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'Made a snarf stop at Freebirds World Burrito on Sunday and was reminded how you can save (A) money at places like this and (b) superfluous calories, too. Save dinero and wasted sugar calories by ordering water instead of a soft drink. Save some calories by forgoing the wrap itself, mostly made of refined flour (more empty calories) and water, the same ingredients in old-fashioned wallpaper paste. You can fill the dish up with beans, veggie-type good-for-you things (tomatoes, salsa, corn. etc.), or cheese (good calcium source), if you're really hungry, or guacamole (good for you in small doses, but costs extra). If you just gotta have a soda, order water at Freebirds and go around the corner to a grocery store to buy your soft drinks for a fraction of the restaurant drink price. These are small, common-sense decisions you can make daily that add up to real savings over time and less waist. Of course, if you're a growing adolescent, you probably want that flour tortilla wrapper and everything you can possibly stuff into it. In that case, you're allowed. But still blow off the soft drink, dude. |
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Posted by foodczar @ 10:17 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008
Great suggestions, Kim. Here's another: Eat only half and bag or box up the rest and take it home. Presto! Two meals for the price of one!!