What Color Is Your Tortilla?
Besides having a softer texture and sweeter taste than tortillas made from white corn, blue corn tortillas may have less impact on your blood sugar — and possibly your waist! Here’s the “why” and the “how.”
Hold the Starch
Researchers put both blue and white tortillas to the test and found that the blue flats had a lower starch content and lower glycemic load than the white variety. Which means that Team Blue is more likely to keep your blood sugar levels stable and help keep your appetite under control
Color Me Antioxidants
Another reason to go blue — or black, or red, or purple? The rich-in-color tortillas abound with anthocyanins, natural antioxidants that help steamroller DNA-damaging compounds hanging around in your body. Plus, darker-pigmented varieties dole out more protein. The downside? They tend to have more fat, too — so don’t eat ‘em until you’re blue in the face.
Try It:
Here’s another great blue corn treat to try: Parched Blue Corn, a roasted, lightly salted whole-kernel snack that’s a traditional Native American food. It was originally roasted in clay pots over open fires. You just have to tear open the bag.
Going Once, Going Twice:
Over on http://www.coachingcooking.com, there is a great recent for Sunday Breakfast: Mimosas and Breakfast Fajitas.Try making them with blue tortillas!
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