What? No one eats the tacos? Crispy tacos with carnitas, pico, hot, sour cream and extra cheese makes for an excellent lunch.
Also, if you're on a south beachy diet, the riceless burrito bowl is one of the few options you have when eating out.
How about Silence of the Lambs? Well, there were menu suggestions in that book. Actually, I liked the subsequent book in the series better: Hannibal. A great suggestion for the preparation and serving of brains.
Now, where did I put that bottle of Chianti?
I used to make pretty good cornbread, but then my wife went South Beachy on me, so it's been a while.
I'm seriously jonesing now, though.
Gefilte Yourself!
The world's first self-serve Jewish fish ball restaurant.
What a great idea: using a pot! Now maybe my eyebrows will grow back.
Adam, thanks for the tip!
In high school, after a debate tournament in which my partner and I went 0-4, the team had Chinese for dinner. My fortune said, "Time to look for a new partner." My partner swore someone was pulling a joke on us.
I'm very particular about my pepper, so I bring a small grinder with me where ever I go. Alas, the device does not look innocent. When asked what it was the last time I went through security, the agent mis-heard me and shouted out, "Pepper spray?!?!?" Thankfully, the situation was amicably resolved.
Another agent, after hearing my story about being a pepper snob, asked me where my pepper corns came from. I had to think for a second: "Sri Lanka! Phwew."
Throw a fried egg on top of this and I'll be your best friend.
A Cuban sandwich is my personal favorite. About once a month we have panini night. This usually happens when there's no more room in the cheese/deli meat drawer in the fridge. Anything goes.
I am definitely going to get a copy of this book, but this entry ranks up there with how to boil water.
I am SO tired of hearing people complain that eating healthy is expensive. Eating ORGANIC is expensive, but buying and eating lots of fresh produce and cooking at home is much cheaper and better for you than processed, fat&sodium laden crap that is turning the poor/middle class fat. Fast food is a convenience - if you take a *little* time to cook real food, you'll find that it doesn't break the bank and will do wonders for your health. Yes, this can be difficult for those working two jobs or just otherwise stretched to the max, but there are PLENTY of people who aren't so overburedened that they can't cook a simple meal.
I'd like to argue that cows that are grass-fed, grass-finished, as just as good tasting as corn finished. It's also better for the cows, because feeding them grain, such as corn, is stressful to their systems - it also diminishes the omega-3 content they gain while eating grass.
I've found a good brand recommended by Eating Well magazine, called La Cense Beef. They recently sent out an email to their customers letting them know about a giveaway their doing I thought I'd share the site:
www.winagrassfedcow.com
The law just requires that you post calorie information... I think Chipotle decided to do the "Calorie Range" as a way to post mis-leading information. Because items are not pre-made with a specific set of ingredients, and calories will vary based on your personal selections, they are well within their legal right to post a "range"- but clearly the range is total baloney.
As for the law itself, while I agree that eating by numbers is no way to live, there are clearly alot of people who think that fast food is less fattening than it is, and while we are all fairly well informed eaters- you'd be really surprised how many people are shocked to discover how incredibly fattening a Chipotle Burrito is.
As far as Chipotle being for "Serious Eaters", while their use of organic and/or fresh ingredients is commendable, it's still the lesser of two evils- and is clearly fast food made to be mass marketed and mass produced across the country in a cookie cutter way.
mmm chipotle! i get the veggie burrito w/ black beans, tomatoes & roast corn, lettuce, cheese, guac & sour cream. it's probably a lot of calories (who's counting?) but it's not like i eat there all the time, maybe once a month or so for lunch.
Try an asada steak, guac, and pico do gallo burrito (holding the rice, beans, peppers, onions, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, and anything else I might have missed). Have it with a Negra Modelo. Grab a couple lemon wedges from the fixins bar, and sprinkle some lemon juice as you go.
wasn't this news several years ago? i eat: burrito bol, rice, black beans, two salsas, guac and extra lettuce. total: 550 calories. the thing about that bol is i FEEL full. it seems like a lot of food. you could get the same caloric intake for a big Starbucks drink or a milkshake at some drive through - and not feel full.
recommended: this blog, where someone details how he lost 60 pounds on his "chipotle diet" -- link
I think the rice is this biggest sneak when it comes to calories.
My favorite is a barbacoa salad.
I get a salad with chicken, corn salsa, tomato salsa, a bit of sour cream and cheese. And I maybe eat half of it and save the rest for another meal. The salad dressing is DEADLY, calorically-- 200 just for the dressing.
Thanks, aliikazoo, figured out my salad is 880 calories. Good thing I only eat half.
Go to this website www.chipotlefan.com/index.php?id=nutrition_calculator to find out just how bad for you it is. Never stops me from going, even though I live in a Tex-Mex capital. I love their guac.
I'm with you @CVilleBilly! I have an obsession with tacos...especially crunchy corn ones. I get the tacos with barbicoa, sour cream, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and mild chunky salsa on the side! Mmmmm...chipotle!
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