Let's talk taco.

So for quite sometime, I have been veering away from traditional American diet breakfast choices, i. e., cereal, oatmeal, toast, bagels, etc.  I opt for eggs or another protein and veggies.  Because we had leftover chicken taco "fix'ins" in the refridge,  I was a little excited about breakfast this morning.  A few days ago, when I was preparing for last night's Mexican extravaganza (we had out of town family, in for Christmas, joining us for dinner), I had quite randomly picked up some oversized taco shells; when I opened the package, I was pleasantly surprised to see larger sized, sturdier shells.  So, with reckless abandone, I ate up two yummy and "healthy" ( or so I thought) tacos for breakfast.  I had seasoned the organic chicken with my own spices and all my other toppings were whole foods.  I took a moment "post breakfast" though and I got to thinking about the shells.  They were soooo tasty, and unfortunately, for my palate, that usually spells trouble like added sugar or wheat!  I do tend towards being a careful food label reader, but I was reminded that I just kind of threw these into my cart as a last resort; I had been looking for soft corn tortillas at the time, but could not locate them in the grocery store.  At any rate, I sauntered back to my pantry and pulled out the taco shell box--- things were initially looking good, pretty straightforward ingredients until I spied maltodextrine.  I had seen it before on labels, but had no idea what it was and it sounded like sugar to me.  Sure enough, my google search, for the most part, indicated "it's pretty safe," but no one really knows "how safe it really is," it could contain wheat depending upon where it is processed and "it really doesn't have any health benefit."  At the end of the day, I realized maltodextrine is just not quite as "straightforward" as eating an organic carrot, and so next time I buy taco shells (chips, cereal, and crackers, for that matter), I will hope to be able to find some at a decent price that do not contain maltodextrine... I will keep you posted.

Now, it is T-minus one day until I really get my whiteout game on... Feeling scared.