Once again, a short review of the delightful and not so delightful selections found in your grocer's freezer.
Nov 03, 2009 - Healthy Choice Portabella Spinach Parmesan - I learned a very valuable lesson from this dish: Parmesan can apparently mask my distaste for mushrooms. See, I can handle mushrooms on pizza and in certain dishes (including this one.) However, just eating mushrooms plain? That sounds like a challenge on "Fear Factor" to me. Let's put it this way, when you can bread and deep fry a food and I STILL have no desire to eat it, that isn't a good thing.
Nov 06, 2009 - Smart Ones Creamy Rigatoni With Broccoli & Chicken - Well. It's as plain as it sounds.
Nov 09, 2009 - Smart Ones Shrimp Marinara - This without a doubt the best Shrimp Marinara that Smart Ones makes. Take that for what it's worth.
Nov 10, 2009 - Smart Ones Salisbury Steak - This really took me back to 1991. Terminator 2 was tearing it up at the box office, the song "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" was topping the charts (not to mention misusing the hell out of parentheses), and at Rapid River Public Schools, an eleven year old Nate Dogg was dining on the best Salisbury Steak he can remember. One thing that I always noticed was that Salisbury steak day was usually, almost without fail, two days after hamburger day. I assumed there was some correlation there, but I never did figure out what it was.
Nov 13, 2009 - Smart Ones Pasta Primavera - Pretty good. Pasta primavera is something that sounds really fancy, like something you'd only order when you know the company is footing the bill. Basically though, it's just pasta, broccoli, carrots and Parmesan sauce. It's kind of a let down once you know that information.
Nov 19, 2009 - Smart Ones Fettuccine Alfredo - I feel strongly that noodles and alfredo should not be served without being accompanied by some sort of meat. Chicken alfredo, shrimp alfredo, veal alfredo, bologna alfredo, etc...
Nov 23, 2009 - Swanson's Boneless Fried Chicken - Figured that going into Thanksgiving, I'd be eating a lot Thursday and Friday, so I started the week off with something light like... fried chicken. How did it taste? Well... Um... Hmm... You ever warm up fried food in the microwave? It kind of tastes like that.
Nov 30, 2009 - Michelina's Budget Gourmet Stir Fry Rice and Vegetables - Difficult to cook for sure. They expect you to peel back the corner of the container (I ended up stabbing it with a fork), cooking the thing for three minutes, and then pulling the rest of top off while steam comes billowing out that feels like it was heated by a blowtorch or nuclear reactor. After I bandaged my scorched index finger (OK, I might be embellishing here) and started eating, it was pretty good, truth be told.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
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