’s maternal grandma. Mavis,
Mari’s twin sister shared Easter with both families in Nolensville.