Monday September 8, 2008

Breakfast:

HOTZI Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit from QuikTrip: 400 Calories
Monster Energy Drink: 20 Calories

Total for Breakfast: 420 Calories

Mid morning Snack: Fiber One Bar: 140 calories

Lunch:

For Lunch on Monday I went with some co-workers to Noodles and Company.

Japanese Pan Noodles: 680 calories
Thin Cut Grilled Steak: 250 calories
Lite Minute Maid Lemonade: 20 calories

Total for Lunch: 950 calories

 

Dinner:

Dinner was sporadic tonight. Had a couple of meals on the go.

7-Eleven Jalapeno And Cream Cheese Taquito: 230 calories
Red Bull Energy Drink: 20 calories

Taco Bell Volcano Taco:

(Nutritional Facts – 1 taco – 240 calories)

Taco Bell Cheese Roll-Up: 200 calories

Why must Taco Bell insist on painting the taco shell red for their Volcano Taco to let you know that it’s spicy? Most people are probably functionally retarded during the times people are eating there at two in the morning, but it doesn’t give them carte blanche to rub it in their faces. We shouldn’t take this lying down, no matter how fat and lazy their food has made us!

This is Taco Bell flipping us off with one hand and biting their thumb with the other. We already knew that their product wasn’t healthy, but now they’re basically admitting the food is by no means real or to be taken seriously. You might as well swing by the drive-thru window and ask for a cup of Play-Doh so you can make your own taco shells at home.

Aside from the food coloring, I was excited about the prospect of a new affordable taco with a “cheesy lava sauce” that would allow me to spew fire and blow smoke from my head.

With the Volcano Taco, the cheese sauce overwhelms all of the other ingredients and leaves you with a rather tangy aftertaste. I wouldn’t say that it tastes like bad mayonnaise, but it does have a pretty thick and heavy mouth feel which threw me off a bit. In regards to the heat, I’d say that the red shell warning was unnecessary. It’s moderately spicy, but it’s not anything that will have you blowing fire or reaching for the nearest icy beverage.

Unless, of course, it’s to wash the taste out of your mouth.

Item: Taco Bell Volcano Taco
Price: 89 cents
Purchased at: Taco Bell
Rating: 4 out of 10
Pros: Cheaper than most of their items that come with cheese sauce. Moderately spicy. The ability to breathe fire.

Cons: Not nearly as spicy as advertised. Tangier and thicker sauce than I expected. Sauce masks the taste of lettuce, beef, and shredded cheese. Aftertaste is not pleasant

Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich: 150 calories
Glass of skim milk: 90 calories

Excerpts from: http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/wordpress/2008/09/07/taco-bell-volcano-taco/

Total for Dinner: 930 Calories

Total for August 9, 2008: 2440 Calories