Thursday, July 31, 2025

Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Chicken Margherita with Balsamic

I look at this Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers Chicken Margherita with Balsamic and ask myself “what are those red things”. They look like tomatoes on the box, but they look odd when you cook the food.

Save for that red stuff this was, well, okay. Frozen food feels a lot smaller than it did when I was a kid, but I guess there's three times as much of me anyway.

 

I’ve come to have low expectations for frozen food as it’s being made cheaper and cheaper to be something the average American can buy. This is then food for poor people and so ask yourself “will I eat those red things” if the answer is no you shouldn’t get this because there is so little of it you will still be hungry in the end.

 

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Kermanig Bakery Garlic & Cheese Focaccia


 Every now and then the Kermanig Bakery does a road show at my local Costco and I always get some Garlic & Cheese Focaccia. A light dab of olive oil will make these things near perfect after less than a minute in the microwave.

I like to keep a few of these in my freezer but they never last long there as I can't stop eating them. 

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

AriZona SunRise Lemon Hard Seltzer

AriZona SunRise Lemon Hard Seltzer is not as good as lemon water. I would rather have had lemon water. I don't know if lemon water and a shot would have been better but this was passable. It just wasn't something I liked.
 

Monday, July 28, 2025

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Iced Coffee

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Iced Coffee is about as disappointing as Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. It never had enough cinnamon for me and so I liked it but didn't think much of it. Like the cereal this was just fine.
 

Sunday, July 27, 2025

Sparkling Ice Spiked Strawberry Citrus Smash

Sparkling Ice Spiked Strawberry Citrus Smash isn't much to speak of. It has hardly any alcohol in it and it hits like seltzer. The flavor is mild and lacks much in the way of Strawberry. 

Stuff is just fine, not great, but good on a hot day.
 

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Bubly Raspberry Sparkling Water


 In the heat of the summer you can't just drink soda so you may reach for Bubly Raspberry Sparkling Water. I did and all eight cans were done before I finished this review.

Funny thing is I don't think this is that great but I was thirsty and it was hot.

Friday, July 25, 2025

Wheat Thins Sundried Tomato & Basil

Wheat Thins Sundried Tomato & Basil are a strong flavored offering from Wheat Things. I mean, I've been eating these all my life and never heard of these until now. 

Then again, are you supposed to eat these dry? I mean, I always did eat crackers dry but now I find you are supposed to put stuff on them.
 

Thursday, July 24, 2025

McDonald’s Spicy Snack Wrap 2025

The Spicy Snack Wrap is back at McDonald’s and I never had them before this run because they don’t look great and spicy has never been my thing. It’s got more spice than the normal fast food fair. The heat will build as you eat.

I don’t think that much of these but they are something you can hold and eat which is a plus for fast food. I’d give them a try if you’d like a little spice in your life.


 

Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate Marzipan

Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate Marzipan is a bitter sweet chocolate that would go well with wine or coffee. The strong flavor of the dark chocolate compliments the marzipan well. 

I would say that most chocolate lovers would be a fan of this even if they don't like dark chocolate. 
 

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

McDonald’s Ranch Snack Wrap 2025

Chicken, lettuce, ranch-ish sauce and some shreds of cheese all in a stale tortilla McDonald’s Ranch Snack Wrap is unimpressive. I can see how they were discontinued given that there are better items at the house of clown and this is kind of low effort.

I think what kicked it into bad territory for me was that cold tortilla. If it was heated up it would have been better, but it was cold.


 

Patagonia Provisions Wild Sockeye Salmon Lemon Pepper


 Patagonia Provisions Wild Sockeye Salmon Lemon Pepper was very lightly seasoned. I think I would have had to have tried another flavor to tell the difference. 

I like this kind of fish because of the strong flavor and this didn't have a strong flavor. I wouldn't get it again but my cats loved it.

