Wednesday, January 17, 2007

The most fattening salad on the planet.

Because I came in an hour late, I am skipping my lunch break today. A friend here at work offered to pick me up something to eat while she was out on the town. She asked if I had a suggestion of where she could go and I said "Anywhere healthy." She looked at me a minute and then said, "Are you ok with Taco Bell?" As some of you may know, I am not ok with Taco Bell.

Lacking options, I pulled up their website to check out their salads. You will now receive a glimpse of how un-health conscious I am, when I admit that I had no idea that most restaurants post nutritional information for their entire menu.

While perusing this wealth of statistics, imagine my surprise when I found out that taco bell salads contain more fat than most things on their menu. This is the nutrition summary for Taco Bell's Fiesta Taco Salad. Note the astounding 46 grams of fat and 860 calories. The chicken gordita supreme, which sounds like it should be much worse for you only has 12 fat grams and 290 calories.

So, in conclusion, bring on the gorditas!

9 comments:

Cameron said...

I bet the salad would be less fattening if you decided to forego the sour cream.

Judson said...

if i knew that eating just one thing from a taco bell menu would give me an instant heart attack and subsequent stroke, i would still eat that particular thing.

Cameron said...

That is beautiful, and shows true commitment. I would only do it if it were a double-decker taco.

Aubrey said...

I actually used to eat at Taco Bell all the time, and then I had an experience in college that scarred me forever. I haven't written about it because it is very gross, but I will say that it had to do with having a bulimic roommate who liked Taco Bell and didn't clean up after herself.

Carlos said...

You can eat the salad and leave the deep-fried shell alone. Some people use them as hats. They are stupid for so doing, but they still could. I cannot remember the last time I ate at a Taco Bell.
They always mess up the orders in the drive-thru.

robyn said...

Go back to eating butter filled pastries.

Aubrey said...

Now THAT is good advice!

Scrap Happy said...

I finally saw that show "Supersize Me" a couple of nights ago. You should definitely go for the Southwest steak bowls there at Taco Bell and stay away from the taco salads...

and for the record, for the hundreds of times I've eaten Taco Bell food, they RARELY mess up my order.

Tiffany said...

I'm with you scrap happy. They never mess up my order. yeah for Taco Bell!! By the way, aubrey, thanks for not sharing the details of your bulimic roommate, it could have ruined The Bell for all of us.