If corn chips are good, and they are – then sure blue corn chips are better, right! When we saw they were selling these colourful characters at the health food store we could hardly help but investigate. Blue corn chips, what a time to be alive. First things first, their chip making ability is clearly superior to their colour recognition because it sure looks purple to me.
But hey the bag says blue corn chips from a variety of blue corn, so who am I to argue. Apparently the purple (ahem… blue) hue is dude to anthocyanin, so you could consider the blue corn chip a long lost relative to the humble blueberry we paired it up with, who also gets that excellent colouration from anthocyanin. It’s a distant relation though – we’d recommend you stick to the blueberries and not reach for the chips when you’re looking for a flavonoid fix. That said, i’ll never turn down an opportunity to add a splash to colour to our lunchboxes, so here we are – blue corn chip nachos!
Whichever end of the spectrum your chips end up on, you really can’t go wrong with nachos. Ok, so it’s not something you might ordinary think of lunchbox fare, but why not! It packs away conveniently, and if you have a little canister like the one pictured above you can keep the sauce (we went with cashew cheese and hot sauce for dipping, but salsa would be great too!) seperate and everything crunchy and fresh. All of this on top of spinach, avocado and kidneys and you’ve got a complete meal right here! Some tomatoes and black rice make a hearty side, and as always, fruit salad is the hero for dessert.
- Spinach, avocado, kidney beans, blue corn chips, regular corn chips, cashew cheese, hot sauce, pomegranate, chili, lime, pumpkin seeds
- Rockmelon, honeydew, watermelon, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, mint
- Black rice, tomato, kidney beans, spring onion
For this lunch we used the Lunchbots Bento Trio. Dishwasher safe, stainless steel and BPA free – what’s not to love! Click here for details.