Taste Test Tuesday - Kid Friendly
(More Healthful) Frozen Mini Taquitos
It's summer and what can I say, I want to stock the refrigerator/freezer with some lunch items that my teenage daughters can make for themselves. So I've been "on the lookout" you could say. Then on a recent trip to my nearby Whole Foods Market, I was perusing the frozen food section (you see some really different options there compared to your other supermarket chains-I"m always amazed)... and I came across these little boxes for Organic Bean & Cheese Mini Taquitos by "Whole Kids Organic" brand.
Each box is a serving of 12 mini Taquitos. I immediately thought of my 13 year old who likes these sort of things. She's the daughter (of the two) who will try almost anything once...fish, tofu-laden dishes, or sushi. Her favorite fast food chain though is Taco Bell...
Anyway, she tried them for lunch the first chance she got and she loved them. I bought a few more boxes today and I tried them myself and they were rather tasty. They were easy enough to heat up (in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes).
Nutritionally speaking, they look pretty good. I particularly like the 11 grams of fiber and only 4.5 grams of fat (no trans fat and 1.5 grams saturated fat). They were very filling to me (that's the fiber talking) and the serving of 12 mini taquitos even seemed like to much to me.
I felt like dipping them in something though so you might want to have some fat free or light sour cream or salsa handy!
The Ingredient List
Organic corn tortilla (water, organic corn flour masa, salt, trace of lime), filling (organic cooked pinto beans, organic long grain white rice, water, organic cheddar cheese, organic tomato paste, organic chili pepper, organic canola oil, etc..)
Here's the Nutrition Facts for you:
290 calories
4.5 g fat
1.5 g saturated fat (0 trans fat)
5 mg cholesterol
610 mg sodium
54 g carbohydrate
11 g fiber
11 g protein
(8% Daily Value for vitamin A, 15% for calcium, 30% for iron)
The Only Trouble with this Product Is... the price. Each box (which is one teen serving) is about 3 dollars. So you'd better have a 20 spot if you are stocking up on summer foods for teens.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Organic Food: Worth the Money?, Feeding Your Teenager
Technorati Tags: wholefoods, organic, taquitos, teens, teenagers, summer
It's summer and what can I say, I want to stock the refrigerator/freezer with some lunch items that my teenage daughters can make for themselves. So I've been "on the lookout" you could say. Then on a recent trip to my nearby Whole Foods Market, I was perusing the frozen food section (you see some really different options there compared to your other supermarket chains-I"m always amazed)... and I came across these little boxes for Organic Bean & Cheese Mini Taquitos by "Whole Kids Organic" brand.
Each box is a serving of 12 mini Taquitos. I immediately thought of my 13 year old who likes these sort of things. She's the daughter (of the two) who will try almost anything once...fish, tofu-laden dishes, or sushi. Her favorite fast food chain though is Taco Bell...
Anyway, she tried them for lunch the first chance she got and she loved them. I bought a few more boxes today and I tried them myself and they were rather tasty. They were easy enough to heat up (in the microwave for 1 1/2 minutes).
Nutritionally speaking, they look pretty good. I particularly like the 11 grams of fiber and only 4.5 grams of fat (no trans fat and 1.5 grams saturated fat). They were very filling to me (that's the fiber talking) and the serving of 12 mini taquitos even seemed like to much to me.
I felt like dipping them in something though so you might want to have some fat free or light sour cream or salsa handy!
The Ingredient List
Organic corn tortilla (water, organic corn flour masa, salt, trace of lime), filling (organic cooked pinto beans, organic long grain white rice, water, organic cheddar cheese, organic tomato paste, organic chili pepper, organic canola oil, etc..)
Here's the Nutrition Facts for you:
290 calories
4.5 g fat
1.5 g saturated fat (0 trans fat)
5 mg cholesterol
610 mg sodium
54 g carbohydrate
11 g fiber
11 g protein
(8% Daily Value for vitamin A, 15% for calcium, 30% for iron)
The Only Trouble with this Product Is... the price. Each box (which is one teen serving) is about 3 dollars. So you'd better have a 20 spot if you are stocking up on summer foods for teens.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Organic Food: Worth the Money?, Feeding Your Teenager
Technorati Tags: wholefoods, organic, taquitos, teens, teenagers, summer
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