Damn. It’s dinnertime and I am embarrassingly low on groceries. Quick! What nutritional feast can I whip up out of half a bag of cashews and a jumbo bottle of Jose Cuervo strawberry margarita mix?
I had to sit down and chronicle this moment because this is where one of the key challenges lies. Aside from S.A. being the 3rd most obese U.S. City, we also have this bad habit:
“Residents of San Antonio eat fast-food 20 days of the month, and had the highest frequency of the cities on our list.” This is according to Forbes.
I must admit that I went a bit wild on the fast food when I first moved back to TX. It was like seeing so many old friends. Good ole Whataburger from way back when with its familiar greasy orange-wrappered delights. Sonic, whose commercials would mysteriously air late at night in Seattle even though there was no cherry limeade flavored drive-in to be found in a hundred mile radius (that I know of). Chick-Fil-A, a tradition that I reward myself with any time I accomplish the great feat of going to a mall. The waffle fries are amazing but those nuggets….. What’s in them? MSG-flavored cocaine? My god, I could eat them all night.
Eat me I'm cute.
What I am trying to decide right now is whether or not Taco Cabana gets to stand in a category that has a healthy edge over these other guys. I know it doesn’t. Who am I trying to kid? But the carne guisada dinner is a dinner. It’s complex and slow-cooked. It’s not deep fried. And it comes with rice and beans and 2 delicious warm thick chewy flour tortillas.
Alright that’s it. I’m out. I’ll go grocery shopping tomorrow. I mean, I would hate to run out of margarita mix.
No T.C., Thank YOU.
