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Review: Crown Prince Skinless And Boneless Sardines In Olive Oil

February 23, 2020March 24, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Crown Prince Skinless And Boneless Sardines

Canned fish traditionally isn’t the most well loved product. In modern times though the product is seeing something of a foodie renaissance across the world. Go check out your local …

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Review: Wilde Brand BBQ Chicken Chips

March 24, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Wilde Brande BBQ Chicken Chips

When I first spied these advertised in a Whole Foods mailer, I have to be honest, I thought a whole brave new world was unfurling before me. Aimed at those …

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Categories Grocery, Pantry, Snack Tags Wilde Brand 1 Comment

Review: MorningStar Farms Grillers Original 2019

July 22, 2020March 3, 2019 by Stuart Melling

This is a follow up review for the popular MorningStar Farms Grillers Original burger that we first reviewed here. Why the second go around? Well, sometime during 2018, MorningStar took …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegetarian Tags MorningStar Farms 2 Comments

Review: Great Value Chicken Dipping Sauce

February 8, 2020February 27, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Great Value Chicken Dipping Sauce

To glance at this product on the store shelf, you’d be forgiven for overlooking the rather understated bottle. Actually that’s being overly kind, badged as it is with the fairy …

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Review: MorningStar Farms Falafel Burger

September 21, 2019February 25, 2019 by Stuart Melling
MorningStar Farms Falafel Burger

A lot has been going on with the MorningStar Farms product line the past year or so. From the controversy surrounding the reformulation of their Grillers product through to the …

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Review: Trader Joe’s Channa Masala

September 21, 2019February 17, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Trader Joe's Channa Masala

Any trip to Trader Joe’s isn’t complete for me until I’ve stood around the Indian frozen food section and loaded enough meals into my cart to cause onlookers to give …

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Review: Trader Joe’s Shrimp Stir Fry

September 21, 2019February 17, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Trader Joe's Shrimp Stir Fry

If you’ve read more than a handful of reviews covering Trader Joe’s product line, you’ll no doubt have heard repeatedly about how reliable the brand name is. It’s true, it’s …

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Review: State Fair Beef Corn Dogs

March 27, 2022February 17, 2019 by Stuart Melling
State Fair Beef Corn Dogs

Who doesn’t love food on a stick? Thats right – no one. The moment you prod anything with a little stick and twirl it around, well, that food just became …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery Tags State Fair 7 Comments

Review: Kokumaro Curry

April 24, 2021February 14, 2019 by Stuart Melling
House Foods Kokomaru Curry

There’s something ever so wonderfully comforting about Japanese curries. More closely related to the five spice sweetness of a Chinese curry, than the earthiness of an Indian curry; Japanese curries …

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Review: Gardein The Ultimate Beefless Ground

May 9, 2022February 14, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Gardein The Ultimate Beefless Ground

My experience with Gardein spans the gamut. There are more than a few items I don’t care for, and some I’m obsessed with; essentially those based on soy protein, I …

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