Review: Mama Lupe's Low-Carb Tortillas

Product: Mama Lupe's Low-Carb Tortillas, 7"
Purchased From: Netrition.com
List Price: $3.69 for 10 tortillas
Store Price: $3.19 minus volume discounts

Summary: Highly recommended -- and quite indispensable, in my opinion.

Mama Lupe's tortillas are a staple on my low-carb diet. Weighing in at only 3 net carbs, these are the perfect companion to a meal. The two most common ways we use them are as sandwich wraps (simply heat for 20-30 seconds in the microwave first), and, for a quick and dirty side, "cheeseadillas", which is a simple quesadilla-style side that is made by melting cheese on top of the tortilla, folding it over, and cutting it into wedges.

Cut into 6 wedges, the plain tortillas can also be deep-fried and lightly salted to act as tortilla chips, which themselves can then be reused as a base in other recipes or simply to be eaten plain, or possibly with salsa (a nice low-carb condiment in and of itself).

Traditional Mexican-style dishes such as tacos, fajitas, and burritos (albeit, small burritos) are also obvious uses of these tortillas.

There really isn't much of a downside to these. They aren't quite as thick as traditional flour tortillas, but they essentially look and taste like whole grain versions otherwise. There really isn't much taste to them at all, but regular flour tortillas don't have much taste either.