{"id":20678,"date":"2016-10-05T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20678"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T21:41:18","slug":"fast-food-news-wendys-taco-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/05\/fast-food-news-wendys-taco-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Wendy&#8217;s Taco Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Wendys-Taco-Salad.jpg?resize=640%2C406\" alt=\"Wendy s Taco Salad\" title=\"Wendy's Taco Salad.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wendy&#8217;s Taco Salad is back!<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, I didn&#8217;t know it once existed. <\/p>\n<p>Bad junk food blog editor!<\/p>\n<p>The salad was introduced in the 1980s and it featured lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, tortilla chips, and Wendy&#8217;s chili. Here&#8217;s a commercial for it:<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vO006BlYTFM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 version has hand-chopped iceberg and romaine lettuce, Wendy&#8217;s signature chili, diced tomatoes, sour cream, salsa (made with roasted tomatoes and ancho chili peppers), shredded cheddar cheese, and yellow corn tortilla rounds. It&#8217;s available at participating locations for $5.99 for a full-sized entree salad or $3.99 for a half-sized salad.<\/p>\n<p>A full-size serving has 660 calories, 32 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 85 milligrams of cholesterol, 1820 milligrams of sodium, 63 grams of carbohydrates, 10 grams of fiber, 18 grams of sugar, and 32 grams of protein.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve tried it or the original Wendy&#8217;s Taco Salad, share your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Image via Wendy&#8217;s)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy&#8217;s Taco Salad is back! To be honest, I didn&#8217;t know it once existed. Bad junk food blog editor! The salad was introduced in the 1980s and it featured lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, tortilla chips, and Wendy&#8217;s chili. Here&#8217;s a commercial for it: The 2016 version has hand-chopped iceberg and romaine lettuce, Wendy&#8217;s signature chili, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20912,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/02\/review-wendys-taco-salad\/","url_meta":{"origin":20678,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Wendy\u2019s Taco Salad","author":"Kyle","date":"December 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I am firmly a child of the 90\u2019s. 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