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This post goes out to a good friend who has a Taco Bell lunchtime cravings/savings dilemma.

So, you love the chicken quesadilla so much, but you also love the caramel apple empanada.

Why is the word quesadilla not on spellchecker yet?

Or empanada?!

But, you don’t want to pay the $6+ you inevitably end up doing when you indulge in your two favorite items, ie., getting the chicken quesadilla meal deal + a caramel apple empanada.

Here’s what you should do:

Order the cheese “mini” quesadilla from the 89 cent menu. (At my taco bell) this item is not mini at all. It is a normal size quesadilla minus the chicken and still includes the awesome quesadilla sauce that I love. I’m sorry if other Taco Bells are not so generous!

Order the gooey crunchy caramel apple empanada from the 99 cent menu.

Now, order a grilled chicken burrito from the 99 cent menu.

Order a water, as I know my friend is not opposed to (but I would be). -OR- Use one of those ever-arriving RedPlum coupons which give you a free limeade sparkler for buying anything.

Now. When you sit down to eat, take the contents of the chicken burrito and smear them over the top of your quesadilla. Use a spork.

Spend roughly $3 for your meal. Notice the extra avocado ranch medley of taste you have floating atop your quesadilla.

Thank the backyard blogger for making your lunch awesome.

I had to try a Tortada for myself today, so I picked the Salsa Roja version.

I couldn’t wait to sink my teeth in, so I took a bite of it as soon as I opened the package, but I immediately regretted that and decided to eat my Taco Supreme in its entirety first.

Taco gone and Tortada still there, I added some hot sauce and proceeded to eat what I knew I couldn’t like. First of all, I am funny about chicken. It has to really look like chicken and taste like chicken. The chicken in this Tortada was more like a mixture of Spam and wheat gluten. It barely looked like chicken; instead, had a grill mark here and there (probably from a sharpie) and noticeable swiss-cheese like holes. The taste? Oh, yuck. Was that a Taco Bell or a Nutri-system meal I just ate?

Okay, so the only other thing I saw or tasted on the Tortada was the “Salsa Roja.” What did I think about it? I love it…when it is called “Fresco salsa.” They really do have all kinds of names for this stuff, don’t they? But seriously, I do love their pico style salsa and I’m glad it was on my Tortada.

I say, Crunchwrap???

Oh wow, they took the crunchy out of a cruchwrap, added some bacon, and gave it a Taco-Belled-Out name for “Torta.” I’m talking about the new Tortada at Taco Bell.

The other night, I surprised Baja with a Bacon Ranch Tortada for dinner, via his request. You know, the whole, “I don’t know what I should get - surprise me!” dialogue. Here are some of the comments I witnessed:

 "A quesadilla! No, wait, it's just in a quesadilla wrapper." 

 "Bacon? Hmm. There may have been some on there..."

 "Oh yeah, I think I tasted some ranch."

To me, the thing that most stood out was how crunchwraplike it is. I get what they’re doing; emulating a torta in their own way, but part of me thinks it is just time for the Bell to bring some real bread into the picture (a la the Bell Beefer days).

I had the Pacific Shrimp Taco from Taco Bell yesterday. Six plump and tasteful shrimp adorned what could have been a Fresco taco (what with the presence of pico-style Fiesta Salsa) and also included our fast food nation’s beloved ranch dressing. The number six did stand out, as it was plastered all over the promo menu that six shrimp is what you would get. All questions removed and whiners beware. It was bigger-than-the-tortilla taste (literally; only three of my shrimp actually fit onto the taco. The other three served as happy little lagniappe. Fine with me.) And I thought it was a fine first approach at seafood by the bell. But the price sank the bouy; one taco for $2.79?