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Selena Gomez Oreo Cookies

Selena Gomez Oreo Cookies don’t taste like woman. I don‘t know what Selena tastes like but I can assure you that it is not cinnamon and chocolate. This is not helped by the crap cinnamon they used on these things that doesn’t taste real and the fact that these cookies keep falling apart.

It also doesn’t help that as a fat disgusting mass I need to have healthy food to go with my cookies and this is what I came up with. Coffee and cookies never filled me up so fast.


 

Dr. Pepper Creamy Coconut

Dr. Pepper Creamy Coconut is something of a summer flavor. It may be unavailable now as it was limited edition when I got this but that would be a shame because I have to admit that this was almost as good as normal Dr. Pepper. 

This is no replacement for the original but it is a nice change. 
 

Monday, July 21, 2025

McDonald’s Spicy Sausage Egg McMuffin

The McMuffin has got to be the most iconic breakfast sandwich in fast food history. I’ve eaten hundreds off them. What, I’m fat?

To spice that up they globed a splat of spicy sauce on one and made the McDonald’s Spicy Sausage Egg McMuffin which takes all the best parts of the sandwich and flushes them out with mild pink spicy… I mean, pink spice sounds like a stripper that farts.

Anyway, this is kind of a waist of a McMuffin. It isn’t bad but it isn’t better than the sandwich on its own.


 

Pillsbury Soft Baked Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies


 Pillsbury Soft Baked Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookies are the kind of thing I can have in my house for six months and not eat. Given how fat and disgusting I am you should think twice about buying them. 

Are they bad, no, but they don't have a lot of cinnamon and there is no crunch. I mean, if you fail the name why name it that? 

I haven't eaten Cinnamon Toast Crunch for maybe twenty years but I remember liking it as a kid. Sugar cereal is something I dislike as a point but I admit that much of it tastes really good. Accept these cookies aren't as good as the cereal. Why not just eat the cereal then?

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Good & Gather Tri-color Rotini


 Good & Gather Tri-color Rotini is just the kind of pasta that looks better than other pastas but tastes about the same. With all the crazy pasta they have now this was a welcome return to the normal. This is a solid product at a solid price.

Shasta Raspberry Creme

Shasta Raspberry Creme sounds epic. Even Raspberry soda sounds epic. I mean, Shasta has so many good flavors that are hard to get in other brands. Life is better with variety. 

This didn't have much in the way of flavor, and I wish now that I could find some real raspberry soda and add cream to see what this really should have tasted like. 
 

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Jelly Belly Top Banana Jelly Beans

Jelly Belly Top Banana Jelly Beans are less banana then the other banana flavor I tried. I don't get the point of them. I think they're a little redundant. Not bad but just there.
 

Friday, July 18, 2025

Zevia Lemon Lime Twist

Zevia Lemon Lime Twist is classic diet soda. By classic I men not as good as  modern. With most modern diet soda I can hardly tell it's diet but with this I know write away. It's better than nothing if you're diabetic but past that only good in the heat.
 

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Lay's Honey Barbecue Potato Chips

Lay's Honey Barbecue Potato Chips are something of a disappointment without the flavor level I would expect from these kind of chips. They don't have the clear flavor of sage which is what I expect with barbecue flavor and there isn't much of the flavor of honey. 

If it were me, I would rather have the original flavor. These aren't bad but not that great.
 

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Mountain Dew Baja Caribbean Splash

Mountain Dew Baja Caribbean Splash is a fruity beverage with too little flavor to add to your tequila. To say it is a vodka soda is to say that it is normal because vodka goes with everything. 

You'll never miss not trying this, but it isn't bad. 
 

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Field Day Organic Golden Round Crackers

Field Day Organic Golden Round Crackers are hippy Ritz. Ritz are known to be the buttery version of crackers to be used at fancy gatherings. These are about as good as Ritz. They are a little less flavorful, but that lets you taste the thing you put on them.

These work well for what they are. I wouldn't eat them on their own but they were fine.