Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Snackin' on a Doughnut

       
Snack: minuscule morsel designed to curtail hunger between meals.  Added benefit: no need for prescription drugs.  Example: small apple. 
           To add temptation where none is needed, Dunkin’Donuts has joined Taco Bell and McDonalds along with Hersheys to issue an invitation to “snack.”
           Snickers, Snack-size.  Oh, yeah.  One (?) of those babies and I can forego the hormone patch and the mood enhancer.  Calories?  Who cares.  Sugar free – I doubt it.  Fat-free:  Forget about it. The price of sanity.
            McDonald’s snack wrap:  add ranch dressing or honey mustard to crispy (fried) chicken on a little-bitty flour tortilla with a tiny bit of shredded cheese and a sprinkling of rabbit food. Roll it up, very small.  Not on a bun. 
            Taco Bell’s Fourthmeal: anytime – open late. Crunchwrap Supreme during fourthmeal morphs into "just a snack."  This logic allows calories to be balanced at zero when a 3-meat pizza is consumed with a diet soda.
             In addition to doughnuts, now Dunkin is offering a snack:  chicken snack (chicken is healthy) with some added flavor components such as bacon (!) with ranch dressing (!!) drizzled onto the bacon(!). On a bun. Tiny bun. OK, small bun.

            The temptation to snack is out there, but if you are calorie conscious, forego the snack. Just go ahead and enjoy a doughnut.

1 comment:

  1. I read Dame this morning, too, Jane. For the longest time, I eat "snack" foods at mealtimes, say Doritos with a piece of yellow bell pepper, bites of cheddar cheese, tomato juice, almonds... I'm getting my veggies and protein. And salt. I can't enjoy saltless food. Luckily, I've never had high bp. Enjoyed your post.

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