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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Taste Test Tuesday: Nutritionally Tempting Tater Tots?
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Alexia Potato Nuggets (Yukon Gold Potatoes with Seasoned Salt)

I can't remember the last time I've tasted a tater tot. My kids have only seen them when the cafeteria happened to serve them at their elementary school. I don't have anything against the tator tot per se, it's just that most companies that make them use saturated and trans fat to hold the tot together.

An alternative frozen food brand, Alexia, makes a 0 gram trans fat + 1 gram saturated fat tator tot look-a-like made with canola oil and/or sunflower oil or safflower oil. I found this brand at Whole Foods but it is also available at assorted stores across the country (Costco Wholesale, Sam's Club, Super Target, Target GM, Wal-Mart, Wild Oats, and more).

The bad news is these tots are still pretty high in fat (8 grams of fat per 3 ounce serving) but the good news is most of those 8 grams are from monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat.

A 3-ounce serving contains (if you bake them):
150 calories
8 grams fat
1 gram saturated fat
0 g trans fat
0 mg cholesterol
340 mg sodium
18 g carbohydrate
1 g fiber
2 g protein

How did it taste? Way better than I can ever remember tater tots tasting from my youth. They can definitely be part of a healthful meal when paired with lean meats or lower fat vegetarian entrees plus a nice serving of steamed vegetables (like a broccoli) and fresh fruit!

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Posted by: Elaine Magee, RD at 10:22 AM

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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

They sell these at my local wholefoods.. they also have a red skin potato product that look fantasitic..Been reading labels of things like crazy since stumbling onto this blog about healthy shopping.. www.tbshealthy.blogspot.com

Cheers!

Apr 2, 2009 3:35:00 PM  

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