As per the usual means I went grocery shopping for a couple of items and got suckered in by the brilliant marketing scheme of "NEW" on a couple products. Reminded me of kids cereal where the mascots are always looking down so they make eye contact with your kids and then make them want to have it. Same concept with me except instead of the silly rabbit its just the word "NEW". Pretty sad but a lot of good discoveries have been made from it so can't complain to much.
First product was a breakfast found in the frozen section. Jimmy Dean Stuffed Hash Browns. As you can see in bright yellow on the top right of the box "NEW!"
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| Jimmy Dean's unhealthy breakfast option |
Seemed to be a combination of stuff I enjoy (hash browns, bacon, and veggies) so figured why the not. Per the instructions it was only 2 minutes in the microwave which I count as another positive. Overall it wasn't bad. Would I go out and buy it again- most likely not. I think probably could have cooked longer as I didn't really get the whole "cripsy in minutes" its has on the box and on the little cooking sleeve. I think it more less was more hash brown than bacon or veggie tasting. I mean I do love hash browns but if it was going to be the main flavor I would just buy a regular hash brown and save on money and calories (about 100 calories for you health nuts out there). Also contrary to common sayings size does matter as this will leave you 240 calories wasted and still hungry afterwards. I think overall if you see it in the store it's a "keep moving nothing to see here" option.
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| Looks like a baby in a baby carrier |
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| Size wise about the same as McDonald's (no pun intended) |
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| It's what's on the side that counts |
Still in the freezer aisle, I think I originally intended to pick up waffles for Lily), I came across this new limited edition ice cream:
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| Purple Cow Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Ice Cream |
Not as flashy as the yellow "NEW!" but it still caught my attention with the words "LIMITED EDITION". I'm not a strawberry rhubarb expert and mostly picked it up for Karen who loves rhubarb. So much so she actually has some planted in the garden. Honestly I can't even tell you what rhubarb tastes like in general. That being said my best opinion is this tasted like strawberry ice cream with bits of pie crust in it. If you like strawberry ice cream and pie crust you'll love this ice cream. Pretty crappy hype job I know but this was pretty good. Will say this was the first time buying Purple Cow brand so nothing to compare it to but really it's kind of hard to screw up ice cream. The expert of the house on things rhubarb liked it so I would have to think that means its really good in general.
On a healthier note, Karen made a BBQ chicken salad which on the high level sounds bad cause BBQ but really wasn't. So had chicken breast, Portabello (or Portabella depending on your preference) mushrooms, black beans, salad components I'm too lazy to list, and cheese. The beans and mushrooms were leftovers from cooking dinner for my folks the night before. Made steak tacos at Mexican Street Corn Salad in case you were wondering on that end. Didn't documented it as I figured I've blogged about it previously.
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| Karen's BBQ Chicken Salad |
She cooked the chicken in the air fryer which has a preset for cooking chicken. Starting to think that's been my best investment so far for 2017. Just saved on using oil and cuts prep/cooking time down a lot. Definitely will explore more options in terms of recipes for it but when it comes to frozen items and meats it has worked great. If you have the funds and space I high recommend it. If not, possibly get someone to let you borrow it and or shoplift one probably works just as well.
#Foodie4Life,
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