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Impossible Burger review – 2021 update

April 24, 2022May 19, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Impossible Burger ground beef

It’s been quite a while since we first tasted and reviewed the Impossible Foods burger. Since then though, what’s changed? I’m happy to report – not much! The brand hasn’t …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Refrigerated, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Impossible Burger, Impossible Foods 4 Comments

Jimmy Dean Fully Cook Pork Sausage Patties review

April 22, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Jimmy Dean Fully Cook Pork Sausage Patties

These are undeniably one of my guiltiest pleasures. If I could start every day with two of these patties – suitably sun drenched in morning light as you see here …

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Categories Grocery, Refrigerated Tags Jimmy Dean 1 Comment

Trader Joe’s Pastrami Style Smoked Atlantic Salmon

March 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Trader Joe's Pastrami Style Smoked Atlantic Salmon

Trader Joe’s offers a range of smoked salmon products and this particular one comes with a little extra kick. Not huge mind you, but enough to make things a little …

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Review: Three Bridges Chicken Primavera

February 6, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Three Bridges Chicken Primavera

Here’s another worth while pick from Three Bridges – their chicken primavera. It’s a decent dish inline with their other meals we’ve enjoyed, which you can see here: Three Bridges …

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Categories Frozen, Frozen Meal, Grocery, Refrigerated, Refrigerated Meal Tags Three Bridges Leave a comment

Costco Polish Sausage – bring the food court home

May 7, 2021January 26, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Costco Kirkland Beef Polish Sausage

Costco Polish dogs, be still my beating heart! Actually in more ways than one; let me start by saying you really want to ignore the sodium and fat content of …

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Categories Grocery, Refrigerated Tags Costco, Kirkland 10 Comments

Lightlife Plant Based Ground meat review

February 8, 2020January 14, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Lightlife Plant Based Ground

With Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods seemingly dominating the narrative when it comes to plant based products, you’d think the market starts and stops with these two huge players. You’d …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Refrigerated, Smart Buy, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Lightlife 1 Comment

Simple Truth Meatless Kielbasa review

February 8, 2020January 12, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Simple Truth Meatless Kielbasa

You better hold on tight, 2020 looks like the year that meat free products are really going to start hitting the mainstream in serious volume. Every company under the sun …

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Categories Grocery, Refrigerated, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Kroger, Simple Truth', Smiths 1 Comment

Simple Truth Emerge Plant Based Patties – a surprisingly good burger

May 7, 2021January 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Simple Truth Emerge Plant Based Patties

Let’s get the obvious elephant in the room dealt with first. These burgers from Kroger are made in the spirit of those from Impossible/Beyond, if not a loving homage to …

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Categories Grocery, Refrigerated, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Kroger, Simple Truth', Smiths 10 Comments

Review: Ducktrap Smoked Wild Mackerel Fillet

December 8, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Ducktrap Smoked Wild Mackerel Fillet

“Is it fishy?”…a question I’m forever fielding from the fish fearful. Salmon to tuna to trout – I’m not sure what people expect me to say, the response is usually …

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Butterball Turkey Breakfast Sausage Patties review

February 8, 2020November 13, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Butterball Turkey Breakfast Sausage Patties

Breakfast in less than 60 seconds? Those kind of promises are enough to make me snatch greedily at any package on the shelf; I am after all, a man of …

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Categories Grocery, Refrigerated Tags Butterball 4 Comments
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  1. Joe on Review: Kroger Pork CarnitasMarch 10, 2024

    I'll never buy again! The package contained fully 12 (out of 16) ounces of pure pork fat. Totally unacceptable. Major…

  2. K B on Review: Van de Kamp’s Crispy Fish FilletsFebruary 28, 2024

    I complained to them and they sent me a measly $4 coupon to buy them again.’they won’t be in my…

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    I like them if you add water to the hamburger. When it's cooking it won't be so much grace

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    I had some for dinner last night . The first bite was so spicy, I had trouble getting back into…

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    YES!!! I both them a little bit ago and made them but they taste like they have permanent freezer burn…

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