With snow falling, and the temperature with it, I decided to make this creamy pasta dish from @HelloFresh. From the start of prep to sitting down to eat was about … Continue reading HELLO FRESH – Chicken Sausage Rigatoni

With snow falling, and the temperature with it, I decided to make this creamy pasta dish from @HelloFresh. From the start of prep to sitting down to eat was about … Continue reading HELLO FRESH – Chicken Sausage Rigatoni
A quick (30 minutes from prep to finish) Meal Kit from the folks @HelloFresh. Pork and black beans are the proteins in this dish, and I had never made chili … Continue reading HELLO FRESH – Pork & Black Bean Chili
Another offering from the folks at @HelloFresh. This meal kit has chicken cutlets as the protein. The two pieces of chicken were uniform in thickness. They looked like chicken breast … Continue reading HELLO FRESH – Yogurt-Marinated Chicken With Garlic Sauce
I am sure that most everyone has heard of @HelloFresh, but just in case I will give a brief synopsis. @HelloFresh is a meal service provider where all the food … Continue reading HELLO FRESH – Chicken Over Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti
Beef brisket is one of my favorites and this smokey entree is testament to some of the best. The brisket comes thickly sliced with a beautiful pink smoke ring around … Continue reading Famous Dave’s Beef Brisket
Another product from the @kroger private label. The hot dogs come five to a pack, are skinless, and smell like a typical all beef frank. After trying one it seems … Continue reading Private Selection Natural Hardwood Smoked All-Beef Hot Dogs
I prepared this about one week ago, but wanted to wait and see if my opinion would change over time (and eating the leftovers). I wish that time had changed my mind. I really did.
The meal is relatively easy to prepare. Carrots and potatoes into a roasting pan. Add chicken, cover with the sauce, and bake.
Besides peeling the carrots this meal goes together quickly and could easily feed a family of four. If you are planning to have this for dinner, make sure you put the salt and pepper on the dining room table. This is one of the blandest sauces I have ever tasted. I found myself checking the package to see if there was any sodium in it. Despite the label stating there are 710mg of sodium per serving, there is very little flavor to this sauce.
I used chicken thighs because I like the flavor. I can not imagine how tasteless it would have been had I used chicken breasts.
Over the week that followed I ate the leftover chicken, carrots, and potatoes (the latter two items being the most flavorful things in the meal) and regretted buying this sauce every time I sat down with it.
The sauce is gelatinous and does not reheat well. I found myself adding water to it (wether microwaved or reheated in a pan) to try and achieve a gravy-like state. I did not succeed.
I almost purchased some other sauces and now am glad I didn’t.
Save your money. Roast the carrots, potatoes and chicken together with some salt, pepper, thyme, and sage. After the chicken is ready make a roux with the chicken fat and an equal amount of flour. Let the roux color slightly and add some chicken stock to make a gravy. It will be a hundred times better and you will have saved about $4.00. I can not recommend this to anyone.
When I think back on my childhood and about Macaroni and Cheese, the first thing that comes to mind is the orange powder packet in Kraft Mac n Cheese. That … Continue reading Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Deluxe, White Cheddar and Bacon
I want to enjoy myself while eating, not have to hunt around to see if everything was included with my meal.
Pictures lie. There, the truth is out. I know, you are shocked by this revelation. Ok. Enough of the sarcasm. To say I was let down by the difference between … Continue reading Chicken Margherita with Balsamic