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Healthy Choice Bacon & Smokey Cheddar Chicken

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Looks: You’d be forgiven for wondering why I took a picture of this meal after I chewed it and spit it back out, but hold onto your butts: that’s what it actually looks like immediately after cooking. The vegetables still look frozen, and the chicken and rice mixture is pale, mushy, and completely unappetizing. 1 out of 5

Taste: Worse than it looks. The vegetables were flavorless, and while the chicken and rice had a flavor, it wasn’t one I’d like to taste again anytime soon – bitter, oily, gritty, disgusting: much like my last foray into microwave chicken and rice. 0 out of 5

Posted in Bacon, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cheese, Chicken, Frozen, Hall of Shame (Looks), Hall of Shame (Taste), Healthy Choice, Microwave, Rice | 2 Comments »

Healthy Choice Pumpkin Ravioli

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Looks: The entire dish lacks the shininess of the meal on the box; the ravioli look dry, and the vegetables appear mushy and overcooked. The sizing is right, but the ravioli filling isn’t as substantial as it should be. 3 out of 5

Taste: Meh. The ravioli are too chewy, and the filling has a bitter aftertaste. I did enjoy the sauce though – kind of sweet, but buttery. The cooked apples are a nice touch too, but there aren’t enough of them to make up for the lackluster pasta. 2 out of 5

Posted in Apple, Asparagus, Frozen, Healthy Choice, Microwave, Pasta, Pumpkin, Ravioli, Squash | 10 Comments »

Marie Callender’s Rigatoni con Pesce Pasta Al Dente

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Looks: See those shrimp? Yeah, neither do I – they’re, at best, 50% of the size of the shrimp on the box. The noodles and peas though (which are in there; they just sunk to the bottom) match up pretty closely with the packaging. 4 out of 5

Taste: Respectable. The shrimp were a little rubbery, and for being a “lobster cream,” I didn’t taste anything special in the sauce. The noodles were fine, but the peas, as all peas are, were inedible. 3 out of 5

Posted in Frozen, Lobster, Marie Callender's, Microwave, Pasta, Peas, Rigatoni, Shrimp, Tomato | 5 Comments »

Oscar Mayer Fully Cooked Bacon

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Looks: It’s boring to write about foods that look just like their packaging. I bet it’s boring to read about too, isn’t it? 5 out of 5

Taste: Eaten alone, it’s obvious that this bacon was not freshly cooked on a sizzling griddle: it’s kind of rubbery and pretty salty. But if you overcook it a little in order to crumble it over baked potatoes, a thick chowder, or a late-evening Pop-Tart, you won’t be able to tell the difference between this and “real” bacon. 3.5 out of 5

Posted in Bacon, Dry, Hall of Fame (Looks), Microwave, Oscar Meyer | 13 Comments »

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