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GET THE MUNCHEES.


Health is Wealth's Tofu Munchees sound too silly for words--little whole-wheat pillows that are stuffed with organic tofu cheese and broccoli or spinach. Don't laugh. Pop them in the oven and these mini egg rolls turn into delicious "cheesy cheesy (che´ze) caseous. " centers surrounded by decadent dec·a·dent  
adj.
1. Being in a state of decline or decay.

2. Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent.

3. often Decadent Of or relating to literary Decadence.

n.
 I-can't-believe-it's-not-deep-fried crust.

Six Broccoli Tofu Munchees have just five grams of fat (none of them saturated), 140 milligrams of sodium, 160 calories, and three grams of fiber. (The box lists two Munchees--1 oz.--as a serving, but you could easily eat six. That would match the 3-oz. serving listed by other munchie-type makers.) The Spinach Tofu Munchees have a bit more sat fat (one gram) and sodium (320 mg).

The company's seven other Munchees--including Burrito, Pizza Tofu, and Veggie--also come wrapped in whole (or mostly whole) wheat crusts. And while they have too much sodium for us to recommend, they're worlds better than most of the competition. Totino's Pizza Rolls and La Choy La Choy is a brand name of canned and prepackaged Chinese food ingredients. The brand is currently owned by ConAgra Foods.

La Choy was founded in 1922 by Dr. Ilhan New (유일한), later founder of Yuhan Corporation in Korea and Wally Smith, from the
 Mini Egg Roll Munchers Munchers was a series of educational/edutainment computer games produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) for several operating systems. They were popular among American schoolchildren in the 1980s and 1990s and were the recipients of several awards. , for example, average about twice as much fat and sat fat.

So when you get the munchies munchies Substance abuse A popular term for the craving for salt-rich and/or high-carbohydrate 'junk food,' associated with use of marijuna, amphetamines, and other recreational drugs. See Junk food. , head for the Munchees.
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Title Annotation:Health is Wealth's Tofu Munchees
Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 1, 1999
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