Snack foods are finally nailing that elusive combination: wholesome ingredients and can’t-keep-your-hand-out-of-the-bag flavor. Food Should Taste Good is a line of stone-ground tortilla chips in varieties like cayenne-and-vinegar-spiked Buffalo. Arico’s thin, crispy cassava chips are made from the fiber-packed root vegetable (try the Ginger on Fire). Riceworks’ extra-crunchy brown rice crisps come in versions like wasabi and sesame-soy. Addicts can keep guilt to a minimum, since none of these products have artificial ingredients or trans fats. ($3, foodshouldtastegood.com; $3, www.aricofoods.com; $5, riceworkssnacks.com)

Snikiddy Grilled Cheese Puffs have the savory flavor and crispy texture of their fried cousins, with only 80 calories per pack. Delicious Multigrain FoodShouldTasteGood Tortilla Chips have three grams of fiber and are low in sodium. A freeze-dried combo of lime juice and pineapple, Funky Monkey Fruit That Crunches in JiveALime is 100 percent fruit, with a pleasingly pungent tart-sweet taste. South Beach Living Snack Pack Delights Energy Mix has just the right portion size of cashews, almonds, peanuts, and dark chocolate-covered soy nuts—enough to satisfy, with as much protein as an egg.

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FoodShouldTasteGood Multigrain Tortilla Chips
These chips make you feel good about munching. Beacause how could a tortilla chip wthat is studded with flax seeds, oat bran and other good stuff be bad for you? In addition to actually having some nutritional value, these puppies just taste good (and they are totally gluten-free, if that’s a concern for you). Thanks FoodShouldTasteGood, for creating my new favorite chip!

Snacks: Let guests nibble on hearty little bites (see recipes, page 28), as well as tidbits from gourmet markets, such as Bella Cucina Artichoke Lemon Pesto ($8.50 for a six-ounce jar), FoodShouldTasteGood Olive Tortilla Chips ($3 for a six-ounce bag), Sahale Soledad Almonds ($5 for a five-ounce package), and Tillen Farms Pickled Crispy Carrots ($7 for a 12-ounce jar).

You might think that a fitness editor munches on carrots all day between protein shakes. Not so! FoodShouldTasteGood multigrain chips ($3; available from foodshouldtastegood.com) are delicious and nutritious: They’re made with quinoa, oats, soy, flax and sesame seeds, so they’re loaded with protein and fiber. Plus, they contain 260 milligrams of omega-3 fatty acids, which is 20 percent of what you’re supposed to get in a day.

These chips, made from stone-ground corn; brown rice flour; sesame, sunflower, and flax seeds; quinoa; and other good-for-you ingredients are a favorite new find for Epicurious Editor-in-Chief Tanya Wenman Steel. They're not quite as low in fat and calories as some baked tortilla chips, but they are delicious straight out of the bag. They also have three grams of fiber per serving, so they'll help fill you up and keep you satisfied longer than many chips.

Monday, March 24, 2008

food should taste good: chocolate tortilla chips

chocolate tortilla chips? are you kidding? well my dears, they are fantastic. they remind me of dutch cocoa cookies that i cannot find anymore. the texture is great and they are not greasy.

besides enjoying them on my own, my chocolate snob colleagues and i came up with some innovative combinations:

• we dipped them in nutella (divine);
• we coated them in chocolate (it was a step above neimans chocolate dipped potato chips);
• then i made a molé chicken with crunched chips on top (it was out of this world).

these chips are certifiably delicious. food should taste good also carries other tortilla chips...my favorites in order are olive, jalapeño, and multigrain.