Posted on 01/04/2021 8:33:20 AM PST by mylife
Chipotle Mexican Grill on Monday began offering a cauliflower rice option to attract consumers trying to comply with their New Year’s resolutions.
The rice substitute is made with grilled cauliflower, cilantro, lime and salt and will be available in U.S. and Canadian restaurants for a limited time. The option will cost an additional $2 for tacos, burritos or bowls.
Chipotle started testing the item at select locations in Colorado and Wisconsin this July. The company said that before the test, one-third of new menu requests from customers was for cauliflower rice. The rice substitute has grown popular as more consumers cut grains out of their diet. In the test markets, nearly 1 in 3 customers who chose cauliflower rice was an infrequent or new Chipotle customer.
To promote the nationwide launch, Chipotle is also extending its
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Sandy Cortez doesn’t like cauliflower. Says it’s “colonial.”
I heard it tastes good. That’s all that matters. It’s another choice. You can still get regular if you want.
Please replace my refried beans with tofu, I’ll give you $5 more...
Can In get kale instead of tortilla’s?
I’m pre-diabetic and need to cut back on carbohydrates in order to get my blood sugar levels down. Cauliflower rice helps someone like me....
These guys are geniuses for selling about $1 worth of food for $8.
Keto diet folks are making pizza crusts with cauliflower.
And free Ecoli!!!
So far, I haven’t had any that tastes good.
No thank you.
It now begins...
(the move away from our GMO/hybridized carbs)
Don’t worry, they’ll still give you a sever case of diarrhea just like the old flour tortillas...........
Chipotle is basically a hipster Taco Bell. There is one Chipotle grill where I live, and only the hipster college kids go there. The Mexican/Tex-Mex competition here is fierce, and any number of family-owned Tex-Mex joints here blows Chipotle out of the water with a Tac Nuke.
They are trying to kill you again.
They are trying to kill you again.
i prefer my cauliflower as cauliflower, and rice as rice, no trans-vegetable for me.
Oh hell no. Can’t stand cauliflower, YUCK
Get a COVID vaccine and become a GMO yourself!
I have never liked rice.
I always ask for lite rice if I go to a Chipotle. I really can’t imagine how anyone wants the amount of rice they put in their products.
When I eat at a Chinese restaurant I only eat a tiny fraction of the rice they give me.
The cauliflower might be worth a try.
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