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Bombay Kitchen Chicken 65 review

April 22, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Bombay Kitchen Chicken 65

I found this product from Bombay Kitchen in the freezer aisle of a local mom and pop Nepali grocery store. It’s a brand I’ve not seen before, where Tandoor Chef …

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Hot Pockets BBQ Beef Recipe review

April 22, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Hot Pockets BBQ Beef Recipe

There’s a very industrial aesthetic to these pastry pockets. Just look at the perfectly uniform slivers of BBQ beef in the pictures below. Ordinarily I’d have nothing against this, I …

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Banquet Chicken Breast Patties review

April 22, 2020April 20, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Banquet Chicken Breast Patties

When something comes packaged in a ‘sack’ you know to keep your expectations in check. Said sack from Banquet here offers ten reformed chicken patties, that lets be honest, are …

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Deep Punjabi Style Jumbo Samosa review

May 16, 2020April 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Deep Punjabi Style Jumbo Samosa

For the longest time I’ve suspected Deep Indian Gourmet is the name behind Trader Joe’s line of Indian foods. They both share the same striking quality of offering exceptionally great …

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Categories Frozen, Frozen Meal, Grocery, Vegetarian Tags Deep, Indian Food 2 Comments

Alexia Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries review

April 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Alexia Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries

I’ll get right to it. This product from Alexia gets our Smart Buy award. That means you should just run out there and buy as many as you can right …

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Gardein Breakfast Saus’age Patties review

April 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Breakfast Saus'age Patties

The first time I tried this product sticks firmly in my memory to this day. The grainy, sand like texture that made me wince in regret the moment I bit …

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Steak-umm Sliced Steaks review

April 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Steak-umm Sliced Steaks

For myself, this one fits neatly into the column titled: like a moth to a flame. A box of uniformly shaped, paper think steak, arriving as it does in one …

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Red Robin Seasoned Steak Fries review

March 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Red Robin Seasoned Steak Fries

One of the reasons I secretly love buying my groceries online for delivery – random substitutions. I’ve had all manner of oddball products arrive on my doorstep I’d never normally …

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Trader Joe’s Thai Lime And Chili Cashews review

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Trade Joe's Thai Lime And Chili Cashews

This is one of those moments where I want to say – stop what you’re doing now and just go and buy this product. Stop reading my rambling and just …

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Trader Joe’s Vegetable Spring Rolls review

March 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Trader Joe's Vegetable Spring Rolls

There aren’t many frozen product caterogies that are almost as universally as disappointing as spring rolls and egg rolls. I’ve lost count of how many end up a soggy, claggy, …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Trader Joe's 1 Comment
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